▁duration ▁of ▁the ▁project , ▁after ▁which ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁demol ished . ▁Const ruction ▁sp anned ▁from ▁November ▁ 1 9 7 1 ▁to ▁January ▁ 1 9 7 2 . ▁ ▁The ▁renov ation ▁included ▁clean ing , ▁painting , ▁sand ing ▁flo ors , ▁replacing ▁windows , ▁installing ▁lights , ▁and ▁sand ing , ▁sc rap ing , ▁and ▁wall p ap ering ▁walls . ▁New ▁walls ▁were ▁built ▁for ▁practical ▁and ▁a est h etic ▁reasons ▁and ▁women ▁learned ▁wall p ap ering ▁techniques ▁to ▁ref urb ish ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁rooms . ▁Event ually ▁a ▁crew ▁was ▁needed ▁to ▁paint ▁the ▁exterior ▁of ▁the ▁house , ▁install ▁lo cks ▁and ▁advise ▁the ▁women ▁on ▁basic ▁elect rical ▁w iring . ▁ ▁The ▁women ▁strugg led ▁as ▁they ▁began ▁renov ating ▁the ▁m ansion ▁during ▁the ▁winter , ▁as ▁the ▁building ▁did ▁not ▁have ▁hot ▁water , ▁heat , ▁or ▁pl umb ing . ▁Ren ov ations ▁included ▁replacing ▁ 2 5 ▁windows ▁and ▁replacing ▁ban ister s ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁pulled ▁out ▁by ▁v and als . ▁They ▁worked ▁eight - hour ▁days ▁in ▁a ▁“ mann er ▁they ▁were ▁un acc ustom ed ▁to ”, ▁soon ▁coming ▁to ▁res ent ▁the ▁inten se , ▁“ im possible ” ▁dem ands , ▁even ▁coming ▁to ▁see ▁their ▁administr ators ▁as ▁“ mon sters ” ▁and ▁compla ining ▁that ▁they ▁would ▁fail .“ ▁To ▁co pe ▁with ▁the ▁fr ustration ▁of ▁learning ▁new ▁techniques ▁while ▁meeting ▁string ent ▁dead