Day 1 of demolition had
arrived. With permit in hand and dumpster delivered, there was no
stopping us, or so we hoped! On the way to the house, I told my dad
"today will be the day that we figure out what amateurs we actually
are." And this statement definitely proved to be true as we forgot
to bring a wheelbarrow and shovels. Oh boy! Lucky for us, our
friend Richard had volunteered to help on this day and came more prepared with
shovels we could borrow.
Quick shout out to Richard...I
posted on Facebook that we were starting demo and hinting for any friends that
wanted to knock down some walls to join us. Immediately after this post,
I got a message in my inbox from Richard simply saying "when and
where." Seriously, I have great friends in my life. Thank you
Richard for coming out on our inaugural day!
So now, with Richard's
shovels in hand, we were really ready to start! My dad, Richard and I went at
it! Richard was a beast knocking down walls faster than I could have
imagined. By the end of the day, we had most of the front unit and some
of the back unit's drywalls completely down. I was impressed with our
progress...and our mess!!!! Boy, did we make a mess! We carried some big
drywall pieces to the dumpster, but we decided to save the majority of the
clean-up for the next day when we had some wheelbarrows to help with the loads.
:) Hey, we are learning!
Below are some pictures
from day 1, but as I was uploading them, I realized its hard to tell where we
are at and what progress we were making without seeing the house in person.
To help, I thought I would share this existing floor plan so as I
describe the photos, you have some sort of idea where we are at.
Dad and Richard knocking
down walls in the front unit living room (looking towards bedroom #1)
Richard killing it in the living room
Standing in the same front unit living room spot, but now you can see through the wall, through the closet and into Bedroom #1 that Richard is currently demolishing
And yet again, standing in
the same front unit living room spot, looking into bedroom #1, now with the
walls completely demolished
Self portrait.
Trying to keep the dust and debris out of my eyes and lungs!
Standing the front unit
living room, looking back towards hallway and into bedroom #2
Standing in Front Unit
Bedroom #3, looking through wall into kitchen
Standing in the back unit
bedroom #2, looking into the front unit (seeing front unit Bedroom #3 and
kitchen)
Standing in the back unit
bedroom #3, looking into the front unit (seeing front unit bedroom #2 and
bedroom #1)
It was a fun and rewarding
demolition day. I mean, let's be honest, its fun to knock stuff down!
And it felt good to see so much progress and change happen in just one
day!
And yes, Joe Elliott, I am
a demolition woman and you can be my man (well, not really, you are too
old for me, but I love your music!)
