Urbanspace lesson #0002: If you want to give your demo a turbo-boost, hire a professional.
Although digging into this first apartment was great fun, we finally hired someone to finish the demo here and in the rest of the building. This was the result of one day’s work: the wall finally totally out, carpet gone, all the rubble piles cleaned up and sorted, and wall demo started in the kitchen. Whew… I’m tired just thinking about it.
Taking the wall out exposed a strip of brick – provoking the idea of exposing the brick on that entire wall. Upon further inspection, that wall consists of the brick + one layer of super dense plaster + lath + another layer of plaster. It would look really sweet, but we have to consider whether the time invested, loss of insulation value, and risk of the brick below being in poor condition is all worth it. Most likely not, but it’s fun to think about.
We really debated whether or not to take out the pocket door wall, but now that it’s out you can see that was definitely the right decision. It’s starting to feel lofty in here!
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Never pay for demo again, I’m a monster ❤ The results are amazing with the right pro. Just wanted to add we have a similar wall, but after removing the plaster (and two stairwells) it was just the two layers of brick to the outside. At the basement ceiling, our house goes from three bricks up to the two bricks, so we're thinking about furring out the two bricks with a stud wall/spray foam insulation/drywall with stone tiles floor to ceiling…something like small limestone tiles…