A Day, A Week, Hemant, A Year

After we finished demoing the kitchen Friday night, we still had some time to start the electrical work. Because we were adding a whole new wall of counter and cabinets, and relocating the fridge, we needed to move some outlets along the north wall of the kitchen. I made a quick trip to Home Depot to pick up some materials, and then we were on our way.

It turned out that moving one light switch down about six inches created a 2 foot by 2 foot hole in the wall. Michelle was not very impressed, but her dad reassured her that it would make things easier. Nothing a little piece of drywall and mud wouldn’t cure.

As it turned out I didn’t drill enough holes in the basement ceiling beams, so I got to work on that. This time I used one of Dave’s drill bits and it worked about 100 times better than the one I own. I ripped through those no problem, but man did it make a mess. I also had the pleasure of watching nearly all of my ceiling tiles fall to the ground as I drilled. These things come down way easier than they go back up. Who would have thought redoing your kitchen would turn your entire house into a complete and utter disaster?

I pretty much took care of the grunt work (like drilling, cleaning, and passing tools) for the wiring since I know nothing in this area. I did however learn a lot while watching Dave. I don’t think I could do it alone, but I’m pretty sure I could with some guidance.

Dave finished up the wiring on Sunday without electrocuting himself so I would say that it was a successful operation. Michelle’s Uncle Ray also showed up briefly to take care of that 2 foot hole in the wall. Man, it sure seems like Ray loves the dry walling!

You can check out more picture of the wiring day on my Flickr site by following the links below.

• Thumbnails on Flickr
• Slideshow on Flickr