Sort of calm now ... I'll take a look at stealing some real estate ffrom the larger upstairs bedroom to do the laundry thing up there. It might start looki9ng cramped that way.
Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
Just want o voice my frustrations with buying/sellign a home.
WANRING: RANT
Why the hell did the septic inspector say "leech field nearing the end of it's useful life" when he simply could say it's time to have it replaced?
Oh, our agent says things like, "If they back away, you have to disclose the pH and leech field thing".
RANT END
Hope that made sense.
Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
All I can say is that kitchen design for work areas has switched from triangles to circles... Usually 2 or 3 small ones and one big one... Complex designs can drum up problems. For example, never put oven doors or dishwasher doors in corners. You should have at least 30 inches on both sides of doors that open down like that...and always make sure your dishwasher is offset from the cabinets that will house your dishes.
Try to position your fridge, sink, primary counter space, stovetop, and oven in a way that suits your cooking style. You may need to figure out what you use most and design the kitchen around that... When it comes to making the cabinets do what you need to, it's pretty easy these days since they're all modular and come in so many preset sizes. Good luck. I'm about to add another 6 feet of counter space to my kitchen in the next 6 months. I just finished the lighting last week.
I think that's the "professionally" installed price. My estiamte is about half that while my father in laws (who has done more of these than I) says it's doable in the $10K ball park. This week, I'll be taking my plans to the local lumber yard (who does alot more than lumber) and getting an estiamte done. I think I am way over-estiamting the cabinetry costs. And we can always do a "cheaper" granite. I can see doing it for $15K, but that $10K number by my father in law might be pushing it.
Originally posted by: Greenman
Just a quick question for you, but why are you doing electrical after the cabinets? Perhaps even more important, why are you installing cabinets when the drywall isn't finished?
Originally posted by: FrankyJunior
Just have an island that's not bolted down and is on legs so you can slide it around. We have ours over by the wall most of the time but slide it out when we need to use it a lot.
I built this: http://plansnow.com/kitchenctr.html
And it works great. We just put those glide feet things on the bottom and it slides right around on the wood flooring.
Originally posted by: GMI
I think that's the "professionally" installed price. My estiamte is about half that while my father in laws (who has done more of these than I) says it's doable in the $10K ball park. This week, I'll be taking my plans to the local lumber yard (who does alot more than lumber) and getting an estiamte done. I think I am way over-estiamting the cabinetry costs. And we can always do a "cheaper" granite. I can see doing it for $15K, but that $10K number by my father in law might be pushing it.
Depending on where you live op, your island granite piece might be hard to find. prefab granite pieces in 96x36 inches are easy to find, but 42 gets a tad harder and would certainly drive the cost up quite a bit if you have to have someone to fabricate it for you.
Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
Originally posted by: Greenman
Just a quick question for you, but why are you doing electrical after the cabinets? Perhaps even more important, why are you installing cabinets when the drywall isn't finished?
Sorry for the confusion ....
The kitchen is currently 90% demoed. All that is left is demoing the floor. That will be done tommorrow.
We are finalizing our design (hopefully tommorrow) and ordering the cabinets. (2+ weeks for delivery)
Once that is done, we can plan the lighting and start pulling wire. And do all the electrical that is needed.
Once electrcial is done, we can get the drywall patched up and do all the associate drywall work (hiring someone to do this).
I'm planning 1-2 weeks for electrical and framing and drywall. And paint I suppose. We also need to tile.
The completion of the prep work should nearly coincide with the cabinet delivery. Then the cabinets get installed Then the counters will probably be done 2 weeks later.
Originally posted by: GMI
granite island ususally come in as...well not islands but peninsulas (no bullnose work on one of the shorter edges) so you can cut to fit and it wouldn't be terribly expensive (just a matter of paying someone for one quick cut and 3 ft of bullnose fabrication work). but if you need something the width of 42, it might be hard/impossible to find in prefab depending on your location and you might have to pay for fabrication work on all 4 sides if you end up going with a whole slab.
Originally posted by: Greenman
Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
Originally posted by: Greenman
Just a quick question for you, but why are you doing electrical after the cabinets? Perhaps even more important, why are you installing cabinets when the drywall isn't finished?
Sorry for the confusion ....
The kitchen is currently 90% demoed. All that is left is demoing the floor. That will be done tommorrow.
We are finalizing our design (hopefully tommorrow) and ordering the cabinets. (2+ weeks for delivery)
Once that is done, we can plan the lighting and start pulling wire. And do all the electrical that is needed.
Once electrcial is done, we can get the drywall patched up and do all the associate drywall work (hiring someone to do this).
I'm planning 1-2 weeks for electrical and framing and drywall. And paint I suppose. We also need to tile.
The completion of the prep work should nearly coincide with the cabinet delivery. Then the cabinets get installed Then the counters will probably be done 2 weeks later.
Got it! It was looking like you were making a huge mistake or two. If you can paint before hanging cabinets it's a real time saver, you will have to touch up when the kitchen is finished but thats much eaiser than a complete paint job. One last tip then I'll stop bothering you, use 5/8" plywood under the Granit. 3/4" is as thick as the stone and will show under the edge of the top, it's a sloppy finish.
Ok, make that two last tips, get a set of face frame clamps, makes setting cabinets a lot eaiser, I think "Pony" makes them.
Edit: A fixed island is IMHO a better idea than something that moves around, because you can have an electric outlet on it, always a plus.