Home Improvement II

[classicman]

Bumping this thread instead of starting a new one.

I've always wanted a slide out trash can cabinet in my kitchen to fill a hole where there was once a trash compactor. I'm not willing to pay upwards of $200 for what looks like a cheap setup. Getting an old one also afforded me the opportunity to work on a project with my son, something we used to do quite often. 2 weeks ago an ex- neighbor's home which was foreclosed upon was being renovated. They removed all the cabinetry from the kitchen. It was the same style as mine - (solid oak face) I needed a 15", but there were none. So I asked if I could have one of the others and got an 18" cabinet in very good shape. I didn't want to purchase a new one for three reasons; no match readily available, the cost and it wouldn't look right having only one brand new.

So ... to do this right I needed to accomplish/acquire a few things.
1) Purchase new door front to match.
2) Fabricate internal drawer setup for trashcan.
3) Dissemble WITHOUT DAMAGING cabinet
4) Cut existing 18" cabinet down to 15"
5) Reassemble
6) Install drawer system
7) Sand and finish cabinet face
8) Install new cabinet
I used the hardware from the old cabinet and reinstalled it at the bottom to use as the drawer slider system.

We've been working on this together for the last couple weekends and we have now gotten to the critical point of installing the refurbished cabinet ...
Thats the plan for today.

The issues we've run into so far:
1) The company that made the door-fronts I have is apparently out of business.
2) I cannot find 2 trashcans to fit (1 for trash and the other for recycling).
3) The handles that I bought 6 years ago when I redid the rest of the kitchen are no longer available.
4) There is a 2x4 mounted behind where the cabinet needs to go.
Because there was no cabinet there the original installers mounted it to hold up the counter top.

So today we are going to cut out a notch in the back of our cabinet to go around the 2x4 and get this thing installed.
For the rest - - - Internet, here I come!