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Sadly, I haven't touched the Volvo since Hurricane Florence 'cause I've been redoing stuff in the house. The music studio (the scene of most of the storm carnage) has been done for a while but the laundry area (also part of the old attached garage) had some damage as well. While this will come as a total shock to you folks, some project creep did wind it's ugly way into the laundry room project and here's the result.
The project overview is that I moved the washer/dryer combo down the wall to the point that there's a bump-out so the washer sits further out of our way. ME also wanted a utility sink (what was called a "laundry tray" in my ancient plumbing days). Lowe's had one in a cabinet and it looked zooty so we went with it. Then there was adding a place for ME to do bills (I'll build her ANYTHING to keep me from having to do them) along with a laundry folding counter and a hanging clothes bar (not for me - I don't own anything that needs hanging). Sorry - no "before" pics that I can turn up but here's what got done:
1) Remove the drywall between the kitchen and the laundry. Given that this used to be the back wall of the garage it was insulated but there's no sense putting that back as that's now heated on both sides. Here the drain has been extended to allow the sink and the washer to drain. The washer supply lines have not yet been moved in this pic. Also note that there are steel plates to reinforce the weakened studs after I drilled the holes for the drain extension - it was that or run the drain outside the wall which I did not want to do. A little time on the drill press yielded the plates.
Here the PEX lines have been rerouted. Note that I cheated and used Sharkbite fittings so I didn't have to buy the tool (this may be false economy but I don't do a lot of plumbing these days). BTW - Sharkbite fittings allow for the tube to swivel within the joint which is very useful when fitting 10 LBS of stuff in a 5 LB bag. Also note that the 240 VAC power has been rerouted to the rear of the new washer/dryer location. Now that the PEX is moved I screwed in the last reinforcing plate.
The junction of the plumbing inside the cabinet. This represents several re-inventions of the layout and a significant chasing of leaks. I originally plumbed all the brass using teflon tape and had several leaks so I took everything apart and reverted to good ol' Rectorseal which, of course, solved the issues permanently. Rectorseal GOOD!!! The drain exiting the cabinet goes to a trap and stand pipe for the washer to drain into. We've run the washer several times and the drain work well.
Here's the sink and the washer in its new spot. Note the shelf over the sink - on the left side is one of several brackets I welded up to make shelves, etc. The shelf itself is made from material I had left from the tear-out of the studio (there's more in the following pics). It's white melamine board w/red oak edging. Here you can see the stand pipe for the washer drain.
Here's the laundry combo blending into the folding area. We may reposition the paper shreader (in corner) if it proves to be taking up too much folding space.
And ME's bill paying spot. The counter top was a straight length that topped cabinets in the studio - she has decided to forego the cabinets now that she's retired from teaching so I had 11 feet of 1 1/2" thick (2 layers) oak veneer plywood, pre-finished from when I built it the first time. It worked out to be the perfect length once I cut it and made an "L" out of it. Also note the Plugmold and stolen power from an outlet that was on the other side of the wall.
This is pretty much what that area looked like before starting the remodel. Also shown here is the (as usual) overbuilt clothes hanging bar. Well continue to organize this space as we go along.
So I haven't been building cars but I have been building SOMETHING!
Dan
The project overview is that I moved the washer/dryer combo down the wall to the point that there's a bump-out so the washer sits further out of our way. ME also wanted a utility sink (what was called a "laundry tray" in my ancient plumbing days). Lowe's had one in a cabinet and it looked zooty so we went with it. Then there was adding a place for ME to do bills (I'll build her ANYTHING to keep me from having to do them) along with a laundry folding counter and a hanging clothes bar (not for me - I don't own anything that needs hanging). Sorry - no "before" pics that I can turn up but here's what got done:
1) Remove the drywall between the kitchen and the laundry. Given that this used to be the back wall of the garage it was insulated but there's no sense putting that back as that's now heated on both sides. Here the drain has been extended to allow the sink and the washer to drain. The washer supply lines have not yet been moved in this pic. Also note that there are steel plates to reinforce the weakened studs after I drilled the holes for the drain extension - it was that or run the drain outside the wall which I did not want to do. A little time on the drill press yielded the plates.
Here the PEX lines have been rerouted. Note that I cheated and used Sharkbite fittings so I didn't have to buy the tool (this may be false economy but I don't do a lot of plumbing these days). BTW - Sharkbite fittings allow for the tube to swivel within the joint which is very useful when fitting 10 LBS of stuff in a 5 LB bag. Also note that the 240 VAC power has been rerouted to the rear of the new washer/dryer location. Now that the PEX is moved I screwed in the last reinforcing plate.
The junction of the plumbing inside the cabinet. This represents several re-inventions of the layout and a significant chasing of leaks. I originally plumbed all the brass using teflon tape and had several leaks so I took everything apart and reverted to good ol' Rectorseal which, of course, solved the issues permanently. Rectorseal GOOD!!! The drain exiting the cabinet goes to a trap and stand pipe for the washer to drain into. We've run the washer several times and the drain work well.
Here's the sink and the washer in its new spot. Note the shelf over the sink - on the left side is one of several brackets I welded up to make shelves, etc. The shelf itself is made from material I had left from the tear-out of the studio (there's more in the following pics). It's white melamine board w/red oak edging. Here you can see the stand pipe for the washer drain.
Here's the laundry combo blending into the folding area. We may reposition the paper shreader (in corner) if it proves to be taking up too much folding space.
And ME's bill paying spot. The counter top was a straight length that topped cabinets in the studio - she has decided to forego the cabinets now that she's retired from teaching so I had 11 feet of 1 1/2" thick (2 layers) oak veneer plywood, pre-finished from when I built it the first time. It worked out to be the perfect length once I cut it and made an "L" out of it. Also note the Plugmold and stolen power from an outlet that was on the other side of the wall.
This is pretty much what that area looked like before starting the remodel. Also shown here is the (as usual) overbuilt clothes hanging bar. Well continue to organize this space as we go along.
So I haven't been building cars but I have been building SOMETHING!
Dan
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