Today was the day to install the pedestals that all of the base cabinets will be set upon. I decided to use separate pedestals rather than ones integrated into the cabinet to make the process of leveling easier. That was a wise decision. The area of the floor where the cooktop cabinet is located had a slope of about 1 inch over a five foot span --with a small "hump" in the middle. And just to make it even more entertaining, the new wall bowed out at about the same rate. It took a lot of shims and a lot of cursing (required) to get things level. Somewhere along the way, we figured out that the 2-foot level we were using showed a different reading depending on which side of the level was sitting against the surface we were trying to level. That helped clear up a lot of confusion for us as to why it was level one minute and then not level when we did, yet another, "final" check. By the way, it was a Stanley 2-footer...beware of the cheap levels.
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