More of the Same
Now back to our regularly scheduled programming: the longest continuous sequence of tearout photos ever. Here Jeanne removing the trim from below the master bedroom window.
Later the same day we'd removed most of the plaster and lathe from the ceilings and the walls...
Here's J breaking up the plaster with the blunt side of a prybar.
The I followed her up with pulling down the lathe, which brought down the remaining plaster as well.
It looks like we're both using ladders but guess which one of us isn't. ;-) Unfortunately, all the dust in the air made flash photography a bit problematic.
For now we're bagging up the plaster and the broken down lathe separately in contractor quality bags and keeping it upstairs. We'll haul it all out at once after everything is torn down (to save costs on the dumpster rental).
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Comments
Hey guys:
Looking good! I have to laugh because this will be us in 5 or 6 months when we demo our own "master" bedroom, really just the large bedroom upstairs- it looks like a goddawful mess! Is the triple window the dormer in front? What are the dimensions of the room and how much trash did it generate? I am really curious!
Thanks
Carol
Posted by: Carol | May 24, 2004 10:50 AM
Rememeber not to fill the bags too much or you'll never get them into the dumpster!
Posted by: Chris | May 24, 2004 4:10 PM
For the 12 X 14 kitchen in our two family, DH and I filled 26 bags of plaster and lathe (plus three trash cans for the longer lathe): a total of 1500#. Our system for getting it out, down the stairs and into the pickup truck: a big rubbermaid bucket w/ two rope handles, *low* to the ground. Bucket on the floor, the two of us lifted a bag into the bucket, carried it out, and both lifted the bag into the truck. Slow work with lots of stairs, but no injuries and no cross words :) The bucket was easy and safe to carry between the two of us.
So far we've demo'd one kitchen back to the studs and kept and patched (and patched and patched!) the plaster for the other one. Jury's out on what's better. They're both a god-awful mess.
Posted by: lissa | May 24, 2004 5:08 PM
The room dimensions are 12' X 16'8". On the 12' sides are two kneewall "nooks" that are 4'8" wide...which extends that room to over 20 ft along the back.
This is the existing dormer from when the house was built...with 7'6" foot ceilings (approx). Nice size for an upstairs space! We were happy that we didn't have to change the exterior of the house at all.
Amount of debris? We really don't know yet. Right now we are in the tearing out stage and are part way in to the "packing it up" stage. (Keeping in mind that the parcels need to be small enough to carry down the stairs eventually.)
Posted by: jm | May 24, 2004 5:38 PM