Master Bedroom Ceiling

Having the downstairs of the house in complete disarray just wasn't enough- ha ha!

Back when we were waiting for the roof to go on, there was lots of rain... which caused some damage to the master bedroom ceiling.

The ceiling in there wasn't in great shape to begin with, but this made it a necessity to get re-done.  Plus, we figured that while the sheetrock guys were here, and the house is a dusty mess right now from the other drywall work, it makes sense to do it now.

That meant we needed to clear out the bedroom...

Since our contractor & drywall guys agreed it would be faster & cheaper if we did the demo of the old ceiling ourselves, Mike got to work...

It was a super messy job.

The lath needed to come down, plus there was a ton of fuzzy insulation that got everywhere!

Mixed in was the old corn cob "insulation"...

We bagged up all of this mess.  It had to be carted downstairs, out the front door, and Mike positioned the tractor to load them into.  He could then easily dump them into the dumpster in the backyard.

We got lots of cars slowing down to check out what was going on with the tractor in front of the house!

We were able to get 13 bags out before it was too late and dark to continue.
Here's a picture taken the next morning with how much was left...

It took one more day to clear out the rest, and now it's feeling much better.

It was a total of 27 contractor garbage bags full!

The contractor needs to do some framing for the guys to hang the sheetrock from.

Mike brought up some of the left over insulation to use in the eave area, where it may be a little drafty.

The downside is that the four of us are now crammed into the two boys' rooms (along with all of the furniture, clothing, rug, etc. from our bedroom).  Hoping this doesn't take too long!