The Kitchen - Post 2

The first few days of tearing out and rebuilding this part of the kitchen I was able to move pretty fast because there wasn't anything getting in the way like cabinets. I also wanted to move fast to keep the cat from getting under the house again. She come back up later, but it's still annoying. The wires and plumbing made this a pretty delicate area.

I have no idea why this joist was cut. There's no reason for it, and no signs that anything was ever installed here.

It was in pretty bad shape, not at all safe to walk on.

Here's where I ended up at the end of the day. I wanted to build up all the way to the end, but tearing everything out always takes longer than I think it will. I was able to finish up by the end of the next day, then move on to the other side.

A day later everything else was gone. Things were a bit more rotten over here so I was able to move a bit faster.

A few posts ago I put up a picture from underneath the kitchen at a spot where the floor squeaked a bit. The joist at the end that's broken is at that spot. It was weak enough to completely come apart while I took out the tile and subfloor. Its neighbor was also in pretty bad shape. Going underneath the hall and beyond is all new wood from what I can only assume was the termite work the lady behind us mentioned... after we bought the house, that wasn't disclosed. The wiring at the old switch down there that lead to nowhere was still live, by the way.

Due to a really bad schedule at work I wasn't able to get much anything done for about a week, but then I finally was able to finish up this area.