"Eat Mor Chikinwire"

Here is what I started with today:
The above is actually how I finished last night. I usually take pictures at the start of the next day's work...after the dust has settled.

My goal today was to remove the 2+ inches of concrete/mortar/whatever, tile and chickenwire:

Mission accomplished! Not nearly as difficult as the tile surround. I really did like this tile...sad to see it go. I retained a small box of these domino-like tiles. In addition, I kept a few unbroken chunks of concrete/tile to use as stepping stones in some corner of the garden.

The floor demo uncovered some good stuff. I've seen this from the crawlspace, but the fact that the toilet and/or my wife or I never fell through this hole is testimony to the strength of chickenwire-reinforced concrete. I managed to get all of the rubble cleared out...a very productive day, indeed.

And finally:

"cohhhh...cehhhhh...cohhhhh...cehhhhh..."

"Luke..."