The washer was next to be put in place. I wheeled it in and aligned it to the opening. I attached the water hoses and turned on the water in the laundry tub cabinet. No leaks. I put the discharge hose into the laundry tub and pushed the washer in place.
The lid for the washer hits the cabinet above when it is fully opened. The washer cannot be pushed back as far as the dryer. Maybe it is about 2 inches further out than the dryer. I cheated a little and pushed it in another inch. The lid still hits the cabinet, but it will stay up. I did a quick rinse and spin on the washer to make sure the waste pipe in the laundry tub did not leak. No leaks now, (but I will find some later).
Efiwym, my wife, painted the top cover of the laundry tub. The cover was discolored, and she gave it a nice coat of white paint. I left the door off the laundry tub cabinet because I wanted to make sure there were no leaks while Efiwym did the wash
Efiwym wasted no time testing out the washer and dryer. We had accumulated a basketful of dirty and wet rags, so she wanted to get them clean. When the washer was discharging the wastewater, I went on the floor. I reached into the laundry tub cabinet and ran my hand over the drainpipe. I actually disconnected the drainpipe from the tub. I quickly put it back in place, but I knew I had a problem. There was my culprit. The plumber that installed this tub when we bought the house was too lazy to get the right drainpipe. He configured the drainpipe with a slip joint washer and a straight pipe, instead of the proper drainpipe with a flange. This thing was leaking from the start.
Off to the hardware store to get the right drainpipe. When I returned from the home improvement store with the correct pipe, I waited until Efiwym was done with the wash load. After the load was done, I crawled back on the laundry floor to replace the pipe. Since all connections are hand-tightened, the pipe was easy to remove and replace. Once I was done, I ran the water on the laundry tub and check underneath to check for leaks. No leaks. Efiwym started another load of wash. I periodically check the waste pipe for leakage. It looks like my work was done. I put on the front door of the laundry tub cabinet and put all the stuff back underneath.
I put the laundry room door back on its hinges. I picked up my array of tools. I separated them out between the ones that went back in my toolbox, ones that belonged in my work bench in the basement and ones that were in the desk drawer in the dinette. I put all the tools away, vacuumed up the dinette room and put the excess vinyl flooring in one of the bedroom closets where we keep left over flooring and carpeting.
From the time I decided to replace the vinyl flooring and to the end, I did not like this project. I accept, because of my just-okay DIY skills, that I will run into self-inflicted problems. However, there were just too many of them. I was happy the project was done. Not because it looked good, but because it was done. Now I have some time to enjoy the rest of my time off from work.