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Arrghhh..the unkowns!

16 years ago

So, I took all the great suggestions from the forum and we took out all the little sofits sticking out in the kitchen. In the middle of this we found out that the one of the main beam for the house was rotten in between due to some water damage from before. Arrghh...we called the insuarance and they said 'pre-existing' issue is not covered. Great!

We paid for it and got it fixed upto code. It is what it is!

Then we carefully measured our cabinets space/ counter top dimenions, etc and after measuring many, many times, placed the order. The cabinet rep also came by and measured it.

So, we had decided to get rid of all the brick by the range as everyone suggested here. We assumed it was ALL decorative!! (you know where this is going, right!)

If you look on below pics you see after taking out all current cabinets, we found the furnace exhaust behind one pillar. Arggh....I felt like bawling!!

Now, we have the cabinets delivered and my 36" bottom drawers don't fit. So, we are moving the gas line over and the range a bit over and then fit the 36" cabinet, which will fit exact. We had to take out my favorite sliding basket custom bottom cabinet which was next to the range on the other side. Imagine Lazy Susan bottom cabinet in the corner and then it was supposed to be sliding basket cabinet, then the range and then the 36" drawer. The sliding basket cabinet is 18" and now it will go in front of furnace and will stick out approx. 8"

I can design the granite to flow and have a bit of half moon between the 36" cabinet on other side of furnace and the cabinet in front of furnace. I am just so sad!

Comments (5)

  • 16 years ago

    Bless your heart. Understand the frustration and wish I could make it 'all better'. Finding the water damage was a blessing in disguise though. Imagine the whole stinking rotted thing collapsing someday!

    Chin up. The new kitchen will be fantastic.

    Rosie

  • 16 years ago

    Yeah, unfortunately I guess it wasn't brought up in the planning stages that it would be Very unlikely that the whole thing was decorative--usually elaborate things like that which eat up space are done because part of it is necessary: building out and creating some wasted space disguises the structural or mechanical element that makes it necessary.

    I hope it all works out.

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  • 16 years ago

    so sorry to hear about your unexpected discovery. take a good break, clear your head and consider all options. the right plan will take shape and it will work out somehow.

    i can relate to the unexpected... i am planning a remodel of my small kitchen. there is a flue going up the back of a kitchen cabinet with a hot water heater venting into it. i figured no problem, just vent it to the side of the house. turns out not so easy. due to ventilation requirements and limited clearance in my sub-basement my only option is to install a new high efficiency tankless water heater if i want to get rid of that flue, i cannot use the existing hot water heater (that is only 3 years old...). new tankless system is $4100. then i learned about the new lead abatement law... had to add another $1850 to the budget. i have heard these unexpected issues are part of a standard remodel. just hope i do not find out anymore - I have not even begun demo yet!

    hang in there....

  • 16 years ago

    Oy! What a headache. Maybe you should read the "glass of wine" post. If you don't drink, this definitely seems like a good excuse to start ;)

  • 16 years ago

    Thanks Rosie - I agree and that is what I keep telling myself or it so easy to drive everyone crazy!! I appreciate the kind words.

    Thanks Palimpsest - Yes, you are right as always! Somtimes when you want something really bad, you forget to look deeper....I will surely update once cabinets are in.

    Thanks Babushka_cat - OMG!! I feel for you. My contigency fund is diminishing faster and faster. Hopefully, things will be smoother once you begin...Good Luck!

    Thanks Sabjimata - With our diminishing funds, the wine bottles are piling up too...lol...I think I have to graduate to the bath tub soak!! P.S. I love your blog..

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