2005/01/03

Well, the wall removal was completed at 7PM this evening.

The day started with the kitchen in a barely useable state. Monday night we moved the fridge, stove and other bits into the living room in preparation. Next we started removing the remaining tiles, and dismantling the wall.

Mr T helping with the removal of the tiles.

By morning coffee break the walls and ceiling were falling.

By first break after lunch, we had first light through the wall. The bottom right-hand side you can see where we are removing the wire mesh that held up the cement rendering onto which the tiles were afixed. (Lots of bent nails! What a pain that was!)

By 7PM the wall was down! Nothing moved, it definitely was not a supporting wall. It terminated at the ceiling between two joists running parallel to the wall. When I ran a saw through the pieces of the wall, the saw gap remained after I pulled it out.

Now, to remove the remaining plaster support mesh and put up plaster board. I expect to get this done by Wednesday, and even get started on the walls. I still have to run a bunch of wires around etc., however that should not take too long.