Archive for December 2008
I had thought that the demo was largely done when I posted the last set of pictures, but that was not so. They’ve pulled out lots more, and they still haven’t yanked most of the windows. But in the meantime, they’ve done some framing and a lot of plumbing, so we’re making some good progress.
Now that the framing is in, we can see how the new layout will work. It’s not vastly different from what came before, but the tweaks are nice.
Yes, yes, not the best of times to undertake a major home renovation, but we’ve been saving for it for years, and hopefully Christina’s job, at least, is relatively recession-proof. Plus, the contractors and subs want the work now, where two years ago, we’d have to wait in line.
So it’s happening. We’re now three days into demo, and as far as I can tell, 95% of what has to go away is gone. Some floor has to go, and the windows will go once the new ones arrive. But is pretty empty up there.
Here are the before pics and the first demo pics (from yesterday – even more is gone now):
Hopefully, I’ll have some pictures of the construction process soon. That, of course, will be 20x slower.