Tear Down is Almost Complete

Tomorrow (April 26th) will be one month since the fire happened.  I can hardly believe that much time has already gone by!  It still seems like just yesterday that we got the phone call at Chick-fil-A, but it also seems like forever since we were living in our own space!


It took about 2.5 weeks for insurance to get going and do all of their analysis and reports.  The contractor was finally able to get in last Monday, April 18th.  It took them almost a week to clean out all of the damage contents and start ripping out the carpet from the basement.  They started downstairs because of the water damage and then worked their way upstairs.  We went by the house last Thursday and the basement and upstairs bedrooms were completely torn out.  Mark went by today and they had finished the main floor and kitchen.  The only room that still has walls is our bathroom.


Now that they have everything gutted to the bare bones, the contractor and his team will do an estimate of what needs to be replaced in the "guts".  They will look at flooring, wiring, boards, roof, and framing.  They will clean and reseal anything that they keep.  Once they do this part, we will have a better understanding of how long to rebuild and what we can begin to research and decide.


With Easter just being on Sunday, we truly are feeling what it means to have a "new beginning".  It is so comforting to know that God loved us so much that He sent his Son to die for us and take away all our sins.  We think the loss of our house is bad, but God sacrificed his Son FOR US!  The verse that I've been holding onto since Sunday is Philippians 1:6, "being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus."  Thank you Jesus for knowing what is best for us and for guiding us day by day!

On Monday, April 11th, they brought a huge dumpster and put inside all of our belongings that couldn't be saved.
It was more upsetting that I expected. 

By Thursday, April 14th, they had a much smaller dumpster in the drive way and had begun the tear down process. 

They did the basement first because of all the water. They are doing their best to prevent the mold and mildew.

The upstairs guest bedroom all stripped down.

Looking down the stairwell from the upstairs rooms towards the front door.

The kitchen- they even left up the back splash!

Looking into our bedroom from what used to be a wall!