Week 4: Day 5

Today is another quiet day. Drywall mud is drying, Cabinetry is being fabricated and finished in the shop and the new back door, plumbing fixtures and appliances are on order.

Week 4: Day 4

With the first part of cabinetry in, we could now start finishing the drywall. The first coats of drywall mud went on today and will need a few days to dry.

Week 4: Day 3

Pantry Front & Oven Cabinet



















Laundry Doors


The Carpenters finished up installing the pantry and fitting the doors. The doors will be taken back to the painter for finishing in the shop. The remaining cabinetry will be field finished.

Week 4: Day 2

The carpenters continued to work on the pantry, oven and laundry cabinets. They will be done with this portion Wednesday and then the drywallers will start finishing the walls.

Week 4: Day 1

The drywall is signed off and ready for finishing. The cabinetry bases, laundry and pantry cabinets were brought onsite and are being installed.

Week 3: Day 5

Friday was a quiet day as the building department is not doing Friday inspections and we could not get the drywall screw inspection.

Week 3: Day 4

The project transformed today and resembles a finished room. All the drywall was hung and now awaits inspection.

Week 3: Day 3

We got sign off and and will be hanging drywall Thursday.

Week 3: Day 2

We had our first inspection for rough electrical and plumbing. Everything went well but we need to make some corrections to the existing powder room sink plumbing. Insulation went in the exterior walls. We didn't use traditional fiberglass insulation, instead we used recycled jeans. Its a recycled cotton and denim product that best of all is itch free.

Week 3: Day 1

The recessed cans are installed and rough inspection is called for Tuesday. Drywall was delivered and will be hung by the end of the week.

Week 2: Day 5

The original 1910 windows were removed and completely reworked. New counter weighting, stops and weatherstriping. No more binding or air gaps, better than new! The recessed light cans are ready for pickup and will be onsite Monday. The original knob and tube electrical wiring is being removed and replaced.

Week 2: Day 3

Since the last update the lighting layout was revised to work with the existing joist layout and revised drawings were ready for the electrician last Friday. On Monday the electricians were back out running wire and setting boxes. The plumbers were also roughing-in for the new plumbing. Today was a quiet day as all the plumbing is roughed in and the electrician is waiting on the recessed cans to arrive which should be Friday. Hoping to have inspection on Monday.

Week 1: Day 4

Electrical sub removed old and abandoned wiring. They also did the layout for the new fixtures.
All plumbing and appliance specs have been confirmed for order.

Week 1: Day 3

Demolition is 90% complete.
Cabinetmaker measured the space for his shop drawings.

Deconstruction Happened

As always a few unexpected things came up during demo.

In this photo, the closet at the stair landing is in my space..
but we will work around it. Everything still fits.

We finally have a clear view of the old chimney that we designed around.
it goes all the way from the basement to the roof.
It looks just as expected.

Existing Craftsman Kitchen- Before Construction!!