The past couple of days have been demolition days. Carpet, staples, doors, kitchen cabinets: GONE. We also started taking the walls down to the studs. So far we've knocked out the great room and the living room, 1/2 of the bedroom downstairs, some of the upstairs, and a lot of the kitchen. We have accomplished a lot, thanks in large part to our friends who have helped us. However, we have come across the bee roadblock. They have taken quite a liking to our walls and windows upstairs. We aren't sure how many live there, but I wouldn't be surprised if the numbers are in the hundreds. So, we had to stop for the day upstairs. That was okay because we had already filled the 2 ton dumpster. In 2 days. This house look so much better now that it is strictly studs. I'm excited for the next few months!
Also, last Friday we found out that there was no heat upstairs at all. They apparently had random vents that didn't actually connect to any duct work and that the previous owners were pretty into gravity heating. I guess we are going to need a brand new furnace and new duct work. It's probably for the best though.
