More Demolition and Progress

With the joist inspection successfully behind us things took off like a rocket. The new sub floor went down and demolition on the remaining part of the house has begun. Amazing what can happen when a sledge hammer is involved. Men can be such little boys when told to 'destroy' something. The mess is not nearly as bad this time.

Over the past year we've had many discussions regarding the old house and whether or not there was any insulation in some areas of it. I guess insulation is a relative term and depends on exactly what is meant by "insulation". If you mean some method to create a barrier so that heat is retained or barred from entering then yes, there was some insulation. There was actually some fiberglass insulation here and there in the walls and someone had creatively used old acoustic type tiles in an attempt to insulate the old roof. There was a newer roof and trusses put over the original roof some years ago and fiberglass insulation was placed over the old roof at the time but the original roof (tar and gravel) was left in place and just covered over. So, the answer to the 'big' question was depending on your perspective the house was insulated.

Today we start building the upper level walls and getting them into place while demolition continues on the old part of the house. Once the upper level walls are in measurements will be taken and the new roof trusses ordered! Getting a roof on the place will certainly be a milestone!

Some pictures of the continuing demolition: