Demo Week - What a big space!

September 1, 2011

Demo Week Day 4 - By the end of Day 4, everything and I mean everything is gone.  The cabinets, the plumbing, even the half wall that separated the kitchen from the dining/living room. It is SO OPEN. It surprised us how BIG the space was - wow!  Knocking down that wall was definitely the right choice.

Before the half wall was removed:

This is the half wall.  It's not load-bearing.  We will loose the 3 upper cabinets, but our new buffet area will compensate for those lost and then some.

Kevin removed the lower cabinets first.

Uh Oh.  Water damage from our dishwasher...or the prior owner???

The grey tile backsplash is gone!

It's so naked looking!

 Here are the cabinets and counter top that were removed. All was picked up and removed from our condo by Thursday.

After the half wall was removed:

 Kevin first stripped off the dry wall to expose the metal studs (a standard in condos).

Notice all the upper cabinets are gone now - wow!

 Side view of the metal wall.

Don't you agree - a big space!

We were intrigued by all the wires buried inside the wall.  Most will be relocated to the wall to the right.  But one thing is certain, the Land Line for the phone is GONE. Who uses a LL phone nowadays?!

By Thursday, the metal studs were removed.  Underneath it was a beautiful, old wood flooring.  For those who haven't heard the history of our condo building, it was originally built in 1901 right after the great fire of Seattle.  It served as a Sawmill for the city.  Then 90-years later, the building was converted to condos.  I'm guessing this is the original floor from 1901.  What a find!