Day 3

Nothing happened today. I complained to Mike that the dumpster was placed too close to the tree and he said that they'd move it. He probably thinks that I'm some sort of tree-hugger freak, but it is our favorite tree...

Since there was nothing happening today, I've instead made a stitched-together image of the scene. Check it out - I can write checks AND use Photoshop.

Day 2: Garage Demo

The garage came down in less than 10 minutes (in that video about the first 2 minutes and at 7:45 are the best parts). The crowd of neighborhood kids loved it.



More Day 2 pictures

Day 1: Cutting the garage away from the house

Today was the start. The dumpster was delivered, and the guys cut the mudroom and garage away from the house so that when the excavator demo's the garage it doesn't damage the house.

At night, I removed the final pieces from the structure like the lockset and exterior light, both new, and emptied the final stuff from the garage.

Demo is at 8am tomorrow and all the neighborhood kids are ready!

Day 1 photos

Work starts tomorrow

Finally! The garage is empty, the mudroom is empty, the storage pod is bursting at the seams, and the contractor is coming to separate the mudroom from the house tomorrow.

The Plans

Project structural drawings: Download PDF of structural drawings
Project plans: Download PDF of plans

Hell Freezes Over

Finally cleaned out, and with at least 24 hours to go before demo, the garage holds its first car since we bought the house.