Prep Kitchen/Bakery Framing Begins

I’ve done a lot of remodels but this one has been the most “interesting”. The framers arrived along with their first materials package. It has been interesting to see how materials and techniques have changed.

Week one, framing. The existing gas supply line was in the way so we had to get the floor joists set and then bring in the plumbers to redo the gas lines; the goal being that the cafe can reopen for mothers day.

The gray pipe is for future electric service to the “phase two” build, down the road. It needs to move about 6″ to be on the outside of the wall.

Here we have the floor joists set and new gas lines under going a pressure test.

The meters had to move a few inches to clear the new build.

This section of the existing Wild Honey has a mop sink and water heater in it. It is also under the stairs to the second floor bedrooms above the Bunnell Art Gallery. We have no idea what is supporting this 5’x5′ room. There was no foundation under it and when you see the stairs…….. I think they’ve moved a bit. Our framing contractor hung a beam on the concrete foundation wall and our new foundation to support the new build but we won’t know what’s going on in that wall until we strip some of the siding off.

If you were capable of it, start at the photographer’s position, move straight ahead until you emerge at the front of the building on the porch. At the porch do a 180 turn and enter the stairway. It looks like this:

I guess this set of stairs used to be outside of the building before the Wild Honey portion was added on. Instead of lifting the sagging stairs, they just boxed them in. The wall that the phone is on is the outside wall (west) of the arts center. They are staying two feet away from the Bunnell Art Center with the new build for drainage issues. It will be interesting to see what we find when they strip off the outside siding on the wall behind the flowers.

Here’s the old gas pipe that was too small to handle the increased gas requirement.

The framers got started on insulating the floor and had to pause to go home (Wasilla) for Mother’s Day. Back at it Monday.

Today is the best weather we’ve had yet this year, high in the 50’s. Earl gets to go to the beach.