First, I removed the existing runner-less drawer boxes and installed new high-tech Austrian gliders in the wall unit (only the best materials, you know me).
I had ordered new, pre-assembled drawer boxes on-line. Special locking devices that fit with the gliders go underneath the boxes. (Note how they have a cedar plywood base, nice for storing linens.)
Then, I installed the new drawer boxes in the wall unit.
Finally, I tore apart the original boxes and re-installed the front panels onto the new boxes.
Voila! No more squeaky, creaky, askew drawers. They now glide in and out quietly with a nifty soft-close motion. (Cue oohs and aahs from audience.) Now I know how Nadine from the television show Twin Peaks felt. [Marc]
2 comments:
Between installing water heaters and a whole new drawer system in a built in closet to look like original woodwork, and an MD and a PHd... is there anything you can't do. I continue to be in awe. If I complete only one iota of what you have in the last decade, I will have a full and accomplished life. You amaze. So many diverse talents...
Well - I have to give Marc 100% credit for the drawer update - I have had nothing to do with it, as I am now a part-time mechanic. I think that I like the learning curve associated with "new" projects. I did so much on the first house that I'm less ambitious with this house. Marc has been doing more projects in the house - but the furnace and pellet stove and drain cleaning are still my territory. Mike
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