Kitchen Remodel: End of Week 1

The new wall opening. By leaving the bit on the right we avoided the plumbing work in the basement. On Claude's suggestion, we left the bit on the left to balance out the opening.

Looking through the new wall opening. The light is amazing.

The plumbing in the wall was all moved to the left or lowered...without destroying our basement!

The copper plumbing now runs through the joists rather than below. The black pipe is the master bedroom toilet drain. It also was run through the joists and moved back toward the wall. Plus we now have can lights rather than the halogen box.

The new wall opening from inside the kitchen.

The first week of the remodel ended with a lot of progress. The old kitchen was demolished, the electrical was redone, and the plumbing was rerouted. The plumbing reroute turned out to be an easy project which was a pleasant surprise. We had been warned that the plumbing adjustments would possibly involve holes in the basement walls and ceilings. This turned out not to be the case. Everything was quickly moved around in less than a day without destroying our basement. The most amazing change is the amount of light that the kitchen receives now that the ceiling has been lifted up and the wall opened up. I expected that the changes to the wall would let in more light but I did not realize how much light was being blocked by the low ceiling. The eastern light that comes in from the windows and the skylight at the end of the kitchen now reaches the entire span. The skylight was so non-visible before that a few people did not realize we had one down there!