this is going to be maybe the first video in the series of videos of our
house and our remodel the second time around so when we bought this house it
was a complete disaster and we remodeled it from the stud all the way to the
finishes but we didn't even finish it there's a lot that's still unfinished
but twelve years later we're gonna try to start getting it finished and that's
gonna start with a kids bathroom and we're gonna totally gut it and probably
try to rearrange it just a little bit but more importantly updated and finish
it now as with most remodels getting rid of the big items is usually the easiest
and thanks to my wife and daughter we made quick work of removing the vanity
and sink top as well as the toilet it worked out really well was having access
to this window right here and putting my boom lift so I've got my JLG boom lift
opened up the window I took the toilet I took the vanity I
took the sink put it all on the lift and just got it out of here so I didn't
subtract anything through the house my goal is to do that for the most of this
project so that I don't have to haul drywall there's gonna be some plaster
some laughs and just all sorts of great stuff I'm sure behind these walls so you
can see here I've got my new windows these are a I can't remember what brand
these are Simonton jelled win something vinyl window they're full new
construction I've got my studs here but then I've got a little bit different
this is not like your standard laughs and plaster it's like a 1x4
and its tongue and groove so it's almost like a shiplap 1 by 4 and then it's got
like a center groove in it and that's where all the plaster was that's how a
lot of this house is it's not like your standard laughs strips and you'll see it
when I get this going there's a reason we left it on the first time around when
we remodeled and just went ahead and put 5/8 drywall over it was because it is a
pain to get rid of but this time around we're getting rid of it and we're gonna
go ahead and make sure we got some good insulation behind the walls we think
coal lots of room for activities Spacey yeah let's make it messy okay like we're
talking tear off drywall and everything
boom we'll go ahead and get the two surroundings out take out the base and
then it's to the really fun part I think you'll be able to bust out the tiles put
that cold tool so you underside of the tub see we set it in mortar and we made
it nice and solid we're gonna tear it out now muscles you don't have muscles
show me okay cool show Chloe houses okay go ahead you gotta make sure you're
going straight at it Chloe turn at turn your drill sideways yeah
like this straight that way it's straight in now go I didn't pull the
trigger all right keep it nice and tight go ahead pull it we've moved up to power
tools because this tile even though we didn't use any subfloor back twelve
years ago I didn't know much we just got mortar right down to the
it's down there pretty good so we're using the rotary hammer just to bust it
up how's that working for tell me sure beats using the hammer
this is all a job for you could use to remind ya kind of miserable to be honest
it's like your first demo pretty fun so far yeah what you want to know something
what what we just took off is called drywall so you know what this stuff is
what called plaster and you know what we got to do we got to take it down and
underneath of it is what's called laughs that can be seen right here you see this
wood that drywall even though it was still hard work that was easy the good
news we've only got this wall and this wall with laughs and laughs and plaster
because those are our exterior walls and now you can see where a window used to
be I have a feeling that as I go through this remodel the second time around I'm
gonna be like what in the world was I thinking or what was I doing the first
time around and I can tell you is because I was completely new I was
eighteen nineteen now I was 21 years old probably and didn't know how I so
probably gonna find a lot of stuff yeah but yeah tell me what you're up to
all right so this is a remodel job over Christmas so I haven't been super
motivated the last couple days with a Christmas Eve Christmas Day and today's
the day after Christmas I'm gonna try to get all of this plaster picked up
cleaned up thankfully I've got the boom-lift right outside the window
and that is going to allow me to go ahead and lift bucket by bucket right
out the window down and then I'll take it into my skin loader and take it over
to the dumpster that way I don't have to go through the house at all so that's
been the blessing of this project so far is that I've kept all of the
contaminated dust dirt whatever in this room straight to the outside now one
thing a lot of people from Instagram because I've been posting some stories
over there on Instagram a lot of people are like oh just use a shovel just knock
that plaster right off and the thing I just wanted to make sure you guys
understood look at this plaster and laughs it's not a typical laugh board a
lot of times this board right here is about you know let's say an inch inch
and 1/8 wide and usually quarter to maybe five sixteenths deep at least
that's what I've seen in my experience and that's it but what this wall has is
