Our kitchen is pretty small to begin with so we knew things were going to be a tight fit. Getting a decent size fridge with a water/ice dispenser in the door was my one request. Measuring the fridge in the store, we realized it was going to be a 1/4" taller and 2" wider than our opening. So rather than go smaller, we decided to make it fit. I took out a small portion of the countertop between the oven and the pantry so I could slide the oven over about 3 inches. I then moved the small cabinet over so our space was now wide enough. I then had to remove the above cabinet and sawed off about a 1/2" to make vertical clearance. The cabinet had a large lip on it, so its hard to notice anything's been removed.
The oven was the easiest install of the four. For the oven I had to rotate the outlet 180 degrees so it would fit in the opening of the new oven.
For the dishwasher I learned that the water valve under the sink does not turn off all the way leaving a constant drip. So I just let the new water line run back into the sink until the new dishwasher arrived. However, the drain pipe for the dishwasher was still connected to the clogged disposal in the sink. So one night when Rebecca was hand washing dishes, the disposal clogged up and water began to come out of the dishwasher drain pipe onto the floor. The noise of the water prevented her from hearing anything until she went into the garage and noticed the wet floor. So after I let things dry overnight, I was able to finally get the dishwasher in.
Today we finally had time for the microwave. I only messed up on one of the mounting holes. So after a couple of attempts we got it hung.
Our kitchen looks a lot different and I have my water/ice dispenser.
