Racing Against Winter, Again

Originally posted on 2020-11-29 Delay in getting permits then being sick has put us behind, but there are some things that needed to be done before the snow flies. As mentioned last week, we started to demolish the house. This week we were busy trying to completely detach parts from the part of that houseContinue reading “Racing Against Winter, Again”

It’s Demolition Time!!

Originally posted on 2020-11-22 Today we started the demolition of the house. We finally started the demolition of the house, tearing it down using the tractor. Since we are using the tractor is pretty much a one-person job. The biggest downside to starting this today is that it’s supposed to rain tonight and we can’tContinue reading “It’s Demolition Time!!”

A Place For Our Stuff

Originally posted on 2020-10-25 Trying to figure out exactly where to put everything has been a challenge, but we’ve also found some things we were wondering where it had gotten to. As we continue to prepare to demolish the eastern part of our house we’ve had the fun task of going through all our possessionsContinue reading “A Place For Our Stuff”

Preparing to Demolish – Part Two

Originally posted on 2020-10-11 “What are you preparing?! You’re always preparing! Just go!” Dark Helmet from Spaceballs, 1987. This week saw us continuing to prepare to demolish the house, but we still have a lot to do before we get there. Tearing down a house isn’t as straight forward as one might think, especially ifContinue reading “Preparing to Demolish – Part Two”

Preparing to Demolish – Part One

Originally posted on 2020-10-04 This week we started to move things around in preparation to tear down the first part of the house. This week we had the hydro moved and we moved our washer and dryer. The major thing that gone done this week happened on Wednesday. We had contractors come in and moveContinue reading “Preparing to Demolish – Part One”