If you've missed our past blog post in our exciting Designer Turned Client series, featuring our very own Schloegel Designer, Lindsay Brungardt and her family, here's Week 1, Week 2, and Week 3. The demo process was a success, and the plans are really starting to take shape this week!
To remind you of the current space we removed the walls separating the kitchen from the powder bath and laundry room areas. The tile on the floor has since been removed. Now that this is all opened up, we can begin framing to let the new spaces take shape.
Framing
The biggest framing changes include setting up for the new wall that will separate the kitchen and laundry room. In the below plans you can see how the wall will move to the left a few feet. This will create more space in the laundry room and office area. Since the new kitchen island will be so large, it will serve as the family's main eating area which will take up a large chunk of kitchen real estate. They will still have the dining room for larger family meals but won't be working from the smaller breakfast table anymore, which is why this large-scale island set up will work perfectly.
As built floor plans
New floor plans of the same part of the house
The framing process includes constructing the new walls with studs, headers, and installing floor joists. We add the appropriate structural support through various beams and columns. This ensures strength and longevity of the new walls for the home.
Setting the stage for where the new walls will go!
Framing taking place, view into the new laundry room and office area.
Looking into the new laundry room and office area standing at the entry from garage into the home.
Framing taking place, view from kitchen island area near living room.
Electrical Rough Ins
Moving walls pretty much always means moving electrical and plumbing. For Lindsay's project we moved several outlets and added a few more. These are details Lindsay worked out from a personal preference point of view and then the Jason Wright Electric team helped get it all done safely. Another part of electrical rough in is moving wires for light fixtures.
Plumbing Rough Ins
Plumbing rough ins include moving pipes in the walls or floors. We align these with where the new sinks will go along with things like refrigerator or washing machines.
New pipes for the sink in the kitchen island.
Now What?
Next up is drywall and flooring! This is when the new walls will come up and it will be easier to visualize the new space. Stay tuned for these exciting updates. Next week we’ll talk about what communication during the remodeling process looks like for a Schloegel project. Stay up to date with real time updates on our Instagram story @remodelagain.
To read the other blog posts in the series, click here.