August 2017 Kitchen Framing and Moving Windows and Removing a door
After the kitchen floor was redone and the "bomb shelter" framed and shelving put in, the next thing was to frame out the old kitchen so that it too had square walls.
Before - this was before demo was even competed.
The third wall to the left in this picture was completed also but the picture was too dark.
So not too exciting but progress. Over Labor Day weekend we went down to tackle a major project.
In the new floor plan, we were installing a wall perpendicular to the west wall right in the middle of a window. We needed to remove a door and move 4 windows, So that was the plan for that weekend.
This is the west side of the addition from the exterior. We removed the freestanding Gazebo on the first demo day. The wall needed to go up right through the window on the right of the door. Our house has 7 exterior doors. We don't need 7 exterior doors so this one was coming out. It would have been in the master bedroom with the new floor plan.
Door and one of the windows. This door is in what will be the new master bedroom area.
These two windows are in the area where the master bathroom shower will be.
So Perry removed the door and 4 windows. Re-framed for 4 windows. Two in the master bedroom and two in the dining area. All on the same wall but in a different configuration.
Reframed
Two reframed and installed windows.
Now, all looks pretty inside but outside was another story. To remove the windows we had to remove the vinyl siding. After the windows were moved we had to put the outside back together. We didn't want to buy new siding, although we did have to for the piece behind the tree, so we played puzzle with the pieces of siding. We got the whole thing around the two windows covered. It was quite the adventure.
This area we had to buy new siding for.
After we got it all resided. I painted the blue shutters white and we removed the rest of the railing from the porch. Someday we will hang a porch swing here and sit out here and watch the sunset!
(not great pictures, we had lost most of the sun and it left shadows.)
Now for the excitement that occurred in the process. Under one of these windows inside there is an access in the floor for the crawl space. It has a cover although not a very good one as Perry discovered. I was gone and he was working. He stepped on the cover, it shifted and he fell through to the crawl space in a kind of one foot up and one foot down sprawl. Left some great bruises and skinned elbows.
