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living room 2

Here is the first "in process" section for the living room. The chimney was removed (brick by brick) and placed elsewhere in the living room (the dumpster hadn't been delivered at that point).

As an additional not-so-pleasant surprise, I found that my work had only just begun after the last brick was removed. Laying underneath was about six inches of solid concrete. I destroyed a $20 chisel set removing it all but that seems like money well spent, no?

On one of the early trips to the house by the contractor, the contractor notified me that the floor joists looked as though they were giving a bit from the weight of the newly stacked pile of bricks that were waiting for delivery of the dompster. SO, then I was lucky enogh to move that pile (brick by brick AGAIN) onto the front porch so my living room floor wouldn't collapse.