My kitchen renovation project...
My kitchen renovation project is going slower than I planned. The 3 stone top fabricators I would choose from were closed for the week between Christmas & New Years, so I'm awaiting prices and availability. Actually, I got a price from one and waiting on the other 2.So no contract and no one to measure to start fabrication.
The old sink and top have been shifted to the new location and the plumber did a temporary reconnect. That will work until the new countertop arrives.
I planned to assemble the drawers over the weekend and drawer slide mechanisms for the cabinets were in separate boxes, but the screws are no where to be found. So I missed the opportunity to assemble and install them.
I got a response from the office where I bought the cabinets and they will gladly replace the missing screws, but I'm not going that way for a day or so. At this point, I'll pay one of my installers to finish the cabinets as I'm working on 2 new projects.
Cabinet parts and tools are stacked everywhere in the kitchen, dining room, living room and hallway and my plan is to re-stack them into one area so the place doesn't look like the aftermath of a tornado!
That said, I'm pretty comfortable predicting this phase of my kitchen renovation will be finished before the end of the month.
I broke down all the old cabinets and tossed them into the dumpster so there were no signs of construction going on. Yesterday, I see one of my neighbors is doing a renovation too, but they placed the old cabinets, drawers and parts near the dumpster for everyone to see.
I hear the garbage truck this morning banging around so that stuff should be gone today.
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The cabinets were made from melamine particleboard. I cannot give them away. A place where I used to work has a 30 cubic yard container for dumping old cabinets taken from remodeling projects. The bad part is weekends people come by and dump their items, like sofas and mattresses. Having an empty dumpster on Friday was an invitation for trouble. I suggested they call for a pickup on Monday so it's already filled to the top all weekend and no place to add more stuff.
Goodwill, Veteran Services, Faith Farm and other places that recycle cabinets and furniture typically refuse things unless they are in really clean condition.