Demolition on the house started last week! It is amazing how the design and permits process dragged for so long and now all of a sudden we have a job site and daily appointments with plumbers, electricians, foundation, roofing, windows, siding and insulation people.
It is very exciting, especially because for the first time, it seems really real! The demolition process can be slow but only after a couple of days the inside of the house was completely unrecognisable. The reason as to why it is taking longer is that we are salvaging as much of the wood as we can - the hardwood flooring and the framing to be used either in framing the new structure or simply as fire wood for the fireplace!
Drywall comes out easily, but worse are the studs filled with crooked nails. Worst of all, though, is removing the awful fibre-glass insulation (that's my husband in the picture above, in the space suit)!
As of yesterday, most of the existing breezway was gone and they had started to "attack" roof. The heavy rains up here in northwest CT are delaying the process a little bit but time has been spent following up with contractors, vendors, manufacturers. The only two who seem to be having an easy time are Bayou, our doggy, and Toby, one of the builder's dachshund!
2 comments:
Great progress. I feel like puppy already. Back to work for me.
Good for you that you are re-using or recycling whatever you can. My dad was a GC and the amount of waste in typical homebuilding is staggering.
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