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Wall Demolition to Create a Doorway

Bob and Ryley demolish a wall to connect the framed-in addition to the existing part of the house.
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Wall Demolition to Create a Doorway

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" We have. Build the addition on the back of the house as you can see here in the floor plan this is the bedroom here's the bathroom we're standing right in this hall we're about to tear down and cut. Through the old side who also that we connect. The new to the old now do we have any problems here like wires or pipes -- knocked out witted and always going to be into. Is free of any mechanical there's nothing behind its an insulation behind the sheathing yet and then them open access and out of plaster and we have bill on the other side and he's got the bad part is we do have lots of plaster and the metal lap. This is new work this will be the switch that turns on the over headlights and we have to worry about. That that there really far away from where we're cutting going to right this is started OK. Right right that looks I get. Loose mineral wool insulation. Yeah -- Which has no asbestos -- it but. We still don't want to handle it with the bare skin if you can avoid it. An area that really tells us a lot about the -- out. Metal this is the hole where the toilet paper holder was located. -- you ready and that. I'm also Ryley and guarantee stagnant throughout. Okay. Okay looks to me like that it's easy part right there that's the bottom part getting that matters of the heart is going to be all lot of work."

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