Demolition Complete!

The last load of demolition debris was hauled away to the dump Saturday afternoon.   Kip and Dru came up from Cody and volunteered for two and a half days for their "Spring Break",  helping Papa and Dan drive truck and dump trailers. Our dear friend Robert helped one afternoon and the next morning.  Kristen and Papa made the last couple of runs together on Saturday.  The last one was quite an adventure, getting one rear wheel stuck in the fine dirt.  After they were pulled out by another dump-goer, the last trip to the dump was complete! Thanks to all for your help!  We can't tell you how much we appreciate it!  Nathan spent the whole time on an excavator, tearing down the old house and loading the debris...

I'll sort through the videos to find some to share later.  I'll also post a picture of what it looks like now.  We've had the sewar line rotor-rootered (we had tree roots everywhere, even through the cast iron pipe, actually breaking the collar!  This was certainly what caused our plumbing problems), we've made the connection to the sewar and the fresh water.  The big hole has been filled and is safe to be around again.  Sure is nice to see the backyard!  We have a lot more sunlight for the garden than I thought we would have!

Photos below:

First load getting ready to go

Garage is gone, bathroom wall is the center doorway.  Happy to see that bathroom go, it was Nasty (notice the capitol 'N'!)

Bathtub and the 'bathroom'

Mr. Bill said it best: "What would you have done without me Snoopervising?!"  Very true!  Bill rode is bike by every couple of hours to check on our progress.

Lots to haul away...and the majority of the house is still standing...

Starting on the main house

Cute guy running the equipment :)

LUNCH! Not your ususal construction worker spread!

I was helping too!  Cutting wires so peices would release from each other.

Bathroom gone, Back entryway gone, working on the kitchen.



Kitchen gone.  This is the corner the stove used to be in.



Yes, that is cardboard and newspaper built into the house.  This was common thorughout the whole tearing down...finding cardboard as insulation.

Happy with our Team Work!

Second Day: House is going bye bye fast now...

J probably spent a couple hours in the digger with Nathan!  She LOVED it!

YEA!!!

And now more mess to clean up...

We can finally see the elevation of the backhouse!  Before now, we had only seen it in drawings!

did I mention there was lots to haul away???

Part of the trick of this was avoiding the 'crawl space' in the center of the house.  We didn't want the digger to go down!  AND we had to be careful while cleaning up.

These two bricks served as part of the 'foundation'.

Kip driving the digger!