Oh,... go eat some Crow and Clamp up!

[Tina]

Yeah, crow is tasting mighty......yuk today. LOL

Wasn't it me who said that I had zero intention of taking out that stove and sink to fix that countertop?

They're out. The sink came out without too much trouble.  The stove came out later, I had to call my brother to see if he was in town. He helped me get a gas line fitting off that was stucker than stuck. It just wouldn't budge and there was no way to lift that stove out unless it was disconnected.

Now I can get to the whole countertop and clean up the mess underneath as well, like that nasty azzed carpet.

While brother was here, we decided this counter structure could be saved, so we leveled it out here and there to get it ready for the plywood.  The original installation was crooked on the left end of it, and every time I looked at that counter end it drove me crazy seeing that slope.  That's fixed now, which should help that stove sit much more level as well.

I cut the first part of the plywood, that was a lot of cutting. I'm getting pretty good with that scary skill saw, methinks.

I had to do some minor adjusting on the edges around the stove to be sure it would slide in there, but I made sure there was a quarter inch more on those edges than the original counter.  The hole in that counter was too big and no matter how you positioned that stove, there was a gap where it wasn't sitting on the counter.  Nothing holding it there except a sagging back counter and a front board on the bottom of the frame. The screws in the side had broken away from the particle board because they were placed to close to the bottom edge of it, so they were attached to nothing.  Sheesh....

That's a fixed issue now too, I'm drilling new screw holes in the stove edge so I can put them into a good secure place.  The underside of the counter edge will have support boards all the way around the stove opening as well.  They are already installed in the back section. Those helped lift plenty of the warp out.

So, I glued first and clamped all the way around so a good tight seal happens.  Then I will be adding some screws here and there along the back to try to pull the original warped area of the counter up to the plywood.  Even if that doesn't work, that plywood has made things so much more flat and level. No ripples or bumps or sags. I can live with that. I'm considering a back splash board, not sure on that yet.

I received some rolls of marble style counter top stick and peel paper.  Two different color patterns, just trying to decide which one for the counter and which one for the bathroom. I'll try to post of a pic of those tomorrow.

Other than that major job going on, I'm just taking care of little things as I go.  One end of the counter was crumbled at the wall, I repaired that with a piece of 1 x 2 and reglued the edging.  It's not going to show when I put the new top material on it, but I needed the crumbled corner to be rebuilt for support.

NOW, I'm back to having fun.  ;-)

Hope everyone is well and enjoying the weekend.

Take care