So we finally closed on the house on Tuesday afternoon and started demolision on the bathroom Wednesday morning. A lot of fun. Josh and I are a good demolition team. Yesterday Josh had to work and I cleaned and packed at the apartment. This morning we went to the town hall and pulled the building permit we needed to make this all official then went to the house with our contractor. The dumpster arrived and we were off! Take a look at our neat pics and video of the fun we had.
We discovered conclusively today that the house is at least from the 1800's. We found pre-massproduced nails (the square kind), wide floor boards, the outline and pipe connection for a stove in the master bedroom, and ceiling joists made of boards milled straight from trees.
We could tell by their irregular shape.
I suspect we will find something very similar in the front room when we open up that wall.
The green note for the day is the dumpster we got is from a place in Holliston which will recycle as much of the debris from the house as possible. We also saved a good deal of the lathe after removing the old horse hair plaster. We're hoping this can stay and provide a solid backing for the drywall we intend to put up.
Many thanks to Mom and Dad who showed up at the end of the day with hot chowder and a shop-vac!
We discovered conclusively today that the house is at least from the 1800's. We found pre-massproduced nails (the square kind), wide floor boards, the outline and pipe connection for a stove in the master bedroom, and ceiling joists made of boards milled straight from trees.
We could tell by their irregular shape.
I suspect we will find something very similar in the front room when we open up that wall.
The green note for the day is the dumpster we got is from a place in Holliston which will recycle as much of the debris from the house as possible. We also saved a good deal of the lathe after removing the old horse hair plaster. We're hoping this can stay and provide a solid backing for the drywall we intend to put up.
Many thanks to Mom and Dad who showed up at the end of the day with hot chowder and a shop-vac!
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