3-18 rebar for basement wall
3-18 view of the house from the top of the "light pole" tree
3-18 view of the surrounding neighborhood from the top of the tree.Looking south. Panorama from left to right #1
3-18 view of the surrounding neighborhood from the top of the tree. Looking south, south-west. Panorama to right #2
3-18 view of the surrounding neighborhood from the top of the tree. Looking west. Panorama #3
3-18 view of the surrounding neighborhood from the top of the tree.Looking west. Panorama #4
Ready for a wall pour
The first permanent basement wall. This replaces the exterior cellar wall. It will the the wast wall of the mechanical room and food storage room.
The foundation walls for the new master bath are formed and ready for concrete.
The first wall pour didn't go as well as planned. The form bowed a bit and had a little blow out.
A sample shot of some of the wallpaper.
The pink room used to be the green room, and before that blue. There are also several layers of old wallpaper.
Apparently our old bedroom used to have double doors.
More interior walls removed.
Under the middle of the house.
More basement footings poured.
In removing the interior walls we also removed the 2 fireplaces. We found that they had some firebrick in the main firebox, but the rest was just the same adobe bricks as the walls.
04/09/14
Rebar for more of the foundation walls. The engineer called out so much it looks like a prison.
More of the wallpaper we found.
Walls and ceilings removed. You can see all of the old wood the house was built with.
The demolition work is not a clean project.
04/10/14
More walls formed and ready to be poured.
04/11/14
Pouring the walls. most of the concrete had to be pumped in. It was always a treat for all of the neighborhood kids.
Brandon, the muscle.
view of the pumper truck from above
04/15/14
Formed and braced, ready for another concrete pour tomorrow.
The family and I spent some time Saturday stripping the forms from the pour on Friday. It was tough work. A big thanks to Jimmy Wilson for his help also. 3 critical corners are done. — with Brescia Eppley, Lara Roundy Eppley and Dexter Eppley.
Another section of permanent wall that was added in the basement Friday.
I had completely forgotten that we had written this before we put in the wood floor in the middle room.
This is what our bedroom looks like after dropping the ceiling.
Most all of the bathroom subfloor is up. Calling it a day.
Some of the latest progress. Kind of surreal to see nothing where a wall once stood. I don't know how this house has stood so long on 2 feet of stacked stone. — with Brescia Eppley, Lara Roundy Eppley and Dexter Eppley.
The gap where a brick wall once stood. You can see down into the basement.
The "foundation" for the fireplace. Just a bunch of stones and a little hand mixed concrete.
04/23/14
I removed the front walkway this evening. Now I just need to clear it then form it up for the next concrete pour
04/24/14
More digging in the basement with the heavy equipment. They look more like toys because of the perspective. More progress is being made. I pulled ceiling nails and then removed all of the carpet and padding in the West bedroom. Now I am going to bed.
I had to remove the chimney. Started at the top and worked my way down. This chimney actually served 2 fireplaces. It had some interesting construction. I don't know how it stayed up for so long.
All of the work I did on the house yesterday was mostly destructive. You have to remove the old to make way for the new. — with Lara Roundy Eppley.
This was my set-up to disassemble the upper chimney.
I was able to get the concrete cap ring down in one piece. Quite a feat as I am sure it weighed significantly more than me.
More wall and ceiling removal.
This demolition is some dirty work.
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