Attic Demolition Part One

Today we started working on the attic. It was a treasure hunt finding out how many layers of wallpaper were up there! Six different layers and time periods. The wallpaper was put directly on top of boards, and every time it was ripped off where the boards butted against each other dirt would fall out. Handfuls of dirt! Back in the old days they didn't wrap houses with tyvek like they do now, so dirt from the surrounding farms would blow into the walls. We are going to salvage all the boards to use in the garage. I forgot to take an after photo, but by the end of the day we were down to bare wood, except for the front wall. A lot of flies, ladybugs, and a wasp were at the window. We were afraid of what would come out if we removed the wallpaper. We will tackle that one last.

Another reason we left the front wall, we were afraid the window would fall out! It is in such poor shape! Maybe all those layers of wallpaper are holding it in!

We found ladybug nests underneath the wallpaper. Not exactly where we would like to see them. Next week we will take down the boards. I'm afraid of what we will see up above them! Hopefully, not bats!

This is what it looked like after the walls from the small bedroom were removed. We plan on putting two bedrooms in the attic space. We also decided to remove the chimney and the fireplace to make more space in the upstairs. 

Can you believe that someone would actually sleep in this room with how it looks? Yuck!