Remodelfla, I logged in just to say I am so proud of you and your beautiful kitchen. I think we joined here about the same time to start research for total kitchen remodels and it is sooo good to see yours come to fruition. It is beautiful and all of the wait, research, and hardwork have definately payed off. I would sooo be at your party if I lived closer. I forsee you enjoying many, many, many happy days in your kitchen preparing amazing food and baking perfect confections with your pastry table. Enjoy! Shannon

Thanks for the advice. I thought to call the place where we got the appliances. The guy who we dealt with there told me that 90% of the range installations they do are prior to granite templating and backsplash, but that it's pretty easy to pull the range out since it's on wheels. He did say it could be an advantage to do backsplash first, since less chance of damaging the new range. But now I am nervous because no one mentioned needing to have a free standing range in place before templating. Hope that is not going to be an issue!

I'm not sure how I came across this post, I think it was displayed on the right side and I clicked on it being intrigued by the tile making. I was at one time interested in working with papercrete and hypertufa. But after enlisting my brother, who wasn't as enthusiastic, and my niece, who poured cement down my laundry room sink, which original to the house had lasted 70 years, and ruining three blenders, my interest waned. True to form, if I come upon difficulty in a project, I think of it as a sign for me not to continue. And really, after all these years of trying various crafts that result in crap, I should know better. I also should have known better than to ask my brother, who always says it can't be done to any of my unique design ideas. And I should have known better than to ask my niece, who once stayed up all night before having to drive to LA for an art show, cutting mat after mat after measuring once, twice, sometimes ten times, but always coming out with the wrong size. I think we both have math dyslexia. I should video us trying anything crafty to see where we go wrong. I think both of us having ADHD might have something to do with it. Sorry for the backstory and run on sentences. So, I just wanted to see if you continued with your venture. And to say sorry for whatever tragedy occurred to cause you to have to move to Florida. Not that there is anything wrong with Florida, but it isn't Panama. Which is one of my favorite places in the western hemisphere. I hope no one is upset that I brought up a seven year old post.

Looks rate well behind your eyes watering from smoke because it’s only pretty. Function first. The capture area of a curve is better than a flat area. But the other specs should tell the tale. 10” duct required? 600+ CFM? Grade of stainless? Type of filter? Type of blower? Country of origin? Price?