Week 8: Day 5

All of the crown and trim is in. The pantry pocket door is in and trimmed out. The kitchen sink and counter subtops are in and ready for countertops. The cabinetry finishers are out today for touchup. The cabinet drawers and doors will be installed after flooring is finished. More pictures will be posted shortly.

Week 8: Day 3

The upper cabinets and the refrigerator end panels are in. Next will be the new window casing & trim followed by the crown molding.

Week 8: Day 2

The kitchen sink counter and island cabinets are installed and refrigerator end panels are being installed.



















The base cabinets for the desk are installed and the template for the the slab counter top is being fabricated. The kitchen sink was set in place the counter top template was also completed. Fabrication should take about a week and will be installed next week along with the backsplash.

Week 8: Day 1

The cabinetry arrived today after an extended drying time. Most of the pieces are stacked outside waiting to go in after the toe-kicks are leveled and secured.















The kitchen sink elevation is almost in and then they will move on to the Island and desk cabinetry.



















On Friday the new back door was installed.

Week 7: Day 4

With the damp weather the finishers needed extra time to allow the paint to dry and were done on Wednesday. The cabinetry finishing also need an extra day and will be out Friday instead of today.

Week 7: Day 1

The cabinet finishers are in the process of finishing the built in cabinets. This is coat 2 of 5 they are sanding out. They have one more base coat and two finish coats left.



















The wainscot in the powder is being installed and will be finished off with a chair rail cap.

Week 6: Day 5

The rough sanding on the floor is complete. The light spots are filler that will be smoothed out in the final sand. The cabinet toe-kicks are in and the built in cabinet walls are being preped for finishing today.

Week 6: Day 3

The floor refinishers were out scraping & sanding the floors to expose the original wood. The process went slower than expected and will be finishing Thursday.

Week 6: Day 1

We came back in and removed as much as the existing flooring as we could. It is now up to the floor finishers to sand and clean everything up. There are a few spots that we know of that need to be patched, beyont that we will wait for the sanding.

Week 5: Day 5

The existing vinyl flooring is being removed so the original vertical grain doug fir can be refinished. It proved harder than expected to remove as there are multiple layers of vinyl. Removal will be completed on Monday

Week 5: Day 3

The new electrical meter panel and conduit was completed and is ready for LADWP Inspection. A few of the appliances were delivered so the cabinet contractor could make custom wood panels for the hood and wine cooler.

Week 5: Day 2

I was not able to be onsite today as I was taking the new EPA Lead safety for Renovation, Repair & Painting course, but will be onsite Wednesday.

Week 5: Day 1

The taper was back out finishing the drywall today and should have it all wrapped up. The electrician was out to install the new 200 amp meter/breaker panel and feeder conduit.