Wow
Today as promised Dan’s from Fairmont was here with the new refrigerator.
I have no idea how much it took to get the old one in place 18 years ago. Dan’s had to take off the doors to get it out of its space by the attic stairs. The second fellow was taking the front screen door closure off and pocketing screws. Out the old refrigerator went into the sunshine. I was scurrying around cleaning up the area of the floor, the woodwork and the walls where the behemoth had sat for many years.
The next step was . . . the new refrigerator would not fit coming into the house via the front door. The back wooden door needed to be taken off its hinges and the kitchen counter needed to be removed. I did get the hint that this was not the usual and customary install that these two fellows were expecting. Hey . . . small homes have resources to spend for updating appliances and installers beware.
After they had said their goodbyes, the doors on both ends of our home were back to operational. The entire length of our home was moved about and we did catch a few dust bunnies in the operation. We were so thankful there had not been any snow or ice during this install. Dennis helped getting the living room furniture put back in place and I took the front porch items to be put back to it’s original. Our kitchen looked like a food pantry had gone wild. We gave the new refrigerator the allotted time to cool and we had a cup of coffee. Unpacking the coolers was the last Hurrah.
What a great feeling to have a refrigerator that has the freezer on the bottom. No more having to use a long handled shoe horn to pull out items from the back of the refrigerator shelves. My shoulders are thankful.
We are on to taking the rest of the day easy after getting an update and getting some tidying up as well.