Demolition: May 2020
We knew it would be loud. But we didn’t know it would be loud! Ground trembling, wall shaking— type of loud.
Despite the noise, demo was truly the most exciting part of the process. In just a day, our entire space was completely transformed. Seeing the studs and lathe and layers of plaster, wallpaper and paint in a pile on the ground was enthralling. Very quickly, the sounds of demo and construction became associated with the sounds of progress.
For the most part, demo went as planned. But once those walls come down you never know what you are going to find. We ended up discovering a second chimney we should have realized was there. When the walls came down. There it was: drastically angled, falling apart, but still holding up the house.
At the end of day one, we went upstairs after demo when we knew they were done… which was when the noise stopped!
Day two they carried trash bins filled filled with the rubble up and down the stairs all day long. But they got it cleaned up!
As they tore down the third floor, we got to see glimpses of the past: Pink floral wall paper and blackened wood from a fire from long ago.
