the options at menards were some seriously slim pickings, despite having many different size offerings. what was there had split layers, cracked thru, and warped. it was pitiful, and theres no way ANYONE would buy product in that poor of shape. i should have taken pictures.
home depot had only one size cut plywood panel, but they had tons of that size to choose from, all looking great. so now i know where to buy them.
i picked up 3 push-to-connect, quarter-turn, shut-off valves. one to replace the leaking dishwasher shut-off valve. the old one is not a quarter turn one like the two faucet ones are, its more like an outdoor faucet valve where you turn and turn and turn. the towel i have under that valve is getting wetter and wetter. i have to move it and change it out more and more frequently. its failing, and it seems to be getting worse.
tomorrow dad is coming up and we're going to work on replacing the water-damaged subfloor under the dishwasher and sink. and replace the leaky dishwasher shut off valve.
its looking like the drawer under the kitchen sink wont work without heavily cutting the metal backplate of the drawer. and i dont want to do that, i fear it would compromise the sturdiness of the extra wide 36" drawer. but i so DEARLY want the trash and recycle bins in a drawer, out of reach of the dogs!
so i'm looking at returning the 30" wide peninsula cabinet for two 15" wide cabinets. one cabinet with regular drawers, the second one with a trash/recycle drawer. but finding trash cans that would fit the 15" cabinet it is turning out to be a challenge. the inside of the cabinet is only 13.5". most trash cans i'm finding are 14 or 15 inches wide, or even wider. and trying to search for that size trash can pulls up how many quarts or gallons it is instead of how wide it is. so i'm not sure a 15" wide cabinet will work. the 18" cabinet would be ideal, but there is no 12" wide cabinet with drawers. so i'd be shortening the peninsula. i could do a 24" cabinet, but what would i do with THAT much trash can space? and i really wanted the 30" cabinet there. *sigh*. best laid plans gone awry.
i dont know what to do yet. i need to think more and maybe spend some more time on ikeas website. i dont want a 12" wide cabinet thats 24" deep on an inside corner. it'd be a major pain in the ass to reach anything in such a narrow deep cabinet.
but i know for sure the 30" peninsula cabinet is going back. and it wont fit in my car. and i dont want to make dad drive his truck up here, load the cabinet, and drive down to ikea to return it. so i took the cabinet apart and pounded the nailed-in backing piece loose. i tested the fit and i can get it back together, so if i load it all in my car disassembled and bring a couple tools, i can assemble it in the parking lot and return it looking whole rather than looking pounded apart.
a close up of the hole left behind by the nails in the backing piece
from a distance its not so bad looking
the back piece still attached to the base of the cabinet, the sides already pounded loose.
also, the laminate flooring has ended up being an inch short of reaching where the toe-kick will mount, along the whole length in front of the sink side cabinets. i have no replacement laminate flooring pieces that can 'lock' in place. only one long board is left. we can maybe cut it in strips to fit, but we cant attach them to the rest of the laminate flooring. we'd have to maybe glue them to the floor or something.
a picture of the toe kick set in place, showing the gap between the laminate and the toe kick
an inch short
a not inconspicuous gap
lots to think about.
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