So, a friend of mine who wishes to remain anonymous, called me in this week to help him with some projects around his house. He has a little kid who is getting to the age where he is getting into everything. So, we had to finish up some projects that were started but never finished. One of the first projects that I worked on was fixing up his cabinet and dish washer in the kitchen. My friend had cut apart the old cabinet next to the sink and put the dishwasher in there. As you can see in the pictures below, the cabinet was still cut apart and the dishwasher wasn't level. So, we needed to level the dish washer and install it properly and fix the cabinet next to it. To level the dishwasher I put plywood on the floor to raise it up to the level of the tile floor. Then I just used the levelers on the unit itself. As for the cabinet, I added support and lined it with 3/8" finish plywood then used pine for the styles and rails on the front. You can see all the progress below. At this point all that is left is to build the door. The other project we are working on is the front steps. They are in rough shape. I picked up some nice Doug-Fir stair treads, I then cut them to length and routed the sides to give it a nice finished look. Since these treads aren't treated, I like to prime and paint the entire step, top and bottom. This seals the entire step and prolongs the life of it considerably. Some people don't think that this is necessary, but I think that it is a little thing that goes a long way. That is where we got to last week. I will post more once we get more done this week.
So here is what we started with.
And without the dishwasher.
3/4" plywood installed to raise and level the washer
3/8" plywood lining the cabinet, with pine for the facing.
Facing finished and washer installed properly and level.
And the washer is even with the counter.
This is what we are working with out front.
Doug-fir stair treads, primed and painted.
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