We accomplished a lot today! More demo! All the laminate flooring is removed, all the carpet is gone and most of the tile is gone. We still have the main bath, the den and a small area of the kitchen to remove. It’s hard with layers of tile, lino and 1/4″ plywood. But that’s for tomorrow!
The theme for today is battling the borders. The good news is we were VICTORIOUS! However it did take us another 6 hours. You see, the person who installed the wall paper borders didn’t just use wall paper paste, they used some kind of silicone like glue. I had to use a razor sharp wall paper remover tool. There will be lots to mud over! But it is all down now!
Both bathroom vanities are gone and we still have one working toilet…an essential! New toilet will be installed early this week. We only have the bin for 3 days, so all the major materials from our demo have to be gone by Tuesday.
Shouldn’t be a problem as we almost have all the major demolition completed. One more day should complete the demo.
Other fun things we discovered today…a large garbage bag that was sitting out on the grass by the patio. Guess what was in it? Water logged cat litter complete with cat feces! We had to put it in a stronger bag and it took Brian and I both to haul it away…it was seriously HEAVY! We also determined what room the kitty litter box was likely kept in….good thing I have 2 bottles of the pet spray neutralizer!
Now for the challenge of the day….upon removing the water stained drywall ceiling in the kitchen, see photos day 1, we discovered a structural issue. I’m going to have to go back to the condo plans and determine if the condo association is responsible or the unit owner. Stay tuned for the answers on Monday!
Once again the photos tell all, but remember it has to get worse before it gets better!
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- A beautiful kitchen in progress!
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- Appliances were moved to get at what we need to demo!
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- Panelling gone! Wall paper gone!
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- Wait til you see what I have planned to extend the kitchen counter!
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- Laminate flooring is going to a family member!
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- Some of the hot water heaters are coming off. I’ve labelled them so we aren’t doing a jigsaw puzzle when we put them back after they are painted!
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- Carpet gone. Lots of staples still to remove
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- Yes we recycle our pop cans!
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- Half bath vanity gone, leaky faucet to fix!
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- pantry is a good place to store stuff while demo happens!
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- Still to demo, peel & stick tile over lino, over ??? It’s going to take a “drummell” according to my colleague
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- Started to clean the silgranit sink! What do you use?
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- Upper level hallway has a HUGE closet for linens etc.
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- This area is going to need an assessment for an active leak!
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- More stairs…yes there are 3 half flights of stairs!
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- Main bath vanity…gone!
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- Main bath toilet…gone!
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- Battle with the border…won!
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- More wallpaper removed!
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- This was the largest room for battling the border! See what will have to be mudded!
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- It’s getting fuller
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- And fuller
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- More border conquered!
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- Upper hallway entrance has another closet!
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- Removed a nasty, scary, skeleton, dark, awful poster at the upper hallway entrance, only to find another hole in the wall to fix!
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