-the 30" wide peninsula cabinet
-all its drawers and drawer fronts and handles
-the drawer for under the kitchen sink with its attached drawer front and handle
-24x40 door that had a dent in it
-5 cover panels for the back and end of that 30" cabinet that didnt reach to the floor the way i wanted
once i was in the parking lot of ikea, i reassembled the 30" cabinet i'd had to disassemble to fit into my car. then pushed in two carts of stuff to the return department. happily, i managed to convince the guy to put the returns on my credit card rather than store credit.
i could not find any trash cans that would fit in a 15" wide trash/recycle pull out cabinet. the width inside that cabinet was only 13.5 inches and the drawer was even narrower than that. so i went with the 18" cabinet. it can fit two 15" wide trash cans. and that ikea trash can fits a paper bag for recycles.
then i went upstairs to the kitchen department and ordered the two new base cabinets to take the place of the 30" cabinet. the 18" with the pull out trash/recycle, and a 12" with a cabinet door that pulls out to have two shelves. i'm not sure i'll like it, but it was either that or have a skinny 12" cabinet that is 24" deep, with shelves. i fear anything i'd put in there would get lost or be difficult to reach down there.
all in all i ordered:
-18" wide cabinet, its pull out trash/recycle drawer, and door
-12" wide cabinet, its pull out drawer, and door
-3 new end/cover panels that reach all the way to the floor (but will need cutting with dads table saw to fit)
-2 regular cabinet doors for the sink cabinet, plus hinges and door dampers, to replace the sink drawer i returned
-a replacement 24x40 door
-another kitchen island floor mounting piece for the extra peninsula cabinet since there will now be three cabinets instead of two
-handles for the new doors and drawers.
they said the Blankett handles are being discontinued. so hopefully i have enough. for the 12" cabinet, it turns out there are no 12" handles. so i bought a 15" one and will cut it down.
i picked up two of their trash cans, a couple more drawer organizer trays, and some drawer liner stuff for the 30" wide drawers in the cabinet next to the sink so things dont slide around. went and paid for it all and went and waited for the order to be ready and loaded it into my car.
got home and dad came up and we caulked between the new floor boards, and around the pipes, and around the wire for the dishwasher. oh we drilled a new hole in the floor for the dishwasher wiring.
we reinstalled the sink cabinet.
i did manage to get the screw loose for the dishwasher electrical box. this is the view from the bottom of the dishwasher that i had tipped onto its back.
took three days of wd-40. we got the dishwasher installed, but getting it level was a bit of a hassle. still not sure its entirely level. i'm supposed to add water and check that water level inside the tub to tell if its level, thats what the manual recommends.
i connected the water hoses
and dad connected the electrical. at the bottom of the little electric box is the hole for the little screw that gave us so much trouble.
then we put the sink back in, but had to do a bit of fidgeting and yank up on the pipes to make them fit the sink. got everything connected back up and flipped the breaker back on for the dishwasher. ran it and no leaks there. tightened up the faucet connections and no more leaks there. but the drain pipe under the sink was leaking. i had to throw a bucket under the drain pipe and wait until the dishwasher stopped running to fully disconnect and reconnect it. turns out the dishwasher was set for a 3 hours cycle. and i didnt know how to stop the cycle or any of that yet. easier to just wait it out.
tired. my feet hurt something awful.
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