Our next step will be to get going on the inside of the house. Bob spent some time this afternoon trying to fill up our rented dumpster as much as possible while it's still here. Of course we have lots of work for the professionals to do, but we'll keep busy with some tasks we can do, as well. Next we will:
- Tear out the upstairs bathroom. Tear out the wood cabinets. Shut off the water and dispose of the sink, toilet and bathtub. I think it's also safe to demolish the wall between the first bedroom at the top of the stairs and the bathtub, but we'll wait for a contractor to confirm that.
- Tear out the downstairs bathroom. Shut off the water and electricity and tear out the walls. Dispose of tub, toilet and sink.
- Tear out the mudroom sink. Water off, of course.
- Finish cleaning out the basement.
- Check condition of the floor in the upstairs bedrooms. New flooring will probably wait until after we move in, so for now we want to determine whether it's best to keep the coverings that are already there or expose the wood planks. This will be in the SE, S center, SW and NW rooms.
- Remove the kitchen counter. If we can do it easily without destroying cabinets or wall, remove the laminate countertop and sink (water off).
- Tear out the living room carpet.
- Scrape flooring off mudroom and laundry room concrete.
Outside, lower priorities:
- Put up the bathouses. The big one goes on the big barn. The smaller one goes on the electric pole closer to the house. They should be at least 15 feet up and tools are in the shop.
- Cut smaller trees and brush. Bob did the east side of the house; next is the west and around the apple tree.
- Clean out the hog barn and big barn. Junk, burn or scrap anything no one needs.
- Cut down the cedar trees behind the house.
We'll probably have lots of lathe and plaster to tear out inside the house, but for now we're going to wait until we know for sure it's our final decision.
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