Kitchen Remodel, Day 5

 November 8, 2020

Well, it's been quite a week.  Biden/Harris are projected to be the next administration (election not certified yet), Katherine Johnson and Alex Trebek (legends) both passed, it just started snowing (I hate snow) and our remodel progresses.  Whew!

Remember when I said the hardwood had buckled under the refrigerator when it sprung a leak?  Well, when all of the cabinetry was removed we discovered black mold!  The contractor assured me, as he poked at it, that it was dead but we liberally poured bleach on it anyway.  That fridge had been leaking for a very long time.

My friend, Patsy, has a workshop in the back of her long arm quilt shop.  She needed cabinetry.  I needed to clear out my garage.  Patsy's nephew and his good friend to the rescue.  These two charming young men are perfectly delightful and very hard workers.  They grabbed pieces like they were lifting empty shoe boxes.  Amazing.

 

This is a 20 foot box truck.  It was stuffed when they were finished.

I could barely lift one end of this.  He grabbed it like it weighed nothing.

Flooring!

Gary is happy to have his side of the garage almost empty.

The plumber confounds me.  The first time he came and shut off the water, the next morning when I jumped in the shower I got scalded.  Our shower has a temperature setting on the main handle and you just turn it on/off.  The temperature button has always been set at roughly 10 o'clock.  It now sits at 4 o'clock.  The second time he came (because the electrician accidently poked a pin hold in the copper pipe when he was tying down the wiring) he forgot to plug the circulation pump back in and the hot water wasn't hot at all.  Thank heavens Gary knows enough about the equipment to recognize that it just needed to be plugged back in.  

We've had only a few minor issues which are happily overlooked when you take in the entire project.  So far we are doing great!  Enjoyed a wonderful dinner at Mary Ann and Cal's Friday night.  They are delightful hosts and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.  Tuesday we'll go out to Prescott Valley and enjoy a meal with brother Bill and his wonderful wife, Mindy.  And then Wednesday cabinetry arrives!

And it's snowing.  Good grief!