810 Kitchen Remodel

Week 13

Lucky 13 has come and gone and so has the 80yr old kitchen window. Saturday was window installation 101. Maybe we should have invited Lowe's to join us. When we ordered the window we placed the Rough Opening size to be 6'-0" x 42 1/4". The typical window order then subtracts a nominal size from that to give clearance for installation. Guess what size window we received, 6'-0" x 42 1/4". Nothing that Old Faithful Sawzall can't handle, only we can't handle it because of saw parts overheating in our hands. Other than that little snafu, the window install was textbook.


Then can some subfloor TLC. There was some crafty floorboard reinforcing and replacing, some recycling of old cabinet faces and general hole filling in. There is nothing better than seeing the Washer from the kitchen. Uncovered was an ancient colony of yucky bugs, who called the floor home a long time ago. Then Diesel ate them. We stayed up into the wee hours attached the backer board to the subfloor via mortar to help level out the floor and make a solid base for tile. That is fine except for the gaping air gap between planks and the morter stalactites that have formed in the laundry room. There are exactly 400 screws in the floor to anchor the systems together.



Sunday brought a late morning because we had the sleep in to ensure that the floor had set overnight. Tile has been laid, on the 45, and looks great. The floor is about 75% down with most of the cut border pieces left to go. Knock on wood subfloor, we still have 45 pieces of tile left and have not come across one broken piece. Recruiting for grout layers officially starts Monday. We will look for volunteers first.

posted by Missy and Joe @ 8:11 PM