Kitchen Framing Tip #36-Benton Rehab Project

 Here is a good tip I learned from the Owner of this Property.  Before Installing the Drywall over the framing members in a Kitchen Wall.

The following photo is a double stack wall to allow the space needed for the efficient bathroom fixtures and also the upstairs apartments kitchen, and bath areas.

With so much at stake to repair a water leak; the small amount of time needed to snap a photo and make a Job Site Sketch is minimal when compared to the alternative: a water leak repair in new construction!

Take a Picture and Make a Drawing of the Wall that the Future Kitchen Cabinets will attach to.  This will eliminate any guess work and possible water leaks from misplaced screws while attaching the Kitchen Cabinets!
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Part 1: 

History

Part 

2: Stone Foundation Repair

Part 

3: Tuckpointing the Brick Walls pt 1

Part 

4: Tuckpointing the Brick Walls pt 2

Part 

5: What were they thinking?

Part 

6: Paint Pro Tip #35

Part 7: 

Repairing Water Damage-Exterior Wall

Part 8: 

1st Floor Weatherization

Part 

9: See the Difference a Little White Paint Makes

Part 10:

 Interior Framing-Plumbing-Laundry Room

Part 11: 

Kitchen Framing Tip #36-Benton Rehab Project

Part 12: 

Water Main Repair- Benton Rehab

Part 13: 

Benton Rehab Project Drywall Installation and Tip: Number 1172

Part 14: 

Custom Flooring Patch Hardwood Floor Repair-Benton Rehab

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Interior Framing-Plumbing-Benton Rehab Green Blog Series

Part 10: Interior Wall Framing, Plumbing, Laundry Room Exhaust Vent and Plumbing-Benton Park Gut Rehab Green Blog Series

 The below CAD drawing was the Basic Plan going into the Rehab Project.

Benton CAD Floor Plan by Scotty,Scotts Contracting

Neither the Building Owner or Myself like to have Return Air Ducts Located on the Floor (where they suck or pull in more Dirt and Debris).  The HVAC Return Air Vents were instead installed 6 ft off the floor.   

Installing New HVAC Ducts in the Wall

This is a very Important Wall.  It not only will support the Kitchen Cabinets.  It contains the Plumbing Stack for the 2nd Floor Kitchen as well as the First Floor Kitchen Area.  This wall was constructed using a double 2x4 wall with the studs running parallel with the wall plates.  This allowed for Plenty of Clearance for the Plumbing on both the First and Second Floor.

Hint: See Next Blog Post about Why this Picture

 is so Important

 The plumbing for this project was done by: Master Plumber St Louis and I highly recamend their Services for your plumbing needs.

Double 2x4 Plumbing Stack Wall

The photo below is the only photo I have of the future Laundry Room.  This was added the day the Master Plumber St Louis showed up at the Job Site.  All though this was a change order (email the Pros at Master Plumber StL) they handled the addition of the Laundry Room for this floor and the 2nd Floor.  Giving the Investment Property Apartments Updated Amenities- Which increases the both the Rental Value and the Investment Property Portfolio.

In the Photo below we have 2nd Floor Laundry Room, 2nd Floor Hot and Cold Pex Water Lines for the Laundry Room,and the 1st and 2nd Floor Dryer Vent Exhaust.  Quarters were a little cramped but everything was able to fit snugly into the allocated space.

Above the 1st Floor Laundry Room Ceiling-

 

Benton Gut Rehab Green Blog Series

Part 1: History

Part 2: Stone Foundation Repair

Part 3: Tuckpointing the Brick Walls pt 1

Part 4: Tuckpointing the Brick Walls pt 2

Part 5: What were they thinking?

Part 6: Paint Pro Tip #35

Part 7: Repairing Water Damage-Exterior Wall

Part 8: 1st Floor Weatherization

Part 9: See the Difference a Little White Paint Makes

Part 10: Interior Framing-Plumbing-Laundry Room

Part 11: Kitchen Framing Tip #36-Benton Rehab Project

Part 12: Water Main Repair- Benton Rehab

Part 13: Benton Rehab Project Drywall Installation and Tip: Number 1172

Part 14: Custom Flooring Patch Hardwood Floor Repair-Benton Rehab

 

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Today's post of interest: "Practical Green Cleaning Tips"

Hello,

We would like to bring your attention to today's latest Environment Green blog contribution published on EnvironmentGreen.com. We hope you find it an interesting read, hopethat you are having a smashing great day today and thank you for your Green efforts!

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Practical Green Cleaning Tips

In today's world we often hear a lot about green cleaning opportunities and how we should be doing this to help protect the environment and that is all well and good. Then we go to the store, we grab the first cleaning product we are used to and simply carry on like nothing happened, potentially polluting the environment with petroleum products which then take forever to break down, carrying down canalization all the way into the ocean. Well this can be easily avoided if we know what we're doing – we have made some tips ready for you so you would have a decent understanding on what you can do to protect those around you from the effects of hazardous chemicals:

The use of green cleaning products

These are especially designed to avoid dangerous chemicals in their composition since companies are becoming more and more aware of the long-term implications of using these in their work. A lot of the cleaning products used todayare biodegradable and nontoxic and on top of that you can even use some household products to clean almost just as well as you can with commercial ones. Try out vinegar, baking soda and for non-toxic chemicals you should also try hydrogen peroxide and borax as alternatives to most cleaners.

