Well, the house is ours! We were so excited to get our hands on the place that we had a small party to celebrate. We gave everyone who came a Sharpie and they all wrote their messages to us on the wall (the kids especially enjoyed this!).
Demolition
The demolition officially began on Friday morning. We wanted to encourage our young labourers to work quickly and efficiently (and safely) so we designed a contest for them. We had 5 guys working on the tear-out and each guy was given one room to demolish. The rooms were distributed fairly so that the most experienced labourer got the largest room, etc. There was a bonus for the worker who finished his room the fastest (and safest). They guys worked really, really hard, despite the 40 degree weather!
There was plaster and lath.
Dirt and mess.
And a big, red bin or two.
The big contest winners? Jordan, Shane and Isaiah.
Congratulations on the bonus boys!
The demolition has been a messy, dusty disastrous event. Jason works on project like this all the time but I was unprepared for the actual amount of dust and mess produced. The boys worked all weekend on it but there is still some ongoing demo. The main floor is looking pretty cool though. Remember my
layout plans? Well, we've opened up the walls for the kitchen space and you can really see what the possibilities are now.
Looking forward to shop-vac-ing the whole place clean and getting on with the pretty stuff!
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