Comments on: Kitchen Pre-Drywall http://www.shaneandcasey.com/2009/02/21/kitchen-pre-drywall/ Family, House, Home Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:58:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Shane http://www.shaneandcasey.com/2009/02/21/kitchen-pre-drywall/comment-page-1/#comment-233 Shane Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:16:40 +0000 http://www.shaneandcasey.com/?p=305#comment-233 I'm 99% positive it isn't the stovepipe as I believe the stove was next to the chimney before on the other side of the room. I can see where the exhaust went into the chimney previously. At first I didn't think it was a laundry shoot, but I didn't even think of the fact that clothes were washed in the kitchen before. The hole opened up above a long and narrow pantry like area at the back of the kitchen. So it very well could have been the location for the dirty clothes. I’m 99% positive it isn’t the stovepipe as I believe the stove was next to the chimney before on the other side of the room. I can see where the exhaust went into the chimney previously.

At first I didn’t think it was a laundry shoot, but I didn’t even think of the fact that clothes were washed in the kitchen before. The hole opened up above a long and narrow pantry like area at the back of the kitchen. So it very well could have been the location for the dirty clothes.

]]> By: Scott http://www.shaneandcasey.com/2009/02/21/kitchen-pre-drywall/comment-page-1/#comment-229 Scott Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:44:08 +0000 http://www.shaneandcasey.com/?p=305#comment-229 I would be it was a laundry shoot? washing used to be done in the kitchen where hot water from the stove could be at the ready. Just a guess. I would be it was a laundry shoot? washing used to be done in the kitchen where hot water from the stove could be at the ready. Just a guess.

]]> By: hallie http://www.shaneandcasey.com/2009/02/21/kitchen-pre-drywall/comment-page-1/#comment-128 hallie Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:36:55 +0000 http://www.shaneandcasey.com/?p=305#comment-128 I also vote former stovepipe - though it could also have been a dumbwaiter (is that how you spell that? Dunno). I also vote former stovepipe – though it could also have been a dumbwaiter (is that how you spell that? Dunno).

]]> By: momomatic http://www.shaneandcasey.com/2009/02/21/kitchen-pre-drywall/comment-page-1/#comment-117 momomatic Sun, 22 Feb 2009 21:55:33 +0000 http://www.shaneandcasey.com/?p=305#comment-117 Bummer on the mold issue--yuck! Thanks for the update! :) Bummer on the mold issue–yuck!

Thanks for the update! :)

]]> By: Folksy Lady http://www.shaneandcasey.com/2009/02/21/kitchen-pre-drywall/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Folksy Lady Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:48:48 +0000 http://www.shaneandcasey.com/?p=305#comment-116 I have one of these too! It is also in a closet. It goes up through the dining room and into my closet (which has a scuttle hole into the attic. My best guess is that it is a passage for a stove pipe that might have at one time connected to the chimney (I no longer have a chimny in this house and we never had a fireplace). When I had the new sheetrock put in I had them go over this, forever covering it until a homeowner down the road uncovers it and wonders the same thing! I have one of these too! It is also in a closet. It goes up through the dining room and into my closet (which has a scuttle hole into the attic.

My best guess is that it is a passage for a stove pipe that might have at one time connected to the chimney (I no longer have a chimny in this house and we never had a fireplace). When I had the new sheetrock put in I had them go over this, forever covering it until a homeowner down the road uncovers it and wonders the same thing!

]]> By: Jen http://www.shaneandcasey.com/2009/02/21/kitchen-pre-drywall/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Jen Sun, 22 Feb 2009 05:27:01 +0000 http://www.shaneandcasey.com/?p=305#comment-115 Oh my gosh! You guys are troopers for dealing with all of that... The little door in the ceiling is super-cool - you gotta love old houses for having hidden secrets like this! Thanks again for the nice comments the other day... I think we're going to end up moving! I'm definitely not opposed to living in a small city/town (in fact, your comments make it sound quite appealing), I just worry that there will be very limited job opportunities for me, since I work in a pretty specialized field. Ahh, well, why not give it a shot, right? :) Oh my gosh! You guys are troopers for dealing with all of that… The little door in the ceiling is super-cool – you gotta love old houses for having hidden secrets like this!

Thanks again for the nice comments the other day… I think we’re going to end up moving! I’m definitely not opposed to living in a small city/town (in fact, your comments make it sound quite appealing), I just worry that there will be very limited job opportunities for me, since I work in a pretty specialized field. Ahh, well, why not give it a shot, right? :)

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