Kitchen

Kitchen at showing.

Removed door to relocate the door and change it from a cased to an arched opening.

Disassembling Kitchen for removal.

Demo of Kitchen Cabinets for donation.

Demo of Kitchen tile and sub-floor.

Half of original oak flooring pulled up.

Subfloor pulled up. Some termite damage to a few of the joists.

Removed them all for good measure.

Dropped dirt down a few feet for room for concrete footers, more working room underneath, etc...

Footings placed.

Block up.

Rebar in the bonding course.

Grounds going to grounding rod.

Concrete filling of cavities between block and earth, as well as all cores.

One of the cuts on each side which will accomodate the 4x6 beam which will also be supported on a pier in the middle of the room.

All new concrete work sealed with elastomeric membrane, as well as exterior 2x8. You can see the 6" pad which will support the 4x6 in the middle of the area.

Cut through original exterior wall footer with concrete saw for access underneath the addition portion of kitchen.

Joist mockup. Only the two on each end of the room are actually installed. 4x6 for the middle of the span is laying on its side as we will use it to lift all joist into place with jacks and then hang them there with joist hangers. The beam will then be moved back to its cut outs and flipped upright to support the span.

In this shot you can see the concrete floor which was placed.

This is actually a boxed section consisting of two 2x8s ripped down 3/4", separated with 5" stringers along its length, with 3/4" plywood glued and nailed on top. This is acting as a reinforcement for the original subfloor and plate on this wall as we had to remove the original joists which were supporting it. This will also provide a solid base to affix the new subfloor on top of, butting up to the original sub.

Took a different approach on this side of the room as things were in better shape. Cut all stringers to uniform length, glued and nailed new joist in place, setting on concrete, glued and nailed to original dimensonal floor joist with some SERIOUS nails.

Can see how the access area between the original part of the house and the addition part is now framed out in a more robust manner.

Cement step was too high. Cut it down 1.5" to allow for 3/4" plywood on top of it. Top of reconstructed step will be completely level with floor joists.

Came off in nice chunks.

Bonding agent applied.

First batch of leveler setting up.

4x6 with 2x4 sacrificial spacer (for kitchen sink waste to acheive proper slope) under old part of kitchen.

New Gas line for range.

Cold water feed valves for pot filler on range side, and refridgerator water/ice maker on other.

3/4" Plywood in essence glued to the cement step by the leveler, with a boatload of screws around the perimeter, and 6 masonary fasteners in the field. Rock solid..

New waste for the kitchen, using 45s with cleanouts instead of 90s. Dropped through sacrificial 2x4, and into 4x6 beam for proper slope.

Original trusses, now supported by a 4x6, on two piers, and a hanger nailed into the concrete foundation. Properly spaced, perfectly level, and good to go. You can see the framing for the new crawlspace access on the left.

One and a half rows of subfloor down.

Started opening up the wall where the opening will be moved North down the wall, as well as be transformed from a 32" cased opening to a 48" arch.

Running the potfiller line with flexible (the ONLY way to do the complex bends required).

In place, but not secured until depth can be decided upon.

Water line for fridge on other side of room.

Opening up wall between Kitchen and Dining room. Once drywall was removed, got to see the layers upon layers of wallpaper, and how the original layout of the kitchen used to be.

A lot of knob and tube wiring to be removed/replaced.

Rewired.

Changing 32" cased opening into 48" arched opening after moving it North 10".

Had to take down the S wall of the kitchen to address the wallboard, electrical, etc..

Yeah, let's fix that old wiring.

Raised the beam enclosure too...

Back to the arch..

Needed plywood to make up for the thickness of the plaster under the sheetrock..

Hardwoods going down..

New/moved electric all over the place for those PITA massive appliances which have exact electrical placement and amperage requirements. Patching the holes. What was one 6"x12" HVAC opening is in the process of becoming two 4"x10" openings to clear the taller cabinets, and not be positioned where the venthood exhaust will reside.

Crawlspace access which will be below built-in desk. Recessed fully flush O-ring pulls allow it to be removed.

Painting of Kitchen.

Kitchen Cabinets going in.

Kitchen Cabinets Doors.

Kitchen Countertops. Soapstone counters. Unlike granite which stains, requires constant sealing, etches with the hard water out here, soapstone is very different. You can see it in its natural state here, and with a little water, you can see what it will look like once it has a coat or two of bee oil worked into it. Like our maple butcher block counters at the current house, it will age, and develop its own patina over time. The stone will get deeper and deeper with each passing year and oil treatment.

Desk area. Yes, I know the outlets are very close to the counter, but my wife failed to get the cabinet height from the cabinet maker, so the cabinets ended up being higher than expected here. Oh well..

You can see where the wine fridge will go to the left here

Warming drawer is going in the void down in the lower left where the black pot filler box is

DEEP sink. Its a 10"er, which I love, and with the counters being solid slab, unlike granite, which is rather thin with the exception of the laminated edge treatments, and the combination of being an undermount sink, there's almost 12" from the deck to the bottom of the sink. LOVE IT. Nice single holer faucet with pull out sprayer. Soap dispenser for no clutter around the sink.

Counters are taking the bee's oil nicely. New lights up over penninsula, hood hung and wired, just need to wrap up ducting and install cover.

Hood has warming lamps.....

And Halogen task lighting.... it is a 1200cfm hood, which on full power I swear will lift a cinder block from the floor, and propel it through the roof.... It will be staying on setting 1, MAYBE 2 while in use.....

And the rest...

Misc Kitchen happenings. Still need to put some cabinet hardware on, install faucet/soap dispenser, hook up/install dishwasher, cut the second part of the hood exhaust surround and install, put a different garage door and frame on, potfiller, window, lighting, and misc. odds and ends.