Working on the kitchen and finishing the roof

So while the boys have been doing the heavy dangerous work I have been working on the kitchen....SLOWLY. Over the weekend we were able to finish the roof and pull the cabinets out (Hooray! Hooray!). First I'll tell you how my part went because it has been the most impact I have personally been able to do since I got pregnant.

Last week I showed you these two pictures:

The kitchen before any major work had been done (above) and the plans I had drawn out for what it would look like after I had moved the cabinets (below).

Well I was able to get that main piece of cabinet out (the one picture in the middle of the kitchen) and move it to the side of the stove. Boy was it a doozy!

Here's a picture of the cabinet actually detached from the wall (above). Because of the way the cabinets were originally installed into the kitchen, I had to cut the face of the cabinets to the size I wanted, then cut the shelving, and cut the 2x6 (which helps mount the cabinets to the wall) and then pry them out with all of my might!. The 2x6 was nailed into the concrete wall but there were only about 5 nails. It finally found it's way away from the wall.

Here's what it looked like cut from the remaining piece of the cabinet (it actually squared up against the side of the wall that the counter is still attached to). 

Then here is what it looked like after I pulled it away. I had to go ahead and cut out the cabinets on the other side of the wall where the pantry is going to go to have enough wiggle room to pry out the cabinet.

Here it is all removed. The window unit on the wall must have been there for a long time letting condensation drip down the wall behind the cabinets because the back of the cabinets were completely rotten. They were coated in black mold and I don't know what else. I had to stop at this point because I couldn't breathe.

But I did have enough time to pull the cabinets out of there existing spot and into the place where they are going to go (once Matthew blocks in the doorway you can see all the way to the right in the picture). Also, fun but annoying find!, when I was pulling out the old stove I noticed that the cord was not pulled ON the wall but actually INTO the wall. There was a 2 ft hole that the cord went into. I went into the room that is just on the other side of the kitchen wall and found a hidden existing exterior doorway. Now Matthew has TWO doorways to block in :/

As for the roof, I can't say much nor can I show you much because I wasn't involved in this process too much but you guys should get the drift from these photos my mother-in-law took during the construction. I'll have to post a photo next time of the completely finished project (as of right now they are finished).

So above you can them (my husband and brother-in-law) had finished gabling the roof and below you can see them in action nailing on the plywood.

Above, here they are again trying to finish up. We had to build this in between rain so whenever it dried up enough we were then able to dry seal the roof in. The new tin isn't on yet but it will do until after hurricane season.

Until next time folks!

Steffane B