Ben's Blog

So many tasks, so little time!

Well, I managed to get two major “Sundayish” things done – one was putting together a three piece furniture set I had purchased at Home Depot:

They were being closed out at $80 – not too shabby!

After that, I set out to install a new faucet in our kitchen sink – the old faucet was not compatible with our portable dishwasher. I ended up having to pull the sink out just to get the old faucet off:

Trish said “Well, as long as you had to take the sink out, you might as well install the garbage disposal”. Its this sort of logic that has folks go in for an oil change and come home with a new transmission. Despite that, I acquiesced, and the two of us spent a good bit of time getting the thing installed. Its pretty amazing how nasty the stuff in and around old plumbing can be. Blech! Mechel also got in on the project:

Finally, we got the new faucet and disposal installed. I still have to hook up the water lines to the faucet (I need longer connectors). I also need to pull out the dishwasher to hook up the power for the disposal. Rather than install a new wall switch, I’ll probably use an inline X10 module to turn the disposal on and off.

Of course, the minute I pull out the dishwasher, I’ll hear “As long as you’ve got it out, you might as well install the new dishwasher”.

…Which is what I’ll do.