Day 5 of Demolition and progress continues to be made. We came home to the lower level stairway and general area taken apart. I was so excited to see this progress as the new entry and stairway are one of my favorite aspects of the new design and seeing the current space opened up really helped me to experience what the new space might feel like.
So far, the demolition work has not turned up anything significantly worrying (knock on wood). The one rather weird thing is that the stair demo uncovered a huge monolithic slab of concrete that had “1978” – the year the house was built – engraved into it. Its kinda cool as a sort of time capsule discovery. But really its just a rather bizarre structure that is neither structural nor in any way needed and now we have to find a way to get rid of it. Our GC has suggested that it needs to be removed and would take a little extra effort today and possibly some extra cost with unanticipated jack-hammering work.
This morning we let the boys (and ourselves) participate in some hands-on demo work. It was cute and a fun photo opp. Today and tomorrow the Demolition continues with the portico (i.e. the hideous giant columns the masonry around our existing exterior entry). Can’t wait to see how that goes.
From House to Home 
Things feel like they’re moving pretty fast! It must have been a great de-stressor this morning to destroy a wall 🙂
Has there been a lot of dust build-up from all the demolition, or has it been overall fine?
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Yes super fast. Dust hasn’t been invading into our living space much. Our GC has been very thoughtful in ensuring we are comfortable which is fab.
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