After MUCH preparation and scheduling and wondering if we were crazy (yes), excavation has begun! I stopped by the house and thought they must have accidentally been digging for a swimming pool. There was a massive amount of earth being moved. As part of the remodel/restoration/craziness, we had to replace our original 1955 clay sewer [...]
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I sort of remember someone mentioning asbestos testing, but it sort of flew out of my head. I forgot about it until Tim removed the luan mahogany panels in the living room (soon to be 3rd bedroom) and saw the very gnarly insulation. Tim wondered aloud if it might be asbestos. So, I hit the [...]
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My brother, Kirby, and my Dad came out from Louisiana for the week to help with the demolition. They gutted the kitchen and removed the kitchen cabinets with the most loving care possible, since we want to re-use every last drop of our mahogany. We knew the frames (outer parts) were made from solid mahogany [...]
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We started out with about 150 random rocks in our backyard. Some were over a foot in diameter, but most were about a foot. My parents took about 20 to Louisiana. I sold a few barrel loads on Craigslist. My neighbors took a few of them. I started to get a bit more desperate, so [...]
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Just like the concrete walkway, we were pretty sad to lose our trees. We had two Honey Locust trees in our backyard. I hated those little stupid leaves, but the trees were nice. One tree was really close to the house and it was in the middle of our future dining room. The second tree [...]
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I’m a few weeks behind, because we’ve been doing so much work, but I’m trying to catch up now. Tim and I thought we’d save a little money and demo our own concrete. If we had known how LITTLE money we’d save, we would have NOT done this little effort and just been drinking and [...]
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