Tearing something apart is most often fun but not in this case. Since all the wood is pressure treated and still in good shape I wanted to recycle it. Though I like to keep our planet clean, that wasn't the reason, instead I recycle it to prevent me from buying new. So with that the job had to be done slowly and neatly. Once I pulled all the wood down and apart into like pieces, all the nails had to be removed. In the old days when we nailed by hand people didn't go crazy with the nails. Today with the advent of air nailers, people go crazy with the nails. It look like someone had modified the nailer to an automatic, or 3 round burst. As you can see by the photo the railing has been completely removed. This week I have to get my permit and mount lights to the ceiling. I don't want to be in the dark once I start the enclosing process.

Demo of the Old

Now the fun part. I have to tear down the old shade wall, simple but it takes time. Because the roof is held up with the poles I have to gut everything in between without moving the poles. This area was used by the renter family to stay out of the heat. Donna and I do not like our view block. Most of the lumber was pressure treated but has begin to show rot. Still I like to recycle some lumber to use for cabinet building later.

The one thing about nail guns, people like to shoot a lot of nails, most of the time it doesn't add anything strength but it sure makes it tough for removing. Now that I have the upper portion removed I need to remove the nails from the old lumber and stack them up for later. As you can see from this photo the roof is excellent and it has a built in gutter system. I'll need to add low profile light system before enclosing it. The next posting I'll be breaking out the saw and cut down the railing.