Demo day is always exciting!!! Now that we have a go forward plan, we can get started tearing out some walls. This isn’t a complete gut job, but we still have a fair amount of work to do and we're anticipating several days of demo.
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We are removing 3 major walls and they will be ‘stripped’ of plaster and lath, until the carpenters can put the new beams in.
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And as always, we're saving everything we can for Habitat for Humanity's ReStore, so they can get a new home.
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And as always, we're saving everything we can for Habitat for Humanity's ReStore, so they can get a new home.
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And look at the difference!!!! This is after the first phase, when they pulled off all the old plaster - leaving the lath in place for phase 2.
Okay, so it still looks a bit cluttered with the studs in place, but you can already get a feel for how much the floor plan will open up.
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View towards Dining Room & Front Porch - Before |
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View towards Dining Room & Front Porch - After Demo |
Of course we've had some surprises....like all these plumbing connections where we want to open up the wall.
And there is knob and tube wiring everywhere - which appears to be disconnected, but we need our electrician to come verify for us.
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Yikes - we want to open up this wall! That's a lot of plumbing! |
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Upstairs, we didn't make a lot of changes, except for the bathroom.
We've gutted it, but have discovered a few structural/plumbing challenges to our plan. While we wait for the structural evaluation, we're on hold for this go forward plan!
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Donation day!!! |
Wow, it starts out so fast doesn't it? How exciting. I hope that you don't have to wait too long before the structural evaluation comes in.
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