Storm Cleanup
Oct. 19th, 2004 03:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
drscottWhat we call a "winter storm" here in the Bay Area wouldn't impress anyone from the Midwest or East -- some wind, some rain, big deal. But here at Chez Overman-Scott our lovely backyard, with its bamboo, overhanging Monterey pine, and pool takes a hit in the first storm of the season, since the tree has been collecting dead needles and dirt through the rainless summer and much of that comes down and lands in the pool with the first rain. The water is a dirty brown, the filter is clogging, and I just spent 20 minutes fishing needles and crap off the water's surface with a little net on a pole.
Meanwhile, our second window bidder arrived an hour late, begged off on replacing the major fixed glass areas, and in general seemed like a waste of time.
The kitchen remodel plan is coming along -- the bid is about $13K and we have to get our own sink, faucet, and cooktop. I've ordered the sink and faucet online, since the local big-box stores only sell the cheaper stuff (like 21-gauge stainless steel sinks instead of the much thicker 18-gauge.) Meanwhile, after a full day of research on cooktops, I went back to the plan to reuse the original Thermador stainless steel one when I discovered none of the major manufacturers make one thin enough to be installed in place of the current one without eliminating at least two drawers below it -- typically they are 4" thick as opposed to the current 2.5". BUT THEN I discovered a German manufacturer, Gaggenau, which makes a 2.3" glass-ceran cooktop with cool digital controls, so there is nothing to get in the way of cleaning it. Alas, it is almost $2K. And yesterday's trip to the appliance store that carries it here was a bust -- they were closed on Mondays, damn them.
Just another slice of life here. Sorry to be so boring.
Meanwhile, our second window bidder arrived an hour late, begged off on replacing the major fixed glass areas, and in general seemed like a waste of time.
The kitchen remodel plan is coming along -- the bid is about $13K and we have to get our own sink, faucet, and cooktop. I've ordered the sink and faucet online, since the local big-box stores only sell the cheaper stuff (like 21-gauge stainless steel sinks instead of the much thicker 18-gauge.) Meanwhile, after a full day of research on cooktops, I went back to the plan to reuse the original Thermador stainless steel one when I discovered none of the major manufacturers make one thin enough to be installed in place of the current one without eliminating at least two drawers below it -- typically they are 4" thick as opposed to the current 2.5". BUT THEN I discovered a German manufacturer, Gaggenau, which makes a 2.3" glass-ceran cooktop with cool digital controls, so there is nothing to get in the way of cleaning it. Alas, it is almost $2K. And yesterday's trip to the appliance store that carries it here was a bust -- they were closed on Mondays, damn them.
Just another slice of life here. Sorry to be so boring.
