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Kitchen remodeling in Sherman Oaks for older houses: a temporary kitchen plan, new circuits and drains, and original built-ins kept where they are sound.
"Can we keep living here while the kitchen is gutted?" In an older Sherman Oaks house the answer can be yes, with planning. We set up a temporary sink and counter in another room, keep the refrigerator running on its own circuit, and seal the kitchen behind a plastic wall with a zip door. Shutoffs of water and power are scheduled ahead and kept short while the new lines are connected.
Wiring the kitchen for what it will run
Old kitchen circuits were sized for a fraction of what a kitchen now has to power. We open the panel, read the service size and count the free spaces, then lay out dedicated circuits for the range, dishwasher, disposal, microwave and refrigerator, plus protected outlets along each counter. If the panel cannot take the load, a service upgrade goes into the scope from the start. Old knob-and-tube or ungrounded cable feeding the kitchen gets replaced back to the panel, and the LADBS electrical inspection happens before the walls close.
Keeping the original pieces
Older houses can hold a built-in hutch, a pantry with its first doors or a window over the sink with wavy glass. We decide early which of those stay, protect them during demolition and plan the new cabinets to meet them at matching heights. Trim pulled for new wiring is numbered and put back where it came from. Where a closed kitchen opens toward the dining room, the casing profile from the existing doorways is milled again for the new opening, so the change looks deliberate and belongs to the house.
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Kitchen Remodeling in Sherman Oaks: common questions
It depends on the panel already there. An older 60 amp service seldom carries an induction range, a dishwasher and counter circuits together, so we check the rating, the bus and the breakers when we first see the house. If an upgrade is needed, it appears in the written scope along with the utility coordination it requires.
Yes, when they are sound. A built-in hutch, a breakfast nook or a pantry cabinet can be stripped, repaired and refinished, and the new layout is drawn around it. If one sits where a new drain or circuit must run, we look for a route that leaves it in place before suggesting it move.
Often, once we know what the wall carries. We look in the attic for ceiling joists lapping over it and under the floor for posts below it. If it bears load, an engineer specifies a beam and LADBS permits the change. Pipes, ducts or wiring inside the wall get rerouted, and the flooring is patched to run through the new opening.
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