Demo & Clean-up

For the holiday, we tore out a wall that was not original to the house and was blocking off part of the main stairwell landing. It came out with very little trouble. In taking it down, we were able to view seven layers of wallpaper each stopping at different places in the area of the wall, depending on which change had already been made when the paper was applied. The wall itself had two layers, one before and one after the drop ceiling (also removed) was put in. The other layers were behind where this wall joined the original walls.

Before	"The Shining"
Chop-chop	After

We also started cleaning up a variety of things in the house and bought a new washer and dryer to replace the units in the house, which did not work. Those should be coming tomorrow morning.

I have to check with the borough this evening or tomorrow morning to see if my permit for putting up fencing was approved; stupid ordinances. Then we'll have a contractor come in for estimates on plumbing changes and the addition of residential sprinklers.