LarryLeveen
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Looking for any advice while planning a kitchen remodel that would entail the following things:
- Removal of a chimney that wastes precious space in our tiny kitchen -- any downsides other than the demolition dust to consider?
- Moving our electric stove where the chimney was and installing an exhaust vent through the chimney's roof penetration (we cook a lot and smoke is a bummer) -- are some vents better than others?
- Replacing the vinyl kitchen floor which is shot - -what kind of flooring should we use?
- Reconfiguring existing cabinetry -- existing cabinets are flush with the ceiling but hang too low and interferes with the counter top work space. We would also like more storage so things are better hidden away (and are a little concerned about getting things to match well)
- Possibly removing all or part of a wall which separates our galley-style kitchen from a hallway (i.e. waste of space) to gain more work space are for our frequent cooking. As it is, we constantly bump into each other when cooking, which is a real annoyance.
- Moving the 220 power for the stove, supplying power to the vent, and light switch (if the wall is removed), but little else in terms of electrical as we had other stuff done a couple years ago.
- No plumbing location changes likely. Possibly a new wall-mount faucet and backsplash in the same location (the existing ones are old and UGLY). The double flush-mount basin is separate from the faucet and seems OK to us.
- replacing our _horribly loud_ and _stupidly placed_ gas furnace (combustion air supply PVC pipe actually blocks part of a doorway!) with a high-efficiency one that would be upstairs and hidden behind the living space's knee-wall. It would still be directly adjacent to the chimney, just a floor up, so ducting hot air supply, return and exhaust venting should be pretty easy I'd think (we'd gain a coat closet where the furnace currently is and the ducting would go through there to/from new furnace location).
Alternately, the furnace could be moved out to the utility room, as we are considering replacing the (dying? see my other recent post in plumbing forum) gas water heater with a tankless one to save space. The utility room is a walled-in breezeway between the house and the formerly unattached garage, thus it is outside of the foundation and I am wondering about the difficulty of ducting through it.
I know my description lack a lot of context for y'all, but any advice is appreciated. Thanks.
- Removal of a chimney that wastes precious space in our tiny kitchen -- any downsides other than the demolition dust to consider?
- Moving our electric stove where the chimney was and installing an exhaust vent through the chimney's roof penetration (we cook a lot and smoke is a bummer) -- are some vents better than others?
- Replacing the vinyl kitchen floor which is shot - -what kind of flooring should we use?
- Reconfiguring existing cabinetry -- existing cabinets are flush with the ceiling but hang too low and interferes with the counter top work space. We would also like more storage so things are better hidden away (and are a little concerned about getting things to match well)
- Possibly removing all or part of a wall which separates our galley-style kitchen from a hallway (i.e. waste of space) to gain more work space are for our frequent cooking. As it is, we constantly bump into each other when cooking, which is a real annoyance.
- Moving the 220 power for the stove, supplying power to the vent, and light switch (if the wall is removed), but little else in terms of electrical as we had other stuff done a couple years ago.
- No plumbing location changes likely. Possibly a new wall-mount faucet and backsplash in the same location (the existing ones are old and UGLY). The double flush-mount basin is separate from the faucet and seems OK to us.
- replacing our _horribly loud_ and _stupidly placed_ gas furnace (combustion air supply PVC pipe actually blocks part of a doorway!) with a high-efficiency one that would be upstairs and hidden behind the living space's knee-wall. It would still be directly adjacent to the chimney, just a floor up, so ducting hot air supply, return and exhaust venting should be pretty easy I'd think (we'd gain a coat closet where the furnace currently is and the ducting would go through there to/from new furnace location).
Alternately, the furnace could be moved out to the utility room, as we are considering replacing the (dying? see my other recent post in plumbing forum) gas water heater with a tankless one to save space. The utility room is a walled-in breezeway between the house and the formerly unattached garage, thus it is outside of the foundation and I am wondering about the difficulty of ducting through it.
I know my description lack a lot of context for y'all, but any advice is appreciated. Thanks.