Demo delirium

They really make all that demo look fun on HGTV... Demo is nearly complete but there is always one more nail to pull! Walls and ceilings are down, toilets, tubs and sinks are gone and wiring has been pulled. We are so close! We raised the ceiling height in the rooms upstairs from 7 ft. to 9.5 ft.  I'm glad we decided to go this route as it definitely opens up the space and gives the rooms a much larger feel.
 



Demo in progress

Chimney is gone to open up bedroom upstairs and make room for range in kitchen. No worries, we are keeping fireplace in the other living room.

 

Goodbye linoleum , hello subfloor and hardwoods. Plan is to tile bathrooms and kitchen and refinish hardwoods in the downstairs spare bedroom, living room, den and 3 rooms upstairs. We also found a few treasures behind the demo- beadboard ceilings in the dinning room, slate hearth under faux brick fireplace and cleaned up the drain board sink from the back porch.



It raining, its pouring, uh oh the bathroom is flooding

Demo began the day we closed and the whole place was pretty much cleared out in 5 days. So far, we've only ran across a few minor repairs that will need to be addressed, but nothing out of the scope of the original project. Demo day #2 did bring a small surprise as we turned the water on. Apparently a pipe had been disturbed during demo heading to the 2nd floor bathroom and we had water pouring from the ceiling in the first floor bathroom. I panicked at first, but was reassured that everything was going to be gutted anyway so really all was OK. All the wet ceiling tiles and drywall came out of the bathroom, the leak was quickly identified and pipe sealed. Crisis adverted and more demo ensued.

Pre-demo cleanup

Wanted to share what we've actually cleaned out of the house before demo began. Part of our negotiations included removal of the previous owners "stuff" that was left behind. Thought this was worth a peek because, well, there was a lot of it! We did take several loads to a local thrift store but we also hauled a load or 2 to the landfill.