Renovation - May 11

The plans for today: remove the door to the porch and replace it with a window, replace the other 3 section window, tear down sheetrock from the walls that will be removed, tear down the ceiling in the kitchen and dining room, remove the island. All of these were finished today.

I love the light, airy feel the kitchen has already. Being able to look out windows in the front and back of the house is great! However, removing the sheet rock and ceilings revealed things that might cause a change in plans. For instance, the multitude of bathroom pipes in the kitchen ceiling might prevent us from having a hood which is ducted to the outside. I am looking into a downdraft as an alternative. Heating pipes were also found inside walls that are supposed to be torn down. Hence, I got to meet the plumber a little earlier than scheduled because the pipes will have to be re-routed so the walls can be removed. Since this needs to be done before the workers can go forward, and the plumber cannot do the work until the day after tomorrow, I don't think any work will be done tomorrow.
In addition, the electrical estimate came in higher than expected, partially because we would like LED lighting