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Day 1 of plan was a cinch |
You know how when there is a plan of action that has steps that require the completion of other steps before the plan can continue? And how sometimes the completion of those required steps is just elusive? And then when things finally do get squared away and the required steps get done and all looks to be fine and dandy, there’s this blizzard? Welcome to my world.
Before the kitchen remodel started our contractor sent us his estimate on how things were to proceed. His estimated time frame, give or take a couple, was eight days. (After that, digital measurements would be needed for the new countertops, which would take two to three weeks for cutting and installation.) It was a great plan.
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Notice lack of cabinets on left side |
Day 1: Remove existing
cabinets, appliances and countertops.
Day 2: Frame 3-foot high,
6-foot long wall from corner to past oven. Electrician and plumber will run
electrical and gas lines to new oven location.
Day 3: Subcontractor will
install ducting in floor for downdraft oven vent. Sheetrock, mud and tape wall
when subcontractor is finished.
Days 4 through 6: Install new
cabinets per new kitchen layout.
Day 7: Assemble kitchen
island.
Day 8: Install knobs and pulls. Install trim and
kickboards.Day 1 was February 25th, and the contractor adhered tightly to his schedule for two full days. After that, things went south.
On Day 2, the new appliances were to be delivered – a new refrigerator, dishwasher and range. Of the three, the range was critical. Because no vent had originally been built into the kitchen, we chose is a downdraft style of range. The vent ducting must match up to the underside of the range. Hence, no range meant no ducting work. No ducting work meant no installation of the floor cabinets on the west side of the kitchen.
The appliance store where we ordered the range assured us it would be delivered on March 5th, so the subcontractor was rescheduled for March 6th. In the interim, all the upper cabinets and some of the lower cabinets could be hung. All was right in the world, until the appliance store called on the 4th to state the range would not be delivered on the 5th of March. In fact, at this point the store was suddenly unsure when the range might show up.
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*Sigh* There is no "try" only DO! |
William Congreve coined the phrase, “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” I’m sure he had no idea what a dual fuel, downdraft range could possibly be, or even the concept of a kitchen remodel, when he penned those words in 1697. However, I can state with a good deal of certainty had he seen Mrs. Poynor on March 4th, 2019, the phrase would have come out a little different.
I don’t believe I have ever seen my wife so enraged. While she was engaged on the phone with the store manager, I gathered up all the sharp objects and double checked the gun safe to make sure it was locked. She was never rude or profane, just extremely determined to extract a promise of delivery and a firm date. She firmly rebuffed all attempts at mollification. There would be no nebulous promises. There would only be results. Although she never quoted him, Yoda would have been proud of her insistence. In the end, her unyielding approach worked. The store agreed to obtain the range at another store in Nebraska and deliver it first thing on the 8th. The venting subcontractor was rescheduled for the afternoon of the 8th.
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Just when things started going smoothly... |
Sixteen days after the initial start of the remodel, the contractor completed what should have been the third day. That was also the day the blizzard hit. Two days of wind and snow. The contractor dug out and finished setting all the cabinets on March 15th.
And here we sit, twenty-two days after the start of the remodel. The counter measurements have been made, and now we wait two or three weeks to be finished completely. In the meantime, we have the finest plywood counters available.
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There's nothing to this making counters thing. |
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