Bought a house today! [LOG] [PICS]

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[FL_Z32]

Kitchen demolition has been in full swing the last few days. I'm on "vacation" this week so I'm trying to get done as much as I can.

Okay, so the first step in taking down a load-bearing wall, is you have to build a temporary wall or braces that will support all the weight above so you can cut down the existing wall.

Temporary wall build with 2x4s,




Cut down the old wall,




Used a LVL beam for new header. These are the same beams I used downstairs to fix the kitchen floor. It's an engineered lumber that is super strong. Had to plane down one of them so that they would be right thickness.




Put up new header, and take down temporary wall. Now I've got about a 6.5' opening, instead of a 30" opening! All the cabinets were also removed





Dad came over and helped me map out the new electrical. Right now there are tons of wires that we cut and capped, then just threw up in to the attic. There's a lot of work to do there, but for now I can go ahead and put ceiling drywall up where the old soffet used to sit. Then I have to drill holes in the top plates to run all new electrical down.

All new electrical boxes going in,

[Land_Down_Under]

if i may ask op, do u have an approxx cost update on what u have done since u bought the place?

[KGB125]

Mirin the **** out of the house OP

[komo22]

dis would you still go in their fridge for some gainz

[LYCLifter]

Thanks for the update! Looks great.

[NYPat]

Nice work OP.

[FL_Z32]

if i may ask op, do u have an approxx cost update on what u have done since u bought the place?

Really don't know. I have a folder full of receipts. Since I ordered the kitchen cabinets last week, I'd say I'm easily at $35,000 so far.

[FL_Z32]

This kitchen floor has been fighting me for a long time now. Even though we put the new LVL beams down below for more support, I'm still trying to level it out enough for tile. Ended up planing down a couple of the LVL beams that I jacked up too high. When that didn't work, I had to go downstairs, jack up the beams from there, and cut off almost a quarter inch off of the bottoms of the beams so that they would sit lower. Finally got the levelness to a manageable point when I think I can account for any dips now with extra/less mud as I lay tile. Eric had fun with me last week doing the kitchen demolition and laying of underlayment floors!


Eric pulling nails out while I tried to plane down some of the "high" beams.






New plywood down, and 1/4 cement board going down. These layers really helped take the "bounce" out of the floor.




Started running the water lines for the kitchen sink. Previously, they had the water lines coming up from the basement. We are coming down from the attic with new ones. These will follow the roof truss up.




Kitchen tile going down!







This kitchen is coming together fast. Cabinets should be delivered this week, so I'm trying to finish laying all of this tile. Dad is working on all the electrical stuff as well to get ready for them.

[0p3rator]

awesome. is the kitchen tile a different color than the living room? looks lighter from here.

[FL_Z32]

awesome. is the kitchen tile a different color than the living room? looks lighter from here.

Yes, the kitchen tile is a silver/weathered grey, and the rest of the house is a darker brown. I needed to go with something fairly light in the kitchen to ensure a good contrast. All of the tile is the wood plank style, 6x24"

[JontheAtheist]

It doesn't look in too bad of condition, bro. The yard is a disaster (which once cleaned up will increase value 1000%! Google: Curb appeal)

Interior looks decent, needs some upgrading in the bathrooms and some walls but the exterior being that it's brick probably has saved you a ton of work and money.

Congrats, dude!

Reps!

[purts]

It doesn't look in too bad of condition, bro. The yard is a disaster (which once cleaned up will increase value 1000%! Google: Curb appeal)

Interior looks decent, needs some upgrading in the bathrooms and some walls but the exterior being that it's brick probably has saved you a ton of work and money.

Congrats, dude!

Reps!

You clearly haven't followed this thread. OP did some sickening mods so far, including a neat bathroom.

[Benny_Lava]

It doesn't look in too bad of condition, bro. The yard is a disaster (which once cleaned up will increase value 1000%! Google: Curb appeal)

Interior looks decent, needs some upgrading in the bathrooms and some walls but the exterior being that it's brick probably has saved you a ton of work and money.

Congrats, dude!

Reps!

lol

[1crave]

fireplace looks nice


much stuff you can do with this

[FL_Z32]

Going to try to use "huge thumbnails" from Imgur instead of Large this time. I'll change them back if you guys think they're too big.

