Thursday, December 9, 2010

The Mess has Begun

The remodel has officially begun.  8 hours in and I have already generated more wast than I had anticipated.  We looked into getting a dumpster but that ran around 400$ so that option was out.  We decided to get the biggest garbage can our service offers and simply throw a little away each week.  I am now thinking we will be throwing away construction garbage for the next year!


The first step was reconfiguring existing walls.  I replaced a door rough in with a wall and moved an existing wall about three feet to give our rec room some more space.  Next step is insulating and framing the outer perimeter walls.

3 comments:

  1. Very exciting! I think we have the option of hauling construction waste to the recycling center to get rid of it. May have to pay for it, but much less than the $400 for a dumpster. Not sure if you guys could do something like that?

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  2. We also have that option but it is a minimum $45 charge so it's not something that is cost effective to do often. I was thinking that we will probably run one load on the trailer when all the rough in work is done.

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  3. Hey Erik!
    Dave and I borrowed a trailer and filled each project. The $10 per dump fee was worth it. We lucked out occasionally falling on a seasonal overflow day for garbage collection at the curb.
    Best of luck to you and Julie!
    Beth & Dave

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