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This is how it now looks when you walk in the front door.
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There's the beginning of the hole I have to put in for the stairs.
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Looking back at the front door from where the stairs will be.
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That's how it looks upstairs.
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Crap. That wall is right in the way of the stairs.
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The wall starts to come down and the hole is getting bigger.
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The start of my new hole. Notice the brace going to the roof. That worries me a little.
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Weird how the boards toward the middle of the house have screws in them. I think these must have been added later.
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These square nails are probabaly from when the house was originally built in 1888.
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These screws just don't look like they're from 1888. Since they didn't have round nails, I can't believe they had screws. I'll have to look this up when I get some time.
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It looks ok, though dark because I had to turn off all the power upstairs to take out the electric lines.
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My hole. I just need to take out the joists to be finished. I want to make sure I cut them in the proper location.
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A little brighter picture if I use the flash.
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And the pile of garbage the I have to go through. I'm sure I can reuse most of the wood in there. I just have to take out the tons of nails.
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Here's the space for the stairs. Ready to go!
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Looking up
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This is the end of day 1.
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