The demolish has begun! We’ve finally taken the plung, and past the point of no return. I started demolishing the old bathroom today, starting with the floor of the bathroom. The floor is made of small tiles set in a bed of thick mud, over a metal lath. Using my regular hammer it was very slow going, and alot of work. The obvious solution? Buy a bigger hammer! I swung over to Lowes on the first of many (many, many, many) trips and picked up a small (3lbs?) sledge hammer. Since this was on the second floor and I didn’t really feel like destorying my house, I refrained from getting a full size sledge. This new hammer made the work much, much easier and soon I had a nice size hole going.