I pulled the plaster and the lathe off the outside wall of the kitchen today. The discussion boards I found on the internet said, “Never pull plaster walls down!”, but I had to. They were in such bad shape. I used a bandanna to mask my breathing. It apparently wasn’t enough. You can see the white tracks of death where I inhaled plaster dust. I had all kinds of dirty boogers. Thank God for our natural filtration system: snot!
Anyway, the walls came down easily enough. It’s interesting to see how the house was constructed. The outside wall is two layers of bricks thick. In the inside layer, there are wooden “bricks” mortared into the wall. The small wall studs are nailed into these wooden blocks. I will be looking for a way to reinforce the wall studs before I start hanging the cabinets on them. I don’t want the cabinets all falling off the walls! Here are some pics of today’s work:
The wall under the window is CEMENT! I don’t think I’ll mess with it.
So, it’s really Lauren, but I wanted it to seem like more people were adding comments than just me. WOW! It looks amazing! More power to you, man. Sorry about the deadly plaster dust. We’ll put on your tombstone, “Ummmm…it was the plaster.”
Did this record my first comment? What’s going on?
I have left TWO comments here and they have vanished into cyberspace. What’s going on?
(It’s really Lauren.)