I'm exhausted! Started my Kitchen Remodel, Demo

[Tidybuoy]

This was a long weekend. I'm expanding my kitchen by removing a wall and connecting my former laundry room. My laundry room was almost bigger than the kitchen and is 10 x 13 that will be added to my long, narrow, galley kitchen.

Knocking down a wall is not that bad.....unless it's inch thick plaster with chicken wire embedded. My arms are sore.

I will be adding a gluelam beam which will enable me to remove the remainging 2x4 studs that are showing in the photos. But first, I have to reroute all the electrical that was in that wall:

[pmax]

4 studs for a wall. Interior to boot.

[cabmandone]

I do not miss that at all. What's the plan? You going to drop a support beam below the double top plate or are you going to support both sides and do a hidden beam?

[LEAKYSEALS951]

I spy Fuchs!

[Tidybuoy]

Originally Posted by pmax

4 studs for an "interior" wall !

No, they were spaced every 16" except in the very center where there was a pocket door. I removed a few of the studs that did not have electrical attached. Above the wall (in the attic) are 2x6's spanned across both rooms. I will be adding a gluelam beam where those studs were and it will be supported by 3 2x4's on each end, studs which will be supported by cement piers under the house. Once that is done, I can remove the studs that are currently blocking the new opening.

[Tidybuoy]

Originally Posted by LEAKYSEALS951

I spy Fuchs!

951 turbo Fuchs being used to coil the vacuum hose.

[LEAKYSEALS951]

Originally Posted by Tidybuoy

951 turbo Fuchs being used to coil the vacuum hose.

Your thread certainly brings back plenty of memories!

[cabmandone]

Originally Posted by LEAKYSEALS951

Your thread certainly brings back plenty of memories!

Mostly really bad ones for me. I did a remodel on my old farmhouse which was only listed as "older" on the tax card. Not a square wall in the place. BRUTAL.

[Tidybuoy]

Originally Posted by cabmando

I do not miss that at all. What's the plan? You going to drop a support beam below the double top plate or are you going to support both sides and do a hidden beam?

It's going to be an exposed beam below the top plate. I'm using a gluelam beam but after that, the beam will be covered with a faux barn beam that I will make using 1x10 cedar that will be mitered & glued and after that, it will be distressed, stained, and installed. It will also have vertical faux beams at the opening to that room. The remaining walls will be bricked using brickweb thin brick and mortared to look like an old brick wall. In the new room, I am adding French doors to the back yard and the stove and new cabinets will be relocated to the back wall. After that, I will add a small island in the open space.

Of course the list goes on.....the small door in that back room is a small bathroom that will be converted to a pantry and will also house my tankless water heater. In the existing kitchen, there is a small door to a 6x6 closet that currently houses the HVAC and water heater. After I relocate the HVAC to the attic, I will convert that room to a small powder room bathroom. I'm keeping half of my existing kitchen cabinets and having new doors and drawer fronts made which will match the new cabinets that will go next to the stove and around the fridge.

Did I forget anything?

[look 171]

Originally Posted by cabmando

Mostly really bad ones for me. I did a remodel on my old farmhouse which was only listed as "older" on the tax card. Not a square wall in the place. BRUTAL.

You just need to buy 1/2" caulking to make adjustments

[look 171]

Originally Posted by Tidybuoy

It's going to be an exposed beam below the top plate. I'm using a gluelam beam but after that, the beam will be covered with a faux barn beam that I will make using 1x10 cedar that will be mitered & glued and after that, it will be distressed, stained, and installed. It will also have vertical faux beams at the opening to that room. The remaining walls will be bricked using brickweb thin brick and mortared to look like an old brick wall. In the new room, I am adding French doors to the back yard and the stove and new cabinets will be relocated to the back wall. After that, I will add a small island in the open space.

