We had a busy and productive day, although we did get a late start since Kevin had to work until noon. He had been awake since 5:30am and decided he needed to take a nap before starting work on the kitchen cabinets. In the mean time Jeremy and I watched one of the movies we had rented the night before titled, "Welcome To Collinwood." Finally, it is 2:30pm and we start ripping out the lower cabinets that hold the cooktop and walloven. With hammer in hand and a lot of determination I tackle the doors and all the front trim. Next step was to unhook the gas to the cooktop. What a fiasco that turned out to be. I had to call a plumber to get information on how to do this. We followed his instructions to the letter, but the gas could not be turned off. I finally called the plumber again and he came out to see if he could figure out what the problem could be. Turned out to be a faulty valve on the gas meter. While he was there he went ahead and unhooked the gas line to the cooktop, capped it off, and unhooked the walloven as well. Luckily there was a shutoff valve for the walloven. I bet he wasn't there for 30 minutes and charged us $65.00. Kevin took his 'Baby Huey' (that is what he calls his 5lb sledge hammer) and commenced to tearing out the countertop itself and then the floor to ceiling cabinet partition. All that is left is the base and dividers. Another problem insues. A copper tubing that runs from the icemaker through the wall in the garage also runs through the entire lower cabinets. Time to get out the Dewalt cutout tool and cut the corners of all the dividers in the lower cabinets. Afterwards the base came up with a little persuasion with a prybar....
Posted by Theresa at April 13, 2003 01:08 AM