Remodeling

Carol and I are spending a few days (along with Lily) in Camden, South Carolina helping her sister Dee and brother in law Rob remodel their kitchen. As you may recall South Carolina got lots of rain last month. While their house didn't flood they did have damage in their kitchen due to leaks in their roof. Rob got started before we got there last night. This is how the kitchen looked this morning. 

As you can see from the pictures it is stripped down to the studs. The first project today was removal of the ceramic tile floor and backer board. Rob had also started on that. Her is how it looked. 

The picture just shows half the floor so he was about 25% done. Here is a closeup of the tool we used. 

It is an electric jackhammer. Lily wanted to watch until it hit the floor. She ran out of the room and did not come back. I have put down ceramic tile in the past. The only thing worse than putting it down is taking it back up. We got all the tile up today, the roof leaks fixed, all the trash hauled away and some electrical work installed. Lots left to do. Tomorrow we start on drywall and sealing cabinets before they are installed.