Saturday, April 30, 2011

Bathroom getting close to done and kitchen cabinet issue

The contractor, Damian, made some effort to get the bathroom ready since I will be moving in next weekend, hopefully. It will be a few days before my current lease expires. They finished the electrical, plumbing, and sheetrock work for the bathroom. The plumbing consisted also of installing a box for water valves and raising the existing drain in the shower stall, which is now converted into a small laundry room. They started now with laying the tiles on the floor. Next week, they will continue laying tiles on the walls and around the shower/bathtub area.

The 2-in-1 washer/dryer arrived on Thursday. I waited at the condo to pick up the delivery. They deliver only in front of the door and don't go up the stairs, but I talked the delivery guy into bringing the box up one floor into my apartment by telling him that I will pay extra. He rolled the box over to take it up the stairs. The box had a lot of padding in it, so it was OK to do so.

As for the kitchen, aside from the electrical and plumbing, the vent guy did some work this week. He removed the old vent that was hidden in the wall. Next week, he will install the new one.

Because the vent that has to run along the ceiling from the wall to the hood, there is a problem now with the kitchen cabinets. The ones I am ordering are standard cabinets, not custom. We have to find a way to fit the vent into the cabinets. The contractor said they usually build a custom box that sits inside the cabinet and it houses the vent in it. I'm going to go this afternoon to the cabinet place and ask her if it's possible to have anything like that. If not, I will have to come up with a creative solution. Maybe I will ask the contractor to modify the cabinets since there is no time to order other cabinets. Custom cabinets usually have a lead time of 4 weeks, which is too long at this point.

Here are some pictures of the progress in the bathroom.


New sheetrock around the bathtub



Plumbing for the bathtub and shower



Tile floor in the bathroom



Tile floor extending into closet



Shower room that will be a laundry room


Here are some new pictures of the kitchen.


Old kitchen vent removed



New boxes in the kitchen ceiling for lights



New electrical wires in the kitchen

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