NICE!

The granite is in!  As I mentioned yesterday I had anxiety about whether things would go smoothly or not.  I always expect something to go wrong.  Well luckily in this case I was wrong.  The entire process went perfectly.  Ali was home with the installers and the plumber and she said that everyone was very nice. 

I left work a bit early so I could check out the work in progress.  By the time I got home the counter tops were completely done.  Basically in the span of a morning the plumbing was disconnected, the old counters were removed, the granite was installed and the holes for the faucet, RO and soap dispenser were drilled.  In fact all that was left was for the plumbing to get reinstalled.

Like I said the plumber was a very nice guy.  In addition to hooking up the new sink, we also had him hook up the new reverse osmosis system.  It cost us $500 to have the plumber do everything but in retrospect it was money well spent.  It was done right, it was done neatly and the guy was great.  After the plumber left Ali and I spent a lot of time just admiring our new counters.  Everything looked great. 

The new sink and faucet combination will make cleaning big items so much easier.  The sink is a massive and deep granite composite material that is supposed to be impervious to almost anything.  The new RO system is a big upgrade as well.  Replacing the filters is a breeze compared to what I have had to deal with.  It also makes a TON more  clean water than the old system did.  When we emptied the 1st tank of water to flush it out we got at least 3 gallons of water out of it.  With the old system we were lucky to get a gallon out before it started dying.

So needless to say we are extremely pleased with our granite investment.  We added up everything we spent and even with adding an RO system which we didn’t plan for with the $6000 estimate from Home Depot, we wound up saving around $1500 bucks.  You can see  all of the pictures from the project here.

Yesterday I also received the new timing hardware that the running club bought.  I am looking forward to digging into it so I can familiarize myself with the new system.  So far I really like the look of the hardware.  It seems very rugged and professional.  Hopefully it will make our race timing much less stressful once we implement it.

We are picking up mom Saturday to sleep over for Easter Sunday.  Originally we planned on going to her place but the surprise early granite installation merited a change of venue.  I look forward to showing off the new counters to mom.

 Did you know that I can get a 4.85% discount on a new GM vehicle through our credit union? Might come in handy down the road.