Fresh Set of Eyes
Posted on April 29, 2008 - Filed Under Housing |
One of those anal tendencies popped up: connecting a waterline to the refrigerator.
The layout of the kitchen shows this is not an easy task. From where the kitchen sink is located, the waterline would have to run up and around the door, along the base board, behind the refrigerator and to grandmothers house we go. My thinking: hire a plumber. Estimated price tag: $200.
Explaining the project to my visiting parents, my mom asked “Well, why don’t you just drill a hole through the wall from the bathroom to the kitchen?”
Sometimes we get so buried into a problem or into a situation that it takes someone to ask some relatively dumb questions in order to break our perception. Living in the house, these problems are present every day. My parents just arrived and suggested the easiest course of action.
The bathroom sink, located less than 2 feet away, was not even a consideration. Not because it was a bad idea. But that my brain said “Waterline runs from the kitchen sink to the refrigerator.”
A trip to Lowes to get a icemaker installation kit and a 12 inch drill bit. And as is the fashion, we made a second trip to Lowes to get that one tiny item that always seems to evade shoppers on their first trip
After a few hours and a couple of WTFs, water was flowing out the refrigerator door.
The ice maker is so loud . . . nearly crapped my pants at 1:30 in the morning when it turned on. The next day it was appreciated. Sunday it hit 95 degrees, which meant it was 120 jillion in that tiny house.
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Sometimes it does take a fresh pair of eyes on a project to see the easiest solution.
As a Christmas gift, Holly’s parents gave us a really nice garbage disposal. It’s great because we really needed one. However, the electrical part of the project was where I was getting hung up. They came to visit this past week and Merlin was gracious enough to assist me in figuring out where to run the electrical from and get the switch installed.
Thankfully we hadn’t yet put in the tiled backsplash part of our kitchen remodel. That would have been a huge issue to overcome.
I now have the electrical set. Now I just have to get my plumbing pants on to get the rest of the project complete. (We ran out of time with their visit.)
Yeah!!
Tell your parents hello for me!
Nice job using the bathroom sink — it does seem to really work out that those who haven’t been endlessly staring at the problem get the solution quickly.
“The ice maker is so loud . . . nearly crapped my pants at 1:30 in the morning” Hehehe..I just busted out laughing reading that.
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@Matt: The plumbing for the disposal is actually easy. If you have some funky twists, consider trying some of that flexible piping.
@Alison: Yes, giving credit to Mom for that one.
@Steph: Hopefully your back is feeling better!