2005-05-08 - Nearing the End of Living-Room Destruction

Look Ma, No Ceiling!

What's the first step if you want to vault the ceiling? This is not a trick question... common, I know you know... That's right! Remove the ceiling! (See, I knew you could get it.)

Its amazing how much roomier the space feels with the ceiling removed! This vaulted ceiling idea is going to rock!

Unveiling the Fireplace

Start with... the propane thing that stinks :). Then take it out. Then take out the poorly constructed brick pile behind it (we just pulled it away from the wall and presto!).

Next, we remove the bricks on the floor. This took some more effort, but it was fun! Sarah really got into the swing of things! There's just something about a girl swinging a sledge-hammer :). The marble we found under the bricks actually looks pretty cute :).

Look Ma, No Floor!

Now, time to take out the floor!

Look, ugly tile under the ugly tile! If you look carefully, you can see the all three layers of floor we had to remove.

The sub-floor was all long diagonal interlocking planks. Luckily we choose the easy direction - the interlocking part wasn't a problem. The planks go all the way through the living room and kitchen, so we had to use the saws-all to cut the planks at the wall.

And, presto, no floor! We removed the whole floor in one day - go us!