Finished Demo

Demolition was finished Aug 20th, just adding now.
Had to remove the water heater temporarily to remove the floor underlayment. Underlayment was in bad shape that looks like previous water damage, pain to remove.

Next I cut a hole in the subfloor to make it easier to redo the plumbing to the new location for the washer dryer which will now be located on back wall. Basement is just an unfinished crawl space and the laundry room is the farthest area from the basement entry, cutting a hole will save a lot of time crawling all the way around, never mind if I happen to forget to bring a tool with me.

Electric has been upgraded and new outlets and changed the location of the outside door switches (changed the swing of the door). I added to this switch box the driveway floodlight switch which was previously locted in the garage (real pain in the winter).


Sept 13th update, no new work has been done since 8/24. Vacation, real work projects have gotten in the way, but all materials have been purchased and are on site, plumbing, insulation, sheetrock, floor underlayment and New vinyl flooring for both the laundry room and Kitchen. Work should progress quick and only items left are counter top choice and wall paint color.

Windows & Door

Doors and windows were removed in early July, I am just adding it to the blog at this time.

Old door removed, was still in good condition being located in a protected entry, but was woofully inefficient with no windows and a door lock that did not work. A new energy efficient Door with window and deadbolt lock.

Replaced the 2 windows with anderson series 400 Low-e argon filled windows, again they were in good shape just that they were single plaine and with no screens and diffecult to open.

Demolition starts

Wensday finaly started demo. Packed-up and moved stuff in cabinet and moved refriderator to dining room.

Finished removing T&G paneling and upper cabinet. Removed sheetroock, who ever installed the sheetrock previously got a little overzelous with the nails. Got about 3/4 of sheetrock & insulation form the walls removed before I called it a day. Will finish with the walls and ceiling also removing the floor underlayment tomorrow.


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Had to show a picture of the wrong way to install insulation. As you can notice in the pic the dark areas are from air movement into the garage.

Laundry Room Remodel

7/10/2010
Cabinets are finished and demolition starts this week on the Laundry room. Tough part is keeping washer and dryer in place and running during demolition and new construction, we'll see how that goes.