Thread: Kitchen Remodel

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Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

That looks like fun. My bride and I have done five kitchens over the years, plus maybe half of one where we are now. It's sometimes amazing what you find when you strip away the "make up". Our second remodel looked like yours, down to the studs, early '50s house with knob and tube wiring. Had 7 layers of tile and linoleum...………...ended up just setting the saw blade to depth and cut it into 3 x 3 squares down to the subfloor and chucking them in the dumpster. We laugh about it...…………….now.

For all that it's a pain to live with remodeling "stuff", the reward at the end is well worth it.

It will be worth it for sure, but it does suck living in it at the same time. I hear you on the layers of floor, I got 3 layers of hardwood down with the last being nailed in with square nails. I wish that old floor could talk about what has happened over the last 100 + years. I cut as deep as I could with the circular saw and then hauled out my battery chain saw. FYI the battery chainsaw is worth every penny, I haven't fired up my Sthil since I bought this thing.

The last two pics are of our living room during the most gutted part of that " build " and the second is being able to relax in it 9 months later. I hope the kitchen goes faster!