We are trying to be good home owners and get this house in top shape since we have ignored it for so long. We moved in Jan 1997 and the ONLY room we EVER painted was Sydney's room when I was pregnant in 2001. So, needless to say this house needs PAINT. When we bought this house, the previous home owners left their cheapo fridge and nice washer and dryer. It was nice considering we didn't have to go out an buy all that new stuff. After 11 years we needed a new fridge... it was falling apart. The door on the inside the section that holds the condiments kept falling off and duct tape was failing. We thought finally since we are buying paint lets get a fridge now too. Bill and I both don't like the stove/oven hood that is supposed to vent air. So we wanted a new one and Bill thought lets just get a new stove too. That way everything will look good and match. We did replace the dishwasher last year and I like the brand name Fridgidaire so we went all matchy matchy!
We spent $2800 at Lowe's that afternoon..... WOW, but we did get 5 gallons of paint, rollers, primer, pans, spray texture etc. New fridge, new stove, new vent top plus installation. I must say, we went gung ho! And think of all those miles!
Lowe's called to tell us the stove we wanted was in stock according to the computer but they couldn't find it. So if we wanted it before the fridge was installed we needed to purchase a NEW one in Anchorage before SAT. Ugh... so we did.
Sat morning @ 7am.... Bill and our friend Russell was here empting out the fridge and packing food in the coolers and leaving them on the porch. They hauled out the old stove and fridge and loaded them in Bill's truck.
Hailey was up and wanted to help.... so she help clean the floor. Even though we had an old style fridge we did have an ice maker inside. It was so great. I won't mention that it came with the house too, and that only got installed about a year ago! You can notice that there is copper tubing for the water line. Apparently when Lowe's came to deliver the fridge (Stainless side by side with water and ice dispenser on the door)
they told us they would only plug it in but they won't deal with copper tubing.... it's something they don't want to be responsible for and they don't use it anymore. So, they recomended a stainless steel braided tube. Which we had to go out and buy. Bill and Russell were not here when they installed the fridge and Bill was like screw that... I am just hooking up the copper tubing. It was just fine before. I knew it wasn't a good idea. It's called being lazy. I can relate but hello, this is WATER we are talking about. So after lunch the guys went to hook up the water line and sure as you know what.... not more than 10 mintues and the freaking copper tubing CRACKED and was LEAKING! Here is me saying, "I told you so"! Thank goodness we were right there, listening... we turned the knob off real quick so the mess was taken care of with a paper towel.
The stove was another issue.... Since we have gas and when you buy a new stove you need the hose kit. So we bought that and there is a newer safety value that "should" be installed as well. Since the line in the kitchen is different than the safely value a new peice had to be bought. Some adapter to fit. Well, after getting that... it still did not fit. So, we are currently not using the safety value but have it hooked up just like the old stove was. Since the oven hood is not installed yet and that guy will be here FRI we are going to talk to him and maybe he can take a look at it. The oven is working fabulous... I LOVE IT! I get excited over the lamest stuff. There is a storage drawer at the bottom which is a life saver. I used to store cookie sheets and stoneware in my old oven but NO MORE! Thank goodness. I found a spot for everything! YAH! I do have a picture of the stove but it's not a good one... I'll have to update another one later. (When I get the oven hood and the kitchen is back to being clean)
There is MORE to write about.... but it's almost 1am
And the next story is going to take a while to explain.
So, until then.... Hope you had a fabulous St Patrick's Day!
8 years ago
