demo days get me excited for only one reason; the surprise of what you might find. i was hoping for something old and cool. it would have given me a charge, and distracted me, if i would have found an old random oddity. instead, i found just about everything that a home renovator hopes not to find. here's the run down:
knob and tube wiring. this was expected. but i didn't expect for the wires to run outside, be cut off, bare, not wire capped [heaven forbid a junction box] and i certainly didn't expect them to be hot! good thing i've been jolted before and wish never to repeat that experience again; i didn't touch them.
and old abandoned sink drain and vent pipe. ok, maybe i should have expected this when i was removing a sheet of plywood that had been used for drywall [sheetrock if you live in WA].
i certainly didn't expect to find a mouse nest! good thing i found the little sucker dead in my crawl space...although i think we both surprised each other.
so this sink drain/vent pipe is like the perfect storm. me being andrea gail, i tried to out run it, but it wasn't going to let me. read: leaking vent pipe, mold behind drywall and...and...AND termite damage!i.am.thankful.i.had.a.few.beers.tonight.
good.night.
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