Attic Demo: Before and After

Today, a merry band of workers came to our house and demolished the attic. They took down the old walls, the nasty old insulation, removed the doors, and made a mess of things. But we are thrilled with the results!

Before we had a tragically painted office (yes that is my fault!) and storage space, enlarged by the beautiful 12 foot dormer:

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And after a 7 am wake up call this morning and three guys working solid until 3:00 pm (hauling away so much more bags of trash than I thought possible), we have this result:

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Will and I amazed and super-excited. Measured from the widest points, the attic is 27 feet wide (front of house to back) and 21 feet across (existing knee wall on the north side of the house to the new air duct in the new dormer in the south side of the house). So many possibilities!

We did discover that there are lots of planks on the underside of the roof with mold and we will have to get it cleaned before we get insulation in (and framing). In the meantime, we are just ecstatic: the dream of having a master suite is starting to come true.