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Last we heard, there was no floor in the upstairs bathroom. Is that it? Is that all there is to destroy?

Fear not, my destruction-minded friends. There was so much more to destroy. And I can share a bit of that with you right now.

Here's nearabouts where we left off last time -- floor gone, walls still there. Note the walls have tile on the bottom half and plaster above that. As we've heard before, a house built in 1939 is put together differently than if you'd build one today. For walls, that means plaster and its companion, metal lathe.

The tile sections proved less messy & difficult than the plaster. Since the tile wall was essentially monolithic, it would come off in large chunks, nails & all. And it was waist-level high. I had to hack away at the plaster -- and when I say plaster I actually mean a three-layer (base proto-drywall, plaster, and the skim coat) 1 1/2" thing -- pulling out nails and embedded metal lathe all above my head. Not as much fun as I had wanted it to be.

But about 45 contractor bags later, all the walls were down. Unless something very wrong occurs, this should be as bad as it gets.

Next up is construction. Putting in the plywood floor is first up, followed closely by framing in the tub/shower. And no need to ask, of course I'll keep you updated.

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