It's just never a simple project, is it?

14 years ago

Sorry - little vent here... (sigh)

Wanted a new oven, thought it would be simple enough...back in December.

We decided to utilize an empty wall in our kitchen so that we could get a bigger double oven. We started off with some pictures from the internet of interesting cabinetry.

5 quotes later and we finally decide on one very cool cabinet arrangement and we order the cabinets.

We order the oven.

We are excited... until we look up and decide that our canned lights will need to be moved, otherwise they'll be right over the new cabinets.

Call in an electrician, but first move the computer away from the wall and plug the internet in to another connection.

Uh-oh... the only jack with DSL in our home is right where the oven is going to go.

Call in Verizon. Stay home all day waiting for tech to arrive. Miss work.

Electrician pulls down old canned lights and starts to cut for new lights.

Electrician discovers our heating duct is torn.

Cut big hole in ceiling to assess problem. Call in heating guy. Heating guy gives $$$$$ quote.

We have a friend recommend another heating guy. MUCH better rates. Hopefully this weekend he can repair the heating duct.

Also, wall needs to be rewired for 220 for the new oven.

Need to call drywall guy, get electrician back and hire a painter to cover it all up.

UGH! Cabinets are in, but can't be installed until all of this other work is done. Oh... and my old, obsolete ugly, 24" oven finally died, so I have no oven for a couple of weeks.

In the meantime, my beautiful Elux Icon double oven is sitting in my living room. (at least I can gaze at it and dream of exciting days when i can actually use it!)

I'm crossing my fingers that nothing else rears its ugly head.

okay.... I'm done... thanks for listening.

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Comments (6)

brickeyee
14 years ago
But old houses are fun!
eleena
14 years ago
Don't have to be really old! LOL

There is a new and really gorgeous subdivision not far from me. When I first an open house there, I was seriously ready to sell my house and move, but the housing market was down (which meant taking a loss), so I had to "chill out".

Guess what? I know someone who bought a house there and they had terrible problems with black mold and had to move out due to being allergic to mold. One never knows, right...

OP, I really feel your pain. Every single appliance broke soon after we got this house and new appliances do not fit the old openings. Do I need to say more?

Did I mention finding mold in AC vents a week after bringing a newborn home?

Well, "this too shall pass". :-)
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rocketmomkd
14 years ago
Yikes! That's alot of kinks. I hope it all gets worked out quickly, and you'll be cooking in your new oven in no time.
chicagoans
14 years ago
Oh I feel your pain! Our renovation started because... my kids wanted a dog. I said no dog until I have a mudroom. Fast forward through many re-drawings and renderings and "while we're at it" moments, and we ended up with a 2 story, 1000+ square ft addition off the back, gutted kitchen, refinished floors, new roof, garage and driveway, and 4 new bathrooms. We eventually got the dog, too. :)

Just recently I told DH I wanted to repaint the front door and shutters. He said we need to replace the front windows too, and while we're at it he wants to redo the whole front of the house. We just got really quiet and backed slowly away...

Hang in there and soon you'll be in your gorgeous new kitchen!
a2gemini
14 years ago
Remodel projeccts expand to all available space!
Good luck!
lalithar
14 years ago
Remember the old movie with Cary Grant 'Mr.Blandings builds his dream house'. If you have a working oven(microwave), pop some popcorn and rent this movie to watch :) It should cheer you up.

Here is a link that might be useful: IMDB link to movie