If one room at a time was the plan, then the whole room would have to be demolished, including removing the concrete floor, the next step was renting a huge air compressor and jackhammer to get the floor out. Immediately had to return the 90 lb. hammer and trade for the 60 lb. which I could barely handle. After several days of short sessions of rat-a-tat-tatting, it was clear that the work was too brawny and brains would have to intercede. The emphasis turned to going beyond the first room to tackle the larger project by first removing the living room woodstove and breaking up the platform before the jackhammer and air compressor were returned. The $500 brawn experiment was mostly successful because it required a decision to change course.
Can we do it?
Jackhammer blues
Small progress in master bath
More heavy lifting–moving cast iron stove
Demo of stove platform