Demolition Begins

On November 13, 2012, our little room gets gutted.

 

 

 

We had lathe and plaster walls and knob and tube wiring.  The contractor tore out the old hardwood floor as we are putting tile in this room.  We have it safely stored in our garage for patching in places. 

 

 

 

 

 

The neat part about the flooring was that it had the name of the lumber yard, Kuyper Lumber, on it.  The contractor also saved a couple of the nails that held it in place which were also pretty cool.

 

 

 

 

 

I know it looks like a mess, but I think it's really interesting to see what is underneath walls and floors when the old gets torn out.  Sadly it means we will have sheetrock walls instead of plaster but that's the price you pay for progress, I guess.