Eve of Destruction

As part of the New Plan- a portion of the soffet around the ceiling had to go. This was a decision that was a long time coming, and one we re-visited as recently as yesterday- but in the end- destruction won. And today was the day.

Thanks to judicious use of a circular saw and a reciprocating saw, not to mention respirators and enough safety gear to qualify for a haz-mat team, the deed is done. In these pictures it looks all nice and clean, but believe me- it was 6 hours of dust, noise and flying chunks of plaster. We're going to leave it as is for now- I figure the electrician is likely to cut through anything we put up, so why bother. We'll cover it all up in a couple of weeks when they've wired it all nice and purty.

By the way- reciprocating saws totally rock! They can do more damage in less time than anything short of High Explosives! I can't belive I waited this long to get one!