Kitchen Nearing End!

This morning, Glen, the carpenter, came and unhooked the water connections and took the temporary sink out. Then about 2:30 PM, 3 Spanish speaking workers from Classic Granite and Marble came and worked for nearly 3 hours putting in the new granite. The trickiest part was the huge slab that was specially cut for the sink and window.

Picture: Here you can see the large piece with "specialty cuts" to fit the garden window. Pretty super job of cutting!!!

Al, the granite boss, who came and measured last week, said at first, that he thought he would make the slab on the sink top all one piece. Then he measured the wall that the stove top was on and said perhaps the sink piece would be too large to handle and the way the pattern was (see pattern of the granite above), the stove top side would have to be cut the other way. That was the way he left it.

However, you can see that he must have an artistic sense, because he decided that it would not look too great the other way and had his men cut the sink slab in one piece. They had a very difficult time fitting it in the space allowed. At first, it appeared that the window base was off about 1/2 inches. But they cut into the hall side wall board to allow the granite to ease a bit into that space and it turned out perfect! And the stove top slab was cut the corresponding way, so the seam is practically indistinguishable.

Picture: This shows the pattern of the granite on the stove top matches the direction of the granite of the rest of the kitchen.

Tomorrow the plumber comes and I am afraid that he will have a most difficult time. The sink is very large (19.5 x 21 x 11 in deep) and has the drain hole offset on the far right back side next to the window. The granite installers thought it might be best to put the faucet on the left side so all the water pipes and the disposal would not be squeezed into the small right back corner , but we did not think that would work, since the handle is on the right side. That would have meant that you would have to be careful when you turned the water on or you would get water all over your arm. We opted for the faucet hole where we originally thought - in the right back corner. So under the sink, in the far right corner, will have to be all the water pipes going to the faucet PLUS the drain with the disposal. Al, the granite man, said the plumber would not be happy!

Picture: Here you can see the faucet, which is just placed in the hole. And it is also a good view of the garden window. If you look closely, you can see how the one piece of granite forms the base of the window.

We heard today from Direct Buy that our tile for the back splash is in. We will probably pick that up tomorrow and let our contractor know. That will be the last large item for which he is responsible. The trim around the granite also needs to be completed.

Picture: Here you can see most of the kitchen....