The den looks like this...
The floor has been removed, the hearth and drywall are gone, and you can see part of the reason the floor was collapsing- the hearth was resting on a concrete pad with nothing to support it but the subfloor! Also once we pulled out the hearth we found the wall behind it was bowing forward b/c the concrete box around the stove pipe had fallen forward. Now whether that fell forward and pushed the hearth out more or whether the hearth slowly falling foward as the floor sagged pulled that out as well is anyones's guess. The concrete slab is still there b/c the contractor didn't have a big enough jackhammer to get it out. That's on the agenda next as well as replacing the floor and drywall and removing the stovepipe and filling the hole with brick and mortar. Then next week the floor will all be snaded and refinished to match.
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