Our contractor and his assistant arrived on-time, Monday morning. They smashed out all the cabinets, while our dogs cowered in the corner. I stayed home to “supervise” things, and by “supervise” I mean play video games all day.
When all the cabinets and tile were removed, you could see the sub-floor where the cabinets were. There were 3 layers of flooring (tile, lino, lino), so the contractors made the decision to remove all the flooring. Once that was done, they spent the rest of the day laying our new flooring (TUNDRA white). It looks like whitewashed wood, and it matches our countertop.
They had a table saw out back, for cutting pieces, so it was a very loud day. At the end of the day, they brought all of there equipment inside.
The next day, Tuesday, was the cabinets. They had a table in the kitchen where they assembled the cabinets, and they used air tools to put them together. This was the part I was worried about, because it takes me forever to put Ikea stuff together (for example, our kitchen table took me 4 hours to build). They were done mid-afternoon.
During the day, the dishwasher was delivered by Sears, and the inspector came to review the dishwasher wiring. The inspector literally walk in, went downstairs, walked up, and left. All for the low price of $120.
In the afternoon, the contractor installed the counter top and sink. Finished! We paid him $2500, which included him taking away the old cabinets, the cardboard boxes, and the old flooring. He commented that he was talking to his buddy the night before and he suspects the bottom layer of tile in our kitchen may have been asbestos. Yikes!!
I’ll talk about plumbing, painting and tiling next.
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