{"id":3872,"date":"2022-03-31T17:48:12","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T22:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thenewbigdadoo.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/31\/kitchen-update-no-1\/"},"modified":"2022-03-31T17:48:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T22:48:12","slug":"kitchen-update-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/2022\/03\/31\/kitchen-update-no-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitchen Update No: 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;re updating our kitchen counter tops to quartz!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As is seemingly quite normal one new thing tends to lead to a bunch of new things. New counter mean new sink, new faucet and new backslash tiles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the new counter will be installed by the pros I&#8217;m tasked with removing the old counter and doing the new tiles.  New tiles means removing the old ones. To test out that process I&#8217;m starting behind the stove. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenewbigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/img_3002-3-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3002-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3002-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3002-3-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3002-3-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3002-3-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Behind the stove<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No turning back now so I&#8217;m hacking off the rest of the tiles trying to minimize the drywall damage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenewbigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/img_3004-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3869\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3004-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3004-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3004-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3004-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3004-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Unavoidable drywall damage <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let the patching begin! Coat #1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenewbigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/img_3005-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3005-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3005-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3005-1-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3005-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3005-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I suspect there will be a couple of rounds of mudding and sanding to get the surface ready for tiles and then a coat of primer. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re updating our kitchen counter tops to quartz! 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