Monday, October 27, 2014

Kitchen Remodel Day 4 (or is it 6?) - Drywall Pass-Through

I missed this shot on Friday of the condition of the entire kitchen for the weekend.  Yes, I had a workable stove, but not a whole lot of cabinet space.  

Below is a picture of the floor after I picked at it all weekend. 

First I tried the water trick, where you just get it wet and it curls up and peels off.  But that didn't work.

Then I tried soap and water, and that didn't work either.

The problem was that it was sticky, and everytime you walked through, your feet would stick to the floor.

Jerry found some super-duper adhesive remover out in the garage that you spray on, so I tried that.  It smelled like solvent and I worked with a face mask.  It said to let it set for a minute, but a couple of hours worked better.  Then I took one more pass at it with the putty knife.

Jerry also found some super-duper cleaner/degreaser, so when I was done with the putty knife I sprayed that on and scrubbed with a scrub brush.  That got lots up, but how long do you want to scrub?  Next was the broom and a bucket of water, while Jerry vacuumed it up with this shop vac.  This is the result.  It doesn't stick when you walk on it anymore.

I don't know if it was the floor, solvent or degreaser, but I was sick on Sunday.  Slept almost all day.

So should I count work days or elapsed days?

Monday became the 4th workday for Saul.  He got the drywall around the pass-through finished and mudded. 

He's coming back on Wednesday to apply another coat of mud.  And to install Jerry's 240v heater plug. 

The plan is to demolish the rest of the cabinets Friday, and start in with the new Monday.  We talked dimensions today.

And what goes in what sink hole.  The compromise sink Jerry ordered is huge, bigger than the current one, but only has 3 holes.  I count faucet, filtered water, hot water.  But Saul thinks we need a garbage disposal air vent (I'm still not sold), and Jerry wants a soap dispenser (I'm not sold on that either), and we both want a air button for the garbage disposal, so those aren't' all going to fit. Maybe the hot water dispenser will have to be returned for a combo hot water/filtered water version.  Bigger mess under the sink.  We'll see.

Notice the stove doesn't have any burner grates, oven knob or broiler handle?  I found a place that will refinish them for a small fortune.  All I have to do is mail them away with a check!

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