48F and sunny @ 14:00, heading up to around 50F for the day's high.
Ran over to HD first thing yesterday to pick up supply line kit for the new dishwasher. They had a good deal on it, included the right-angle fitting that was needed at the dishwasher plus an 8' braided stainless steel supply line for the same price as the shorter one.
That should allow relocation of the dishwasher to a different area (maybe the island ?) if we opt to do that later.
After that we headed down to Menards Massillon to pick up a plug-in power cord for the dishwasher, a can of electrical contact cleaner (to finish the rebuild of the Hamilton Beach blender ...
), a couple of 4" electrical boxes and faceplates, and a 10-pak of receptacles.
Also grabbed a rigid and flexible scraper blade set (Menards house brand) for the oscillating multi-tool. It's a little funky since it uses an adapter to fit the Dremel. Probably would have been happier with the Dremel brand but it was only $5.99 compared to around $20 for the Dremel blades so I'll live with it.
Woman accompanied me to check out a KitchenAid refrigerator/freezer they have on clearance at a deep discount (42% off) It was supposedly "on display" ... but it was the same deal as the dishwasher up at the Cuyahoga Falls location: not actually on display, still in (unopened) factory packaging, and stored in the back, up on the mezzanine. Also qualifies for $100 rebate from the power company.
They supposedly have 1 of these at each of the three local Menards.
The manual for our current Amana is dated 1988 ... so probably around 35 years old ... can't really complain about the amount of usage we have gotten out of it.
Looking at the yellow tag and running the numbers in the calculator on Energy Star's website, it looks like the new one might use as little as 1/4 of the power that the current one is using. If so it sheds some light on why our power usage is what it currently is. Would probably make sense to go ahead and replace the current unit.
I would assume that these will stay on clearance until they are gone since they are the previous model. But the longer we wait the greater the chance someone will snap them up.
Stopped at Swenson's for burgers, onion rings, and a couple of shakes on the way back. Stayed there and ate in the car while it was hot. Very tasty.
After we got back I started working on removing the old vinyl flooring where the dishwasher goes. Got most of that scraped off with the Dremel and then sanded it some. Still have a little more work to do on it before I lay down the Wonder Board to bring the floor up to the level of the finished laminate floor.
Last thing I did was go down and bring up the scrap piece of Wonder Board. Need to get that cut to size today.
Also on agenda:
Move tub support from old washer and backing plate for softener up to the shop so I can work on them.
Move old dishwasher out of kitchen and get it loaded into the van.
Maybe get the old range loaded into the van as well in preparation for a trip to the metal recycling center.
Woman has the steaks out of the freezer thawing for grilling later today.
Hope everyone is having a decent Sunday ...
