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    Cabin Renovation Demolition

    July 13, 2016 by Ashley Mayes 12 Comments

    It's officially week 2 of the Cabin Renovation series. If you need to play catch-up, make sure to catch week one, Planning a Cabin Renovation. Week two is the ugliest, most disgusting, project update ever. I was a CHAMP in the demolition process but it was so not fun. That being said, it's over now and I will never, ever have to do it again. Here we go, the cabin renovation demolition...

    Going into the demolition, we knew that the corner cabinet, the ceiling, and the floors were going to be ripped out.

    cabin renovation demolition

    We were thinking we might try to salvage the wall panelling but wanted to see what kind of shape it was in.

    cabin renovation demolition

    Next, we just went to town on the ceiling. We pried the trim pieces off and then took down the beadboard in chunks. That wouldn't have been too bad, but DISGUSTING insulation came down with it. Seriously, disgusting.

    cabin renovation demolition

    After clearing the ceiling out, we were left with some super cool beams and roof supports. Ideally, we wanted to raise the ceiling some so that it wasn't so low. The original ceiling felt kinda like a low basement ceiling (7ft or so).

    We decided to take out the 2x4's that were attached on the underside of the roof supports. We weren't sure what we wanted to do with the ceiling but knew that we could put the 2x4's back in if we cut them and attached them to the roof supports. Which would mean that we could still put a new ceiling back up. That would gain us about 4 inches or so and, at that height... that makes a difference.

    cabin renovation demolition

    Here's a better picture of the 2x4's.

    cabin renovation demolition

    Once we got them down, we were left with this:

    cabin renovation demolition

    Next, we ripped out the flooring.

    cabin renovation demolition

    After assessing the wall paneling it was decided that it was just not salvageable. So, we went to town getting rid of that.

    cabin renovation demolition

    Even though new walls are going to cost more, it was good to rip the old walls out because it exposed some water damage. Nothing too severe, but it did need to be addressed.

    cabin renovation demolition

    Whew, it's totally a blank slate now, or close to it. It's crazy how different it feels now.

    cabin renovation demolition

    Next week, I'm going to share what we decided on the walls and there will probably be a tutorial for them as well. Yay!

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    1. Amanda

      July 13, 2016 at 10:31 am

      Oh my goodness, demo projects are always exhausting! This little space has so much potential, can't wait to see what you do with it!

      Reply
      • Ashley Mayes

        July 20, 2016 at 10:37 am

        Thanks Amanda! We are getting very close!

        Reply
    2. Jacek

      August 12, 2016 at 4:06 am

      Can’t wait to see what you’re going to do with the walls. You guys almost change everything, it’s must be exhausted. However, it’s worth doing so. Try your best.

      Reply
      • Ashley Mayes

        August 27, 2016 at 11:56 am

        For sure!! It's looking good over there.

        Reply

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