Dumpster

This morning the dumpster was scheduled to be removed. When I arrived Greg gave me a look and I knew there was an issue. It turns out a 20 yard dumpster full is too much for the truck to handle. The dumpster company has another truck that should be able to get it out, but it is broken so right now we have two dumpsters.

My parents and Greg's dad came up today to help on the house. We took down one of the chimneys, removed interior walls and the awkward bathroom downstairs. The chimney was pretty easy to take down. Mom and I didn't really do much, we went into town and shared a frozen custard and checked out what the town has to offer.

Tomorrow we'll tackle the other chimney and the upstairs bathroom. Soon, we'll be ready to have the framer, electrician, and plumber come take a look.

Last Weekend

Taking the plaster down.









Lots to carry.











Four layers of plaster/sheetrock all came down in one piece.

Upstairs

Today we put in a full day at the house. We removed plaster from 5 closets and the front and back stairs. The upstairs is about 95% complete, in terms of plaster removed.

Tomorrow I go back to work, I have been out for a week so I am not looking forward to all the emails and voice mails. It was nice to be able to get some good work days in on the house although I wish the circumstances were different. I think my parents are coming up on Saturday and Sunday which will be nice, I bet we will have all the lath and plaster removed by the end of Sunday.

Monday

Greg and I took down the plaster in the upstairs bathroom and some of the bead board. We found a sheet of drywall on the ceiling and some cardboard-like material on the wall, both were harder to remove then the plaster. We also canceled our cable service at our apartment because we figure we could use the money and we will have no time for TV. The water department was by to turn on our water, but we have the wrong fitting so next weekend we will fix it and have a working shower, toilet, and sink. Today we were also able to remove the nasty fridge and sink so hopefully the house will start to smell better. The kitchen smelled like urine when we first "moved in".

Tomorrow is my grandfather's wake and funeral so we will be back to work on Wednesday. I think working on the house is helping me to deal with his death and is what he would want.

Our garage is under the brush.

Carrying plaster.









The results of our labor.

We are homeowners

We closed on Thursday and started working on the house Friday afternoon. We would have started earlier, but of course there were still issues with recording the deed so it wasn't officially ours until Friday around noon. Friday we were able to take some trim down (which we hope to save) and Greg took down the plaster in the library.

Saturday my parents and Greg's dad came up to help, we did a lot more then I was expecting. My mom and I cleaned up the hedges in the front of the house, my dad cut down most of the trees in the yard, Greg and his dad cleaned up the plaster in the library and brought it to the dumpster, we fixed a leaky pipe and stacked most of the trim in the basement and cleaned up some of the trash people had been dumping in our yard. A few neighbors stopped by and they were all very friendly and happy to see our house was getting some attention. Today we are going to continue with the removal of trim, plaster and lath.

We forgot the camera the last couple days, but today I will get some action shots.

This Week.

It is going to happen this week. Greg and I are going to sign a lot of paper and finally get the keys. Again, I will believe it when I actually need to pull out the pen, but this Thursday is the day.