Saturday, February 04, 2006

Demolition, part deux

We've concluded that the house isn't beyond repair. We're going to try and repair it for within the amount of our insurance settlements, and then either sell it and move on or go ahead and live in it. I honestly don't know if we can afford to insure it, even if we can get it raised above flood level.

At any rate, we've started gutting the rooms with the most damage. Mr. Nola got some help from our nice tenants at Chateau Danneel ripping out some bedroom walls. Fun! We found a covered-up doorway between the pink bedroom and the living room, indicating that that room was not always a bedroom. Most of the house has a layer of drywall over the old plaster walls, which had cracked over the years. Happily this means we get to see some old wallpaper - check it out:


We're finding that the mold has not grown as far up the studs as we had feared. Once we pull the drywall and plaster out, we can probably spray the studs with bleach and probably even salvage the baseboards.

In the other bedroom that was gutted last week we uncovered some windows that had been covered over when they put in the drywall. I have no idea why. Well, I can guess it was a combination of privacy/draftiness/security - but I think a set of storm windows and blinds could do the same thing, and check out the wonderful light gained!

BEFORE:



AFTER:



We're back on Lafitte's list to come back and raise the house - again - only this time onto a new foundation with pilings. That ought to keep it in place for a couple of decades. Here's a shot of some debris that we threw out the window.

1 Comments:

At 11:45 AM, Blogger AMSartor said...

Those are beautiful windows. It's amazing that people would cover those up. So weird.

 

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