Deconstruction and classification of the buildings 'parts alone took five months. "Most interesting was that not one nail could be found, anywhere" says Li Ch'ungyao.
李重耀表示，古厝決定拆遷時，他帶著三人一組的工作人員，花了五個月的時間，一磚一瓦、一石一木地將古厝所有細部，一一丈量、記錄、編號，並畫成七十餘張工程設計圖。