How to Prepare Your Plumbing for a Kitchen Remodel
Kitchens are the life of a house. Don’t get us wrong. What we mean is that it is where the cooking happens. It is where you make your healthy drinks. It is where we make the food we eat in the house. So, can you see? Kitchens are the life of a home.
So, it is expected that now and then, we try to spruce up our kitchen. We try to make our kitchens look better. We also want to feel better each time we enter the kitchen. Families bond in the kitchen. It is where couples catch up on their day. Kitchens are also places of mini gathering where we make memories and share thoughts. Apart from familial benefits, renovating your kitchen could help you improve the value of your home as your home would look modern and newer.
Kitchen renovations come with mixed feelings. You are excited about the new look, and at the same time, you realize there is so much work to do. The work can sometimes exhaust you even before you begin. You have to consider moving cabinets, kitchen appliances, countertops, and other fixtures which you have in your kitchen.
Central to your kitchen remodeling is improving your kitchen plumbing, and due to its complexity, it has to come before you make any significant renovations to your kitchen. So, you have to work with your plumber on the possible changes you have to make before embarking on a renovation. Knowing the plumbing issues you have to take care of before a renovation is essential, and these are what you should consider before renovating. It would help if you did this at this stage as it can be costlier planning a plumbing remodeling in the middle of remodeling your kitchen.
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Note What Needs to Be Changed
Before you make any change, you have to develop ideas on how you want your kitchen to look. Know where you want to put things. Have a clear mind where you want things to be. Doing this is very crucial because you have to make some plumbing and electrical changes. So, have a well-thought-out review session. Look around carefully. Note where you want things to be. Learn what you need to do by talking with an expert. Your plumber should be with you every step of the way. Your plumber will tell you the changes you need to make. Also, you have to connect your contractor with your plumber to plan on the plumbing remodeling. It is essential to do so before other areas of the kitchen would be remodeled. Also, ask for the drawings or plans your contractor has
It is not a must that you must move fixtures but doing so means that you have to reroute the plumbing and, definitely, the electricity.
Reroute the Plumbing
When you know what changes you need to make and how you will go about the fixtures in the kitchen, it’s time to reroute your plumbing. This is where your plumber becomes vital. Your plumber will help you carry out your necessary plumbing work to suit your renovation plans. Doing this can be exhausting, but it is with it as it will let your other renovation happen seamlessly. For instance, if you plan to move your sink and don’t redirect your pipes to where the new sink is, there is no way it would work. So, when you decide to move kitchen fixtures, you have to redirect your pipes.
Install Shutoff Valve
Your plumbing redirection will not look masterful without shutoff valves. A shutoff valve helps control the flow of water. You must make sure that your appliances such as refrigerator and dishwasher have shutoff valves. The valve would help you regulate the water flow to these appliances. Adding the valves makes you have more control over your plumbing. So, you get to respond to a leak very quickly. Consult your plumber on shutoff valves when you want to get your plumbing ready for the remodel.
Think Modern for your Plumbing Remodelling.
If you can afford it, don’t be frugal when you want to remodel your kitchen. It is an investment which you would be glad you made. One such great investment you can make in improving your kitchen plumbing to make it more modern.
However, such a massive project can be costly. To have modern plumbing in your kitchen, you can replace your old and probably now rusty iron pipes running through your home with PVC. The upgrade will make it easier for your to maintain your plumbing. Also, it would also make your rerouting more straightforward, and you can put your sink and other kitchen appliance in a different place than they have if you want.
Speaking of sinks, ensure that you have reinstalled your new sink before you add your kitchen cabinets. You make me think it’s unneeded, but it would help if you did want we recommend for the sake of convenience and optimal remodeling. The reason for our recommendation is that when you install your sink before the cabinet, your general contractor can use the dimensions of the sink to guide the cabinet installation. This would allow your rerouted pipes to have more room. Plus, you get to save on the extra cash and time as you would be better guided on your cabinet installation.
Consider the Possibility of Additional Plumbing.
You will need additional plumbing when you move fixtures. It is inevitable. When you remodel a kitchen and end up moving kitchen fixtures that require you to redirect your kitchen plumbing, you will also be required to add additional plumbing to make the redirection possible. For instance, when you add a dishwasher, a newer refrigerator that makes ice, garbage disposal, etc., you would need to make adjustments. You would have to create a water supply for these kitchen gadgets.
So, to make these changes, be sure to sit and discuss with your plumber extensively to know all the necessary additional plumbing you would need to remodel your kitchen. So, you need to know about every improvement you want to make and the cost per head of those things you need to get.
Author Bio: Jessica Chapman, a writing editor from Chicago who has written many college paper reviews for RushEssay. She is into sport and politics, enjoys travelling.
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