Kitchen Remodel

[CEC_Tech]

All appliances we've had break in one way or another. I've gotten in the habit of making sure I know where to get replacement parts. For hood over the range, check out ExtremeAir products. They are a fraction of the cost of what you'll find for Hoods. We ordered online and I was pleasantly surprised. Pretty high quality for what you pay. Nowadays I'm all about going online to find good deals. Local just always seems overpriced.

[bonjing]

Originally Posted by mosesbotbol

From what I see, all the dishwashers suck. We have a Fisher & Paykel dual draw dishwasher. Super quiet, can wash a ton of dishes with two separate units, but always clogs and has cost us almost what it cost new in servicing over the years.

Was between the one we bought and a Bosch. Heard similar horror stories on Bosch...

Get the one that has the features and utility you need and don't go over board. I did and regret is a little. Certainly looks cool though!

Nice fridge is different; that is a showpiece of the kitchen.

Thanks for the heads up. I will admit that I know absolutely nothing about dishwashers or even how to use one, I’ve been the dishwasher all my life. I don’t even recall seeing a dishwasher in use. Hell I don’t know squat about any appliance. I just went with the Bosch because from searches, it cleans well and is quiet.

Originally Posted by CEC_Tech

All appliances we've had break in one way or another. I've gotten in the habit of making sure I know where to get replacement parts. For hood over the range, check out ExtremeAir products. They are a fraction of the cost of what you'll find for Hoods. We ordered online and I was pleasantly surprised. Pretty high quality for what you pay. Nowadays I'm all about going online to find good deals. Local just always seems overpriced.

Thanks for the suggestion. We are going to look at Zeypher tomorrow and I think we’ve narrowed it down to: Best, Zeypher or the matching GE hood. Because of our small kitchen we are going with a 30” hood. My requirements were quiet yet effective (probably cannot match the two) baffle filters preferred and no touch screen, wife wants pretty . Sadly it seems that most in the 30” range don’t really fill those wants at least all together. So far the zeyphr has been the quietest from what we’ve heard, played with one at Best Buy but not the model that we wanted. Others have been really loud. Not too many places have working hoods to play with so this has been a tough search.

[bonjing]

Any one have good/bad experience with quartz? We've basically decided on Cambria. More of a defaulted to Cambria as other showrooms were not available for us too look at slabs. We are going with a semi rounded edge 3/4 profile i think, maybe a waterfall or two. I've read that the rounded edges withstand chipping better. Main reason for quartz, no or less maintenance then other types of "stone." We also considered Dekton, but we are really unsure of fabricators abilities after reading some horror stories online, even ones that are certified for the material.

Wife fell in love with some real quartzite, granted I liked it too, but not $4k without install a slab, like. And needing two, I was semi successful at walking away, but damn it was pretty. The bad part was that they only had two and I was worried that if one broke during transport of fabrication we were screwed.

[retired]

found this for info..$$ but looks great and durable
https://prudentreviews.com/quartz-co...ops-pros-cons/

as long as da mama happy ..everbody happy!

[bonjing]

Well, kitchen remodel got pushed back to the 23rd. The inspector wants to come out and double check that the wall that’s coming down is in fact a non load bearing wall. I hope all goes well the whole remodel is dependent on that wall coming down. Our contractor has done 3 houses in the neighborhood (cookie cutter neighborhood) and he’s positive that the wall is non load bearing as well as two other contractors that we looked into. So fingers crossed.
As a plus side is that all our appliances are no eta, this gives us a bit more time for everything to fall into place.

One thing I do regret is I have a few, I think two, lower cabinets, I didn’t think about that lower cabinets suck, I should have had drawers or pull out shelving done.

[mosesbotbol]

Glad to find this thread again. We are starting on a kitchen remodel. Luckily we have new appliances. We are removing the uppers above the stove and will have a rod all the way across that wall to hang pots & pans. We moving the fridge from the wall with the stove to the opposite wall and putting a pantry cabinet next to it. Adding additional lighting and either a draw microwave or a small microwave inside the cabinet.

All of this is not 100%, but it seems like it's heading that direction.

[bonjing]

Good luck with your remodel Moses

Love your corgi by the way. We’ve been wanting one for a long time now. I tried to talk the wife into one since the shelter in place, I figured it would be a good time to bond and train with one. Plus since we were going to replace the carpet anyway no big deals on puppy mistakes.

[mosesbotbol]

Originally Posted by bonjing

Good luck with your remodel Moses

Love your corgi by the way. We’ve been wanting one for a long time now. I tried to talk the wife into one since the shelter in place, I figured it would be a good time to bond and train with one. Plus since we were going to replace the carpet anyway no big deals on puppy mistakes.

Thanks, I'll tell her.

If you like a lot of barking and ankle biting; get a corgi!

Corgi's are good at holding it and I would not expect many mishaps on that note.

[bonjing]

Well, we are actually starting on the 05/10, two months later hahaha. Now for some reason I am totally nervous. For months we were sure we had everything that we could covered. Now we are questioning everything, do we have enough materials, did we buy the right stuff? It's a small kitchen, and everything we have bought still seems instock, prices haven't gone too crazy, so we can get extra.

[bonjing]

Kitchen is/was coming along nicely! Wife took a few weeks off to monitor their progress. Contractor said they have never had anyone watch them for 8 hours a day, start to finish like she did . Usually it’s just a look around and leave . She wants what she wants.

Thought everything was falling into place, appliances except for dishwasher were delivered. The delivery guys dented the fridge and our new floor. At least the shop is trying to make right on it. Normally a new fridge is in order but looking at everything it would take at least another 6 months. So replace the freezer door and file for the dented floor and maybe some discount off or accessories. I want copper handles.

Quartz template is done and now waiting cutting and installation.

I’m so over this and at the same time excited.

[icehog3]

[bonjing]

Our old kitchen. This kitchen has served our family well. I kind of miss it.

I have no idea why it’s upside down.

[bonjing]

Tiles and cabinetry laid out.

[T.G]

Awesome ceiling tiles Greg.

[bonjing]

Originally Posted by T.G

Awesome ceiling tiles Greg.

https://youtu.be/ovo6zwv6DX4

[bonjing]

Almost there, still missing the dishwasher.

[icehog3]

That's beautiful, Greg!

Next time I get there can I get some ox tails?

[bonjing]

All that you can eat

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by bonjing

All that you can eat

[bonjing]

These might be a little better resolution.

D633E754-8167-4B92-AF60-B3B7C08FC9FD by Greg A, on Flickr


7CD51359-8C89-4C31-915F-67AA40BD5102 by Greg A, on Flickr