New Orleans, Louisiana - October, 2007

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House #2 - Our task here was to remove the hardwood flooring so that it could be cleaned and reused.  The water level in this house was somewhere around two feet off the floor.  The hardwood was actually in surprisingly good shape once the eighth of an inch of silt is wiped off.  Thom is pulling nails out of the floorboards here.
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Dan with crowbars, pulling up floorboards
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Living room and kitchen, note the silt on the floor
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Some drywall already removed, but it looks like more will need to be removed, as what's left still has mold on it.
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Thom still working on those nails
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More silt on yet-to-be-removed hardwood
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Debris left after the hardwood was removed
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Newspaper found under the floor.  The newspaper was dated in October, 1946.  This seems to indicate the approximate time the floor was originally installed.
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Hardwood has been removed, getting ready to leave for the day
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Thom removing tack strips from stairs
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Jennifer doing some cleanup
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Debris left behind after removing hardwood
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Back door, paint peeled off the door below where the water was sitting
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Kitchen, peeling paint
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