Men always seem obsessed with inches, so imagine the delight of Bob the Builder and Fla Remo Guy when they found some ways to gain inches in the remodel! The first was Bob, who was bragging that he found 8 inches for me - much to my delight (and relief) it was in the kitchen! Since they had to move the front wall anyway, they determined that it actually worked better to move the front wall out by 8 inches. In a home that is small to start with, that is huge for the kitchen. We also gained about 8 to 9 inches on the side of the kitchen by tearing out the fireplace and chimney. Originally, we were going to just cover the fireplace with sheetrock and leave the unusable chimney in place since it seemed to balance out the house on the plans. Unfortunately, when we got into the demo, the chimney was not stable enough to leave, so it had to come down - and the fire place with it. I'm not sorry to see them both go.
We also learned that behind the plaster walls was styrofoam of all things. Apparently, it was used as insulation in the 50's. Who knew? Anyway, by tearing out the plaster and styrofoam, we gained several inches in the rest of the kitchen/great room. More room for the pool table. :)
Fla Remo Guy also figured out that it would be relatively easy to remove the tile floor in what was the den and will end up being the dining room/wine cellar. The ceiling in that room is probably 7'6" at best, so gaining several inches of head room by removing the tile and it's under layer is huge. The room will probably be designed to look cave like, but we don't want it to be claustrophobic.
All in all, this Fla Remo Gal is quite happy with the inches the menfolk provided!!
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