a piece of 1 by 4 you can see it here it's got the lap groove here and the
tongue here and then there's also a dado running down the middle and so it's
creating these places for the plaster to get stuck into and really lock in and
that's what's made this demo so difficult and that is why the crowbar
doesn't work as well nor does a flat shovel and that's why we also used the
SDS rotary hammer and that really just works vibrates right through this and
then as I pull off these boards all this other stuff is gonna come free but it's
really locked in there stuff was made to last this house was built 1893 ish
here's another thing to consider look at all of the nails going down every
Stud okay now as I am removing all of this plaster laughs and exposing the
insulation I'm really starting to notice here there's these gaps of no insulation
when I tore off this section here there was no insulation and what I thought I'd
do just for fun if I go ahead and turn it on you see those blue spots like go
up the wall you can see those really bright blue spots there those are those
holes in the insulation obviously as I move over here where there is no
insulation you can see how blue it is because it's cold now let's move over
here to this section of wall look at all that blue you can see there that's the
new insulation there it's fairly darker red which indicates a warmer area but I
got these big blue patches so I'm anxious to tear off this laughs here and
see if there's not good insulation and that's the main reason I'm doing this
remodel job here is to hopefully get a good insulation barrier and thermal
break from the outside now I am not having a whole lot of fun here removing
this stuff I found that the sawzall was kind of cumbersome trying to cut it off
with a sawzall and so now what I've started doing is just pulling the nails
just ripping out the nails and that seems to be a fairly clean and efficient
way to do this without making too much of a mess my thought is I don't want to
just go crazy start ripping and sawblades through and making a huge mess
because I actually want it to be fairly easy to clean up when I get done doing
it so I'm just gonna get back into this put the mask on and let's get some demo
done well I finally gotten to what I would call almost the end of the demo
I've got the walls all removed down to the studs and I've got most of the
cleanup done has been a savior having the boom-lift outside that has really
helped with cleanup keeping the mess to a minimum well if you've ever been in a
remodel job you know how it goes and that is you never
really quite know where to stop so we were doing the bathroom which you can
see over here and I thought to myself it just makes sense this is kind of like a
wing of the house a wing it's just kind of this little 20 foot bump out and I
thought let's just go ahead let's go ahead and get going on this other room
which is a bedrooms a spare bedroom and that way what we can do is get this
exterior wall entirely stripped and put some spray foam in it that way this
section is done we can be finished in it kind of just commit to this area where
all the dust is gonna be and just get it done so I think I'm gonna be really
happy once it's done now I assume you're wondering why in the world am i pulling
all of these nails why not just run a saw up the cavity well because it makes
a huge mess and I'm trying to keep the mess to a minimum and I'm trying to keep
the cleanup to be as efficient as possible so by pulling the nails I'm
able to basically get these full boards out in one piece which makes it easy to
clean up I don't got splinters and tons of little chunks of wood everywhere and
the other big thing is it creates a lot less dust and when it gets to the point
where I'm ready to take the insulation what is in the cavity it makes it really
easy to just put it right into a garbage bag so a little bit of extra work in the
beginning delayed gratification
well then just about wraps up the demolition side of this project guys and
it is the first in what hopes to be a long series of the project which is my
personal home remodel even though it seems like I just did it yesterday it's
been 12 years since I remodeled this home and fell in love with the trades
that's what got me into contracting in the first place and I couldn't be more
excited to start it finally and hopefully I will take you guys through
it all so make sure you hit that subscribe button if you haven't already
and that way you can tune in to future videos don't expect them to come out
weekly but I will definitely bring them to you as soon as I can if there is
something specifically in the remodeling process that you want me to highlight
make sure you drop that below in the comments and I will do my best to show
it to you guys but what I really wanted to do is talk about furnace filters now
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a great day I appreciate the support and we'll catch you guys on the next video
so thanks a lot oh and just a quick tip because I think I did this wrong one of
my first times there is a little arrow on most filters and that's going to tell
you which way the air is supposed to flow so you don't want to put them in
backwards check your filter for that it's a good idea good tip well that's
just like I expected look at the dirt in that filter