April 19, 2009

Pancakes and sausage started our day. Although we didn't make enough; tally up one in the thumbs up column!!!! Paul stopped by for coffee, so once again - off to a late start. 

Carlo situated the electric - which is always problematic but with his knowledge and (IMO) guts, he got it wired properly. 

While Carlo ran to the store, I cleaned up from breakfast, finished attaching the pine to the walls and put the dishes and such back into the cabinets that we rehung before he left. When he returned, he finished with the outlets and the switch. Even though there are always problems, he has - again - resolved them and continued on to do a great job.

We took out the old sink and counter top and replaced the flooring under the sink with a piece of masonite. But, as our luck would have it, while sliding the piece into place, the drain pipe broke. Luckily, it was a piece under the cabin that snapped apart and can easily be fixed - however - Carlo had to head back to the store again! We hate when these things happen, especially on a Sunday - it seems every place opens late and closes early. Good thing Carlo has a lot of patience. He reworked the plumbing and was able to re-use everything - making it fit along the way. He is just like McGuyver - very resourceful! He made it look easy but he wasn't happy with the amount of time it all took. The counters were a lot easier to cut than we anticipated and once we got going, things went surprisingly well! We cut the counter to fit the space then needed to cut the opening for the drop-in sink. 

We attached the faucets to the sink prior to putting the sink into the counter top. 

A little caulk to help hold everything in place!

Connecting the plumbing from below.

Amazing difference.

Let's see if this thing shoots water!

Ready for the new top.

Cutting the counter for the smaller cabinet.

And it's attached!

We gave the old counters to our neighbor Steve for his work shed. It seemed to take forever to clean up but once we got it done we enjoyed an O'Wich Skillet. Chalk up number two in the thumbs up column! It's four to two and crappy is still in the lead.

We got a few things ready for my return trip on Tuesday so I can start the next step of this project - tiling!

It was nice to stop moving after dinner was over and soon I was fast asleep on the recliner!