The dishwasher project

Much progress today in the kitchen. I cleaned out the cabinet under the sink, cut the panels for both sides of the dishwasher, and read the instructions. I also gathered up the parts and bits for the torch, tried to generally clean up, and put together a plan (of sorts) for doing the plumbing. Then jeep_squire and evilnicola came over, Pete and I went to Lowe's for parts, and we got started. About five minutes later, I ran back up to Lowe's for other parts we needed, and Pete did 90% of the work. We finally got done about five o'clock, tested everything, and went out to dinner. The dishwasher has been successfully run one time already.

But, quite a bit is left to do, too:

• Attach sides to back and floor.
  
• Cut countertop.
  
• Attach countertop to sides.
  
• Install additional floor tiles.
  
• Remove old liquor cabinet.
  
• Install cabinet over sink.
  
• Reinstall old liquor cabinet new to cabinet over sink.
  
• Trim the lightswitch cover.
  
• Install floor trim.
  
• Then, Gildor to frame for it.
  

I'm swamped!

EDIT:

On 8/16, I finished attaching the sides to the back and the floor. That included some tricky stuff, since I did it without removing the dishwasher. At one point, I had a nail taped to the end of a broom handle. That trick actually worked the second time.

This morning I finished cutting the countertop, which actually got jammed in the guard on my table saw (oops). I cut about 3/8 from each side on the saw, and had to cut the middle by hand. It's sitting on top now, but I have to find some way to attach the top to the sides (ideally without removing the dishwasher). I'm trying to decide which is more work: drilling and putting in wooden pegs or removing the dishwasher. I might also just caulk the whole thing down and see what happens.