Kitchen Demo: Day Two

My Sweetie brought me presents this morning. Thank goodness he did because I would not have been able to remove some of the tiles without my new tools. Note the hand protection on the chisels. The spiffy green hammer is fiberglass. Its head is 35% larger; apparently, size is important in construction.




Unfortunately, today's work confirmed my worst fear. The old porch floor is not the 12-foot-long pine boards we had hoped for. There is a large plywood patch down the center and who knows where else. Our contractor is coming over to see if it makes sense to try to refinish what we have and replace the plywood.

On the left in the photo is the flooring and on the right the offending plywood.




I really want to have as little as possible going into a landfill. Everything that might be of use to someone else is going to the Habitat for Humanity Restore. That includes a commode, shower doors, and a bathroom sink. I will rework the kitchen cupboard doors for shelving in the basement.

The demo would have gone much quicker if the previous owner had not covered the vinyl with the ceramic tile.

The photo does not clearly show how it glitters. Gold flecks? Oh, dear.