Well... got all the ceiling drywall down and the blown in fiberglass insulation above it was all on the floor... Broke up ceiling into 2 x 2 pieces and stacked for later disposal.. Bought 42 gallon trash bags and set one in a trash can and snow shovel the insulation into the bag.. Packed it tight... tie ... dump it out.. new bag... repeat... ended up with 20 bags full.. Sold all the ceiling insulation for $40. and all the wall insulation for $50... this is what it looks like now. The red circle shows two stub walls i left ( with a diagonal brace) to hold the house from flexing as i go further.
Closeup of brace wall below... one 20 ft from each end... 70 ft trailer.
Closeup of roof rafters made of 2 x 2... Vaulted ceiling... rafter about 12 inches tall at center. On 24 inch centers.... 14 ft span !!
Wall studs are 2 x 6. Plan to save all of them and the outside tin ( 3 ft wide sections). I was going to strip the roof, then windows off walls, then take tin off walls, then tip over the building and disassemble the studs and rafters..
Plan "B" is to be not so committed.. THAD said to cut the roof into 4 ft widths between the rafters, take out screws along the wall, and slide off a SECTION 4 x 14 ft onto the ground. My plan is to cut 4 sections 4 ft wide from the INSIDE and slide off to open a section 16 ft long starting at the back wall..then take off the tin on the end wall. Then cut out 4-5 rafters, cut top plate and tip the END wall over onto the floor... Knock off the studs and keep, burn the top and bottom plate and rafters...
Then cut backwall at window, remove the wall tin and tip 10 ft of wall onto the floor and disassemble.. etc.... Once i have 16- 20 ft GONE i will see what the weather is like and do another 20 ft of front or rear wall as time permits..
This allows me to keep the opposite end of the trailer , under roof and store some of the material i have removed or trying to sell.. And if it snows or rains, i am not 100% committed !!.
Look from the outside... #1 will come down first.. End wall, then front and back.
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