More Demolition, Part I

2007.03.22

Finally getting back around to demolition in the back room of the basement.  Today I started by pulling the rest of the knotty pine boards off the west wall.  Then I removed the fiberglass batt insulation…

Knotty pine all removed from south wall of basement
Batt insulation pulled off south basement wall

…Revealing… wallpaper!  Green paisley wallpaper, right on the bumpy concrete wall.

Green and white paisley wallpaper on basement foundation wall
Exposed studs in front of wallpaper on concrete basement wall

Then I started pulling down the stud framing.  They had used a powder-actuated nailer to nail the studs to the concrete wall, but it wasn’t too hard to pry the wood off, and usually the nails along with it.

Next I began prying drywall off the center beam.  Naturally, there was more knotty pine under the drywall.  Man, they really loved that stuff.  They even used it to frame out the windows (later painted white).

Starting to remove studs along south wall of basement
Some drywall removed from center beam and post

Things were going well until I was pulling nails and screws and tried to put the claw end of a hammer through my forehead.