[Main General Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos Did exactly the same 5 years ago. Word of advice; Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by SWEDECAR [Email] (#112) [Profile/Gallery] (more from SWEDECAR) on Wed, 7 Apr 2004 22:10:06 In Reply to: OT - Tearing up the kitchen tomorrow, RS [Profile/Gallery] , Wed, 7 Apr 2004 18:37:55 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

Plan on extra time (1-2 month) and do it right.

We were lucky enough to have an extra appartment with a kitchen so that made a ton of difference.

You WILL find surprises when the walls are opened up. Are you putting in new electric too?
I ripped out all the conduits and had 5 new circuits installed.

We had Home depot helping us with the plan for the kitchen cabinets but they turned out to be too expensive so we went with a cabinet maker that custom made everything for half the price. $6000.00 for 17 cabinets in different sizes and made of Hickory.

We used granit (buddy price $3000.00) and the MOST important thing after installation is to seal the surface. The installer used a "cheese" product and the first baking I did I had huge blotches of grease stains on it. Luckily I manage to extract the grease stains and used a more expensive product by StoneTech professional called Bulletproof, $70.00 a quart. That product is killer!

I also learned that granit is VERY cold and bread don't really rise that good, so from now on I use a sheet of plywood between as insulation.

Highlites of the remodel was to go with the cabinet maker to the lumber yard and pick out the boards one by one, or when me and my wife went to the granit yard and walked up and down the hall looking at slabs, using a measuring tape to make sure they were big enough.

Most important!
My wife is very happy with the kitchen and still mention that after 5 years.

Anders

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SWEDECAR

• OT - Tearing up the kitchen tomorrow, RS , Wed, 7 Apr 2004 18:37:55
  • Re: OT - Tearing up the kitchen tomorrow, Steve Mac, Fri, 9 Apr 2004 13:14:36
  • Thanks, All. We just completed demolition stage 1, RS , Thu, 8 Apr 2004 16:10:10
    • Talk to some people about Pergo floors..., Noel, Fri, 9 Apr 2004 06:16:05
    • Consider a cork floor, KenB, Thu, 8 Apr 2004 18:17:25
      • Interesting stuff, RS , Fri, 9 Apr 2004 07:59:52
  • Twice as long and three times as expensive...., Mike Lynch , Thu, 8 Apr 2004 11:27:08
    • Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of :-) n/m, RS , Fri, 9 Apr 2004 10:49:06
  • awesome! can you come do mine next???, modest mouse , Thu, 8 Apr 2004 10:19:23
    • LOL. If I survive the process :-) n/m, RS , Fri, 9 Apr 2004 08:00:36
  • Re: OT - Tearing up the kitchen tomorrow, jp, Thu, 8 Apr 2004 09:28:22
    • Very nice kitchen, RS , Thu, 8 Apr 2004 18:54:54
  • about granite, Dean, Thu, 8 Apr 2004 08:49:24
    • more about granite, Bart, Thu, 8 Apr 2004 10:46:41
      • Re: more about granite + concrete, Brian in MA, Thu, 8 Apr 2004 11:22:59
        • What kind of price range on Richlite? n/m, RS , Thu, 8 Apr 2004 16:11:00
  • Re: OT - Tearing up the kitchen tomorrow, kurt, Thu, 8 Apr 2004 07:15:58
    • Scope creep!, RS , Thu, 8 Apr 2004 16:15:16
  • Great to do, can take a while, worth every penny, Noel, Thu, 8 Apr 2004 06:16:04
    • Sounds like yours was a very nice redo, RS , Thu, 8 Apr 2004 16:20:16
  • Did exactly the same 5 years ago. Word of advice;, SWEDECAR , Wed, 7 Apr 2004 22:10:06 <-- Viewing This Message
  • need me to come over and help? :) good luck RS! nm, sab, Wed, 7 Apr 2004 20:54:54
    • Thanks, Steve. We'd have to put you up in the attic, RS , Thu, 8 Apr 2004 16:13:00
      • the attic is fine! :)...., sab, Thu, 8 Apr 2004 16:36:28
  • Re: OT - Tearing up the kitchen tomorrow, Steve Mac, Wed, 7 Apr 2004 20:19:23
    • Thanks on the dust control. Will do. n/m, RS , Thu, 8 Apr 2004 19:00:15
  • Re: OT - Tearing up the kitchen tomorrow, andy , Wed, 7 Apr 2004 19:48:19
    • Re: OT - Tearing up the kitchen tomorrow, SWEDECAR , Wed, 7 Apr 2004 22:17:43
    • LOL ..., RS , Wed, 7 Apr 2004 20:21:52
  • Re: OT - Tearing up the kitchen tomorrow, Posidon, Wed, 7 Apr 2004 18:52:18
  • Re: OT - Tearing up the kitchen tomorrow, Dennis/MA, Wed, 7 Apr 2004 18:50:53
    • Keep us up to date!, Randy Thatcher , Wed, 7 Apr 2004 19:26:05
      • The more I look at granite countertops ..., RS , Thu, 8 Apr 2004 19:02:10
      • Randy, I was thinking of using tiles for the counter>>, elSVT, Thu, 8 Apr 2004 07:21:33
        • Re: Randy, I was thinking of using tiles for the counter>>, burlyb, Thu, 8 Apr 2004 10:41:53
          • Re: Randy, I was thinking of using tiles for the counte, Randy Thatcher , Thu, 8 Apr 2004 12:35:59
      • Save the extra 12x12 tiles, if you go that route..., Geoff, Wed, 7 Apr 2004 19:37:34

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