Demolition Day 2

The remaining glass panels took a couple of hours to remove with a lot of scraping and cajoling, but were finally laid in the trailer

The wooden beams came off well and the main bearer was eased down.  The only piece that gave any real resistance was the end that I had repaired a few years ago - I will remove it when the wall comes down.

All the timber was cut into manageable lumps so it could be burned in the fire-pit.

The large window broke (inevitably) and needed a lot of clearing up before the frame could be cut out.  the the dwarf walls were felled with the sledge hammer.  I salvaged as many tiles as I could from the small roof and will do the same with the bricks.

There are 2 different types of brick used: Commons for the internal walls - strong and re-useable; and a small red - only 2" thick for the facing brick.. These are very powdery and break when being removed.  I doubt I will be able to save more than a handful of these.  The commons will be useful or the build though and the mortar is coming off them fairly well.

 

 By the time i got the demolition hammer out to remove the party wall it was getting late so i made sure it was safe and called it a day.