The Dishwasher Installation.

After Carintha started working, the dishes were the last thing that either one of us wanted to do. This is the first house I've lived in that didn't have a dishwasher since I lived in Georgetown. We even had one in Guam! So I got Carintha a dishwasher for Christmas. Actually, she picked it out on Christmas. We went to Home Depot and I wandered around while she played with them. They shipped it to the house on Jan 3rd. The installation wasn't that bad, but the cabinets had to be modified in order to get it in there. Since we are going to have cabinets put in later, I wasn't too worried about tearing into the cabinets. I just started taking things apart, and eventually it all started coming together. I didn't take a before picture, but this is close. This was after I took the doors and the counter off.

This is where the dishwasher is going. And yes, I made sure to turn of the power and water before starting.

I took out the garbage disposal and junction box so I could add a GFCI outlet. I ordered a power cord for the dishwasher that was going to plug into it. I also had to cut the bottom of the cabinet out. I only had to widen it about 5 inches, but it took a good bit of work to do it.

I basically just relocated the pieces of the cabinet, so I was very careful taking everything apart so it could be reused.

I put the dishwasher in and ran the water and electric. Then all I had to do was put everything back together.

I put the counter and sink in. I had to redo the plumbing because one of the junctions broke, but that wasn't too hard.

Then I had to cut the cabinet door to fit the smaller hole. I don't want to do it again, but it went better than I thought it would.