After many years of heavy use, the cabinets and drawers under our kitchen island counter were showing the signs of wear and tear, and termites had moved in. It was time to replace it. Longtime devotee and carpenter Kanda Alahan, from California, was kind enough to build a new set at home. He pre-assembled it, then disassembled and packed efficiently in a crate for shipping by sea, then reassembled it here. Our hired cook, Mani, took a couple days off while Kanda, along with multiple monks and our employee Doug, went about demolishing the old, cleaning the underside of the countertop for reuse and installing the new. It all went very smoothly and they were finished sooner than expected. Thank you Kanda!
Kanda Alahan and Kumarnathaswami pleased as kitchen island is complete!- Rewinding– the shipping crate containing the cabinetry and drawers
- Unpacking
- Cutting out the old cabinets
- Termit infestations
- We have to chisel off the old material which is glued to the underside of the countertop
- Figuring out the electrical plug wiring
- Kanda and our employee Doug install new plywood base
- Cabinets are assembled in the woodshop
- Positioning the cabinets
- Gluing two sides together
- Preparing to put the countertop back on
- Ready to install doors
- And done!
