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[springbok1]

I've been battling a leaky sink for a number of months now. First one handle on the faucet was leaky - Allen helped me replace the O-ring, and the leak just moved to the middle part of the faucet. Allen took it off, and realized the threads were pretty close to bare. He got some plumber's putty and put it back on with that - it worked for a

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[springbok1]

I have a single, straight countertop that is just under 10 feet long, so I was able to pick up this prefab formica, and didn't have to special order anything. They have two other colors of prefab formica - they are both $104 for the 10 foot piece. I actually wanted the lightest color countertop of the three, as that would go best with what I want to do with the look of the kitchen. If I'd liked either of the other two colors better, I would have sprung for the additional $46. Is the horseshoe shaped counter round, or is it squared off corners? If the latter, you might be able to replace it with the prefab pieces - they have some pieces to do corners. If it's rounded, you'll probably have to special order, but formica isn't really that much.

My handyman, Rob, is awesome. He has done work for me, for my sister, and for my parents - most recently for my parents he built some bookshelves for them. However, he is in the process of getting his teaching license and just started student teaching this week. As such, he's only looking to work a weekend or two a month until April. After April, he'd probably take on bigger projects. Before he went back to school full time, he worked with an assistant named Vicki, who I would also recommend. I think she's branched out on her own now, but I would need to get her info from my sister. Let me know if you want either of their contact info.

[phoenixredux]

The corners are square. The thing that makes it more complicated and expensive is the built-in range top and the built-in sink. Though I suppose, since I need to replace both, it's probably easier to fit a new stovetop into a new countertop than trying to mix and match new and old. I wonder if he could fix the two broken drawers? The tracks are broken. My main problem in trying to fix those was accessibility, so it's theoretically possible that someone with cabinet skills could fix the drawers while the countertops were off. Just doing that much + a nice tile backsplash would probably cost under $1000 and would make me hate my kitchen much less. That would be a good place to start. The oven, the floor and the range hood could then wait for another day. Unless I have to do the range hood before the backsplash.

This sounds expensive. :(