Today was a resounding success. Few minor injuries, nothing serious or major. Lots of work accomplished. Great weather and good friends. :)We arrived about 8:45 to find a few folks there champing at the bit, ready to go. We soon had the doors open, the power on and everything necessary to the day's work laid out.
The first order of business was to back the utility trailer up to the front door so we could carry debris out and pile it there. All the wood paneling and furring strips were on the trailer and hauled to the burn pile by about 11AM.
A little before lunch we laid down some of the paneling on the dining room floor and began to pull down the plaster ceiling. The dust flew and there were smiles behind those dust masks, I could see. I stayed upwind at a safe distance. (Recent fight with severe bronchitis, fyi.)
We took a nice break for lunch, Pizza Hut pizza and liquid refreshment then went back to it.
The trailer bed was soon full with the ceiling and we carted that off behind the chicken shed and dumped it by about 3:30. For some reason I don't understand the living room ceiling took up more space than the kitchen ceiling, even though it's smaller. We must have carted a bunch of the kitchen debris to the dump at some point. But I don't remember that. Oh, well. We've got LOTs of busted up plaster now! :)
Two intrepid helpers, Tim and Charles, stuck around another couple hours and we removed the bathtub from the existing upstairs bathroom and slid it into the back of the utility trailer. When we get around to having goats and sheep it'll make a great watering trough. I thought it was cast iron but it turned out to be steel. We were a good bit surprised to find out how poorly the seals were made for the plumbing connections. They appear to be just doped up and slid into place, none of the locking rings were tightened up. The connections were probably inacessible behind the ceiling at the time the bathroom was done. Amazing to me that it never seems to have leaked though. The stool and wash basin still have to come out, but we got the lion's share of it. Amazing how much removing some walls opens up a room.
All in all, a great day's work accomplished, we're well on our way!
Next work day will be May 9, and we'll probably start around 10AM since the night before is the Jr-Sr. Banquet at school. Mark your calendar for June 13 also, starting 9ish or perhaps earlier, depending on weather that day.
Here's the picture album, click on the picture on the right. Too tired to tweak them, they're in the raw.
Doug
1 comment:
Good to hear you are getting a lot done!
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