Third Day of Demolition

Eve of Destruction at 1816 Seminole Drive

The house is completely down and in a pile. I can't believe how many truckloads it is taking to haul it away. I am glad we are working on a fixed price - I can enjoy all the action and see that I am getting my moneysworth.

We have 2 trucks - if we had more everything would be gone.

After the house is gone - there are some big sections of pavement to remove. Next we are removing some pine trees - finally the lot will be graded so that the house has a large level area. A major job is removing the root balls of some of the present trees and roots from trees taken out before. A large propane tank was removed from the ground - also an old septic tank that was not used in about 40 years.



The city utility agent dropped by. He gave us the good news. The city will install the underground electrical lines - free of charge. At first they wanted $2500 - but then I reminded them that this was new construction - not renovation. They will put a utility pole on the southeast corner of our lot - and install an underground pedestal there. The 200 Amp service line will go underground through a conduit to the house. An old utility pole in the center of the lot will be history.

The green tile on the bathroom floor looks like new from when it was installed in the 1950s.

At one time - the whole house had linoleum tiles floors. They were covered with carpet.

You can see the old steel sewer pipes. The large ducts on the right were for the AC/Heat. The entire unit was outside - just having two large enter/exit ducts running in the crawl space - uninsulated. The foundation was concrete block covered with red bricks.

This is the floor of the master bedroom in the southeast corner. The loader picked it up all in one piece. The walls and floors were not insulated. The attic had a foot of blown-in 

fluffy insulation.