Day two was knocking out all of the drywall. We were originally going to simply patch the holes, but based on the condition of the floors and the known flood damage, we feared mold on the other side of the drywall.... we were right. It all had to come down. Ceiling, walls... nothing left but cement floor and wood beams. The good news was that the wood beams were in good shape. The biggest challenge after the demo, was disposing of it all. That took several weeks and MANY trips to both the Fairfax County Dump and other various places which will remain nameless.
HERE: The damaged drywall, out on the front patio.
BELOW: The damaged drywall, still hanging.
You can see the mold.
The refrigerator got temporarily relocated to the living room:
LEFT: The wall in the kitchen where the sink, stove, and dishwasher formerly resided. RIGHT: The back wall of the kitchen. Notice the rotten floor on the right, very difficult to pull up when it crumbled into the shovel.
A view from the front door -- looking into the living room, straight through to the bedroom. Taylor's working hard pulling the drywall off of the cinder block wall.
Turned around, looking back outside through a front window. Look at all of the debris on the porch.....
The fuse box -
Lucas working hard pulling off the wall in the kithen:
Of course, I was working hard too:
and PILES of debris....
Looking straight through into the bathroom:
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