Not quite yet, though. New sink arrived, which meant the sit-around-being-lazy time was over, and I spent yesterday and today being all productive. Half the countertop is in (must go to lumberyard tomorrow for more plywood, grrr, I go through that stuff fast), and the sink cutout is complete along with the support for the cantilevered part of the sink… fortunately this one’s stainless steel coated with, I dunno, something white. The old sink took myself and CP lifting it up and out — stupid cast-iron double-bowl sink will soon become my laundry mop sink! YES!
And various other details & conversations about the — dum dum DUM — disposal. (In case anyone is wondering, I really do cuss about lack o’ mop sink at least once a day. More if I’m working with stains ‘n dyes, and even more if I’m screwing up the stains ‘n dyes. That means every frickin’ rag and shop towel has to be traipsed into the house so I can soak it down before pitching it. Mineral spirits, denatured alcohol, brush cleaner, paint thinner, turpentine, lacquer retarder, I feel like I’ve got a mini-chemist’s shop in the corner of my workshop. Not to mention how much it smells, and when it says “low odour mineral spirits” DO NOT BELIEVE THE HYPE.)
Anyway, so now sink is in place, shimmed (ugh, how can the countertop be level but the sink be 3/8ths off level, how, I ask, how?), and siliconed. White goopy stuff that’s annoying as hell, and I’m not sure whether it’s an adhesive… fffftt. I wanted to do the sink as undermount, but that would’ve meant both increasing the countertop depth around the sink and waiting until I did the concrete overlay. So, screw it, doing a top-mount.
Started to take the new disposal apart, and figure out what goes where, but I have no plumbers putty, nor epoxy putty. Grrrr.
CP: What are you doing?
Me: D’ya think the epoxy stuff the Pirate left with us will work for plumbers putty?
CP: I have no idea.
Me: *does another taunton-search on epoxy*
CP: You aren’t thinking of putting in the disposal yourself…
Me: *studiously reading an internet page*
CP: You are.
Me: *still reading*
CP: Just call the plumber and have them do it.
Me: I could figure it out.
CP: Call the plumber.
Me: It’s not that hard.
CP: …
Me: …
Unfortunately, we’re down to no dishes and the dishwasher don’t work if there’s no water in the sink, and I guess that means I’ll call the plumber. Sigh. I was rather intrigued by the notion of figuring out that disposal, even if it does look like there are leftover parts. That, right there, is just peculiar. I’m used to leftover parts, but usually only after I’ve been playing with it for awhile.
Will post pictures and/or link to flickr later, once I’ve retraced my route and recalled my pw. I think I accidentally deleted it from my keychain, and now I bloody well can’t remember it. Ugh!
Tagged: construction, kitchen