Dad and I ran all of the rough electrical and drilled holes for the recessed lights that will be on the deck. One of them required me to crawl on my stomach for about 50 feet in the attic to get to; I don't want to have to do that again any time soon.




Pocket Door hardware for the Laundry Room / Kitchen installed.



Laid a lot more tile,




Grouted a portion of it. I'm happy with the color.




Started putting up drywall around the new opening and in kitchen,






Doing the electrical for the kitchen was a lot of work. You can see my dad here starting to organize all of the new wiring we ran. Down lights, under-counter lights, switches, microwave, oven, etc..... Electrical is one thing I still don't really understand too well.




Cabinets arrived! They are just sitting in the family room until we're ready to start putting them in. Excited to get these things installed.

[FL_Z32]

New water lines for the kitchen sink coming down from attic. We pressure tested these after I put the drywall on, and found a leak. It ended up being behind the wall. Had to take it down, cut the pipe, and re do it with 2 new couplers. You find the leak by rubbing dish soap on all of your joints, pressurize the system with an air compressor, and look for bubbles in the soap.




Kitchen drain re-done. Had to cut out a large portion of the cast iron. This thing was so ghetto rigged before. You can also see how we transitioned to copper piping from CPVC out of the wall. This way the valve will be on copper, instead of a piece of PVC pipe that could break a lot easier.




Some pieces of "greenboard" going up. It's drywall but has a mold resistant finish on it. You are supposed to use this stuff anywhere around water. Also putting in all new insulation in the walls.





Walls back up around the sink. Installed 2 recessed lights above the sink. Ideally there would be 1 light above the sink, but the ceiling beam runs right down the middle of the center sink line, so we installed 2 to make it look right. My dad hot rigged them up to an extension cord to make sure they worked, lol.

[lildave]

If you are looking for more leaks just get a spray bottle and fill it up with soap water. It will do the same thing. That is how we find leaks when doing pneumatic testing of high pressure air systems.

[Erh4by]

tfw no rich daddy to buy me a house

[AgentM062]

Awesome thread, subbed for progress.

Keep it up OP, looking good so far!

[seanmrector]

TFW no rich parents.


this guys parents did it right though.

[solidus2k3]

mirin

[0p3rator]

New water lines for the kitchen sink coming down from attic. We pressure tested these after I put the drywall on, and found a leak. It ended up being behind the wall. Had to take it down, cut the pipe, and re do it with 2 new couplers. You find the leak by rubbing dish soap on all of your joints, pressurize the system with an air compressor, and look for bubbles in the soap.

is it ok to have water lines so close to a junction box like that? seems like it would be dangerous if there ever was a leak.

[FL_Z32]

If you are looking for more leaks just get a spray bottle and fill it up with soap water. It will do the same thing. That is how we find leaks when doing pneumatic testing of high pressure air systems.

Good tip!

is it ok to have water lines so close to a junction box like that? seems like it would be dangerous if there ever was a leak.

Yeah it's fine. That's why we checked for any leaks. Also, because that is an exterior wall, there is lots of insulation behind the pipes so that they don't freeze and crack/break. (not that it's really a problem in Jacksonville, FL )

[Skin4arm]

mate im a qualifed plumber and let me tell you that is not safe to have pipes that close to an electrical switch box.

id cut the pipe off at the top after the bend and run it down straight in the middle if you wann be OCD about it since it looks like there may be no other way.

[LYCLifter]

Great set of updates. Keep up the good work!

[jesteraq]

Dude holy ****, teach me how to do all this.

[KilaByte]

If you are looking for more leaks just get a spray bottle and fill it up with soap water. It will do the same thing. That is how we find leaks when doing pneumatic testing of high pressure air systems.

Somebody else that works with pneumatics I see. Agreed on soapy water, have been using that for ages to find punctures in tires.

If you want to get fancy you can get something like Snoop Leak Detector (what my company wastes their money on)

[Christheboss24]

Awesome thread, subbed for progress.

Keep it up OP, looking good so far!

[lildave]

Somebody else that works with pneumatics I see. Agreed on soapy water, have been using that for ages to find punctures in tires.

If you want to get fancy you can get something like Snoop Leak Detector (what my company wastes their money on)

We usually use snoop also but these are multi million dollar/multi billion dollar projects so spending a bit of money on snoop is not a big deal.