This is Bubby. He was the first of the crew to arrive. This man can perform magic with a hammer and chisel.
When Sam (the head of the crew in the white shirt) and the others arrived, things moved along really quickly.
Eventually, the guys brought out the big guns using a small hand held jack hammer to remove the more difficult stones. The sound and vibration in the house sent the cats right under the bed to take cover..........and this is only the beginning! We found it truly amazing how these guys pick up these stones like they are a bag of groceries. We are glad to let them do this part of the job.
All of the stone is being stacked on pallets in the front yard. It will all be reused to extend the height of the chimney and added with some new stone to build the new porch.
The house is now naked on the front and of course it will now RAIN!!!!! I will be covering the exposed part of the house with plastic by Thursday morning. Starting next week the house will lose an arm - the old garage. stay tuned for that. We cannot wait for that old porch to be gone too!
