The Kitchen Ceiling

Ok, so we began with ripping out the MOST UGLY BERBER CARPET EVER TO BE PLACED IN A KITCHEN. Anything was better, the stains were awful. It was said to be stain resistant, but it obviously wasn't, I have 2 small children & I am an avid baker/chef. so the kitchen gets messy, like sweep & mop messy, not vacuum messy. The carpet came out one day in a fit of rage, after the baby knocked her bowl of carrots on the carpet. I decided that I didn't care if it was plywood anything would be better. So I pulled up a corner & found the most gorgeous hard wood floors EVER. Grrrr, oh well, the previous owners loss I guess considering we were told exposing the floors added instant value to the home... So BONUS, the kitchen has great floors, out went the ugly carpet & I'm doing the happy dance... THEN...

Not too much longer after the floor we started getting a wet spot on the ceiling, ok, what's going on with that.... Turns out that the front apartments toilet is leaking, WHY you ask, well because somebody set it on rotten plywood & the bolts never actually grabbed any wood (this was obvious, don't ask me how, just was). So this is what we had

So we had to rip down the ceiling, thankfully the home owners covered the repair, because we had to replace the ceiling. We were able to insulate as well, making the kitchen a little warmer & quieter.

The worst part about replacing the ceiling was that the grid of firring strips & 2x4s were installed improperly & un level. So the 2x4 actually rested on top of all the door trims. We couldn't get the ceiling tiles to go in between. We actually have a corner that the ceiling comes down about 2" into the window trim......... WHY??? Now how do we finish it off, where are we supposed to put the trim? GRRRRR.

So we replace the entire ceiling, and then we get...WATER. NOW WHAT????? OK, another tenant had moved in (very briefly) they didn't have a shower curtain HELLO, DUH. Of course that didn't stop them from taking showers....

So we pulled down the section that was damaged & replaced it, we still have some leftover, it had better not happen again......

So now why is the floor wet in the kitchen hun? WHAT???? Ok, new tenants, with kids, apparently if you move the shower head too far & unscrew it it leaks.....

So, we left it open for quite a while...thankfully because it leaked again (this is what, the 4th time????) Now we have it so the ceiling tiles directly under the pipes can be easily removed & replaced without disrupting the rest of my NEW ceiling.

Have I mentioned just how much I hate dropped ceilings, the people who installed them in MY house & the mice that had made it home...