Swingin' Edie At Recess

Ross and I were back to the schoolhouse this weekend in demolition mode. We made good progress on the front wall. With help from the Murphy family we took down the chalkboards. They ranged between 3/8th to a 1/2 inch thick slate. We are happy that one of the chalkboards will be hanging in the Murphy's new bakery down the road.

Guess what planet that I come from? Okay...it's just a joke. I don't need any smartass answers from any of you. Believe me, all that face apparatus is necessary. The dust and plaster coats and gets inside everything.
Cleaning up the insulation and plaster is the hard part but the smashing is actually invigorating and fun until a chuck of plaster smacks you in the face or a dead bird falls out of the wall on top of you. Unfortunately, there will be plenty of deadbirds, mice and bat when we start demolishing the ceiling.

Ross looks like he's surfing in this picture but I think he's just tossing a piece of lathe. "Hang Ten Dude" (this is for Nikki who thinks my blog is corny)This is the finished front wall. As you can see, there was a door in the centre and a window toward the right side. We are not sure when they were closed in but it happened prior to the chalkboards' installation. Some of the horizontal clapboards are 13 inches wide!!

Where's Rossco????