To everything there is a season

We have kicked the work into high speed! We are discovering that many walls are still wet underneath and need to be opened up. We have all the walls open in three rooms now, and a part wall in the bathroom. I got home from work last night to jump right in here. We moved boxes out to the shed, took down some furniture, and tore down walls. We pulled up some tile pieces in the breakfast room to check out the condition of the floors. They were damp under there. Not sure if all the floor is wet, but we are going to go

ahead and take up the tile in here. It is impossible to match it, therefore our best option is to replace it. And what have we learned here??? Sheetrock and flood waters are not friends, walls do not dry out witout air, paper insulation is really gross when it is wet and molded, pet doors aren't just for pets and putting one behind a fireplace is really not a good idea, all the plastic between subfloors doesn't keep water out-it actually traps water and keeps the floor from drying, muck out is a great word for clean under the house and joists, rats can come in the walls if you leave them an access point and they want a nice cozy safe home too!, reconstruction is a lot of work...and most of all....to everything there is a season.... (that print is a cross-stitch that got wet. I scrubbed it with oxyclean. It is going to be one of my themes as I remodel!)