Demolition Day, 1/1/11

Three rooms of furniture, crammed into one. (And so it remains...)

 Ripping out three layers of wall: 

wood paneling (easy), plaster (heavy mess), and wood lath (messy and full of nails).

 Bert discovered that our external wall was insulated only with compressed newspaper from 1930.

Comic page from said "insulation."

 The mess abounds.

 Bird's nest?  Probably not, but you never know. 

 Some of our amazing volunteer labor.  Thank you Wes and Ben!!!

(And Ben Fink, who was also there!)

 Did this plastic seal contain the dust?  Not really.  But it helped.

 Beth and Oakley kept me company for a while. :)

 The industrial look is cool, right?  Maybe we should just put plexiglass up and call it done?

 External wall = no insulation.

 External wall = insulated.  Thanks Dad!!! 

Phew.  That was a full day.