First Floor Demo

Porch Stair Removal

When I originally started building instead of demoing, I was really looking forward to it. Building gives you a sense of progress that demo does not. After demoing you have a sense of accomplishment, but you can’t really say that things are “better” when you’re done. However, after months of construction, going back to destruction felt really […]

First Floor Demo

First Floor Cleanup

Following the demolition and the unexpected plumbing, I got to work cleaning up the first floor in preparation the first floor framing activities, including replacing the load bearing wall, closing up the remaining window on the North wall, and adding fire blocking to close up the balloon construction walls. The new dumpster arrived a couple of […]

First Floor Demo

Stairs Demolition

Saturday we had our second “Demo Party”, where we invite friends and family to come demolish our house in exchange for food and drink, and it was a big success. We took down all of the plaster and lath in the foyer, including the stairwell, as well as the office on the second floor. Then […]

First Floor Demo

Goodbye Original Floors

The first floor originally had wood floors throughout, as was typical of the time it was built. These were floated on furring strips running across the subfloor. The bedrooms had a 4 1/2″ wide plank and the rest was 3 1/2″ wide, each different types of wood, 3/4″ thick. On top of this flooring someone had […]

First Floor Demo

More First Floor Cleanup

This is going to be a picture-heavy post. To start with, I got the partition walls on the first floor down. That really opened things up (and made the house sway a bit in heavy winds, which is concerning). I removed the pocket door mechanism whole by taking down the long board the four pieces […]

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