If I haven’t bored you yet, this is the next post on our house remodel.

Of all the rooms I completely tore down to the wall studs during our house remodel, this was the easiest. Probably because my skills improved as I progressed room-by-room, it was more intuitive to anticipate problems, and there was only one big obstacle in this room. Continue reading House Remodel: Guest Bath Demolition Phase →

Again, I’m continuing the House Remodel series. What else can I do since backpacking and camping in California are pretty much closed to me. I have patience. The last post in the series was about our master bath demolition, which went well over all. The same cannot be said about the kitchen.

Of all the work I had planned, the kitchen was supposed to be the easiest.

In my post on planning for the demolition, I mentioned that,

A simple galley kitchen, there wasn’t a lot that could be done without some really, really major construction. So we would end up upgrading the cabinets, countertops, and flooring.

As it turned out, we found a plethora of problems after we removed the old kitchen cabinets. Continue reading House Remodel: Kitchen Demolition Disaster →

Continuing the Home Remodel series. In the last post, I wrote about preparing for demolition, which was really a planning exercise.

In this post I’ll discuss what I tore out, why I tore it out, and what unexpected problems I found. Continue reading House Remodel: Master Bath Demolition Phase →

Continuing my series on our house remodel. In an earlier post I discussed the importance of planning. In this post I’ll review the demolition preparation phase, with an eye to planning. Continue reading House Remodel: Preparing for Demolition →