Day: February 26, 2010

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Dishwasher Decision Making

I’m still undecided as to whether to leave the dishwasher on the counter or try to find a non-leaking way to install it below the counter.

There’s a service hatch below the stove to get at what I think is the furnace.

(Not a very good pic, I know, but I didn’t think to bring the camera and dock into the house)

That space runs clear from the back of the dinette bench to the plumbing. I could, in theory, run my hoses under there and tie into the water intake and drain. I could then run one of my outlets down and have a really slick, built-in installation.

While I trust my plumbing skills, I am hesitant to do this because I am sure that the RV will have a longer lifespan than will the dishwasher. I’m nervous about breaking into perfectly good plumbing and creating the potential for leaks for an appliance that will probably die before the RV and might not be replaceable.

The other thing is that I am falling in love with the idea of creating a bank of drawers under that counter, some facing into the kitchen and some into the dining area. If I install the dishwasher under the counter, then I can only have drawers facing into the dining area.

I’ve figured out how I would secure the dishwasher on the counter, but the aesthetics of the idea are bugging me (ie. partially blocking the window). I do find that the dishwasher is much easier to load and unload from counter height and that I don’t lose any serious amount of food prep space.

With an equal amount of pros and cons for both solutions, it’s no wonder the decision is so hard to make!

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Needing a Day Off

I’m exhausted today. I can’t remember the last day that I didn’t push myself physically, either at the convenience store or working on the renos. I’m behind in the required hours for my contract, so I decided that today was going to be a multiple cups of coffee, sitting in front of the computer in my jammies, cat(s) on my lap, heavy production day.

Of course, the internet had other plans. It always does. Internet is sentient, I am now 100% sure of that. There is no other reason why it works fine when I have better things to do and doesn’t work when I need it. I’m sure inquiring minds want to know how I’m posting this; I’m in the living room of the house; at least wi-fi is working there again today (earlier it wasn’t).

The only work I did on the rig today was finish pulling up the wood flooring in the kitchen and start to chip away at the edges. I need to finish working on the edges and then figure out what I’m going to do in the entrance stairwell. The sides and bottom are metal covered by wood, so I can just pull up the wood and install the Allure over top the metal, but the back is an access panel. I might simply install the vinyl over the boards. Then, I need to take that dinette bench apart. I keep procrastinating on doing so because it’s my way up into the loft. Soon as I do away with it I’ll have to start focusing on making a new way to climb up. I might as well put this off as long as I can and just focus on getting the wood flooring out of the way.

My heart just wasn’t into it today, so I quit early and went to get pizza and beer for dinner. There’s a liquor store located two doors down from the pizza place in the Willowpoint stripmall, which is highly convenient. 🙂 I was asked for ID for the first time in my life! According to the cashier and the manager I don’t look a day over 18. I am going to be thirty-one next month. I don’t know if I should be flattered or horrified! I also seem to be aging backwards; when I was backpacking around Scotland at nineteen and going to pubs with people ten to twenty years older than me, they always got pinned as being younger than me. Very, very, very odd!