Nothing Happens At Ten 2010

How Bad Is It?

So, how bad is this house we are tearing down? Take a look.

That is the front entry way into the house. Yes, that is inside the house. No, it is not new damage from our current project to tear the house down; we have been living with that mess for 20 years. As the years go by, more tiles come up. Those tiles are the Tiles From Hell, and are full of asbestos, which is going to cost us a pretty penny to get rid of. We have 1180 square feet of those tiles...... well.... less the ones that have already come up.

Notice the fine detailing of the slab, like the tire track going left to right across the floor. Nothing but the best when they made this monster. A more subtle feature is the two by four on the left side by the boots. That is part of the armature holding the heating pipes while they poured the slab. It is wood on dirt, and it served as a wonderful termite highway right into the house. The termites had a blast. The demented people who did that to us cannot be found.

Looking even more closely, you can see that the bottom of the door has been repaired and is now held together with a piece of steel strapping. That is my work. You see, the bottom of the door rotted off a few years ago and no matter how hard I looked I could not get a replacement for it because everything in the house is non-standard. So I got some 4/4 lumber from the lumber yard and half-lapped a patch onto the bottom of the door. Ugly, but effective.

Oh, and the scuffing on the bottom of the door is because we have to kick it to get it open.

This is, truly, the House From Hell (HFH)!