Committed!

OK, I am now committed to this. It's no longer just a matter of having bought a bunch of steel and spent hours cutting it up into small pieces and then even more hours joining it back together again. I am now bigtime financially committed as I have paid for the appliances.

They are due for delivery on Monday May 10th, so I have a couple weekends left to get all the framing, wiring, plumbing, cement board, stucco and painting done. I am also hoping to get the granite installed that same week, but considering that I have only just got the first quote on this it may be the week after. However it does look like my June 1st date could still happen!

Also, when I bought the grill I found out that I had some misinformation about how it was supported. I was under the impression it was supported from underneath, so had framed accordingly. Now I know that it actually hangs from the granite countertop, which changes things a little. This means that the cutout hole needs to be "not too big" for obvious reasons. I had erred on the side of too big, vs too small, since I figured I could easily pad any gap with an extra sheet of cement board. Now I need to adjust a couple pieces of framing to make it a little smaller. This will also give me teh chance to fix that one last "not quite level" corner that I have.

I have bought most of the bits and pieces now, so am hoping to get the final framing, all the electrics and beer line plumbing all done this weekend, and then get the cement board (hardi-backer) installed. Once that is done I can have the granite guys come in and make the template. If they can do that early next week, they could perhaps do the fabrication in time for an install late the next week.

I also have bought a very fancy (and ridiculously expensive) Italian metal beer tower. The name of the tower is actually "Sexy" and the website for the manufacturer has an advertising video with silhouettes of naked dancing girls - Gotta love the Italians! I figure that having shiny things on the top of the island will distract people from noticing the fact that nothing is level and their isn't a right angle in sight!