We Decided the House Only Needs Three Sides

In order to combine the old and the new sections of the house we needed to remove the brick wall on the North side. This required framing a temporary support wall inside, cutting the brick, bringing the wall down, and removing the brick. This process took place over a few days. 

New wall

It takes big saws to cut the brick. Those ten inch blades didn't even go all the way through. These walls are thick! 

Time to bring it down. . .

 After quite a bit of sledgehammering we put chains around the top of the wall and through the window. Then we pulled. 

That dust cloud on the right is what was left of the chimney falling. 

The wall is three courses thick and very well built. I thought it would come down easy, but it was pretty solid and required quite a bit of chipping away at it. 

I just can't help myself from making big messes! 

 

The sewer vent pipe has to come down somehow also.  Any volunteers?

All tarped-up; waiting for the snow.