Wednesday, November 03, 2004
Countertop Replacement: Day One
Today, I took a step into the physical world of hacking and completed 'Day One' of my kitchen countertop project.
Day one consisted of a laminate replacement for one of two pieces of countertop. I decided to begin with the smaller piece as a warm up.
Fortunately, the installers of the old laminate had the good sense to use screws to attach it to the cabinets. After removing the existing countertop, I cut my new piece to size with a fine-tooth laminate hand saw. After a bit of sanding to account for 50 years of wood and wall warping, I popped in the new countertop and screwed it into placed.
Day one consisted of a laminate replacement for one of two pieces of countertop. I decided to begin with the smaller piece as a warm up.
Fortunately, the installers of the old laminate had the good sense to use screws to attach it to the cabinets. After removing the existing countertop, I cut my new piece to size with a fine-tooth laminate hand saw. After a bit of sanding to account for 50 years of wood and wall warping, I popped in the new countertop and screwed it into placed.
1. Old groovy, 80's style laminate.
2. Removal of old laminate to reveal every possible kitchen color style since the 1950's.
3. Paint and spackle touch-up (has there been a single home project for me that hasn't involved spackle???)
4. The final result! Voila! Welcome to the 21st century!
Posted by Ernest Millan at 8:34 PM
Post a Comment |
4 comments
Joe Rosenblum said...
"Hey, nice work. Can I get you to do my counters? ;)"
3:50 PM, November 04, 2004
Chris Holland said...
"dude this rocks, can you rebuild my house? :-*"
6:35 PM, November 04, 2004
Anonymous said...
"Cool, the old groovy was kinda lame.. it looks like a huge improvement.. thumbs up"
8:49 PM, November 30, 2004
Ernest Millan said...
"Chris: Sure, so long as I can borrow it once in a while. ;-)"
7:19 PM, December 18, 2004