Laundry Room Construction Started

First up was ripping up the linoleum floor and 3/4" plywood subfloor. This will allow the new floor of 1/2" Hardieboard and 1/4" tile to line up with the grade of the floor in the kitchen.

Next up is framing the walls around the hot water heater. You can also see in this picture the space that will be shelves.

Around the washer and dryer there is framing to support the table top that will go over them. We are still using the old butcher block that Kristen cleaned up that is standing vertical in the picture.

And around the furnace. This is the trickiest one to maintain the correct space from the unit in spots but to also frame in access panels for two sides and the filter.

The light switch was moved from its current location beside the door to a new box on the corner. And the first bit of drywall is put up.

The chair rail was then installed on the new unit along with the first bead board wainscoting.

The front panel on the furnace wainscoting is removable. You can see in this picture installing the wainscoting on the removable panel.

Here it is after all of the wainscoting is installed around the furnace area. You can also see in this picture the location of the 4 bolts that hold on the front panel.

There will be a door for access to the filter panel. This door will also allow access to a large and deep storage area.

Most of the drywall is up and the trim around the shelves is in so time to put on some mud.

We'll wait for it to dry give it a sanding and put on another coat tomorrow.

Back to work on the house...laundry room design

 After a couple of long weekends for work in Germany and doing other things around the holiday we have started to tackle the back laundry room. This is one of the first rooms that we worked on in the house but we did not have much a vision when we did it so it was never complete. Here are the plan views of what we are planning on doing. Basically there will be a wall built around the furnace and hotwater heater that will include a number of removable panels for access and shelves for storage.

The first picture shows the plan view of the room. You can see the door sweep of the door coming from the kitchen (the back door is not drawn in). You can see the wall that is built around the furnace (two blocks with the circle next to it) and the hotwater heater (double circle) between these to units is a set of shelves. We will keep the table overtop of the washer and dryer which you can see poking out just a little from under the table.

 

 Here is an elevation view taken as you look to the left after coming through the kitchen door. You can see the washer and dryer under the table on the back wall. The new light switch location is shown as well as the door that will access storage and the air handler filter.

Here is another elevation view looking at the door that comes in from the kitchen. You can see the shelves that are located between the hotwater heater and the furnace. At this point in drawing up the plans I decided to add some wainscoting so that I could hide some of the access panels.