Of course the list goes on.....the small door in that back room is a small bathroom that will be converted to a pantry and will also house my tankless water heater. In the existing kitchen, there is a small door to a 6x6 closet that currently houses the HVAC and water heater. After I relocate the HVAC to the attic, I will convert that room to a small powder room bathroom. I'm keeping half of my existing kitchen cabinets and having new doors and drawer fronts made which will match the new cabinets that will go next to the stove and around the fridge.

Did I forget anything?

I suggest that tankless heater to be installed outside. The workman never have to enter the house to service it. Save you interior space too. Plumb the lines from there and connect inside the wall to existing. Done. No venting to mess with.

[cabmandone]

Originally Posted by Tidybuoy

It's going to be an exposed beam below the top plate. I'm using a gluelam beam but after that, the beam will be covered with a faux barn beam that I will make using 1x10 cedar that will be mitered & glued and after that, it will be distressed, stained, and installed. It will also have vertical faux beams at the opening to that room. The remaining walls will be bricked using brickweb thin brick and mortared to look like an old brick wall. In the new room, I am adding French doors to the back yard and the stove and new cabinets will be relocated to the back wall. After that, I will add a small island in the open space.

Of course the list goes on.....the small door in that back room is a small bathroom that will be converted to a pantry and will also house my tankless water heater. In the existing kitchen, there is a small door to a 6x6 closet that currently houses the HVAC and water heater. After I relocate the HVAC to the attic, I will convert that room to a small powder room bathroom. I'm keeping half of my existing kitchen cabinets and having new doors and drawer fronts made which will match the new cabinets that will go next to the stove and around the fridge.

Did I forget anything?

Sounds like a good project. Don't forget... beer... you're gonna need a lot of it

[ckelly78z]

I had enough work for a full year on a complete teardown/rebuild of my downstairs full bath. All new plumbing, electrical, windows, ceiling, lighting, walls, floor, subfloor, built a sliding barn style door, and fixtures. With a tiny bit of help holding something now, and then, I did the entire project single handidly (only 7'x8' so too small for much help).

What you are attempting here is much more of a disruption of normal life than my bathroom build, good luck.

[911 Rod]

I take it you don't have a wife to complain about everything?

[911_Dude]

I did the full kitchen remod about two years ago. Dont miss the process, but I love the new kitchen every day. Im the cook in the house. We only had to use the tub for a sink, maybe one day. I think we had plywood countertops for a few weeks waiting for the countertops to be cut. Good times.

[Tidybuoy]

I'm working on the electrical this week. It's turning out to be semi-easy because after I removed the big old-school kitchen light, I have a large hole in the ceiling which makes it very easy to get in and out of the attic. And with exposed walls, I'm able to run lines without too much fishing.

I'm also installing the tankless water heater which is being relocated to the former tiny bathroom and so the plumbing is already there. I just have to move the gas line into the correct place. Fortunately, when they built this house 70+ years ago, they ran the original gas trunk line with several blocked-off tees for tapping into and they are all in the perfect locations for me. They also used 1.5" diameter main gas line so I have no issues with volume.

[sammyg2]

BTDT a few months ago, just think how happy you will be when it's FINISHED!

[LEAKYSEALS951]

Regardless of how my shop vac works. I enjoy the drywall plaster dust

• (that permeates EVERYTHING)

the best!

Especially my old person black socks.

[Superman]

Good on you, Vern. ibuprofen is your friend. I am currently using a rock bar and spade shovel to dig rocks up to the size of cantaloupes or better from compacted glacial till. I should have a yard or two of them when done.

Can I adopt someone's teenage grandson for a while? Anybody?

[look 171]

Originally Posted by Superman

Good on you, Vern. ibuprofen is your friend. I am currently using a rock bar and spade shovel to dig rocks up to the size of cantaloupes or better from compacted glacial till. I should have a yard or two of them when done.

Can I adopt someone's teenage grandson for a while? Anybody?

It maybe time to buy a cheap mid size chipping hammer, install a shovel bit on there just so you don't have to jab that rock bar into the soil trying to loosen the big rocks. Its worth every penny. HF may have cheap ones and it doesn't need to be that big.