Goodbye sink! Hello sink!

Last week, we finally got rid of the old sink, and installed the new one!

Thursday night, we disconnected the plumbing:

And then started smashing up the cabinet:

Because of the plumbing and vents, we had to remove the cabinet piece by piece:

"Not this again. Come on, you guys."

It was a tough one to get out, but eventually we succeeded:

On Friday, Mr. Bunkport came & put new plywood subfloors in:

As well as concrete board over the plywood, to prepare for the tile. Here's AJ, wielding a screw gun like a pro:

Mr. Bunkport used sleepers under the plywood to level the worst-sloped parts, and used a think layer of self-leveling concrete to deal with the less-sloped parts:

He wrote his name in the concrete for fun:

And AJ signed for us:

When we disconnected the plumbing the night before, we discovered that the stop valve on the wall for the hot water was leaking, so he helped us with that, as well:

Even though these are standard valves, inexplicably, it took two trips to two different hardware stores to get the right ones.  And we could only find one, so we had to go with the old, mostly-working-but-will-go-before-too-long one for the cold side for now.

That hole in the middle of the wall is where the vent was when we moved in. It wasn't to code, so Mr. Bunkport had the plumber put in new ones during The Big Project of 2013-2014. We couldn't go back out through the same wall because it is too close to the property line, so they had to snake through the wall and up through the roof. That's why those are like that.

On Saturday, Mr. Bunkport came back to finish up the floor.

Goodbye mice!

When he left, we set to work installing the new sink. First, a patch for this part of the wall that wasn't able to get drywalled during The Big Project of 2013-2014 because the cabinet was there:

Next, building a base for the sink. Mr. Bunkport said we would have more luck doing this, and then attaching a pine or poplar toe kick, than with the plastic Ikea cabinet legs and toe kick, so off we went.

Again, AJ with the screw gun:

Done!

Oh wait, why did I say 30 inches? The cabinet is 36 inches.

Meanwhile...

Eventually, we got the box built to the right size, and the cabinet mounted. Next, we needed to disconnect the vents and drill holes into the side of the cabinet to run them through.

Success!

Finally, we maneuvered the hundred-pound sink on top of the cabinet.

Yes, the cabinet is securely fastened to both the box (which is itself screwed into the studs) and the studs in the wall.

Here is AJ, admiring our work (and resting):

And then in went the faucet:

And in went the new drain:

We couldn't get the supply lines on the faucet hooked up over the weekend, because, of course, they were just a few inches short of the stop valves. It took three trips to two hardware stores to find the right extensions.

"What's all the fuss about? Who needs running water?"

While AJ was running back and forth to hardware stores, I started priming walls:

Sink! Running water! Success!

Lastly, we started concocting a scheme to integrate the three different types of tile we're going to be laying (two types leftover from The Big Project of 2013-2014, and one new type). This is going to be interesting!