Our dumpster runneth over!

HOORAY the dumpster is leaving today which means we are finished tearing stuff out! (well, until we start outside...).

Appliances

I decided to buy a used built-in refrigerator and range (because I can't justify the price of new ones and they are really more for show because I typically only cook for two!

I just bought this 48" Jenn-Air fridge. Supposedly it's 3 years old, everything works and it was taken out of a house that is being remodeled and replaced with a Subzero. I can't confirm any of this because we just took it off the trailer and haven't even plugged it in yet.....but Gerald who posted it on Craigslist and drives a Cadillac and had it in a storage unit in Arlington had a very believable story, so we took a gamble.

It does have a dent on the refrigerator door but otherwise looks great inside and out. We can get a new 'skin' for the door. It's about an $8,000 refrigerator and we paid $1,600.

I'll let you know how this turns out!

A little problem...

We could feel a little hump in the master bedroom floor and once we removed the carpet Tim confirmed the cause. The bedroom floor joists extend to support the small outside deck and over time they have warped (or pulled down) causing the end that's under the bedroom floor to push up the floor board. (I'm sure I used all the wrong terminology.)

Tim says we will have to remove the deck. Remove the inside floor boards and put in new joists and rebuild the deck.

Dust Everywhere!

There was some dust when Tim chipped up all the tile. Then the next weekend we had to rent the demolition hammer again with a different chisel to remove the mastic so we have smooth concrete for new tile. I tried it first but the tool was too heavy for me. Tim spent a full day but it looks great now! Talk about dirty...there was so much dust it looked more like smoke.

 

Obama Stimulus Package

Saw this in a store in the Stockyards.

Kitchen Area

The kitchen is a nice size and the layout is going to be similar to what we tore out. We are going to move the refrigerator to another wall to make room for a larger range. We removed the peninsula island and will have a center island instead.

On the other side of the kitchen area was a half bath that opened right into the kitchen and a crazy little pantry closet with tiny shelves (I don't know what they were thinking). Also in this area was the washer/dryer that you had to access from the garage and the water heater.

My dad will appreciate this: Tim removed the water heater and drained it. It was big and old, I think Tim said 80 gallon. Anyway he wanted to put it in the dumpster. By this time the dumpster was so full that we could no longer open the door because stuff would fall out. After several failed attempts he and I finally picked it up high enough to push it up and over the edge of the dumpster. It was brutal!

We are moving the washer/dryer to the 2nd floor and replacing the water heater with a tankless one which opened up a lot of room. Now this area will have a built-in refrigerator, a pantry cabinet under the stairs and a small hall to the bathroom.

Demolition Continues

We are really good at tearing stuff out so I hope we will be equally as good at installing new!

We removed the coat closet to open up the entry.

Removing this wet bar and wall also required digging up the cement floor and capping off the water lines and drain.

This white dove was left on the mantle by the previous owner and I'm hoping it is a sign of good luck.

Lance and Angie came down for a long weekend so we took a couple of 'days off'.

Of course Tim put Lance to work. (You know the saying "A friend in need is no friend indeed!") Tim and Lance bicker like two old maids but they always get a lot accomplished.

I think this post is the only things supporting the 2nd floor until Tim gets the hanger bracket installed. I hope I'm not the one who accidentally kicks the car jack!

Tim chipped up all of the tile in the entry, hall, kitchen, half bath and master bath with a rented demolition hammer. That was a big job.

I know the kitchen cabinets don't look too bad in the photos but they were pretty beat up and rough so Tim said they had to go. We will sell appliances on Craigslist or donate.