Cabinet door sample problem.. advice needed ASAP (contract issue)
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Comments (17)I think you have to go with what feels right - you're standing in the room, we're not. The problem (IMHO) is the math is off for the entire room. Lord, that's sounds awful doesn't it? lol! But it's really not that tragic. :) It just makes it harder to balance and distribute contrasts, texture, color, etc. Math is a wonderous thing and is key in any kind of design whether 2 dimensional in a graphic or artistic sense or 3 dimensional in an architectural sense. Get the math right for stuff like crown widths, door height, mantle height, where light switches are placed, or whatever and it's a lot easier to decorate -- things just seem to *fall into place* with little effort or stress. Thing is your room is (I'm guessing) just like the majority of rooms out there. The math is off. Happens for various reasons. Original drawings are altered to fit the lot, carpenters do one part while masons do another, and on and on. Often there isn't one person involved who knows about golden ratios passing calculators out to everyone and double checking this to that. The trick to use wall space with varying widths of trim is a good trick to make moldings look more expensive and substantial but probably not necessary in a room with 9ft ceilings. Because the math doesn't work out right. That's why I suggested just taking the small bead of trim off. But ya can't. So absolutely try it the way you think will fudge everything into feeling right. It can come out just fine and no one will be the wiser about the stuff that might not add up perfectly by the numbers....See MoreAdvice Needed - Do We Attempt General Contracting Ourselves?
Comments (18)GCs do a lot of integrating and air-traffic control, problem solving, working through problems and dealing with inspectors, municipal offices and the people who work in them. (For example, I know that in my city, it took SEVEN signatures to put a Dumpster in front of my house. That's in addition to obtaining the Dumpster itself. Could you name, for example, even one of the offices you'd need to go to? I know I couldn't. Multiply that by every tiny step of this process.) If this is your first remodel, I'd really suggest you hire a GC, unless you have a background that lends itself to these issues. A GC telling an electrician to wait because the is a trusted colleague with a working relationship he wants to protect. You telling an electrician to wait is just another client he can blow off, and you may never see him again, while he makes room in his schedule to wire a whole 16 room house for his friend the GC. Can you blame him, business-wise? That's a big check. They occasionally also ask fairly technical questions. You have to be prepared to answer them. Like how many amp line you want where. You can learn these things, obviously, but, again, you need to know you need to know them. A good GC will alert you to problems, like whether he thinks the subs workers are doing a good job, whether there are problems with the design, if he/she thinks an engineer needs to be called in (if there are surprises in a wall or floor). CAN it be done? Yes. If it's a fairly simple remodel, just straight replacing a wall or two of relatively recent cabinets, swapping appliances, not a lot of position changes, changing a floor covering where you have good reason to believe the floor underneath is sound, you could do a lot of research UP FRONT. There is definitely a lot of good information here, and people have definitely done it. People have, in fact done the actual WORK themselves. I just want you to go in with your eyes open, if you do it. Not just thinking "oh, it's just like calling the plumber a bunch of times". There were times I could really see the strain on my GC, who does this for a living, getting these guys to behave and do what he needed them to do when he needed it. But it would be smart to have a handy friend come over and give their opinion on your actual house....See MoreNeed bathroom sink/mirror/sconce advice asap!!
Comments (117)In case Jenn gets notifications on this thread, I have a similar problem. I wanted to use sconces but think there is not enough room so I think we might need to use a bathroom bar. How is the lighting you are receiving from the lighting? Are the shadows impossible? Troubling? Minimal? Thanks...should you see this....See MoreReplace Therma-Tru frame or frame and door? Need help asap pls. x-post
Comments (5)We've found a solution to the problem. We're keeping the existing door (undamaged) and the window contracting company is repairing the minor rot damage on the jam. It's the most cost effective solution and won't delay interior or exterior work. Quite happy about this! Here's what I wrote on my thread in the kitchen forum: After much discussion and research, we're keeping the existing kitchen door and addressing the jam rot only. I talked to a supplier about purchasing a custom made new rot resistant jam for the TT door (their old doors were an inch taller than all other brands). And then I talked to the owner of the window contracting company who suggested that since the rot was minimal, another option was to remove the affected wood, fill with epoxy and sand it smooth. Once painted, we'll never know that it was damaged and there would be no reason for further damage to occur (the leak that caused the rot happened years ago and has since been addressed). This is a cost effective solution that won't delay the exterior or interior work so we're quite happy about it. This company has an excellent rep (BBB, contractor's board, Angie's List, Yelp, etc, plus two suppliers told us that, hands down, this is *the* company to work with. Their work is excellent). They are conscientious about making sure that all installs are to code and won't cause water issues down the road. The amount of flashing, wrapping, etc that they are adding to our windows and doors is more than twice what our initial install had 21 yrs ago. You should have heard them mumbling about how poorly the house was flashed and how amazed they are that they haven't uncovered any dry rot (so thankful for that but it could have been a different story if we hadn't replaced the failed LP siding when we did.). Thanks to everyone who helped me figure this out!...See Morecharlikin
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