Step 4: Demolishing the north wall and lower roof.
Originally intended to be started and done in April, our contractor started working on this portion of the project on Thursday April 30th. He called me mid-morning to ask if I was OK wit him removing the floor as well, since the joists were all rotted at the connection to the foundation. See these pictures he sent me.

Before the day was over, our contractor called us and shared some pictures with us regarding the state of the foundation. In short, it was in no shape to be used for new construction. We had no provision in the plan to build a new foundation, so the project came to a grinding halt.

Have a look at these pictures and we hope that you’ll come to the same conclusion that these foundation walls were in no shape to be used again.

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