Attic Hatch

We need access to the attic to get the heating installed and run electrical later on. We don't want to have a large opening from the other so I constructed this on yesterday and installed it today. The inner box is 8 inches deep with two layers of rigid Styrofoam on the bottom, two layers of Bat insulation and closed off with two more layers of foam, all sealed, this should be enough. It fits nice and tight and has a low profile. I just have to be careful pushing it up strait so it doesn't jam.



An insulated box inside a large frame.

Fits like a glove.

Have to keep the opeing air tight, seal the vapor barrier.

Anohter angle.

Early Stages Of Kitchen Cabinet Construction

It has been a while since I have posted anything as some of you have made very clear, so here are a few pictures of the kitchen cabinets in the early stages of construction. But first to let you know what has been going on lately. After going over our plans I made up a cut plan to get the most of each sheet of plywood, I made the cuts needed and decided to put the poly on that goes on the inside of the cabinets, it's easier at this stage. The only thing is that it takes time for it to dry, three coats of time. As well I have been painting the inside of the upper cabinets that go in either side of the kitchen window. Again primer and three coats takes time and I only have so much room to lay things out in the shop. I am hoping this week I'll be at a point to put them together and start installing, but again it takes time. Note the pattern here, we too can't wait.

Here is the kitchen layout I did a while ago.

Here are base cabinet bottoms and backs.

The upper cabinets parts.

 

More base cabinet panels.

The upper cabinets by the window, painted white.

Two bins of scarp and a garbage can of cut offs.

Doors And Knobs

The doors and knobs are on, along with the upper side panels. There is a little more tweaking to do that you can't see in the pictures but trust me it's there. After the room is done I'll be putting up the crown molding and a lower trim line to finish it off. I still have doors for the side built-ins to make but we need to find the right hinges first.

The cabinet finished and installed.

Just add a couple of doors.

Put on the knobs.

Match the side panels to the pull outs.

Put on the top side boards for the finish.

Door pulls.

Pull-out pulls.

Upper Cabinet

I have been busy the past couple of days applying Poly to the plywood for the upper cabinets, it is easier to do this before cutting the sheets of plywood and before assembly. Yesterday I made all the cuts needed, this morning I cut the dado's for the shelves and assembled it this afternoon. I still have to paint the face of it and build the doors but you get the idea of what it looks like from these pictures. I will also have to made a couple of side panels to match the lower ones. A good day's work.

Using all the space.

Nice to have 8 foot 6 inch ceilings.

It just finishes the space off.

Getting A Handle On Things

We picked up "cup" pulls for the drawers the other day, they look good. The strange thing about looking for drawer pulls is how they advetise the size, for example these are 3 inch pulls, but if you look at them they are bigger, actully they are 5 inches. The size that describes the pulls is the spacing for the screws and not the overall size of the pull. This is strange because I would look for the size for the opening an not worry about the spacing of the screws, afterall they are located withing the width of the pull. My thoughts on this subject, back to the job at hand, they look great.

Coming Right Along

It's amazing what a couple pieces of wood and some paint can do, with the panels on the pull-outs it gives that finished look to the space. And it will look better once the upper cabinet is in, the built-in doors are on, the floors laid and the cover pieces at the bottom kick plate. Not a problem.

It blends in nicely.

Spices, foil wrap and such.

Trays, pizza pan, white board and calendar.

No More Room

 This isn't any more room on this wall to cupboards, except the space above the over of course. The left side slide out is in, now to put edge banding on both and make the front panels. This side will be for a cork board and trays on the bottom.

No more room.

For the cork board and trays.

Kitchen Cupboards

Well I'm back, I understand some followers just can't wait until we finish the kitchen to see what's going on so ReBecca has let me start up again with posting our progress. Here is some work done to the the oven wall area. Drawer fronts added, front panels put up around the built-ins, and by the way they are one piece, a tricky job. And the end panel by the left built-in, with a fake cupboard look. I'll get to the space beside it later. I am working on the pull outs beside the oven, there is only 4 inches of room and the pullouts are tall. They rest on a sturdy base and two 100 lb capacity full extension drawer slides. The left one is in place for now, and it needs a little more work, like edge banding and a front panel, it will hold spices and wax paper, and such. The right will be for a cork board, a box for paper and pens for notes while on the phone and the bottom to hold some trays. So far so good, and the best part, she likes it.

New drawer panels.

End panel in place.

Built-in face panels installed.

The left pull out.

Lots of room for what ever she needs.

All Closed Up

The last window is now in and all the siding is in place, they will come back when it warms up some to replace a few that were damaged during construction. This window isn't exactly what we wanted but it will work, it will let in more light and some day light into the future bathroom. We painted the floor to keep the dust down like downstairs and we'll be moving a few things in for temporary storage to make room down stairs for the floors. So as for anymore posts regarding our second floor addition, this will be it for a while, if all goes well you'll see some progress pictures of the kitchen, that is if I'm allowed to post them, ReBecca may want it kept secret for a while.

All done, scaffolding is down.

Still a bit tight the roof line.

Lots of light in this little space.

Our temp floor colour.

An Empty Room

This room is now empty, but it won't be for long. We want to paint the floor just to keep the dust down and then we'll be starting to put our things in there, temporarily for now. Once the kitchen is done and the floors laid we'll be able to unpack a few more boxes. For now this well have to work.

A nice sized room, lots of light.

Light beams in from the hallway's south end window.