September 16, 2006
Construction Site Trevor
Last night, we began removing plaster and many layers of wallpaper from Trevor's room and the office. I had my reservations about removing the plaster and lath -- why tear out a perfectly good wall -- but my suspicions were confirmed when we started demolition.
In about half the room, the plaster keys had broken and the plaster pieces were cracked and bowed out from the wall, simply hanging by the wallpaper. Any attempt to remove the wallpaper, or hang drywall over it would have brought down the entire section of plaster.
A few pieces of wallpaper (several layers thick) came down in huge sheets, which I saved for later deconstruction. There's a light blue layer in there with very pretty flowers which I'd like to mount and display when all is said and done.
Tools that are a godsend: flatbars, mallets, yellow construction boots and halogen work lights
Tools that need to go back to the designer: safety goggles which fog up and dust masks which don't seal