Poor custom cabinet paint job
Krista Sobon
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Comments (0)I'm about to order kitchen cabinets for a remodel. We are going with white ( easy) but I want the island to be painted a darkish blue/green. ( below the countertop) The custom paint job for this before install is $1500 more than just the white. Would it save money to just order the island in white and then either paint those cabinets blue myself or hire someone to do it later on?...See MoreCabinet paint job - Please advise!
Comments (14)The reason that there are 3 finishes is that doors with glazing do not have the backs of the doors glazed. They are painted only as the standard finish. The white door back is the original door color before the glazing occurred on the front side. With a few mistakes of a glaze on them from handling during the hand glazing process. The natural wood tone is the standard interior finish for all brands of cabinet boxes. It provides a light cleanable surface for interiors, sides, tops and bottoms, that will not be seen in the design. The whole box will be finished in the wood look, standard. You choose different upgrades for ends that will be exposed, or interiors that will be exposed. The cabinet box that has the matching painted and glazed interior is intended to be exposed as either an open cabinet or one with a glass door. That is why there appears to be 3 different finishes involved. Because there is, but that is normal. The use of a glaze on a slab door is usually discouraged in large print in a spec book. In most medium to high end lines, it is not even available without a special order and a waiver being signed. What was the design philosophy behind choosing a painted and glazed slab door?...See Moreare these gaps normal or did my contractor do a poor job
Comments (19)How are these installed? What I'm not see are expansion gaps at the wall. You showed a box that has 3/4" written as the thickness. That means the expansion gap at ALL vertical obstacles (walls, door jams, stair risers, etc) should be 3/4". I'm sorry but you have more issues than the transition strips. Your transition strips are the least of your worries. How long were the floors allowed to acclimate in the house BEFORE they were installed? PLEASE tell me these floors were allowed a week at least? May be 2 wks. If you think they were NOT in the home for that length of time, ask the GC where the document for the MOISTURE READINGS is. It should make him look like a doofus when he asks YOU what that is. If you want the GC (who is YOUR employee) to stop saying, "It's supposed to be like this" then you better get your floor inspected. www.nwfa.org They have inspectors listed in both the USA and Canada. I did a quick search for a small area in T.O. and it showed 8 inspectors. If I give it a wider radius I'll get as many as 15 inspectors inside of 50 miles (80 km). While you are there, go ahead and see who is a certified INSTALLER. Your GC has 1 attempt to correct all of these issues. Once he gives it the good ol' college try, you get to find your OWN professional and have the GC pay for it....see where I'm going with this? Confront the GC and find out WHO installed the floor (the name of the person on the crew). If it was himself, then he is going to find out how costly it is to have a bad install with a wood floor. Again, if you are not happy with the work, you are welcome to get the flooring inspected. Most GC's understand how BAD it looks when a homeowner pays for an inspection. Because most GC's are smart enough to realize a bad report means MONEY of of their pocket AND they have to spend more TIME fixing the issues....See MoreQuartz Countertop Mitered Waterfall Edge - Acceptable or Poor Job?
Comments (14)GC agrees and is fantastic - I use them on every project. My post was to get some objective viewpoints because after looking at it for a week straight, I've lost perspective on the two options. Faced with an option to just "accept it and move on" as live_wire stated is appealing on one hand because we are several weeks behind schedule (COVID supply chain issues) and without even basic use of the kitchen for 10 weeks now - so the thought of just plowing forward and getting this done is enticing. However, we did pay a premium for an upgraded feature from a reputable and experienced fabricator...having to look at something that is "a solid B" when that isn't what we paid for nor were promised, and doesn't match the quality of the rest of the project will probably irk me to see each time we walk into the kitchen. Again, was looking for some perspective on if this is acceptable or poor from professionals or people with more experience with mitered edges than myself. The chastizing over the inherent pitfalls of renovation and "overdone fad features" really is just white noise - this isn't my first or even 10th reno, but I'm also not a stone fabricator. But then again, who doesn't enjoy armchair quarterbacking other peoples' projects from behind a keyboard? 🙂...See MoreKrista Sobon
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