Rebuild Lavallette

The kindness of friends, new and old, from near and far, decending upon Lavallette to help. Thanks to them, we’ve almost finished demolition work on Magee Ave. and are nearing completion of cleanout of the garage on Newark Ave.

Demolition continues. John spent the week doing the final stages of demolition and in the process realized just how severe the structural damage was. Yes, that subfloor IS structural.

It’s been a week of demolition, sadness and backaches, but thanks to family and friends, we are slowly moving forward with tearing out our first floors.

We got back to the house for 2 hours today. We worked so hard in that time I barely can type. More tomorrow. For now, just know that we got a lot done. There was between half a foot and three feet of water inside throughout. First floor is ruined. The back house won’t survive.

They say the pictures don’t begin to explain the devastation. Watch this video to give you a slightly better sense of what we’re dealing with. Thankful that our part of Lavallette isn’t quite this bad. I guess we’ll find out more when we go over later today.