The demolition party on Saturday went amazingly well, thanks to a dozen friends who showed up with trailers, hammers, and wrecking bars and proceeded to gut my basement in record time. People showed up around 9AM. We spent a half hour carrying out some shelves and cabinets (note to self--get those posted on Craigslist), and then got to the mayhem.
According to the good folks at the landfill, we dumped 0.97 tons of debris, mostly drywall. We were done at the landfill by 12:30, and eating lunch by 1PM.
To everyone who helped, thanks! That saved me days of work.
There were three tasks remaining after the wrecking crew (suitably stuffed with food prepared by my lovely wife) headed out. Most importantly, the existing electrical equipment needed to be removed. Most stumble-inducingly, three bolts (used to anchor sole plates for walls) needed to be removed from the concrete. Most obnoxiously, the tack strips for the carpeting were glued down excessively well.
Tonight, I got those bolts removed. But I'm happiest about figuring out that a chisel will relatively easily separate the glue from the cement. Once I have some light to work by, pulling the tack strips out should take less than an hour.
Then it's just a matter of mapping out the electrical connections, yanking some wires...and unless I'm missing something (*), starting on putting everything together!
* It's a construction project. Of course I'm missing something.
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