Check out some pictures from today's action:
The metal roof came off first, then the roof structure came off and quickly filled up the first dumpster.
Hiding underneath that lovely aluminum siding was the existing wood clapboard siding. It appeared that the lead paint did a decent job preserving the wood, but once the guys tried to remove it for possible re-use, it just crumbled to pieces.
The garage doors came off relatively easily which makes sense because they were basically rotted through.
The blue insulation on the left is our bathroom wall and the green paneling on the right is one of the outside walls of our bedroom. The brick chimney will be demolished and eventually stairs will head that direction to the 2nd Floor.
The jackhammer made quick work of the garage floor.
At least the tarps kind of match the green shingles on the roof. Hopefully this dry weather keeps up because I don't think that Leah wants to get wet the next time it rains. Note: That is closer to her side of the bed. My side is still under a real roof...
Lulu and Henry are really excited now that they can run through the Garage from front to back instead of running all the way around.
Henry has never been on this side of the garage because he thinks his invisible fence prohibits him from going there. Sorry next door neighbors..
Lulu was so excited about all of the action today, she decided to kiss Henry. He was embarrassed, but kind of liked it.
That would be the 2nd dumpster that is completely overloaded and we have enough trash to fill a 3rd. I didn't want to get a huge dumpster and leave it at the house for the duration of the project for two reasons:
1) I didnt want the entire neighborhood to throw their trash (mattresses, tires, oil, paint, you name it) in our dumpster
2) If the dumpster stayed in the driveway, the excavator and concrete trucks would not be able to access the house.
We will get a new dumpster once we start framing, so we might just have to live with some piles of wood for the next couple of weeks.
At this point, you must be asking yourself what went wrong - if you know me, you know something must always go wrong, so here it is:
The cable that ran around the garage to our Bedroom got cut. In other words, we have no cable in the Bedroom. Not sure what I will do now, but good thing I am reading a good book on my Kindle or I would be really pissed.
These plans ended up on the floor in the Garage at the end of the day. Notice the blood on the page on the left. I'm not sure whose blood that is, and truth be told, if that is the only blood shed all day, I can live with that.
And now for the good news -- scrap value of copper around the corner from us is $3.00/lb. When I was walking around looking at how I am going to get rid of the broken concrete mess that was our Garage slab this morning, I saw two copper pipes burried in the rubble. If I am lucky, I'll get about $10.00 for my discovery.
The dumpster will probably leave tomorrow, and the only reminder of the Garage that was there just 12 hours ago will be the pile of scraps on the left - oh, and the concrete chunks that I need to find a way to get rid of before we dig the new foundation...
Maybe one of these is in order for the weekend???
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