So far, we have hauled out over 12,000 pounds of rubble! This place was built like a fortress. The top 2 feet of every wall is solid concrete with two strands of rebar! I managed to catch a nasty cough from breathing the insulation. I had a good respirator but must have sucked something in during a break in the work.
This one little 2x4 is holding up the roof...not really...It just made Sue feel better...
Jay came over Wednesday and helped me measure out where the floor needs to be jacked out for drains and said a jack hammer wouldn't work horizontally for these darn wall headers. So...Thursday after a particularly stressful day I managed to get them all down with a sledge hammer. Sometimes, after 20 or 30 strikes with the hammer the wall would just look at me and say "Huh?"... then finally with persistence it would begin to crumble.
I think when this last one finally fell, the roof took a big sigh of relief. It's pretty well opened up the place...too bad we have to carve it all up again with walls. But it's going to be nice when Drew get's done... :o)..
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When I think about it, your house probably WAS built like a fortress! You do have a bomb shelter after all. Silly people...
WOW! Even though it's a mess it looks AWESOME! It's really gonna be great when its all done!
You da man Dad! Good grief! Hey, at least it's good stress relief blasting out all those walls!:) Gonna be AWESOME when you're done.
What can I say -- MY husband is a real HE-MAN. I can't believe how strong he is! ;D
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