Gut Job

Not gonna lie. It was a nasty, nasty, job.

This thing had been sitting for 25 years, so it had an accumulation of grossness that had to be removed.

Sledge hammer, crow bar, pry bar, angle grinder, cable cutters, and most importantly...sawsall, became my dear friends.

Mouse turds everywhere. Snake skins. Yes, that's about a 4 foot snake skin that came down with the ceiling. Wasn't the only one. Ants in the corner. Spiders. Mold. Dust.

Most of the insulation had been messed up by a ton of mouse activity.

Shower pan was cracked.

Wiring was scary. Surprised the mice didn't chew through any of it though. I have heard horror stories of that being the case in these older ones that sat. Not such an issue for me since I was going to tear it all out anyway, but horrible to have a fire start because of rodent damage in one you don't gut.

Fridge had leaked. Base was rotted, barely anything holding it up.

Not a very safe looking furnace...

No water proofing behind shower. I was amazed that THIS area was actually dry.

Worst damage was in the street side rear. The boards are totally rotted into powder laying on the floor.

Most of the rot was in the corners and along the top edge. None due to windows or door so far as I could tell.

It is now pretty well gutted and cost me $95 to haul it to the dump. Plus lunch for my youngest for helping me.