Wife wants a new kitchen, so I spent the past few weekends gutting out the kitchen to it’s walls & sub floor. Getting all of our pots n pans, tools n do dads n dry storage was a chore in itself.
This floor was a heinous job that I wish on no other human. Such a PITA (&heavy). Breaking and removing and
Cleaning tile remnants is just yuck.
After the crap floor was removed down to the subfloor, I tackled the cabinetry, countertop and tile work. This went much faster comparatively and was easier work (less up n down than the floor).
I’ve put together our dining room as a temp makeshift kitchen off that 50w plug/extension dangling there. We are utilizing heavily disposable cutlery, plates etc through this process but any dishes made get done in bathtub.
Next steps are to clean up the Sheetrock and reseal it in preparation for texturing/tile work later on. I cando this is parts after work through the week leaving larger chores for the weekend. While removing the floor I realized it has shifted down by where the original heavy fridge location was maybe a 1/2-3/4 inch and am considering next steps to bring that true. I’m thinking of taking1/2” OBS and screwing/liquid nail that onto the subfloor to bring it up and reduce squeakiness prior to installing my new spalted maple water proof floor. Anyhow now I have a big stack of old janky cabinets & old appliances outside. I’m sure the neighbors love that lol
...and ol' murphy came knockin. While I was doing this demo and prep work, the O2 sensor on my truck went out so its in the shop and the mechanic wont be able to address it for a couple days at least, so hoping to get that addressed & fixed before the weekend. More to come.
This floor was a heinous job that I wish on no other human. Such a PITA (&heavy). Breaking and removing and
Cleaning tile remnants is just yuck.
After the crap floor was removed down to the subfloor, I tackled the cabinetry, countertop and tile work. This went much faster comparatively and was easier work (less up n down than the floor).
I’ve put together our dining room as a temp makeshift kitchen off that 50w plug/extension dangling there. We are utilizing heavily disposable cutlery, plates etc through this process but any dishes made get done in bathtub.
Next steps are to clean up the Sheetrock and reseal it in preparation for texturing/tile work later on. I cando this is parts after work through the week leaving larger chores for the weekend. While removing the floor I realized it has shifted down by where the original heavy fridge location was maybe a 1/2-3/4 inch and am considering next steps to bring that true. I’m thinking of taking1/2” OBS and screwing/liquid nail that onto the subfloor to bring it up and reduce squeakiness prior to installing my new spalted maple water proof floor. Anyhow now I have a big stack of old janky cabinets & old appliances outside. I’m sure the neighbors love that lol
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