We have been "on a break" since Christmas Day 2015. During that time we have used an 18-inch opening to move from the kitchen to dining room, walked on plywood kitchen floors, enjoyed the challenge of minimal kitchen cabinets, no counter space and the occasional power outage due to overloading the circuits.
Today, that all ended. The 18-inch opening was closed, the kitchen was demolished and now we have a temporary kitchen without the luxury of a sink or dishwasher and we consider ourselves lucky.
Here is how the day went.
Pre-demo "future dining room view" Ceilings 8 feet high. Adjacent bathroom still in tact.
Post demo "future dining room view". Original ceilings (10 feet) revealed, the lead paint is in remarkably good shape. A pre-existing boarded window is exposed on the right. Original back yard window height can be seen where the ceiling and plaster is removed. This was a double-hung, 8 foot window. (so strange that they darkened the kitchen as part of a 1960's remodel)
Pre-demo "future laundry room" view shows the existing cabinets, dropped ceiling and the little over-sink window.
Mid-demo (above on right) cabinets and plaster removed, but dropped ceiling still in place. The sink window's full footprint exposed and goes higher than the dropped ceiling.
Post-demo "future laundry room" with 10 foot ceilings and exposed double hung, high window on right. Plaster is gone, lath remains on one wall. We can see some Douglas Fir original, old forest wood floor that was below the cabinets. This wood will be reclaimed.
Tomorrow all of the plaster will go.
Pre-demo view of "future open concept" into living room. This is the 18-inch walk through (on the right) that has allowed us to continue to access our kitchen. The opening will be sealed off during construction to keep our living space (on the other side) dust free.
Post- demo view of "open concept". A temporary plywood wall has been installed to seal us off, washer/dryer removed and message wall removed. This area will eventually be completely opened up. Our 18 inch walk-through as become the "walk-around". Around the house, that is. The only way to get from front of house to the back is out the front door and in the side door.
Pre-demo last look from the "clean side" before the divider went up. (Below) We now have our refrigerator, microwave and all of the comforts of home packed into our "temporary kitchen". At least the wine cabinet is on our side.We expect to live with our temporary kitchen for about 4 months.
Post demo close-up of the over-sink window. They literally put a piece of plywood on the exterior, painted it and called it an exterior wall. The window frame was left in place and covered with a bit of drywall, strategically placed cabinets, and the dropped ceiling to cover the scar on the inside. (Look back 7 photos to see the "pre" of this area above the sink. No idea why anyone would board up such a nice, high, sunny window.
I could really appreciate it if it wasn't so darn toxic.
First dumpster load.
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