So over the weekend we got all antsy about fixing up the house again and I tore into the kitchen today.
For clarification I have added some drawings.
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Making a mess again
OK yea I know It has been a while since I posted anything. Simply put there has not been anything worthy to post about lately. Just not much going on. Can't even bitch about the weather as it has been a fairly snow-less winter. This time last year we had eight foot snow banks. Right now we have bare lawn. Got to love that. I even got the winter road sand blown of the lawn yesterday.
So over the weekend we got all antsy about fixing up the house again and I tore into the kitchen today.
The general plan is to move the stove from the inside wall on the right to left side by the window so that I can have a proper stove extractor vent on the outside wall. So this afternoon I took down the upper cabinet, tore the L off the counter and salvaged the end cabinet and the Lazy Susan out of the corner.
And discovered multiple layers of drywall and flooring. The stove will go just to the right of the window.
Eventually the two layers of 3/8th inch drywall are coming off and I will put up new drywall.
By six pm I had it all back to a usable state after temporarily relocating the cabinets and the counter I cut off. Tomorrow I will try and put a T on the gas supply line for the Rinay heater that right now is just to the left of the table. Then I can relocate the stove to the new space I made for it and then I can take down the wall between the kitchen and the living room where the stove currently is.
For clarification I have added some drawings.
This is the current lay out of things
The wall between the kitchen and the living room is gone and in place is an open counter we can use instead of a table. Eventually the bathroom will also get relocated so we can have a direct entry to the bath from the bedroom. This way I can build a new bathroom while we still have the use of the existing one.
So over the weekend we got all antsy about fixing up the house again and I tore into the kitchen today.
For clarification I have added some drawings.
You can't stay still, can you? Where is the fridge'
ReplyDeleteIt's not a matter of not staying still, it's more about finishing a job started a long time ago. The fridge is just to the right of the stove. On the lower right hand corner of the first picture you can just see the edge of the door of the fridge. The doorway to the living room is between the stove and the fridge.
DeleteGood winter-time job!
ReplyDeleteYes, lest hope it does not take too long to get it done.
DeleteHi Mike, good to see you back again. Kitchens are always fun. I change mine around a lot, as you well know, lol. As a matter of fact, I changed it around a couple of days ago when I came back from my remote cabin, which is my next project.
ReplyDeleteHi John, the main motivation here is to move the stove to an outside wall so I can have a proper extractor vent. And we have been living with an unfinished kitchen for some time now. Its just part of the perpetual on-going remodel of the house. You or I would not care less about a half unfinished project or no trim on the windows, but the missus thinks differently. The problem with this one is there have been a ton of half-assed changes made on this thing over the years, and I really need to take it back down to bare studs to have a clean slate to start with.
Deletei sure wish i could do stuff like this. this is going to be a great improvement!
ReplyDeleteYes, I hope it is. As always I jump in and am not sure how it will all turn out. Inevitably there are always some unforeseen obstacles in the way. Today I messed with the propane lines and got the stove moved to the new location.
DeleteWork like this at home is great when it's done, but I just hate the disruption and always end up putting these types of jobs off!
ReplyDeleteHi Kev, well that's is exactly it, this has been more of finishing a project long in waiting. I have been hesitant to tackle it just for fear of opening another big can of worms and making a big mess like I did 7 years ago when I rebuilt the exterior. I have already found a few disasters from more than 85 years of crappy add-ons and repairs by the various owners. Nothing I can't handle, It just means digging deeper than I figured I'd have to. I think the results will be pleasing and add value to the house. Besides we are a bit tired of just making do with the way it is. Its about time we live like we want to and enjoy the fruits of our work.
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