Hi all - I first want to say I am a new member (login wise anyway), but have been reading your wonderful posts and getting ideas for my own new kitchen for over a year now. My install started yesterday (finally!) and I wanted to say Thank You so much for all the ideas/ inspiration/ advice! You are all fabulous! anncamp - This is a very sensitive topic for me since I was (and still somewhat am) in a very similar situation as you - and it was also with an Authorized dealer of Shiloh cabinets! My (main but not only) issue was that I requested 13" depth upper cabinets and the KD ordered 12" depth. They are the light painted inset cabs with cafe brushing/glaze, so matching the remake cabs to the other (correct) cabs has been next to impossible. After 2 tries (over "many" months of time), Shiloh almost got it right. I am taking my chances and putting them up, with the promise that Shiloh will send someone here to better match any that look to be a problem (after reading a post above though, i'm not sure I want to attempt this.) After almost a year of living with a torn up kitchen and having kitchen cabinets sitting in several rooms of my home while I battled with my KD (who also owns the Company and at this point I feel is nothing but a weasley (sp?) con man) and the Shiloh rep, I have some advice that I think might help. #1 - Do Not Settle or allow yourself to be bullied / manipulated into settling for something you did not order. Please remember - cabinets are a LOT of money and you work hard for your money, and you have to live with the final result for many years to come. It is not your responsibility to pay for someone else's mistakes, it's theirs! Hopefully you have a contract to back you up in case things get worse. (My KD tried so many games to get me to settle - blowing up, playing the poor me, then talking nicely and trying to convince me (and others) that I was just nervous, threatening me ... just thinking about all of the crap I endured is making me mad all over again %-) #2 - If you have not yet paid in full, DON'T yet. #3 - Do Not install those cabinets until you are absolutely sure you want them, or unless you get it in writing (with signatures) that if you don't like them after install that they can be returned for the ones you actually ordered or you will receive a full refund. Whether it's true or not I don't know, but I was told that if you install them they can claim that as acceptance, or play the game that they are used now. (My KD and rep tried to get me to install part of the order while I waited for the remake of the other cabs and I said "Absolutely NOT". I got the sense that they knew I was no dummy and meant business.) #4 - Document all communications in writing, especially if you agree to any changes - make sure these are documented "precisely" with signatures. You will need this if it ever has to go to court. Good luck ann, and please keep us posted an how things work out for you. Hopefully it will work out better (and quicker) than my situation. - littleitaly

There's no way around it. Oil poly will start yellower and amber with age. One plus is that it generally wears better than waterborne. You might have a difficult time getting a suitable matte finish with oil poly. In my experience, duller oil poly streaks easily due to the high amount of flatting agent. The floor could have easily been coated twice in a day of the first coat was a sealer. Many sealers today have very volatile solvents and can be coated within a few hours. IMO you should suck it up and have them re-do the floors right away. If one of my guys had made this mistake and I looked at your criteria it would be what I would push for. They can probably hit it with 80 or 100, Trio, do a quick screening (some pros here will disagree with me) and be ready to coat.

First, a home inspector will not have the capacity for complicated electrical situations. Second, your last post, starting with "Center11" 3700WAmp" is off. The word amp, and all further suffixes need to move down 1. NOTE; This permissive code "exception" is something I will never use, but some electricians use it like a get out of jail free card :-/ To do the calculations, you need to know the KW rating of each appliance at 240 volts. (Not 208V) "Rating at 240V=40amps" is the allowable circuit rating if ONLY the cooktop is on the circuit. (Not the max unit rating, unless there are electronics limiting the total) We need the total KW rating, which presumably would be 13.7KW @ 240 Volts, but not sure from what you wrote. It should be on the nameplate. The oven is apparently 9KW @ 240 Volts. Here is the code. Here should be a fair explanation. Make sure you can get the right answer for the example first ;) You will notice that even electricians have trouble remembering this because it is a cheap route to take that nobody ever intends to use. http://www.electriciantalk.com/f5/range-calculation-n-e-c-220-55-a-42998/

For what it's worth, I agree with the previous posters who like the granite that was installed. The contrast looks very good. I hope you'll grow to like it as the rest of your new home is completed. We bought a production builder house as a temporary home in the area where we're building our retirement home. So many things were screwed up inside and outside. The majority were corrected, even some that I didn't truly expect such as ripping out the backsplash tile and repairing the drywall in order to install the correct tile. I emailed photos to the office each time I became aware of an error and maintained a cordial relationship with the staff. We were only able to visit the area infrequently and had to rely on the on-site sales agent who was very nice about sending weekly updates with photos. We make compromises when we choose to build with a production, or tract, builder. Generally, they are faster and cheaper than a custom builder for a house of similar size (and often of similar quality as well) which may make up for those compromises. There are times when we have to no other choice, due to budget or time constraints or availability of custom builders. You said this is your first home, and I hope the unexpected granite counters won't cause you to lose your joy and excitement about it. No house is perfect, even a custom home costing millions. I hope you can enjoy making this house your home.