Week 3-31-4/6 progress

Here is a list of the different things we worked on.  

• Has gas line relocated
• Moved range from island to new location
• Completed 240 v outlet wiring
• Removed 1/2 wall section
• Rewired dishwasher and outlets

Moving the stove	What's going on down there...
New gas line location	Rewiring 1/2 wall

• We also had the excitement that Logan fell off a chair and cut the back of his head open on the hardwood floor edge.  Sally took him to the ER and he had two staples put on the cut.

Week 3-24-3/30 progress

Here is a list of the different things we worked on.   Nothing really looks much different, but we did get many different things taken care of.

• Purchased and installed Microwave
• Capped old refrigerator water line (to prevent possible leak)
• Added junction box in crawl space for hanging live wire found by Mr. Sparky
• Added conduit to breaker box for new range electric supply line.
• Ran new 8-3 wire for stove from breaker box to new location
• Mounted new surface mounted outlet for range
• Fixed water leak from cracked drain line
• Assembled Lazy-Susan cabinet
• Removed more old tile.
• Finalized plans for counter layout
• Sanded and stained base cabinets (except silverware)

This one passes	What a mess...
Tile removal	New range outlet ready to go

Base cabinets stained.

Water leak fixed

TODO This week:

• Finish staining and polyurethane base cabinets
• Order Lazy-Susan hardware
• Install drawer slides in base cabinets
• Finish box joint jig and build a drawer
• Get gas line/stove moved
• Start tearing out half wall in nook.

Range electricity

After talking to Mr. Sparky I decided to pull the new 4 conductor range supply line myself.  The main issue in running a new line is getting into the breaker box.   I asked him about adding a new conduit and he said that was "nearly impossible".   I'm not sure if I took that as a challenge or not, but that is what I decided to try to do. It looked like I could just enlarge a hole already in the crawl space and punch out a breaker box access hole. It really went smoothly but I did need a second person to help guide the conduit into place and get the nut on. Hardly impossible.  Took about an hour.

Cost of the wire, outlet, and conduit was about $70.   Mr. Sparky's quote to run the new line was $835.  So we saved about $765.   To be fair to Mr. Sparky, they do not look for the easiest way to do something.  They just pull numbers from a book for what this or that will cost.  Now lets just hope the oven works =).

Leak

We had an extra little project to take care of this weekend.  When I added the new water line for the refrigerator, I noticed that there was a water leak under the house.   The leak was from a drain line connected to the kitchen sink.   The location was very strange though since if you stand directly under the sink there is no drain line there.   The pipes apparently turn right and run over to the wall about 3-4 ft before turning and going down into the craw space.  This meant that the leak seems to be actually in the wall somewhere.  We had Mr. Rooter quote on fixing the problem.  He thought the cabinets needed to be removed to find the leak.  Lucky we are replacing them...

I could not find exactly where the leak was, but it was obvious it was somewhere in this section.  I used a saws-all to cut it out.  After getting the section out you could see a big long crack down the pipe on the back side of it.    There was a metal hanging bracket that was very rusty and broke.  When that failed, it let the pipe fall about a 1/4 to 1/2 inch which cracked the pipe.  We are not sure how long it has been leaking.   We were very lucky that the water that fell out didn't get any wood wet.  It fell into a little depression in the crawl space. I built a new pipe assembly that installed it in a couple hours.

Quotes

We requested some quotes for moving the electricity and gas supply for the range.

Mr Sparky @ 8-8:30 Roger from Mr. Sparky can out and gave us a quote. It was much higher than we hoped.  They use a price list much like auto repair for what items should cost.  $832 to pull a new 4 conductor wire from the breaker box to the new range location.  Yikes!  I am leaning towards pulling the new wire myself.   We should be able to save about $700-$750.
Mr Rooter @ 12-2 Sally met with the plumbing guy.  He quoted on several things.   Move gas line in kitchen. $344.76 Repair leak on kitchen sink drains from wall into crawlspace. $205.95 Cap Icemaker line below floor. $81.82 Advantage plan. $99 total $731.53

Microwave

	Sally ordered the microwave from BestBuy since HomeDepot would not price match.  We ended up getting a Whirlpool WMH31017B based on my mom's review of her Whirplool microwave . WMH31017B - 1.7 cu. ft. Microwave Hood Combination with Hidden Vent  It came in on time and I installed it Thursday night.  Installation went really well and I only had to drill the holes once =).

Week 3/17-3/23 Progress

We were able to get a good amount of work done this weekend. Here is a list of the different things we worked on:

• Fixed drywall in ceiling/wall corner where wall cabinets mount 
• Primed and pained wall behind wall cabinets 
• Removed old wall cabinets and installed in garage
• Mounted all the wall cabinets 
• Moved the outlet that would have ended up over the oven down the wall. 
• Added an outlet in the microwave cabinet 
• Wired up under cabinet LED power supply to 120v. 
• Tested and mounted soft touch PWM Led brightness controller 
• Built LED strips and mounted lights under 3/4 of cabinets

Old cabinets gone!	New cabinets go up!
Microwave wiring changes	Work foreman taking a break

Most of the wall cabinets mounted and microwave outlet installed

Testing PWM LED controller mounted under cabinet

Some of the under cabinet lighting working

TODO This week:

• Order microwave and replacement Alder plywood sheet
• Finish mounting LED lighting
• Build small base cabinets (does not include sink/lazy susan)
• Start staining base cabinets
• Mock up space lost in Nook if we add cabinets to back of current cabinets
• Install microwave
• Add outlet to provide power for counter top to the right of the stove.
• Finish/Test box joint jig.