I wanted to postpone this moment as long as possible, because this officially meant we had no water in the kitchen :( but it had to happen for the project to move forward. (PS - On a side note, this actually happened in mid-August, and to date we still are without water in the kitchen!)
This also meant no more automatic dishwashing for us, so we decided to go out and invest in paper and plastic everything! (And sadly, some manual dishwashing must still be done as they don't make paper and plastic cookware - can't imagine why!) Our laundry room on the 1st floor has a fairly big utility sink, so that is really our only source of water for the kitchen now.
Wow - they just don't make them like that anymore! ;)
The stove (and adjoining convection oven) was another beast itself, partly due to the fact that we didn't want to rupture a gas line (yikes!) and partly due to the fact that it also had a vent connected from the stove through cabinets above it, into the attic and out the roof!
As you can see, we did manage to get it out successfully between the 5 of us (me, Robbie, and my family) - without breaking either the gas line or the structures supporting the vent through the roof. (Unfortunately, what we found out a couple days later - during a big rainstorm - was that there was an entrance from the roof into our kitchen now that the vent was gone! A little surprise to have water dripping into our kitchen!)
This isn't water damage :) just what was left after we got the sink, dishwater and cabinets out.
Finally, down to the walls (and floor!), we were ready to start fresh and start the rebuilding phase of the project! Yahoooooo!!!
Aaaaaaagh! I can't believe you've been that long without water in the kitchen. I hope everything gets to working soon!
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