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kitchen remodel 3
Aug. 15th, 2021 10:59 pmSaturday afternoon Bill came over and we did the demolition in the kitchen. We took down the upper cabinets and the soffits. That took a few hours. I had other plans for the evening.
Today my plan was to go into the attic and hook up the vent duct. It didn't seem to be connected at the top, and there was nothing left holding it up. So I opened the access hole from the garage, since it was much closer to the duct than the regular access at the other end of the house.
I spent some time cleaning up the garage, to make room for the ladder required to get up there. I broke down the drywall and put it in the trash bin. I pulled nails from a lot of the wood we removed, and stacked up the remainder of the cabinets for disassembly later.
But the rest of the time I was trying to make plans. I told myself I wouldn't get bogged down in thinking too much, and would just do. But (1) I want to go up in the attic as little as possible (it is hot and full of shredded fiberglass, and (2) that shredded fiberglass insulation is being held up there by pieces of cardboard that have to come down. How do I get it down without a bunch of fiberglass going into the kitchen? That would not only be something I don't want in the house, but difficult to get back up there.
So I decided I would go up there, affix the duct, then remove the insulation from over the cardboard. Then I could remove the cardboard and put up the drywall. At some point I would go back up and replace the insulation.
So tomorrow's plan is to go into the attic, early in the day, hopefully before it is up to full heat. I fix the duct and move the insulation. Then... oh, the electrical. There are flexible metal conduits that were inside the soffits. I have to figure out how to move those, so I can drywall over them. Damn. I was not expecting to have to do much electrical work, and I'm not happy about this.
I'm hoping that once I remove the insulation, I can see where I can put some slack into the conduits so they're not cutting the corners. I have four conduits where I'm hoping that will work. There are four more in one spot, where I'm pretty sure that won't.
So the plan for tomorrow is to fix the duct, move the insulation, and see what can be done about the conduits. After that, who knows.
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Today my plan was to go into the attic and hook up the vent duct. It didn't seem to be connected at the top, and there was nothing left holding it up. So I opened the access hole from the garage, since it was much closer to the duct than the regular access at the other end of the house.
I spent some time cleaning up the garage, to make room for the ladder required to get up there. I broke down the drywall and put it in the trash bin. I pulled nails from a lot of the wood we removed, and stacked up the remainder of the cabinets for disassembly later.
But the rest of the time I was trying to make plans. I told myself I wouldn't get bogged down in thinking too much, and would just do. But (1) I want to go up in the attic as little as possible (it is hot and full of shredded fiberglass, and (2) that shredded fiberglass insulation is being held up there by pieces of cardboard that have to come down. How do I get it down without a bunch of fiberglass going into the kitchen? That would not only be something I don't want in the house, but difficult to get back up there.
So I decided I would go up there, affix the duct, then remove the insulation from over the cardboard. Then I could remove the cardboard and put up the drywall. At some point I would go back up and replace the insulation.
So tomorrow's plan is to go into the attic, early in the day, hopefully before it is up to full heat. I fix the duct and move the insulation. Then... oh, the electrical. There are flexible metal conduits that were inside the soffits. I have to figure out how to move those, so I can drywall over them. Damn. I was not expecting to have to do much electrical work, and I'm not happy about this.
I'm hoping that once I remove the insulation, I can see where I can put some slack into the conduits so they're not cutting the corners. I have four conduits where I'm hoping that will work. There are four more in one spot, where I'm pretty sure that won't.
So the plan for tomorrow is to fix the duct, move the insulation, and see what can be done about the conduits. After that, who knows.
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