57F and cloudy with a slight chance of a shower @ 15:00, which is the high predicted for the day. Sun peeking through occasionally.
Temps headed down overnight, with more normal temps on tap for the rest of the Ten Day.
Delivery guy arrived yesterday around 13:00 with the new refrigerator. Had a motorized appliance dolly that climbs/descends steps that made things pretty easy.
He had removed the factory packaging when he loaded at the store ... which I would have preferred he not do. Didn't really think about that when I set up the delivery, otherwise I would have said something. Totally understand it though ... would have potentially left him with all the packaging materials to haul around on his truck and then dispose of if the customer wouldn't do it.
The factory packaging on this unit was styro angles on the corners and factory shrink-wrap over the whole thing - no cardboard boxing.
Was another $50 for him to move it inside into the kitchen ... no biggie as the estimated cost was $30 less than the delivery from one of the other local Menards, and the actual cost ended up being another $15 less than that.
Delivery was (thankfully) largely uneventful.
Spent several hours after he left removing all the stickers, tape, and clear protective film - which was extensive - and installing the handles on the exterior. Looks like they have the packaging down to a science.
Happy to report that the exterior appears to be in pristine condition - no dents or scratches anywhere that I could see ...
Woman and I took a break in the middle of that to haul the short stepladder out of the garage and around back to clean the exterior of the window over the kitchen sink which had gotten dirty on account of the suet feeder that hangs right outside of it. A very noticeable improvement ... but we left the suet feeder on the ground, forgetting to hang it back up. Will have to grab that today.
Once that was done, I got back to work on the dishwasher install. Installed a couple of pieces of 3/4 plywood to shim it on the left side, then got it tucked back in the cavity, plumb and leveled, and cabinet screws run through the side mounting clips to secure it.
After that I connected the water supply and drain lines, and plugged the power cord into the outlet.
Ran it through on a rinse only cycle to check for leaks, there were none ...
Very impressed with how quiet it was - much quieter than the one it replaced. Could hardy tell it was running.
Still have to install the insulation/toe-kick at the bottom.
Woman checked it out this morning ... and then invited me to come load it up and run the 1st load ...
So I'll probably do that here in a little bit, then get back to cleaning up some of the mess in the kitchen.
Maybe see if I can tell what's going on with the cabinet over the old refrigerator ... to see what's keeping it from coming down. It's just about an inch too low to accommodate the new refrigerator ...
Then on to cleaning the inside of the new 'frig before it gets put into service.
Hope everyone is having a great Saturday ...