sheetrock, hold the nails please

Every surface of this house has sheetrock, covering the lath and plaster. Most of the sheets have only about 12 screws or so holding them on. In one room, I started pulling one sheet down, and 4 others came down with it. Its a hell of a note when the taping is stronger than the fasteners! Spent the day sick today, but am getting back to it tomorrow. The dumpster shows up tomorrow, and I'll be filling it quickly. Now that most of the sheetrock is down, I'll finally get the opportunity to rip out the lath, reorganize the floor plan, and put it back together. Before I put it back together though, I need to rip the roof, repair/framing, and re-roof. I was hoping that we could wait on it, but there are some pretty bad leaks, one of them caved in a bathroom ceiling. We were wanting to save up and put a metal roof on, but that might not be in the cards either. Oh well, as Gustav Stickley's motto reads, "Als ik kan"...to the best of my abilities.

Finally closed!!!

This morning, we finally got to sign. Started tearing sheetrock down, will continue gutting tomorrow, and until it is devoid of wall surfaces. Here is a photo of the outside of the house.

Hurry up and wait

We have moved to Knoxville, TN! We got here on the 1st of February. We were supposed to close on our house on the 25th of January, but had to sign an extension until the 5th February because the bank that holds the deed couldn't stop dragging their feet. I was all excited to start ripping into the house, and found out that they still haven't gotten the deed returned to the title company, and we had to turn in another extension. All of our stuff is in a storage unit, and we are staying with our friends Marc and Delacey. It is a bit of a full house, but I think that it is going to work fine. I feel anxious, angry, and useless right now. I was hoping to just get to work on our house, but I may break down and take in some work just to keep from going insane. I am not used to having nothing to do.