Sunday, April 19, 2009

Mo Demo!

This week Charles and myself tore down the nasty drop ceiling tiles and found many surprises stashed up there from the last 40 years. Unfortunately, most of the items were disgusting. This made for an even bigger pile of stuff we had to get rid of.


Enter the dumpster. After we filled it, Brian took time to strike a pensive pose.


After the trash was removed it was time to scrape and mop the floor clean. Painting the ceiling tiles grid was next. Maura stopped by with her boyfriend Jim who checked out our heating and cooling system. Good news, the larger unit is in pretty good working unit and a smaller second unit that can be used on extra hot or cold days seems like it will be up and running with a few minor repairs. Jim recommended changing out the duct work, especially since all the ducts are exposed and easy to access right now.

Next week we prep the floor and start installing the sweet brand new tiles.

Saturday, April 11, 2009


It's been a while since I've posted, but we had to let the lawyers, bankers and realtors do their job. The good news is that the sale is progressing nicely and we have the keys to the building. There's lots of work that needs to be done and it's time to roll up our sleeves and get to it.

First off Brian had to set up the tunes....

With a crew of Brian, Eric and myself, we went to work getting that lovely purple, pink and green carpet. It was glued down. After a few hours of blood, sweat, tears, blisters and a few laughs - we managed to get it off the floor.

Unfortunately, underneath the glued down carpet is some equally hideous glued-down tiles.

The next day Lane, Kevin, Cathy and myself went to work on scraping off each piece of vinyl tile. It was pretty difficult, but we got the job done.

Now to get rid of that mountain of trash...