Confused about Brand Name Kitchen Sinks
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Comments (4)NunkPhoto: I seriously considered this yellow-edged fluorescent light. I like it and a similar one also on display at HD, an oval which only came in BIG size and not graduated sizes, sigh. Enjoy this purchase! HoneyChurch: I've got a similar situation, have decided to put one pendant in front of each of 3 separated windows on the outside wall (one over the sink) and another two pendants over the peninsula. Friends said "too much, too much" because of 5 vertical hanging cords, but lighting expert said it was good idea. The pendants are unobtrusive little glass bells, not large or of a bright color, and it is my hope that when lighted the bells will give the outside of the house a distinctive look from the curb. (They will be switched so that the center, the outside two, or all three can be on at once on the sink side and two will be switched together on the peninsula.) I'm also using two matching center-of-the-kitchen ceiling-hugging lozenge-shaped lights for general lighting. In my old kitchen I had a 70s ball globe pendant suspended over the sink. I have always enjoyed it, although once it swung into the window and cracked and had to have globe replaced. I think it's fascinating to see the same fixture now for sale in Ikea, so many years later. The look from the street was always welcoming....See Moreconfused about kitchen cabinet grades / price levels
Comments (15)You want to compare Apples to Apples - this means you need to know what you want. Specifically, what cabinet construction you want. For example, if you go to Home Depot and see a cabinet you like, the salesperson will start going blah...blah...blah. So, you need to know some specific parameters to ask about. For example, you like door style A, that's nice - Home Depot's standard is particle board, there is a "partial" plywood upgrade and then the full plywood construction upgrade. What do YOU want? Note, 1/2" plywood is not the same as 3/4" plywood. So, you need to know what you want and take those SPECIFIC details to different cabinet showrooms and even a few custom cabinets makers to find out who has the best price on the exact same cabinets. If you want to get an apples to apples price comparison, try laying out a small pretend kitchen with standard size cabinets and bring that in to the various places and have it priced out - that will tell you what the best deal is. So, a 36" sink base with tip-out drawers, a 30" 3-drawer pot and pan base, a 42" blind corner cab. A 24" (or 27" if you want 15" deep uppers) corner upper, and a few standard uppers. ALL cabinet manufacturers offer these cabs, so this is a way to get an idea on different pricing. Make sure you compare particle board to particle board, or all 1/2" plywood to all 1/2" plywood, or all 3/4" plywood (mostly custom, rarely semi-custom) to all 3/4" plywood. And make sure you compare equivalent drawer slides as well - here I suggest you do not accept anything less than Blum Blumotion undermount soft-close glides - you'll be miserable otherwise. Don't go in with a complicated layout to get a lot of different prices to compare apples to apples - the more complicated it is the more the salespeople talk and throw you off your goal. Keep it simple for now. As for pull-outs: Yes, there is a HUGE upcharge on ordering cabinets with them already installed. It is MUCH cheaper to order the pull-outs separately online yourself (Rev-a-Shelf, Hafele) and install them yourself or have your cabinet installer put them into empty cabinets BEFORE they are installed on the walls. This, unfortunately, is the only way to ACCURATELY compare prices among the gazillions of cabinet manufacturers out there. After that you can do a real layout and compare the pricing on exactly what YOU need amongst the 2-3 cabinetmakers you know already offer the best value for the money....See MoreI'm SERIOUSLY confused about the kitchen sink......
Comments (10)I have been debating the sink question for our remodel and hope there's someone who can HELP ME! My original thought was a big single sink (Ticor S508) because I'm so sick of the double, can't put the big pans in, kind of sink. But, I had so many people tell me that I'm going to miss the flexibility of 2 sinks, that I'm thinking of a big side, small side (Ticor S6512) as an option. I would really LOVE your thoughts. Maybe there's something I haven't considered about these 2 options....See MoreConfused about flooring.... (Super confused.)
Comments (17)Floorman here 40 years experience professional installer First. You have a bigger leak under floor if it buckling. Sound to me you would be better to have vinyl plank installed instead of wood. If you want a professional job it will cost you $10 plus for wood and labor no furniture. Labor alone is $5 in Missouri. The cheap hardwood is all going to be soft easy to scratch. Vinyl plank would be cheaper. Labor is $1.50 to $2.00 sq ft. Its glue down or it can be loose laid if you buy that type. If a peace gets scratched easier to replaced even for DIY but that peace will have to be glued. Vinyl plank looks like real wood now days. Water won’t hurt it as long as not a major leak. If your on concrete for wood or vinyl a moisture test should be taken first to see if there’s any hydrostatic pressure if there is it shouldn’t lay either one would have to fix problem first. With vinyl plank if it is glued you might need 1/4” underlayment on sub floor. But loose snap in vinyl plank you shouldn’t need underlayment. If your floor is wavy so will the vinyl plank look. Just my advice....See Moremarcolo
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