Time: 9 hours (with lots of breaks!)
I started by sketching a drawing of what I wanted it to look like. I'm not a very verbal person, so I prefer sketching what I envision. What you may want can be interpreted differently.
We picked up the 30x18 cabinet last night.
Keith measured 18" up from the bottom and began chiseling away at the soffit. The duct got punctured during the sawing process, but that is easily patched up with duct tape.
Size Does Matter...Looks as though he's going to get an elephant out of ceiling.
After a great deal of measuring, he made his own compass to draw a circle where the duct would pass through. The opening at the top of the cabinet was NOT in line with the opening at the bottom opening, so thorough measurements were necessary to ensure all would go well.
Drill a very large hole in the center.
Using a jig saw, start from the center and begin sawing in a swirl until you get to the edge of the circle and then cut the hole out.
The hole.
Using a stud finder, locate and mark your studs on the wall. You must screw the screws from the cabinet to a stud in order to hold it up securely. Otherwise, the cabinet and screw will rip out of the dry wall as soon as you put enough weight in the cabinets. Then transpose that measurement to the back of the cabinets. Ours were "off center". Mark.
Predrill holes at a diameter smaller than the diameter of the screws. By doing this, you don't lose sight of where the studs are on the walls. It also helps get things started, so you can quickly put the screws in while holding up a heavy cabinet (on your wife's head).
We needed a 3rd person to hold it up while Keith screwed the cabinet into the wall. I gave up my Tiny Tim post and made sure the cabinet was level ("straight"). Use a level.
Turns out the wires were located incorrectly to go into the opening that is in the back of the range, so we had to cut a little path to locate it correctly. Looks like Tetris is missing a piece. Fortunately, there wasn't a stud there to block us from doing this.
The range hood then screws into the bottom the cabinet from the inside of the hood. With a sharpie marker, we marked where the holes would have to go from the range to the cabinet. Take the hood back down. Predrill the holes into the cabinet where the marks were made. Then, I held it up again while Keith screwed the screws into the range to the cabinet.
Before doing anything involving wiring and electric, turn the power off in your house. Then, we reconnected the wiring. Afterwards, I spent the next hour cleaning and de-greasing the range.
We were also puppy sitting for our neighbor which was a real treat. It seems like every time we work on the kitchen, we're also dog sitting. His name is Carmel (as in Caramel) and he's such a good dog. It almost makes me want one. Almost...
Then we vacuumed and cleaned up. Since I knew the kitchen would be out of commission today, I cooked pot roast in the crock pot on the porch. It was so delicious and really hit the spot after a long day of work.
Tomorrow I will spackle the areas of the soffit that got chipped off and give the kitchen walls a second coat of paint which I have been meaning to do for a while now.
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