All we can say is, thank goodness it's full. I can't believe we hauled out 12 yards of crap, bit by bit, piece by piece, bucketful by bucketful. It took us five days (I suppose four and a half) to get the demolition done.
In addition to the dumpster, we filled 12 33 gallon trash bags with insulation (the old blown in kind that is not fun to take out of a wall). What a mess.
Today, May 27, the electrician finished the rough in work (or whatever you call it). He'll come back later to do the finish work.
The carpenter was here today also, getting the framing started for the pocket door between the kitchen and the bathroom.
We've still not got a drywall contractor. We're hoping to get a couple more estimates.
Right now, at six p.m., Mike is using the shop vac to clean up sawdust. He feels like anything he can do to help will save money. I hope so.
We've sort of gotten used to living all over and I think losing a kitchen might not be as bad as losing a bathroom. We can still take showers and live a normal life upstairs.
Still, we're in the building up stage now, not the tearing down, and that feels good.
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Oh, dear. The day will come when I will be doing this very thing. I dread learning what is behind the walls of my kitchen. I suspect the previous owner tried to hide a lot of sins underneath drywall and mud. The walls have been smeared with drywall mud, perhaps to make the kitchen look rustic. It just looks messy.
Good luck with your project.
Hi Nancy,
We were afraid we'd find a skeleton, as the story goes an old woman died from falling down the basement stairs, stairs that no longer exist. Our daughter is sure that she still "haunts" our house. Mike was hoping for a bag of money. I just knew there would be a lot of plain old mess. I hope that you will be smart enough to hire someone to do the demolition for you. In retrospect, I wish we would have.
And your garden is lovely!!
I remember when I decided to renovate a 3rd floor room for Susanna. It took a year to complete. First there was the removal of 5 layers of wallpaper, then the pulling up of 3 layers of linoleum from the floor, praying all the while that there is a decent floor beneath. Finally the stripping of oil-based paint (hopefully not lead) from all of the woodwork. Given the house was almost 100 years old, the woodwork was ornate and wide.
Eventually the prep work was completed. Then it came time to paint the 14 x 20 room. Forget refinishing the flooring. Carpet was the order of the day. In the end a delightful room for a child to spend 15 years of life. Yes, she was about 2 by the time she moved in. :)
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