Need I say more?
I hadn't expected installing the laundry chute to be simple, so let's buckle down to work.
First, the hole. You can see the 2 x 4 the chute was resting on in that picture above. And if you look especially carefully you can see a small wedge of the steel support column sticking out from under it.
You don't have to look carefully at all to see the mess in the basement.
Here is that column. The bent corner to the left is the one in the way.
Same corner, one reciprocating saw minute later. That steel might have been 1/8" thick, but it wasn't hardened so it sliced like butter.
Now lets make a hole in the hall wall.
Marked |
Cut |
From the other side |
We knew from that very first photograph that sheetrock would have to give, so lets get on with it.
I didn't even get to finish the sheetrock before damaging it!
Closer. Still hung up on something.
There is the problem. Wedged tight against the subfloor above.
A little coaxing with the recip saw later...
Ready for trim.
Ready for a cascade of clothes. It shouldn't back up until the laundry pile is six feet high.
Patch the not-yet complete sheetrock.
As good as new. Or at least it will be after six more coats of mud.