Wow. This past week has flown by and both Captain Man and I are exhausted. We have worked hard and are pleased with our efforts, but we are sore, scraped, bruised, dinged, scarred and just plain pooped. We can tell we are not spring chickens anymore! But the demolition part is mostly done. Yea!
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| The original one and only bathroom |
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| Demo day! |
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| Not quite there yet |
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| Still have the tile to get out of there |
That bathroom was tough. It was clear that this bath was a redo from the original and there were lots of nails. The tile in the shower and around the toilet are attached to cement backer board. We had to remove the tile, which is heavy and the board, which is super heavy. After two days of cutting, banging, twisting, bending, and hauling...this bathroom is gutted. I can tell you...Chip Gaines I am not. I do not like demo days!
We also wanted to remove the wall between the existing kitchen and a back room. This only took us about a day. It opens up the kitchen and hopefully we will be able to install a bar/island where the wall was.
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| One side being removed |
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| And the other side gone |
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| Studs removed |
We will have to keep one of the beams, as it is a load bearing beam...but I am okie dokie with that, will just build and remodel around it.
Next job, tear out the kitchen cabinets. These were really outdated and in our opinion not salvageable. I really did try to see if we could keep some of them, by painting or glazing or something, but just could not come up with a plan to use them. Captain Man stated they were not made very well so we opted to scrape them. And we did.
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| Doors off |
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| Captain Man hard at work |
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| That side done |
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| Other side done |
We got a 15 yard dumpster delivered to the house, and after this week's demolition...it is full!
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| More stuff was added today |
We have some more clean up to do, but for 2 weeks of hard, hard work, we are pleased with our progress. I am so happy this part is over. Now, the really fun part begins...I think?
Until next time...
Enjoy
Great blog you guys! You've made so much progress on your lovely house already. Can't wait to see it- at this rate by the time we get there you will be all finished!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait for you guys to come for a visit!!!
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