Demo is Complete!

I know I skipped quite a few days in between (about 5 or 6), but the demo on the addition is finally done. It took a little longer than anticipated, but with any project we had some additional things we wanted/needed done that weren't in the original plan.

The floor of the original space was something we were hoping to keep, but it was pretty weak in many places, so it had to go. Same with the one-story part of the porch. When taking down some of the trim, we found the roof of the one-story porch was supported by 1-by6's over a span of about 8 feet - not good. So it had to go as well. We also upgraded our electrical service and re-located where the electric comes in the house from the pole. This means we needed a new meter can, disconnect at the meter, and an upgraded box (I think I mentioned we had the old Pushmatic breakers that needed to go). We also had them re-build the box gutters on the back of the house. Originally that would have been part of the re-build of the porch, but doing it now seemed much smarter.

Over the last 2 weeks, we have been carting the debris from the demo to a trailer in our driveway. It has been nearly every night of the week and once on the weekend. We are exhausted. We figure at 10 loads, approximately 8000 lb of material each load, ugh. No wonder our bodies finally gave out over the last few days. But the trailer loading is finally finished and our yard is cleaned up (at least temporarily) . Now for the photos:

This is what we came home to on the day the two-story addition finally came down:
Another view:The two days after that mess was cleaned up, they took up the floor and jack-hammered out the wall that supported the staircase. That was two more loads, one during the week and a final one yesterday. This is the view after clean-up yesterday:
Interesting find - after taking up the floor boards and joists on the first floor of the two-story side of the porch we found an old sunken patio:
Our contractor was over on Thursday evening to discuss what happens next. He'll be over early in the week to take measurements and then start working on drawings for the new porch. He doesn't seem to think the re-build will take as long as the demo (which took a total of 10 days) - maybe about a week. And he's hopeful to complete their current project this week so they can start here a week from tomorrow. Provided the weather cooperates, the porch could be finished by the time school is out!!