Summer Terrace - Day 3 - deconstruction

Always the worst part of the project for me, not only because I find the physical side really tough, but I always feel like i've taken on far more than I can handle, and that it will never be finished, just a genial spiral of dust, grime, doom and gloom.

The progress so far:

The kitchen - the old kitchen is out, tiles are off the wall, the gas and plumbing has been removed and made safe.  (The window and door are new too - see Day 2.

Before - bad picture, it was just an 'L' shaped kitchen

Progress: old kitchen out, tiles off the wall (a few tough fixings are hanging on but not for much longer) and excuse the fridge, it is on its way to a new home.  Flooring is also up, wow, 1980's glue is tough stuff. 

The before picture for the bathroom is in day one. (Find it here)  

Here are the progress photos, the majority of the plumbing and fittings are out and the tiles are off the wall.  

The toilet stays until the last possible moment, and the bucket you can see.....that's the flush!! 

The tiles came off 2 of the walls quite easily, the other wall, not so much, they were stuck on so hard that part of the plasterboard came away too, which will need some serious attention when I have a plasterer in the house.

Other rooms have had carpet taken up, but that doesn't really show up in a photograph so I'll not bore you with those.

Other developments - I have salvaged all the scrap copper to sell to add to my budget, and the other metal that was in the skip has been removed over night, which I expected to be honest, but leave me more space in my skip - bonus!