Conestoga Cabinet Owners! Assembly question
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Comments (21)We DIY'd the whole thing -- but we're big on DIY and were on a definite budget for our kitchen. If we had to factor in a price for assembly and install, we would have had to give up something else. I assembled all the cabinets and DH, my dad and I installed them. We have 9 base cabinets (all but one with deep drawers or pull-outs) and one wall cabinet. We didn't have any hacks/modifications, but we did pull the base cabinets out from the wall for a deeper countertop. DH had a week off of work after Christmas that year, and I had some days that week as well. So we were able to get all of it done fairly quickly. There is definitely a learning curve to it. The first cabinet probably took me 45 minutes to assemble, but after that it was very quick. Do invest in a cordless screwdriver (preferably one with a little light on it). You have lots of little screw posts to set and cam locks to tighten. Your wrists will thank you. Also, for the drawer cabinets, I installed the rails on the cabinet sides before I assembled the cabinet. That way they were flat and out in the light where I could see them and I wasn't crawling inside the dark cabinets in cramped quarters working against gravity. Definitely utilize the resources at IKEAFans - a wealth of knowledge over there. And don't hire a contracter who pooh-poohs the IKEA assembly/installation process. The system WORKS....See MoreHelp needed! Conestoga or 6 Square Cabinets?
Comments (15)I can not believe 6 square sent you to an online dealer. They have a specific policy that your website can not give out the name of the thier cabinets or company name if you are trying to sell online. Nor will they let you order cabinets that are sent to residential adress outside of a 50 mile radius as a general rule. I spoke with the general sales manager about this just last week. So annoying for them to be inconsisent. If I wanted to send cabinet to your for example I they must be sent to my store first and I have to reload them on another truck I hire to send them to the end user if they are not a local sale. Glass door is not hard to get around. You just have to use a router and cut out the center panel in the back of the door and intstall the glass from behind. They only have 15 and 18" glass doors if my memory serves me right. The cabinets I have in my shop are every bit as smooth as any blum rail I have ever seen. I am surprised they were not upt to par for you. .33 of list price is a good number on the cost. You have to think out of the box when you are trying to save money and use a cabinet that does not have every size out their. I priced a kitchen tonight that was for 24 lineal feet. Allwoood (competiton to 6 square with same business model was $4,600 and Bridgewood Advantage (the most popular doors in the custom series at lower prices) was $6,700. I could get every size I needed with Bridgewood and can customize the sizes if needed. I bet Conestoga is in the same price range as Bridgewood. Putting cabinets together is not hard if the process is streamlined by the cabinet maker. If conestoga can do it for you and you get what you want in sizes and door shape go that route. I am not sure what you are talking about with the bevel edge I will check my shaker door samples from them tomorrow. Any one with an account to 6 square should be able to get you what you are looking for and produce a design and 3d's to show you what it look will look like outside of glass doors that are not available....See MoreMy Conestoga Cabinets have arrived, now the fun begins
Comments (49)Amber, we paid a carpenter to assemble and install ikea cabinets in our last house. We were living on the other coast at the time. It was still less expensive than comparable quality cabinets I priced out. We are planning to have our barker cabinets assembled and installed this time too. Dh works a million hours and we have kids so I don't have time to assemble. I honestly didn't price out other options specifically this time. I suggested barker as an option to my GC who called and got numbers from barker. He's done a lot of kitchens and used to be a custom cabinetmaker and I trust him. He was impressed by the pricing. I know he was prepared to suggest alternatives if he had concerns about quality or cost. (Obviously neither of us has seen the cabinets yet so can't judge quality reliably yet--decision is based on the specifications and online reviews.). I specifically asked about ikea (which he has and will install so he's not anti-ikea) and he said the savings would be negligible and he preferred Barker's specifications....See MoreJust ordered a house full of Conestoga cabinets
Comments (6)Beachem gives good advice. We just did a full kitchen over the last few months - it was a bit overwhelming when the truck dropped 7 full pallets in my driveway but once you get organized it really is not bad at all. I suggest trying to come up with an organizational system before you do anything else. I put all my wall cabinets in one area, base in another, tall cabinets in another, drawer boxes in another, hardware in another and trim off to the side since it would be needed last (I also had a pile of stuff that I no idea what it was, so I set that off to the side and as I got cabinets built I figured out where those pieces belonged). If you got inset cabinets there will be an extra pile of cabinet fronts, doors and drawer fronts since they are packaged separately. I wouldn't open any boxes until you are ready to start assembling and then build one cabinet at a time. Get all your tools together and keep them together in a box or something so you can easily knock out a cabinet without having to dig around - the one thing that I bought that was worth it's weight in gold was a rechargeable battery powered brad nailer - it was really nice not to have compressor noise all the time. Building the first type of each was a little stressful - we watched the videos again, paused, backed up, etc - but after you have built one or two of each type (wall, drawers, etc) it's really a piece of cake - you can knock them out quickly and easily. We started by building in a certain area of the kitchen and just worked our way around - built two or three each night after work. We checked them off the list as we went along and then piled them in a different area from the cabinets still to be built. We did have a few little issues - a couple of the drawer boxes were missing, one end piece was the wrong size - quickly rectified by the Cabinet Joint. We built and installed everything ourselves, and they were also very helpful with any questions that we had. If you are on a super tight schedule note that if there are any issues it may take a couple weeks to get a replacement piece, so factor that in. We had a little more flexibilty and luckily none of our issues prevented us from moving forward in the process. Let me know if you have any specific questions - I do feel like we had a good system going by the end and I wouldn't hesitate to use these cabinets again....See Morebeachem
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7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoHi Cece! I worked with Jim, as well. Great guy but I do think that Conestoga could do a better job helping out with the huge organization undertaken when the shipment comes. I initially wanted to cry..but now we are 99% done and I'm breathing a sigh of relief!
Loving my new Conestoga kitchen!
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7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoMichey! That is just beautiful! Is that Hearthstone Gray? Looks fantastic. I LOVE your hutch on the counter. Ours isn't done yet but here are some pictures when the counters were going in. Frosty White perimeter, Cadet Gray island.
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