Demolition

After all of the stuff was pulled out of the house (and most of it was pulled out of the barn, back yard, and woods), we started the demolition stage of renovation. You can't build new when the old stuff is in the way.  It started with simply removing plywood and plastic from the front porch.

Next interior walls came out.

Ceiling/floor between the main floor and the "upstairs" came out and the porch ceiling came down.

Porch walls and floor were removed.

Kitchen addition joists were taken out.

The rotten studs of the kitchen addition were reinforced.

The oil tank was emptied and taken out.

The out house wall, the one that separated it from the rest of the barn, and the flooring and seat were removed.

The rotten roof on the east side of the barn was removed and temporarily replaced with salvaged lumber from the house. The rafters were supported.

A new temporary wall was built.

Plastic was put on the barn as a temporary roof. We need to have a dry place to store lumber and supplies.

The removal of the front porch was completed.

The removal of the kitchen addition was completed.  The shingles (6 layers) on the north roof were removed. It was the only section of house roof that had not been redone within the last 15 years.

The rotten sheathing under the roofing shingles was take out and replaced by salvaged wood or covered with plywood.

The roof was covered with plastic to protect the inside of an tigin. A new temporary wall was built, again to enclose and protect the inside of an tigin.

Lower shingles and sheathing were removed to make sure the sills were in good condition.

Flooring was taken out.

Life edge underlayment was pulled.

Then the joists came out.

The piles of sand that had been shoveled from the kitchen addition to underneath the house were bucketed out.

We are ready to begin the next step: leveling the house, planning and getting those plans approved. Septic, foundation, and basement work to begin as soon as possible.