Today we ripped off most of the back of the house. 😳 Yes, this is close to the same view from two photos ago (our sink used to be before that “window”. We started the day by cleaning up the yard to a) finish filling the dumpster (which gets picked up tomorrow), and b) make room for the electrician to install our temporary power pole this week since our electric panel is currently mounted to a wall that needs to be removed and rebuilt. Once the yard was relatively tidy, we destroyed it yet again, refilling it with siding, stud, and ceiling joist debris as the walls came down.
Yesterday, our neighbors across the alley were incredibly kind and gave us the biggest tarp we have ever seen. It now covers the massive hole on the back of the house (and then some). We also cobbled together a “security system” of floor-to-ceiling boards mounted to the studs from the inside creating a thick barrier between the open side of the house and the two-story structure we’re retaining. After the two burglaries of our garage in March, we’re not taking any more chances.
Yesterday, our neighbors across the alley were incredibly kind and gave us the biggest tarp we have ever seen. It now covers the massive hole on the back of the house (and then some). We also cobbled together a “security system” of floor-to-ceiling boards mounted to the studs from the inside creating a thick barrier between the open side of the house and the two-story structure we’re retaining. After the two burglaries of our garage in March, we’re not taking any more chances.
Despite the rain in the forecast next weekend, we’re hoping to wrap up the rest of the demo and make a few socially-distanced dump runs to clean up our job site.