Veteran's Day: It's time to get serious! STRESS DEMOLITION! We've done as much as we can without getting nasty, but now it's time to do a "Tim the Tool Man Taylor" and get out the power tools! VROOOM! VROOM! All pieces of the old kitchen must be gone today! I've given up the idea of being to reuse the rest of the cabinets, so off they go, piece by piece. "Just get 'er done!"
Trying to get out that last screw, but it's tilted upward and the screwdriver cannot reach it. Gotta take off the tile top first.. Arrgghhhhh!!
Can we cut thru the tile and half of the cabinet so we can remove one half of the unit at once? We absolutely do NOT want to remove all of this tile! Too dusty and messy!
The tile came off easily around the edges, but there's one inch of mastic under the tile (think mortar). Slowly, we learn to chip away at the edges to release the wood foundation under the tile/mastic. Then we could lift a whole sheet of tile off at once. Matt, Michael and I carried the incredibly heavy sheet of tile on the peninsula unit through the front door and into the garage. Then Michael could see that last disagreeable screw once the top was off and we were able to carry the base unit out thru the front door too.
Looking clean!
Now to take out a dishwasher, then dismantle the disposal, faucet and sink. Just git her done!
Trying to get out that last screw, but it's tilted upward and the screwdriver cannot reach it. Gotta take off the tile top first.. Arrgghhhhh!!
Can we cut thru the tile and half of the cabinet so we can remove one half of the unit at once? We absolutely do NOT want to remove all of this tile! Too dusty and messy!
The tile came off easily around the edges, but there's one inch of mastic under the tile (think mortar). Slowly, we learn to chip away at the edges to release the wood foundation under the tile/mastic. Then we could lift a whole sheet of tile off at once. Matt, Michael and I carried the incredibly heavy sheet of tile on the peninsula unit through the front door and into the garage. Then Michael could see that last disagreeable screw once the top was off and we were able to carry the base unit out thru the front door too. Looking clean!
Now to take out a dishwasher, then dismantle the disposal, faucet and sink. Just git her done!
Wow - this sink does not weigh much. Definitely not a cast iron sink! (the new cast iron sink weighs over 125 pounds and needs at least two people to lift it - or one very strong person).
The sink cabinet comes out fairly easily.
The sink unit is gone!
We got all the cabinets out by noon. Now time to prime all of the walls, texture and paint the whole kitchen.
After dinner, we prime the walls then start the painting. A "light beige" paint which looks like yellow buttercream to me. Pastel is NOT my normal style. Since I am planning to add my Kanika tiles above the new black backsplash, it will tone down that flaccid yellowy wall color (I hope!).
I decided to leave the old flourescent tubes in the ceiling until after the countertops are installed so i can see how dark the black countertop might make the overall lighting in the kitchen.
Michael and I had a great strategy for painting. He cut it the paint and I went behind him with the paint roller. The whole room was painted pretty quickly that way.
I had to be careful painting the ceiling in the diningroom. I wanted to keep the original rust-colored paint and had to make sure none of that lovely buttercream got on the darker paint (I later found several areas of buttercream that must be removed somehow).
We were finished by 9:30 that night. LOONNNGGGG Day! But got to be ready for the cabinet delivery on the 13th.
Wow - this sink does not weigh much. Definitely not a cast iron sink! (the new cast iron sink weighs over 125 pounds and needs at least two people to lift it - or one very strong person).
The sink cabinet comes out fairly easily.
The sink unit is gone!We got all the cabinets out by noon. Now time to prime all of the walls, texture and paint the whole kitchen.
After dinner, we prime the walls then start the painting. A "light beige" paint which looks like yellow buttercream to me. Pastel is NOT my normal style. Since I am planning to add my Kanika tiles above the new black backsplash, it will tone down that flaccid yellowy wall color (I hope!).
I decided to leave the old flourescent tubes in the ceiling until after the countertops are installed so i can see how dark the black countertop might make the overall lighting in the kitchen.
Michael and I had a great strategy for painting. He cut it the paint and I went behind him with the paint roller. The whole room was painted pretty quickly that way.
I had to be careful painting the ceiling in the diningroom. I wanted to keep the original rust-colored paint and had to make sure none of that lovely buttercream got on the darker paint (I later found several areas of buttercream that must be removed somehow).
We were finished by 9:30 that night. LOONNNGGGG Day! But got to be ready for the cabinet delivery on the 13th.
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