Wow, have I been slacking on my posting duties. To be honest, I kinda forgot this thread even existed. Oh well, I'm back now.

It's been slow going since I posted last, but it's just recently started to pick up. I've managed to pull about 3 buckets of Romex and a bucket of the flexible steel coated stuff. One bucket of Romex is already stripped down and I just brought home another bucket to start on. I also have quite a pile of aluminum going. I pulled some of the gutters off, plus I added the aluminum siding stuff I mentioned in the last post. The water heater, boiler, and radiator are still there. I cashed in the big pile of stuff from the initial cleanout and had just under a metric ton (2240 lbs). I also cashed in the brass and some of the copper for about $100 total.

I completely gutted the two upstairs bedrooms, which was fun except for the cleanup. Apparently the demolition company can't have drywall and insulation all over the floor when they tear it down. It didn't really make sense to me why not.

The house is completely disconnected except for some phone lines, which are coming down soon. The electric company guy left me a nice chunk of wire when he cut the main power lines. The copper has to be at least 1/2 inch thick on those! The only problem is getting them down off the top of the third floor.



An update on the asbestos:
Apparently it's going to cost quite a bit to remove. In addition to the outside tiles, there's something under the carpet upstairs that has to be removed too. Wonderful. The best part is, if it was still livable, the asbestos could just be removed and put to the curb. Apparently that's a law in my city. I wish I had known before I started cutting the wires and pipes. Whoever said education is expensive wasn't lying.

I'll try to take some pictures when I'm there tomorrow.