Doing the Work
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day thirty -
sunday, 30-jul-06 1017am Everyone's been back for a week and progress has slowed.. but not stopped. This week we- HERE's one view- Click here for a large image! |
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...and another view- Click here for a large image! |
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day twenty-one -
friday, 21-jul-06 1845pm HERE's the kitchen as of 7am this morning. Click here for more gory details! |
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day twenty -
thursday, 20-jul-06 0622am Time to clean, install doors and drawers and prep for roof repair tomorrow. Today's scheduled visitors include the plaster's final visit and the plumbers to hook up the water! |
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day nineteen -
wednesday, 19-jul-06 2131pm Finished the corian countertops late this afternoon. HERE's the view with the plastic curtain down. Click here for a up close and personal view! |
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day eighteen -
tuesday, 18-jul-06 0624am Seamed all the corian pieces together; seamed on edge trims; routed all the edges. Click here for the overview of the process. |
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day seventeen -
monday, 17-jul-06 Fabricating corian all day today. By the time I quit- Click here for more details. |
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day sixteen -
sunday, 16-jul-06 1649pm Plywood is all done- time for corian... Click here for more details. |
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day fifteen -
saturday, 15-jul-06 Building the support frame for the eat-in part of the island. Had to go buy birch boards and build lumber, etc... HERE's the final product. Click here for more details. |
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day fourteen -
friday, 14-jul-06 0916am All cabs are in- bring on the countertops! First step is to top all of them with 1" plywood. |
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day thirteen -
thursday, 13-jul-06 The island cabinets require more prep, like the live wires coming up in the middle of the floor need to be capped, the gas needs to be run, etc... TODAY we did those things- Click here for more details. |
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day twelve -
wednesday, 12-jul-06 - 0545am These corner cabinets are all installed! Today we'll finish the long wall cabs and start on the island. Click here for more details. |
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day eleven-
tuesday, 11-jul-06 - 0600am Closed most of the walls yesterday. Heated up some outlets (woo-hoo! no more extension cords!!) Trimmed the windows and rocked around them. Today we'll install some cabs! |
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day ten -
monday, 9-jul-06 - 0513am Moe coming by to finish subpanel and plug and switch. We'll finish closing walls and start installing cabs! |
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day nine -
sunday, 8-jul-06 - Closing stuff up- 2 sheets of plywood done... Click here for more details. |
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day eight -
saturday, 8-jul-06 - Dave and George finish pulling wire. Back window framed |
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day seven -
friday, 7-jul-06 - Dave and George started pulling wire. Zeke the Plumber finishes kitchen drain and supply; starts repipe. |
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day six -
thursday, 6-jul-06 - Moe the electrician came by and we installed the subpanel. Zeke the Plumber started. |
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day five -
wednesday, 5-jul-06 0637am- HERE's what we had this AM when the dust settled. Click here for a big picture...! Electrician and Plumber scheduled today. |
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day four -
tuesday, 4-jul-06 1037pm- We're sided and (thanks to MJ) painted. Today is BEAM day. Click here for more details. |
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day three -
monday, 3-jul-06 0648am- HERE's our kitchen at daybreak today- wall framed, tyvek wrapped, windows installed. Today we finish trimming the windows, and prep to install the beam (like cut a slot in the roof..!) |
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day two -
sunday, 2-jul-06 0550am- We've demo'ed the old kitchen... Today we'll concentrate on replacing the exterior wall- new windows, tyvek, siding, trim- no problemo! Click here for more details. |
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day one -
saturday, 1-jul-06 With Jason and Dave's help, Where we got to by the end of the day. Click here for more details...or click here for a the big picture (WARNING- very large image!) |
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saturday, 1-jul-06 0700am- mj and the kids are at CCSC- Here's what we started with |
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