Dan and Andy went bananas on the kitchen on Thursday night and took a sledgehammer to the cheap laminate counters. How satisfying to watch those silly cabinets come out one by one!Dan ended up taking some home for his garage (now we know where we can visit our previous kitchen if ever nostalgia sets in). The rest are waiting, waiting, in the basement.
We found good and bad surprises under the rubble. The bonus were about 12 dole fruit cups and a hearty and functioning Stanley thermos. The worst was that what we thought were two layers of linoleum under the kitchen floor turns out to be about 6 layers. It amounts to nearly an inch of pure linoleum layers. As you may have read, we tested for asbestos in the upper two layers, but these news finds are a mystery. To leave it or to rip it out...that is the question...
We had several quotes in the past few days. A structural engineer came by and must have read "SUCKER" on our foreheads because he gave us the most outrageous and insulting quote we've heard. But to make the world better again, an HVAC guy came by who seemed totally decent and I hope it works out. Andy's dancing the tango with the permitting office and we'll see how far we get this week.
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