so its pretty dramatic to be in the house when the demolition begins. its loud. its really messy. you find walls that might fall off. if your roof is as bad as ours, the ceilings start to crack in other rooms, sag behind ceiling wallpaper and crumbles in (thank goodness for that paneling hammered to the ceiling in my closet! otherwise my clothes would've been plasterized). eventually you get a little numb to it (as best you can) and just keep plugging along. you take a shower at the end of a long day, pop open a beer, start some that laundry and then walk around the house to snap some pictures of a hard days work... but then, the unexpected happens.
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| melted dryer plug |
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| melted receptacle |
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| close up |
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| another close up |
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| flames up the wall! |
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| nick capped off the wire from the wall |
our drier had a weird smell for a long time. we checked the dryer tube and the vent, they were clean. we were running the dryer on low heat. it didn't seem to help much with the smell. then tonight, nick smelled smoke. he knew it was from the dryer but hoped it was from the pizza cooking in the oven. then he followed the smell to find flames shooting out of the dryer receptacle. he unplugged the dryer. (NOTE TO SELF: BUY FIRE EXTINGUISHER!!!!!)
the fire never progressed. nick capped the wire. the next morning our electrician came over and replaced the wire and the receptacle. the explanation?
something called arc-ing. nick could tell you what the means...now, the dryer works fine!
few more night shots:
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| plastic in the living zone. the only thing separating us from the twilight zone! |
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| future living room, all cleaned up for today |
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| new beam where the corner of the house was rotten and the wall was separating |
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| hello tarp! thank you for being the cocoon that separates us from the elements |
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| the sky up above. post tarp, pre-plywood |
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| future dining room, new beams holding up the rotten corner |
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| oh, yes. that's where the rain came in. this was the day of the inside demolition remember? well, the roof was completely framed. the plywood was mostly up. the small remainder was covered in tarp. but it wasn't enough to stop the rain. |
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| where the plywood ends and the tarp begins. new framing looking good! |
and so tomorrow begins a new day!
