Demolition
We put most of the kitchen items in the back bedroom and in the garage, as shown in the picture below. What a mess! Here is the garage with some of the old cabinets and countertops. I used the better cabinets to organize the garage.


Here is the initial kitchen demolition:


Here is what the back bedroom looked like:

We had to put the kitchen table and more stuff down in our livingroom. We didn't realize how much "stuff" was in our kitchen. That's Jared and I at the table, studying Physics.

We put our old stove, refrigerator, and microwave on the back patio. After the remodel, we sold the refrigerator, stove, and dishwasher.

Two buckets became our make-shift outdoor kitchen sink:

Here is a picture of me late into the night removing the last of the ugly tiles:


Here is a sketch of one of my major tasks--moving the gas line and the 240V electrical line down near the floor and over about four feet. The move was necessary for the 48" Wolf duel fuel stove. I also had to move the power for the new Vent-a-Hood, which is required for the large industrial-type stove.


One of our biggest challenges surfaced when I removed the wallboard in preparation for the gas line relocation. Notice the cinderblock foundation in the next picture. No wonder the original gas line was located three feet above the kitchen floor. The cinderblock was filled with concrete and is the foundation for the garage.

In the above picture, notice that I cut a channel in the cinderblock with an angle grinder and a cement blade. The dust was terrible. It filled the entire house with a layer of cement dust. Poor Cel spent the entire night cleaning up after me. I felt so bad.

Here is a picture of channels for three new electrical circuits. I needed to put in a separate circuit for the microwave to satisfy building code requirements. We also put in a separate circuit for our trash compacter. A third and final circuit was put in for cabinet lighting.

Since our home has a flat roof, we had to penetrate the roof to get the three additional electrical circuits. Here is the electrical wiring coming out of the roof top: