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9 Oct 2020 04:04 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cimoreneThe plumber originally came and did his thing in the kitchen and then left without talking to us, only to the builder, because he's a subcontractor; but we didn't actually know when he was coming again. Only when Wax called and asked them the builder was like, "Oh yeah, he's scheduled to come tomorrow!" Nobody had told us is all. He was here 2 days and finished in the kitchen, and started the downstairs bath. He hasn't hooked up the drain yet or hooked up the washing machine which is still in the basement but BIL is supposed to come help us move it this weekend I think. Anyway, he plumbed that stuff and then didn't show up the next day AGAIN so presumably his next free day is scheduled already, or tentatively so, it's probably based on when his other jobs are, only again nobody told us when that is. (This isn't a huge issue; I just don't want to hang the mirror until he's done with the sink under it, in case it gets bumped... and also our tenant is supposed to start moving in a week from today I think?)
The electrician seems to be done with the inside of the house minus the entry hall and a couple more electrical outlets on the north walls of the dining room and living room; he told us he will presumably turn the electricity on on Monday, when he will also finish the under-cabinet lighting (it's our fault he couldn't, because we hadn't bought two of the parts accidentally - we're going to pick them up this weekend).
The upstairs library/craft room and bedroom are wired, although the electricity isn't on, so we built all the bookshelves and moved the books and some boxes into them. We still have to put back the baseboards in the bedroom though, so we can't move things into their proper places against the walls yet. Same issue in the living and dining rooms, although we have put boxes and furniture in the middles of them, leaving the edges free for the electrician. I was looking for a new outer door handle instead, and then we ordered light fixtures for the living and dining room last night at like, midnight. I have decision fatigue.
So that only left the kitchen. The appliances are not in there, because the electricity needs to be turned on first - the fridge and freezer are actually full of food at the moment, we don't have anywhere else to put it, and they have to go across into the other kitchen and be turned on right away. Same with the stove. But other than that and the lighting under the top cabinets, the kitchen is done, so we have started putting the drawers and shelves in the cabinets so we can put the fronts on. That was going mostly okay apart from a few slight issues where the diagrams were actually wrong, which is not usual for Ikea diagrams at all, but we were still able to figure it out... except then I got to the hinges.
When we bought everything, the shopping list was generated by Ikea's computer on the basis of the design we inputted with the help of their kitchen designer, and it was all broken up with a floorplan so you know which door and which inside bits go with which cabinet pieces and they're numbered. It even lists which cabinets the lighting kits go to even though that's obvious but it DOESN'T list the hinges. At all. There are 2 different types of hinges, one of the packets was open and I forgot that I had opened it, and for some reason there are 4 upper doors but only 3 soft-close dampeners. I'm so tired! And how am I supposed to find time to strip wallpaper & paint on this side of the house BEFORE we even move our stuff out of it?!
I did accidentally find out that we don't need to replace the outer door and we can have the lock rekeyed rather than replacing it, so that's something.
The electrician seems to be done with the inside of the house minus the entry hall and a couple more electrical outlets on the north walls of the dining room and living room; he told us he will presumably turn the electricity on on Monday, when he will also finish the under-cabinet lighting (it's our fault he couldn't, because we hadn't bought two of the parts accidentally - we're going to pick them up this weekend).
The upstairs library/craft room and bedroom are wired, although the electricity isn't on, so we built all the bookshelves and moved the books and some boxes into them. We still have to put back the baseboards in the bedroom though, so we can't move things into their proper places against the walls yet. Same issue in the living and dining rooms, although we have put boxes and furniture in the middles of them, leaving the edges free for the electrician. I was looking for a new outer door handle instead, and then we ordered light fixtures for the living and dining room last night at like, midnight. I have decision fatigue.
So that only left the kitchen. The appliances are not in there, because the electricity needs to be turned on first - the fridge and freezer are actually full of food at the moment, we don't have anywhere else to put it, and they have to go across into the other kitchen and be turned on right away. Same with the stove. But other than that and the lighting under the top cabinets, the kitchen is done, so we have started putting the drawers and shelves in the cabinets so we can put the fronts on. That was going mostly okay apart from a few slight issues where the diagrams were actually wrong, which is not usual for Ikea diagrams at all, but we were still able to figure it out... except then I got to the hinges.
When we bought everything, the shopping list was generated by Ikea's computer on the basis of the design we inputted with the help of their kitchen designer, and it was all broken up with a floorplan so you know which door and which inside bits go with which cabinet pieces and they're numbered. It even lists which cabinets the lighting kits go to even though that's obvious but it DOESN'T list the hinges. At all. There are 2 different types of hinges, one of the packets was open and I forgot that I had opened it, and for some reason there are 4 upper doors but only 3 soft-close dampeners. I'm so tired! And how am I supposed to find time to strip wallpaper & paint on this side of the house BEFORE we even move our stuff out of it?!
I did accidentally find out that we don't need to replace the outer door and we can have the lock rekeyed rather than replacing it, so that's something.
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