Day Six: The Kitchen Disappears
Yesterday, I forgot to mention (I believe) that Nancy and I had to pack up everything in the kitchen in preparation for today's destruction of the kitchen. That late night left me a bit tired tonight, so I'll try to tell this complicated story quickly:
A new post will go in under the kitchen tomorrow to support that part of the house for the first time in decades and to try to make up for the three inches of lean in the kitchen.
Tom, the plumber, came today and almost set up the washer and dryer in the basement--except that there were no outlets for him to connect the appliances to.
In related news, Chris, the electrician, will visit the house on Thursday and do the following: Add outlets for the washer and dryer, put in an outlet for the stove in the basement, and start dealing with the rat's nest of wires.
The new and extended flooring for the kitchen should go in sometime this week.
The old stairs to the basement might disappear tomorrow.
I took the day off from work today and took the opportunity to toss into Dave and John's garbage truck lots of hard-to-discard junk left by the previous owners (and which we'd stored in the basement and the garage).
How the Kitchen Began Today
Here's how the kitchen began its day: pristine, with nary an item on its shelves.
Looking through the Missing Back Wall of the Kitchen
After many conversations about the remodel with George (some of which included me), Dave and especially John began tearing out the kitchen. The goal was to expose the wiring and the plumbing to give them an idea where to go next.
The Remains of the Kitchen
By the end of the day, the kitchen was reduced to a single kitchen sink, sitting alone in a corner. It's great to have the sink, and the outlets still work, so we can make Nancy's morning coffee there, but it won't stay here for long. By the end of the night, I'd piled some more garbage in the kitchen, which John and Dave said they'd throw this in the truck for me tomorrow.
The Re-Exposed Window
Finally, today, we once again got the chance to see the second kitchen window. But, for the first time, we saw it from behind. This window will be gone soon.
Two Layers of Sheetrock on the Ceiling
As John was tearing out the ceiling, I noticed it was taking him longer than usual; the work seemed harder. The reason: The workmen who had repaired our kitchen and bathroom after the burst pipe late in 2004 repaired the wet and broken wallboard by taking out the wet parts and affixing another layer of sheetrock right under it.
Five Pipes that Have to Move
One of the surprises today, though it was a bit expected, was that we have a huge number of pipes to move out of this small wall in the kitchen. These will have to be re-routed, since this wall is disappearing. Which brings us to the next issue. This is a load-bearing wall, so they'll need to ensure support for this wall. But this cannot happen by spanning the same area the current wall does--because any such beam would have to pierce through planned kitchen cabinets (which are sitting in our garage). So they'll have to add a flush beam--which will be another additional expense for this project.
honi soit qui mal y pense
A new post will go in under the kitchen tomorrow to support that part of the house for the first time in decades and to try to make up for the three inches of lean in the kitchen.
Tom, the plumber, came today and almost set up the washer and dryer in the basement--except that there were no outlets for him to connect the appliances to.
In related news, Chris, the electrician, will visit the house on Thursday and do the following: Add outlets for the washer and dryer, put in an outlet for the stove in the basement, and start dealing with the rat's nest of wires.
The new and extended flooring for the kitchen should go in sometime this week.
The old stairs to the basement might disappear tomorrow.
I took the day off from work today and took the opportunity to toss into Dave and John's garbage truck lots of hard-to-discard junk left by the previous owners (and which we'd stored in the basement and the garage).
How the Kitchen Began Today
Here's how the kitchen began its day: pristine, with nary an item on its shelves.
Looking through the Missing Back Wall of the Kitchen
After many conversations about the remodel with George (some of which included me), Dave and especially John began tearing out the kitchen. The goal was to expose the wiring and the plumbing to give them an idea where to go next.
The Remains of the Kitchen
By the end of the day, the kitchen was reduced to a single kitchen sink, sitting alone in a corner. It's great to have the sink, and the outlets still work, so we can make Nancy's morning coffee there, but it won't stay here for long. By the end of the night, I'd piled some more garbage in the kitchen, which John and Dave said they'd throw this in the truck for me tomorrow.
The Re-Exposed Window
Finally, today, we once again got the chance to see the second kitchen window. But, for the first time, we saw it from behind. This window will be gone soon.
Two Layers of Sheetrock on the Ceiling
As John was tearing out the ceiling, I noticed it was taking him longer than usual; the work seemed harder. The reason: The workmen who had repaired our kitchen and bathroom after the burst pipe late in 2004 repaired the wet and broken wallboard by taking out the wet parts and affixing another layer of sheetrock right under it.
Five Pipes that Have to Move
One of the surprises today, though it was a bit expected, was that we have a huge number of pipes to move out of this small wall in the kitchen. These will have to be re-routed, since this wall is disappearing. Which brings us to the next issue. This is a load-bearing wall, so they'll need to ensure support for this wall. But this cannot happen by spanning the same area the current wall does--because any such beam would have to pierce through planned kitchen cabinets (which are sitting in our garage). So they'll have to add a flush beam--which will be another additional expense for this project.
honi soit qui mal y pense
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