The old house maintenance/Carlos Pueblo

 The old house maintenance/Carlos Pueblo

We live in a house built in 1982, 40 years exact old house. We are responsible to the wear and tear appliance and must know how to replace it. Recently we run into at least two in the kitchen, a faucet above the sink and a leaking disposal. One of the ranch on the cook top has been out of order for quite some time.

Michelle is quite good at fixing an old house. She recommends us to us her dislike stainless faucet and asks Amy to measure the size of the old sink. She also found that the leak of the disposal when she came home to pick up two dogs. Amy got everything in order and called our handy master to help. He brought in a help to dissemble all parts in the sink.

The new purchased sink couldn't fit to the old counter about 2 inches in width. We had to cut some granite to meet the new one. Both the master and I disagreed and we went to a hardware super market to find a new one to fid the old size. Both him and a sales measured all products on the shelf and almost found one available, yet he closed the new box and decided to give up. Because they all speak in Spanish and it is wave above my level. I asked him and he shook his head then I asked him if he could replace Michelle's stainless faucet into the old counter and replace the newly purchased disposal without any leak. He nodded his head in confidence. 

We then went to another section for the cook tops. One time last year there was a sale for the cook top. Amy came to this same store to purchase the item. The sales sent one person to our house to make a measurement. That guy indicated that was the wrong size of cook to on sale. We would have to do some cutting of the granite to make it fit. I disagreed and persuaded Amy to wait for the next time. I am not used to pay so much for something not necessary, one ranch is broken and three others are still working. When I was in Taiwan, there was only one stove at home for all the cooking for a family numbers of 9 and we got by.

I wanted to quit looking of the cook top because I knew that was the same issue of the size to meet the new product and out old counter with the granite hole. A sales lady told my master something in Spanish that later he passed it to Amy and I. We can make sure our size and go to the store make an order and get our new top in 4 weeks and we we ask him back to install it. There are two sizes to be consider, inside and outside of the top, inside to make it in to the hole while outside metal plate edge lay on the granite to support the entire cook top. 

There is one available which I can make it fit on three sizes and make something under to support the number 4 size costs $800 with a name brand product while another one Amy finds also to order to build in costs $850 yet not a name brand. We're going to the later one.