Daily Archives: October 4, 2016
I Should Have Done This Sooner . . .
But I think that every time will be the last time.
After our laid-back coffee and muffins this morning, and then some website stuff, I headed into Conroe and the Home Depot for some wood to construct a platform to ride on top of my floor dolly. This will raise the washer high enough so that it will be at the right height to just slide the washer into its cubby.
I bought a 2 x 4 stud and had them cut six 10” pieces off of it. I also got a 2’ x 2’ piece of plywood and had them cut it in half, giving me two 2’ x 1’ pieces.
Next I nailed together 2 stacks of 3 pieces and placed them on the dolly , and then nailed the 2 plywood pieces on top of that. The platform is not attached to the dolly, but just sits on top of it.
Back inside, Jan and I got the washer up on the platform and rolled it into place. After hooking up the water, power, and drain, I installed the new dryer vent tube.
The old one was starting to get a little tattered so I got a new one the other day as well. Then it was just a matter of pushing the dolly against the opening and shoving the washer in. Now it’s a piece of cake.
I should have done this sooner.
As a first quick test, I let some water into the empty washer and then put it spin mode to be sure it emptied without a problem. When it did, I ran a full wash load through, again with no problems.
So now with the washer done, I finally was able to install the new screen door catch my son Chris had fabricated for me,
The old one, or what’s left of it, looked like this.
and the new one like this.
It was a perfect fit and works great. So we have a usable screen door now.
Great.
Thought for the Day:
“You know there’s a problem in the schools when you realize that out of the three Rs, only one actually begins with an R.” — Dennis Miller
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