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Kitchen Project — Scariest Part

I didn’t get the walls up in the kitchen yesterday as I had planned. Before they go up, all the wall-work needs to be done. I want to vent the range hood to the outside. That means the vent duct has to go through the wall. That means the wall needs a hole in it. This was the scariest thing for me. All the other things I’m doing can be patched or re-done. For this, I would need to chop a hole through a brick wall. My friend Denis was going to help me with this project. The hole part was a one-person job, so I had him do it. I cut some plywood for the floor in the meantime. I used a circular saw. This was also very scary. I haven’t used one before. I’m happy to say I did NOT cut off any digits.

Anyway, the hole in the wall was hard to do. It meant drilling through two layers of bricks and mortar. It took Denis a couple hours to get it. Once we got the vent in place, bricks needed to be put back. I got some mortar and we took a stab at re-mortaring. It will be interesting to see if our mortar job holds up. You can see the new mortar areas in the pictures below.

This job ended up taking almost the whole day, and four trips to Home Depot. I got the end pieces of the duct work, then new drill bits, then mortar, then an extension ladder. I think the end product looks pretty good. Today maybe I’ll finally get to putting up the walls…

A hole in the wall!

Oddly enough, one does not use duct tape on ducts.

Can you tell which mortar is new?

1 Comment

  1. Michele

    I’m VERY proud of you both! The hole looks beautiful, the vent is nice and shiny, and you still have all of your parts – excellent! I can’t wait to see the walls, but I’ll miss the brick – it’s charming in a way – like those homes in Federal Hill and Fells Point.
    I planted pansies in my deck boxes today – you would be very proud of me. It’s like we switched lives or something!

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