Score at the half: Dishwasher 2, Rob's toolbox 1
Saturday we bought a (barely) used dishwasher for really cheap, intending to replace the old one that barely works.
This afternoon I thought we might install it. I have been called an optimist before.....
Apparently the 1/4" laminate flooring in our kitchen was installed after the old dishwasher. First I had to cut away the floor moulding that had been installed across the entire baseboard including the dishwasher base. Then I discovered that the front feet of the dishwasher were actually under the top layer of flooring. My little hacksaw blade wouldn't help here. Nor would my drill.
Then I realized that what I needed was a Dremel, though I've never actually used one before. So I went out and bought one, along with a couple of bits that looked like they might be useful for this task.
And then I spent quite a while grinding away at the floor to make a couple little ramps for the feet, learning how to use a Dremel as I went (and those things can be scary sometimes). Toward the end of that I started mixing in trying to raise the feet above the floor level; one side worked fine, but the other side was quite stuck; eventually with enough WD-40 I got it to turn.
Finally I got around to turning off and disconnecting the water line.... and realized that the water inlet is in a different place on the new dishwasher, requiring some additional copper pipe and an elbow. I do not count plumbing as one of my skills, not even one of my "I've seen it done enough that I'd feel comfortable doing it myself" skills. At this point, after already fighting the flooring and the foot, I decided it was time to put the project down until tomorrow.
Update: Read duriyah's account of the same thing.
It's also worth noting that the noise of the Dremel scared away one cat, while the near-deaf one wandered over to investigate further.
This afternoon I thought we might install it. I have been called an optimist before.....
Apparently the 1/4" laminate flooring in our kitchen was installed after the old dishwasher. First I had to cut away the floor moulding that had been installed across the entire baseboard including the dishwasher base. Then I discovered that the front feet of the dishwasher were actually under the top layer of flooring. My little hacksaw blade wouldn't help here. Nor would my drill.
Then I realized that what I needed was a Dremel, though I've never actually used one before. So I went out and bought one, along with a couple of bits that looked like they might be useful for this task.
And then I spent quite a while grinding away at the floor to make a couple little ramps for the feet, learning how to use a Dremel as I went (and those things can be scary sometimes). Toward the end of that I started mixing in trying to raise the feet above the floor level; one side worked fine, but the other side was quite stuck; eventually with enough WD-40 I got it to turn.
Finally I got around to turning off and disconnecting the water line.... and realized that the water inlet is in a different place on the new dishwasher, requiring some additional copper pipe and an elbow. I do not count plumbing as one of my skills, not even one of my "I've seen it done enough that I'd feel comfortable doing it myself" skills. At this point, after already fighting the flooring and the foot, I decided it was time to put the project down until tomorrow.
Update: Read duriyah's account of the same thing.
It's also worth noting that the noise of the Dremel scared away one cat, while the near-deaf one wandered over to investigate further.