Simply The Nest Victorian House Renovation #4 - Propping, Steel and Demolition

If you thought I was excited by seeing the walls and openings go up, you should have seen my gleeful dance upon climbing up the ladder into the playroom last night and seeing A GIANT HOLE IN THE BACK OF THE HOUSE WHERE THE BAY WINDOW USED TO BE. Boom!

But first, the house had to be propped up. The builders did this by installing a number of temporary steel poles that braced against the ceiling in the playroom, cellar below, and hallway. Next, they bricked up a couple of parts of the house that will no longer have openings. In the photo below, you can see the steel bracing pole on the right, the bricked up window

Source: http://www.simplythenest.com/journal/2016/3/10/simply-the-nest-victorian-house-renovation-4-propping-steel.html