lyndale renovation 2015 & 2016
infrastructure

In the kitchen facing north —
Visible here is more of the over-cabinet soffit with duct work tucked inside. The new soffit is about a foot higher than the old soffit.
The old soffit descended on the left and right of the window (saddle-style). Now, I greatly prefer that the soffit continues in a clean line, fully
above the window. The window will change to a crank-style that opens like french doors.

In the kitchen facing north and west —
Now the coat-closet framing is complete. The closet will have barn-style doors, matching what we've done in our bedroom.
Check out the metal mesh on the floor—more on this in a moment.

In the kitchen facing south and east —
Ahhh, a moment I've waited for: The plaster has been blasted off the chimney!
The old, square ductwork has been removed, replaced by a temporary, flexible duct.

In the kitchen facing south and east —
The sand-blasted brick is just as I'd hoped it would be: Rough, authentic, but now clean as a whistle!

Temporary storage in the living room —
The temporary, flexible duct, shown in the previous photos, will be replaced by this circular duct.
Once cleaned up, and standing alongside the exposed brick, this duct ought to look great.

The kitchen floor facing north and east —
Our builders used lasers to determine how to modify the subflooring and to install a lip around the perimeter of the room. Then, a membrane was
layed over the floor and covered with a metal mesh. Next up will be a self-leveling coating of concrete and on top of that our tile.

Wow, who knew?
Preparing the concrete subfloor turned out to be a big deal with several huge trucks and a bunch of day-glo dudes.
A big snow storm added to the excitement of this stage in the project.

Wow, who knew?
Amazing: The day-glo dudes mixed concrete and sand on the spot, then pumped it into our kitchen
The snow didn't slow them down a bit.

The kitchen sub-floor facing west —
Dang, after the brutality of the demo, the pounding of the framing stage, and the dust of the sand-blasting, we finally see something that
resembles a finished product. This however is not finished. Beautiful as it is, this concrete floor is just another level of underlayment.

The kitchen sub-floor facing west and north —
More glistening concrete, still in a mostly liquid state.