Especially if you are continuing to occupy some of the structure, you can’t simply rip it out with a jackhammer or sawz-all like some other stuff. You have to deconstruct it from the front back, taking care not to damage those parts that are largely inaccessible and which you hope to re-use, like large sewer pipes that run under concrete floors and foundations.
We took out walls, sinks, vanities, etc. as a part of the original demolition. One shower is left downstairs (for now), and a working toilet has to remain in the house so that we don’t have to rent a port-o-potty while the workmen are there. The rest of it came out and is subject to redesign by Berry (the design guru in charge of overall fabulocity on the project) and now the plumbers are in taking everything back to the base elements so that it can be rebuilt in a more functional way with modern materials that will last beyond our lifetimes.
Redesigning the space, now that it’s cleared, takes lots of negotiating. We are not small people, and do not want to touch each other in the mornings as we get ready to leave. Figuring out spatial relations finally took a roll of blue tape and people actually standing in the space.
But now we have nice empty rooms within which to work as the plumbers start reconstructing that which was deconstructed.
Sort of like updating a Victorian novel.
But now we have nice empty rooms within which to work as the plumbers start reconstructing that which was deconstructed.
Sort of like updating a Victorian novel.
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