Dumpster

Our buckets were ready. We have been taking down walls and lathe all week.  

The dumpster was ordered on Friday morning and delivered later Friday morning. It's the "larger" dumpster of the two sizes available from the city.  We thought about other options, but after comparing costs, it was faster (and easier) way to go.  If you have a check in hand, they will be glad to empty the dumpster that day. 

It was warm.  I won't lie, I was sweating more than I have before.  And sweating in places I didn't know I could sweat. I think my ears and eyelids were sweating. Halfway through the second floor demo, Walt Kowalski said 'Don't we have fans?' 

I said 'We used to have fans.  One got broken and one was "borrowed."' To the fan store we go!

I promise I will try not to knock these over.  I sounds easy. Don't knock over the fan. But it seems like it is always in the way. It gets hit by plaster or falls out of the window. In case you are wondering, one of these fans won't work with only 4 blades. It will try to turn, kinda like an off balance washing machine.  Funny, but not useful. 

The dumpster filled up quick. Walt Kowalski and I took turns shoveling and carrying.  He would carry a few buckets down to the dumpster while I filled them.  Then he would rest and I would carry the buckets down while he shoveled them full. 

Then we moved on to the first floor. 

We started out removing the kitchen cabinets. We salvaged several of them to hang in the shed.  The other cabinets were plastic.  PLASTIC! Plastic drawers and doors.

If only the base cabinet had been made of plastic inside of particle board.  ick. Years of water damage.  (The previous landlords should be ashamed they rented this place in this condition.)

We want to make the kitchen our staging area.  The dining room and living room are full of parts and pieces and building materials.  We didn't want to move things multiple times.  (yes, I know it will happen anyway.)

So we started demoing the kitchen first.  And we are glad we did. 

In the process of removing the ceiling, something hit Walt Kowalski.

It was a plastic container.  Why was that in the ceiling? It wasn't in the ceiling, it was in the floor of the bathroom upstairs.  The previous owners must have had a leak in the drain of the tub and instead of fixing it properly, they opened the access panel to the tub plumbing and slid a container under the pipe to catch any drips. {Walt Kowalski shakes his head.}

You can see the dripping pipe in this photo. 

 The walls came down fast.

Where the window is used to be a door and there used to be a window on the other side.  This is the second boarded up window we found. 

The arch ways were nice, but very small.  This will eventually be a door from the laundry room into the kitchen. 

Here is a view into the front hallway.  We're thinking we might close off this door way and make. There would still be two exits from this room if needed in an emergency. 

It's still early in the planning phase.  We've already changed our minds six times.