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.