Not the case this time.
So the legal definition of what can remain in the home is defined in state law. It says that an item must be "smooth and easily cleanable". This is of course up to a good deal of interpretation. Appliances and chandeliers meet this definition without question. I've left acoustic ceiling tiles in place on various projects and not had a problem. But on this home we had a problem. The basement ceiling had insulation in it - over that there was a healthy sheet of plastic sheeting. I figured that if anything is smooth and easily cleanable, it would be plastic sheeting. The county disagreed when I called to verify.
So - at the last minute on the project we pull down the insulation. It wasn't entertaining. So as the stuff comes down we discover these huge bees - larger than bumble bees, these things look like they came from some deep jungle corner of the globe where only the baddest critters can survive.
How did these beasts get so large? How did they get inside the house? Why were they nesting inside the house? Did they get that large on the meth? How many more were in the home and how many of those were going to be alive? And how quickly were we going to die after they decided we were unwelcome in their nest?
These sorts of questions were high in our minds as we went through the routine of just another meth remediation.
By the way, we didn't get any answers on these monsters - but we are alive to write about it - so that's good.
