Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Demo on the Kitchen!!!! A Wall Comes Down!!!!

Matt and Dennis worked on the kitchen walls. Here's some pictures of their hard work and even some videos of a wall coming down!



This is the view from the Living Room looking at the back of the Kitchen Wall. This whole Kitchen wall is coming down!



This is the view from the Living Room looking at the back of the Kitchen Wall. This whole Kitchen wall is coming down!







This is Dennis working on the walls.



This is Matt working on the walls.



Part of the Wall is now on the Floor, ready to be cleaned up! :)







This is the view of the inside of the kitchen looking out to the front door of the house. That whole wall you see on both sides of the wall will be torn out in the Kitchen to make for a nice open Kitchen.











This is what is left of that wall separating the Living Room and Kitchen. We just have a little bit more to demolish before the whole wall is down. :) The part of the wall that is left that is behind Matt is going to be torn down at a later date. There is a slight complication though. There used to be an old chimney in that wall, and there are bricks inside that part of the wall, behind the plaster. These bricks go up into the attic, we believe and are on top of the roof as well. Part of our problem is that we will have to take down the chimney part off the roof first, before we break down this wall. If we tore through this wall now, then the bricks would just cave on down from the roof and attic. So that part of the project will be done early one morning coming up, and then we can tear through the rest of this wall completely! :)


Friday, July 9, 2010

Demo work has started on the house! Let the Mess Begin!

BATHROOM:This is the beginning of the demo work.



This is our new bathroom sink! We bought it at Home Depot, and the faucet as well. The faucet is a deep dark brown color that matches the cabinets of this sink.



This is the beginning of the demo work on the Kitchen. The kitchen had to be destroyed all the way to the studs.



This video is of Matt tearing down the kitchen walls.



We figured out that behind that thick kitchen wall was a small water heater. We've got another one in another location, so we don't need this wall at all, and we're still in the process of tearing out the whole wall completely. In replace for this old wall, we will place a four or five foot tall bar a few feet farther into the living room, to separate the living room and kitchen in a better format other than a wall. This makes both rooms look bigger and more open. But for now, we are working on the tearing down of this wall- which looks pretty fun huh?!?!?!!! Another video of the bathroom and kitchen demo