And the Walls Came Tumbling Down

We've been working on a multi-month project - the demolition of the plaster and drywall in the house.  In many cases, the walls and ceilings (as we had previously discovered in at least one room) were 2 and 3 layers thick, which did not lend itself to easy demo.  With help from a lot of people, we are "down to the studs" at this point in the main house and all that remains is a lot of insulation that needs to be removed.  The demo work was an absolute mess, and the weather this summer has not cooperated.  It's been a record hot summer and we just can't seem to catch a break from the humidity and heat index  - often well over 100.  In any event, here's some pictures of this long and involved (and hot and sweaty) project. 

First a few "before and after" shots.  Here's an upstairs bedroom:

The upstairs game room:



And the downstairs study:

The next few "stud shots" will illustrate the scope of this project.  With the walls and ceilings gone, you can see right through the house.  Here's two shots of the downstairs:

And one of the upstairs:



Of course, that much drywall and plaster weighs a lot, creates a big mess, and uses a lot of dumpters (5 and counting).  Here's a few shots of the debris created as the walls and ceilings came down:

The front yard at its worst:

And, finally, as you can see, we've made significant progress in the past few weeks getting the yard cleared and the debris into our revolving dumpsters (and I'm sure our neighbors appreciate us getting this done!):