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Where to begin? Just about everything inside and outside of the house is going to be ruined, removed or renovated. So, armed with sledge hammers, crow bars, shovels, pick axes, jack hammers and of course, our safety glasses, we descended on Lisa Lane like a pack of rioting revolutionaries. We took no prisoners and began demolishing everything in our path.
We enlisted some help from friends and family as part of our crew. Steven Chidister, a 24 year old student needing a part time job is the muscles on this job. Steve's nieces, Megan and Paige
Coffey were also fantastic helpers in the clean-up department and earned money for Girl's Camp. 
First things first, the carpet and tile throughout the house! We started with the tile in the kitchen and family room a.k.a. Tiki lounge by using a jackhammer. Steve got the technique down by tilting the hammer just right and popping the tile off in one piece which made it easier to take out to the industrial size dumpster.
The Kitchen was next on the list. The cabinets came off the walls pretty easily with a few blows of the sledge hammer. There is someting very theraputic about just busting things up! Because we had the jack hammer, the men started in on the fireplaces - the black lava rock downstairs as well as the white quartz fireplace in the master bedroom. Rather than carry the rock down the staircase, we just threw the depris over the front balcony.
A couple days later, Steve completely shocked me when I came home from work to find he had taken down the 3rd and largest fireplace in the living room all by himself. He
had chiselled off the dense, orange stone - all 2 stories, 2 walls of it. Every inch of him was completely covered in white concrete and stone dust - all of his hair, eyebrows, eyelashes, skin and clothes. He looked about 79 years old but from this sneak preview, I am happy to say that he will be a very handsome old man.
Demolition moved to the bathrooms, where we destroyed all toilets, sinks, cabinets, floors and all but one tub. Yes, the Love Tub is gone. We did observe a moment of silence.
Steve & I at the end of a dirty demolition day
We enlisted some help from friends and family as part of our crew. Steven Chidister, a 24 year old student needing a part time job is the muscles on this job. Steve's nieces, Megan and Paige
Coffey were also fantastic helpers in the clean-up department and earned money for Girl's Camp. 
First things first, the carpet and tile throughout the house! We started with the tile in the kitchen and family room a.k.a. Tiki lounge by using a jackhammer. Steve got the technique down by tilting the hammer just right and popping the tile off in one piece which made it easier to take out to the industrial size dumpster.
The Kitchen was next on the list. The cabinets came off the walls pretty easily with a few blows of the sledge hammer. There is someting very theraputic about just busting things up! Because we had the jack hammer, the men started in on the fireplaces - the black lava rock downstairs as well as the white quartz fireplace in the master bedroom. Rather than carry the rock down the staircase, we just threw the depris over the front balcony.
A couple days later, Steve completely shocked me when I came home from work to find he had taken down the 3rd and largest fireplace in the living room all by himself. He
had chiselled off the dense, orange stone - all 2 stories, 2 walls of it. Every inch of him was completely covered in white concrete and stone dust - all of his hair, eyebrows, eyelashes, skin and clothes. He looked about 79 years old but from this sneak preview, I am happy to say that he will be a very handsome old man.
Demolition moved to the bathrooms, where we destroyed all toilets, sinks, cabinets, floors and all but one tub. Yes, the Love Tub is gone. We did observe a moment of silence.Steve & I at the end of a dirty demolition day
Love it! I know it will look great when you are done!
ReplyDeleteYou still look like you can work at the end of the day. More work ahead.
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