The downstairs comes up and out...

Lael thinks this is pretty cool.
How do they get the furnace, water heater and washer and dryer out now?

Looks like a tornado hit...

End of Day 5 - no more house!

And the house came down during the day...

9:30AM on Day 5 - almost gone

Wow, these guys are fast. They got power tools going this morning and grinned when I came over to see their progress. As I snapped these photos, Vitalino (the guy in the blue sweatshirt) yelled to his buddy in Spanish asking if he thought it would be crazy to hook the truck up to the front part of the house and pull it down. I smiled and told him I thought it would be crazy but would be fun to see (in English) and his eyes lit up. Calmer heads seem to have prevailed, though. They're taking it down by hand so we can be sure to have all the lumber in good shape to reuse or recycle.

The race is on since we're due for 3 days of rain &/or snow. We're hoping to be able to reuse the oak flooring, so that's the only real reason we're a bit concerned about what happens today before the weather worsens.

Photos - Day 3 of Deconstruction

The work moved inside... And the walls came down.

Photos - Day 2 of Deconstruction

The roof came off and the interior walls started to come down. Dumpster #1 full and removed from site.

Photos - Day 1 of Deconstruction

Dumpster + Portapotty = GO!

The dumpster arrived on Wednesday, the portapotty showed up mysteriously that night, so we are ready to start deconstruction of old 2615 to make way for the new. We have to recycle 60%+ of the mass of the house, so it is more of a dismantling than demolition process. We'll reuse many of the materials - the old 2x6 rafters will become studs in the new house, lots of the other lumber will be used and some saved for renovating the garage (when we get to that later).