orion940
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I'm on the quest of getting new kitchen countertops. Today the carpenter was in to level things out, raise a cabinet to prep for the measurers who were scheduled for tomorrow.
First, the cabinets could not be raised to be even with the other cabinets because they had been refaced together. Moving along, they took the counter top off and found nothing was level. It didn't matter where you put the level, bubble doesn't come close to center. There were props and that white board in the pic to make the thing appear level, and trash from the prior install was in the area behind the lazy susan thing in the bottom cabinet.
Any suggestions on the cabinets? I'm looking at about a dozen boxes top and bottom. I don't think real wood is in the budget right now. This part of it was not planned for to begin with.
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pleekmo
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clubs: | Oh, no! The dreaded Cash Suckage Vortex!
Is this the end? We'll know in the next exciting espisode...!
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sirchief
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How far out of level were they? Is it possible to get another carpenter out for a second opion, possibly someone with some creativity to make it work?
You had countertops on there already. Could you tell that they were out of level?
Just some thoughts!
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orion940
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| The bubble was entirely out of the lines. The composite board they had was 1/2" and tired looking,
I knew they were out of level, I didn't know how bad supports were. I thought it was a question of just having to check the posts and take a little off one.
I want to put tile up around and I want it to be right. When you come into the front door, you see right into the kitchen. I may be in situation where I have to sell in the next year. I need a selling point. I also want to be in a situation where if I sell in 10-15yrs, you can still look in the kitchen when you walk in the door and notice the kitchen.
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sirchief
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| said by orion940  :The bubble was entirely out of the lines. The composite board they had was 1/2" and tired looking, I knew they were out of level, I didn't know how bad supports were. I thought it was a question of just having to check the posts and take a little off one. I want to put tile up around and I want it to be right. When you come into the front door, you see right into the kitchen. I may be in situation where I have to sell in the next year. I need a selling point. I also want to be in a situation where if I sell in 10-15yrs, you can still look in the kitchen when you walk in the door and notice the kitchen. O. Great points! The good thing is, with a kitchen renovation, you are likely to get a lot of it back when you sell.
Sorry I can't provide a good resource for cabinets from first hand experience.
A couple of our neighbors did use Lowes for Kraftmaid cabinets recently and had good luck. |
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orion940
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| said by sirchief :Great points! The good thing is, with a kitchen renovation, you are likely to get a lot of it back when you sell. Sorry I can't provide a good resource for cabinets from first hand experience. A couple of our neighbors did use Lowes for Kraftmaid cabinets recently and had good luck. Thanks. That is a good starting point. I want to get the materials at Lowe's, I got the installer already.
I read in CNN that today's market will return 40-50% or so in kitchens, it's slid down lately.
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