Day 6
It’s Day 6 of our Load-Bearing Wall removal project; however, the majority of the effort this day was spent on the Pantry Removal “side-project” we threw in while our contractor was here. Which turned out to be a major effort in itself.
Today saw the relocation of our pantry wall’s plumbing and the beginning of drywall finishing both there and in the rooms affected by the new doorway in our load-bearing wall. This renovation project is almost complete!
PLUMBING
For those who haven’t read my prior post, we’re removing our pantry in order to visually open up the transition between our Kitchen and our Foyer and Dining Room. We’ll work a pantry cabinet in somewhere else, but having it right at the corner just wasn’t the best location. But when our contractors removed the drywall and studs, they discovered that our upstairs hot and cold water lines and an electrical line ran up through the two pantry walls.
We had the electric moved the other day, and today was the plumber’s turn.
Looking at everything else that was already behind that wall, we decided that the best (least involved, least expensive) way to handle the plumbing issue was to create a bulkhead to house the top part of the lines, run them to the right and then behind the wall, and to re-route the bottoms under the kitchen floor, right above our furnace and water heater. We have bulkheads above most of our upper cabinets, so this new one was designed to match those.
It took half a day, and while the plumber moved the lines, our carpenter pre-fabricated the bulkhead, so it could be installed in one piece upon plumbing completion.
Plumbing – Bulkhead Creation
Plumbing – Under the Floor
Before
After
DRYWALL
About mid-day, the drywallers arrived to begin finishing the new doorway walls, fix the patches we started back in December when we removed all the other walls, and then finish the wall and bulkhead where the pantry was removed.
We’re looking at one more day of drywall finishing before this phase of our summer renovations is done. Next on the list: hardwood flooring throughout our first floor. Following that: new kitchen cabinets and countertops!
Prior posts in this series:
Preparing for Load-Bearing Wall Removal
Removing Part of a Load-Bearing Wall – Demolition
Definitely professional work. Hope all your renovations go this well.