Finishing Line.......of the demo

The last vestiges of the old house are start to slip away (aside from the exterior of course). Above is the view of the first floor with no flooring anymore. The tile and hardwood have both come out, and we are left with a mish-mash of holes and inconsistencies. Its going to be interesting to see how they put that back together when this is getting on the road to repair.


Whats fun (and frustrating about this) is when you get surprises. This one isn't bad necessarily, but it's just really old school. This is a picture of the footing in the basement. Its brick. That hasn't been the standard in a really long time. Very few of them are this way anymore. We will just have to decide if we cover it up as we have been planning, or if we try to figure out a way to leave it exposed....could be pretty tough with how cold that could get in the winter.


This was the state of the basement on Thursday. On Friday and Saturday they took out the majority of the floor that hasn't been taken out. This much of the basement being taken out took the better part of a whole day. Tough work.



More views of the basement. You can see that all of the mechanical and supply lines from the old house are still there. This will all be coming out, so all that is left of the house will be the frame. We will be doing entirely new electric, plumbing and HVAC.



And the ramp. Ah, the ramp. I was required to build this ramp by the purveyors of the dumpsters. They were having trouble getting the 50,000lb trucks (loaded) with a full dumpster out of the lot due to there being a height variance of at least 18" between the alley and the property. In the end they took the loaded dumpster and said they were not coming back with an empty one until I got a ramp built. In the next 24hrs I arranged for the delivery and distribution of 10tons of limestone gravel. I must say thank you to John Gobo, he really helped me out in a pinch with getting this gravel spread out the right way and fast.

BIG, HUGE, Terribly necessary building permit meeting tomorrow afternoon. Assuming that I get the permit tomorrow, we should be on track to start with rough carpentry, drain tile in the basement, and working out the window openings for the windows that should be delivered in the next week or two.

Should be a busy week.