Rinky-Dink Sink

OK, I lied. The sink itself isn't rinky-dink... this thing is a beast! Cast iron, double bowl, super deep, super wide--and it weighs a ton.

But the rest of it... not so good.

Father and I found a little surprise when chipping the back splash tile off: it was plastic! And not cool plastic either, because it was really thin and just snapped and broke everywhere.

The back of the plastic tiles were concave and had been filled with some kind of glue, or liquid nails, or something. What a mess. How am I going to get that off?

Well, with no effort at all Father and I just lifted the whole sink and counter top and everything right off the cabinet base. Then we gently lifted the cabinet and it came right up too... hardly nailed to anything at all.

We just kept hauling the junk outside, one piece at a time (reminds me of Johnny Cash's car). Like a good redneck I am keeping the sink and other unwanted fixtures in the yard--for now anyway.

Since the water pipes came up through the floor, then into the wall, and then out of the wall to the faucet, it took a little cutting and working to get them out. We are definitely not putting the new pipes back that way. Instead of a wall-mounted faucet I just want a sink-mounted faucet, you know, like normal people.

With cabinets, sink, sink base, faucet and tile removed, I'd say we are in the running for the Ugliest Kitchen on the Planet award. But we still have the floor to go...

And speaking of UGLY...