Grout, Appliances and More Doors

More slow progress in the basement this week. Nothing huge, but they're definitely inching towards completion.

In the Basement
They grouted the floor tile, which is nice. The color came out much lighter than on the bag, and there's still quite a bit of haze on the tiles- but mostly it looks great. They installed the appliances in the kitchen and new washer/dryer, which is mostly exciting because it means those things aren't in our way anymore. They also installed the last doors, including the new back door which is massively nicer than the old one.

current status of the kitchen- cabinets in

living room

bedroom

washer/dryer and new back door

bedroom doors- view from the washer/dryer closet

floor tile with grout and toes

On the First Floor
Nothing huge on the first floor, other than our new dishwasher. Our old one (which is now downstairs) was a drawer unit- meaning that there were two half-sized drawers instead of one full-sized compartment. It didn't work for us at all, because we we're constantly having to run it. Hopefully it'll be a perk for a tenant though. The other exciting development was that they removed the paper and cleaned the floor. It feels so much cleaner now!

state of the dining room

state of the kitchen

 

close up of the new dishwasher and its amazing 3rd rack

 

The Worst Thing This Week
So, we replaced the galvanized pipes in the basement for several reasons- including because the metal pipes could corrode and slowly cut off water pressure. They warned us that when the pipes were replaced, gunk could be loosened and sent downstream, where it would cut off water pressure to one of the fixtures. Almost immediately, our water pressure in the kitchen dropped. We lived with it all summer, until "we" decided this week to fix it. Now we have absolutely no water pressure- meaning that there is no water in our kitchen sink. Oddly, the sprayer thing does still sort of work, so we've been using it lamely.

this is why we didn't wash any dishes this week.

The Best Thing This Week
When they removed the thick paper that was all over the floor upstairs, I could've cried. The fact that they also scrubbed and mopped the floors to remove all the dust, is just amazing. I can't describe how annoying it was to have that constant gritty dirty feeling everywhere you stepped.