We removed the suspended ceiling and walls in the laundry room side of
the basement. You can see the outline of the walls on the floor.
Such tiny rooms. Before, even the water heater and electrical panel
were inside tiny closets.
Pile of rubble, soon to grow. Here you can also see that I've popped
the paneling off of the end of the other side of the basement. The
laundry room is on the other side of the wall at the left of this
picture.
Here is a view of the center wall from the laundry room side.
No more paneling.
No more wall.
And now a bigger pile of rubble.
Looking a lot better. Now I have some room to work without having to
worry about impaling myself on a nail.
Of course the clean basement couldn't last for long. The narrow
closet that was hiding the water meter, drain line, and fireplace
cleanout is gone and more paneling is down.
A little more cleanup.
After some more cleanup, it was back to tearing out paneling.
The closet under the stairs was next. There were a couple of
surprises here. First, the old laundry chute, now used for a duct,
and second, we found that the bathroom walls were tile, not frame.
Hmm, that will be fun to remove.
More rubble.