Open your windows

This is something a lot of people nowadays have to remember since the central air conditioning systems we are so used to actually use internal air and simply circulate and filter it again and again. You will need to open those windows to let some fresh air in once in a while no matter what you do.

Avoid overuse of antibacterial cleaners

Although they are useful as a short-term solution you should also keep in mind that its also possible to create super-germs by making them adaptive to whatever is killing them. Much like any part of evolution with germs its either adapt or die. Prolonged exposure to the same type of hazard will have them adapt wonderfully so they can return stronger and more dangerous. So be careful with the antibacterial cleaners.

Baking soda

You can use it to scrub away molds and other spots as well with the added bonus of it being nontoxic. You can also use it to absorb unpleasant smells from your fridge, carpet and other surfaces as well as using it in combination with a mild acid to create a bubbly mixture capable of unclogging drains.

Use natural scents

If you want your home to smell nice then avoid the chemicals present in air fresheners and simply go with flowers, or try boiling cloves, cinnamon or other herbs to have the desired effect. Vanilla can also be a useful substitute for those that smells great.

Toxic cleaners should be disposed of

But only by doing it the right way, so make sure they are wrapped in plastic so you'll have no leaks. The reason why you should get rid of those is because they will be absolutely poisonous to a water supply, not to mention how they will settle in nicely at the local landfill. A lot of countries have places where they'll take toxic chemicals away, so ask around.

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Change Prediction 20years Later-Earth Did Warm

20 years on, climate change projections have come true

By Sunanda Creagh, The Conversation


Climate change predictions made 20 years ago have so far proved accurate, suggesting that the world is indeed on track to a radical climate shift, according to a new paper published today.


In 1990, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) — a group of the world’s top climate scientists — released its First Assessment Report, predicting global warming of about 1.1 degrees celsius between 1990 and 2030.


In today’s edition of Nature Climate Change, climate scientists David Frame and Dáithí A. Stone argue that, halfway through that projection period, the predictions made in 1990 are proving mostly accurate.


The 1990 report’s “best estimate” was that the world would warm by about 1.1 degrees celsius between 1990 and 2030, meaning that the halfway prediction would be about 0.55 degrees celsius by 2010.


In fact, the world has now warmed by about 0.39 degrees celsius, coming very close to the prediction despite several unforeseen historical events, such as the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Mt Pinatubo volcanic eruption and the rise of China.


“As is always the case in science, we cannot know for certain that the 1990 prediction was accurate for the right reasons but, given the apparent absence of any credible alternative theories and the robustness of the prediction, this evaluation strongly supports the contention that the climate is responding to enhanced levels of GHGs (greenhouse gases) in accordance with historical expectations,” the authors wrote.


The paper also said that climate policies enacted between now and 2030 would “will only very gradually manifest themselves in the climate signal.”


Penny Whetton, Senior Principal Research Scientist at the CSIRO and a lead author for the Third Assessment Report of the (IPCC), said the paper confirmed that “projections that climate scientists have been making have been accurate.”


“There are implications for the wider community for how they accept the IPCC conclusions. This is good evidence to show that what the IPCC has been saying for a while is coming true,” she said, adding that the discrepancy between the 0.55 degree projected rise and the 0.39 actual rise was explained by variability in estimates due to natural fluctuations.


“Once you allow for that, this paper demonstrates that the warming we are seeing is consistent with the projections made by the IPCC,” said Dr Whetton.


“What we do in our emissions now could be the difference between a two degree rise and a four degree or five degree rise later in the century.”


Steve Sherwood, Co-Director, Climate Change Research Centre at the University of New South Wales said the paper showed “that if you take natural year-to-year variability into account in any reasonable way, the predictions are as close as one could reasonably expect.”


“Those who have been claiming ad nauseum that the climate models have been proved wrong, should read this paper, even though for most of us it is not very surprising,” said Dr Sherwood, who was not involved in the Nature Climate Change paper.


“Though there is no contrarian analogue to the IPCC, individual contrarians have made predictions over a similar time frame that the warming would stop or reverse. The data since then have probably falsified many of those predictions (which the deniers continue to make today).”


Stuart Corney, a Climate Systems Modeller at the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC at the University of Tasmania, pointed out that social and economic factors make it hard to predict future emissions but that, even so, the 1990 projections had turned out to be very close.


“Twenty years after the 1990 prediction, we see it’s not perfectly accurate — it’s about a 0.4 degree rise instead of a 0.55 degree rise — but it’s still statistically significantly above zero,” he said.


“Climate models can’t predict year to year variations but the long term trends are clear. The take home message is that the climate models we are using now should be accurate in years to come.”


Dr Corney said the trend showed showed the benefit of acting quickly.


“We are locked in now for a certain amount of climate change between now and 2030. No matter what we do now it will have little effect between now and 2030,” he said.


“But what we do now will have a stark effect on what happens in 50 years time or 100 years time.”

       
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