Hey all,
Was wondering if any of you prefer to have the "Professional installers" install new appliances or if you just have them delivered and DIY it. Particularly for gas appliances because of the nature of natural gas being dangerous and the risk of things exploding. Even besides that though - the 'labor' associated with hand-trucking or maneuvering the appliances through tight spaces, which is the case in our smaller condo unit. I'm probably going to update our kitchen appliances (dishwasher, fridge, oven range) soon. The last time we had a fridge delivered though, they put a nice scratch in the frame of the pocket door leading into the kitchen. But it's such a tight squeeze for a fridge that it seems it would be hard *not* to do anything like that bringing in new appliances... unless we have a contractor come in and take down the pocket door wall (which we've seen other neighbors do and it's actually nice and opens the place up). Anyway, just wanted to get your thoughts. I actually installed the current dishwasher we have (which is a pretty nice one, just not stainless steel) and it wasn't too bad of an install. But it's a pretty lightweight unit. Reason why I'm wanting to upgrade is because we're starting to update our place so that we can sell soon and make it more marketable. Current appliances are junky and aesthetically look pretty terrible (except the dishwasher). Just trying to put the money/time/work in where we can now before rushing to do it all at the last hour.