What a nightmare.
went from this,
to this
So far the price of copper alone has put me over my projected budget.
Most of the electric is done and started the drywall.
I got half the drywall done and had to completely remove it again, electrical boxes were too low
the ceiling was a bear, had to chissel out a huge knot and about 18" length where the soffit was.
had to shim the jousts where the soffit was.
Tear out was bear as well, had to remove a layer of linoleum , lauan then hand pull every single crown staple that went through the lauan, a tiled floor 3/8 plywood and into the floor, after the staples were pulled out the 2nd floor came up relatively easy but that floor was secured with a bunch of nails that stayed into the sub floor when I pulled up the 2nd layer of underlayment them nails had to be removed by individually by hand as well.
The walls were a faux brick but very hard and brittle, this was a chore.
I did get a chance to sure up the floor in the bedroom above the kitchen by jacking up the floor between the joists in the kitchen and putting in a support.
Its pretty overwhelming doing this by ones self, I have been pacing my self...about 3 hours a night and then I put in a good weekend.
I doubled my projected completion time because I have to do everything twice!
I wont even go into the electric
All this because my better half wanted to put in a new floor, that nd the fact that she always hated the brick!
At least I am getting a slide out spice rack built into the base cabinets out of the deal.
went from this,
to this
So far the price of copper alone has put me over my projected budget.
Most of the electric is done and started the drywall.
I got half the drywall done and had to completely remove it again, electrical boxes were too low
the ceiling was a bear, had to chissel out a huge knot and about 18" length where the soffit was.
had to shim the jousts where the soffit was.
Tear out was bear as well, had to remove a layer of linoleum , lauan then hand pull every single crown staple that went through the lauan, a tiled floor 3/8 plywood and into the floor, after the staples were pulled out the 2nd floor came up relatively easy but that floor was secured with a bunch of nails that stayed into the sub floor when I pulled up the 2nd layer of underlayment them nails had to be removed by individually by hand as well.
The walls were a faux brick but very hard and brittle, this was a chore.
I did get a chance to sure up the floor in the bedroom above the kitchen by jacking up the floor between the joists in the kitchen and putting in a support.
Its pretty overwhelming doing this by ones self, I have been pacing my self...about 3 hours a night and then I put in a good weekend.
I doubled my projected completion time because I have to do everything twice!
I wont even go into the electric
All this because my better half wanted to put in a new floor, that nd the fact that she always hated the brick!
At least I am getting a slide out spice rack built into the base cabinets out of the deal.