Rebuilding A House At

Thorne Bay, Alaska

October, 2004 Thru February, 2005

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Demolition

We start demolition in September, 2004

	Future Entry
	Toward master bedroom
	Same shot as above a little further along
	Old kitchen walls
	Toward the future Entry
	Balsam-Wool Insulation
	Southside showing livingroom window - hole.
	Living room and kitchen.
	Aaron and Mr Sawzall.
	KK in full demolition mode.
	General demo shots
	General demo shots
	General demo shots
	General demo shots
	General demo shots
	General demo shots
	General demo shots
	We had to remove a couple of trees.
	Cody climbed up and topped the hazard tree, so he could drop it and not hit anything important.
	Of course people let trees grow up right next to the foundation.
	Forcing the removal of a crabapple and a nice cedar tree.
	General demo shots
	Sawblade after cutting a lot of roofing off. Notice the lack of teeth
	General demo shots
	General demo shots
	There goes the last section of the roof.
	Livingroom w/ no roof
	Part of the pile at the Landfill
	Aaron and his demo mode
	Salvagable 2x8 doug-fir joists.
	Joists coming off
	Nell working, as usual
	Joist removal
	Yet more joist removal
	More joists coming off
	6x10 beams we salvaged
	More beams
	Just prior to the guy with the tracscavator, beams are flagged for keeping.
	Bring on the Trackscavator
	Oh Yeah
	Go Paul go
	Half way through the stuff
	The final details.
	Ho hum Just kickin back, machines are great!.
	Planning the location of the new house.
	Deck Demo
	More deck demo
	Go Aaron Go!
	Gretchen and the long crowbar.
	Pull those big nails
	Action sequence.
	Warmed up yet?
	The Percinator in action, hit it w/ your purse takes on a whole new meaning. (The sledge is named Percy, after Percy Sledge)