Hello everyone! I have a very limited space kitchen, that I have remodelled in cad software. Due to the configuration of the current kitchen, I cannot do much as far as re-organizing appliances, so I had this question: One wall of my kitchen shares a wall with my living room, which has a walk in closet in it. One end of the closet has the back side of the stairs leading up to the upstairs (If you go in the closet, you can see the bottom of the steps above) At one point, this closet must have been accessible from both the kitchen and the living room, because there is a now covered doorway on the kitchen side, directly adjacent to the living room entry door into the closet. The way I want to organize my kitchen calls for me to have to locate my refrigerator along this wall, however the problem is, doing that will create a blockage into the kitchen. What I wanted to do, was cut the closet in half, and in the kitchen, open the closed off side of the closet and slide a free standing fridge into the opening (In essence, making it a built-in refrigerator). I was told, that due to several issues, one being issues with the fridge overheating, and others with the doors not providing clearance to open if its inside of a nook, that I wouldn't be able to do this. I do not have the money to shell forward for a built-in fridge, and since I have a fairly new stainless steel side by side, I wanted to just make this nook in the kitchen the size of the fridge, and slide it in there. Would this be an issue? Below is a mockup diagram of what I am referring to. [ATTACH]55265[/ATTACH]

Hi all, The drain line conversion from 1.5 to 2 inch is going to be a bit more painful than I thought. [LIST=1] [*]The drain runs from one end of the shower to the other end, which is against an exterior wall. [*]Then it turns 90 degrees downwards heading towards the kitchen on the first floor. (It's a partial soffit like situation) [*] Once it reaches below the joists, it turns right [*] At this point, from what I can see using a flex mirror & a flashlight is that it runs about 5 ft and is connected to a 3 inch drain, which presumably is the drain from toilet in the bathroom being remodeled above. The relative positions seem to indicate that. [*] I am not able to really see any Y join where I see the 3 inch pipe, but I have to conclude that it is there (when I tug at the 1.5 pipe, there is no play in the direction towards the 3 inch pipe, it is firmly attached to something.) [*] There will be a need to take down a few cabinets and also tear up the ceiling in the kitchen to get this done. [/LIST] Here is the problem. The plumber is so heavily booked that he can fix this plumbing only 2 weeks from now. What can I do in the bathroom upstairs in the meantime? It does look like the entire drain conversion can be done from the kitchen ceiling side. Am I correct in this assessment? If so, can I proceed with the remaining steps in the bathroom? Thanks Tbone