Our Wood-Mode cabinet order: what else should I be thinking of?
K D
4 years ago
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Comments (9)In your initial post you say you have left the computer switched on but it is frozen. Is that the state right now? If so you need to remove the left side panel and look at the fan on the motherboard to see if it is spinning. Perhaps this is as simple as the processor cooling fan quitting. The computer would quit to protect your CPU or processor from overheating. As you have a new computer on order perhaps we can assume this machine is a bit older. After checking the fan mentioned above switch off the computer, remove the power cord from the rear of the case and check the cooling fins underneath that fan. Are they full of dust and dirt? If so a can of compressed air will work wonders, be sure to place a finger on the fan to prevent it spinning wildly as you use the compressed air to remove all that crud. (Do this outside if it is particularly dirty, saves a lot of dusting afterwards) Your data is probably safe because the hard drive is probably still good to go. What ever happens you could use this as a wake up call and back up your data. Also if you have not already done it you should create a set of recovery disks - unless Dell provided them at purchase time of course....See MoreHow much extra engineered wood should I order?
Comments (3)Thank you Floorguy. What is a rip cut? I had thought the 5" boards would be less waste since there were longer boards than the 3.25" boards I was at first going to order. So the standard is 5% overage on ordering but I need to order more since I went with the 5" wide board? So is 7% enough. After this experience, I do not think I will order flooring on the Internet but instead spend the time finding an installer that I am very comfortable with and trust that would order with me on the Internet if we can't get a much better price from his or her wholesaler. I slept so bad and I am getting more behind in my work. A client just called and I have to finish his work today so I need to get this decision over with. This is so stressful not having samples of the 5" boards (I know I am starting to worry about the width.. wish it was 4" wide and not 5" wide and keep thinking 3.25" board samples I have here are nice... I don't like not seeing the floor down in person in the width I ordered) and not sure if I am ordering enough as well as now wondering since more plastic on my floor after nonstop rain over main weeks is still 100% dry if I should just have glued it so I could put my furniture back right away and not worried about the flooring being so hard to walk on. This way the floor will not be raised with the pad. But I loved the way my neighbor's floor felt that was floated and it felt secure with no popping noises. I just walked on my neighbor's floor again and it is hard but not so hard like I keep thinking and her floor is glued down with no sealer since her installer told her the floor was dry. I think I will call TrueHardwoods.com and ask if I can order one more reducer and 2 T-Molding pieces (I just measured pulling up the pad and rug and putting a skinny catalogue under the 1/2" wood to see how close in height the 3/8th thick tile was with the wood since the tile has thinset under it and the wood will have padding under it and it seems that they are so close in height with only a 1/8th inch difference so now I am thinking maybe I need 2 T-Moldings. One of the installers (the one I am thinking of using that picked up the phone last night) said I need 1 T-Molding. I think I need to find the length of the T-Molding since if it is the length of the reducer at 88", I need two or I will be short. I guess I need to call and find out the length. I will find out the return policy. I have just enough Reducers if I need it for all the areas, unless one cracks while cutting it. I wonder if I should order 1 extra reducer to have 4 and 2 T-Moldings so I have everything? Also the floating glue I want it to be flexible and waterproof or it is better to go with water resistant and flexible? I do not know what I would do without this forum. This has been so much stress for me and thank you for all holding my hand. Thank you Floorguy....See MoreMy Wood-Mode, Brookhaven and Metal-Mode Cabinets
Comments (7)For what it's worth, my old kitchen had 20-30 year old WoodMode cabinets with metal drawers like yours, and they were in absolutely fabulous (perfect) shape, even at that age. (Kitchen was tiny and ugly, so they had to go...) They worked perfectly, held considerably more stuff than 3/4" thick wooden drawers, and were excellent in every way. I'd choose them over wooden drawers in a heartbeat -- even for a moderate upcharge. But that said, they shouldn't have been a surprise to you. I'd seek clarification from an independent source as to which costs more, and from your KD, which style your order specified (if any). IMO, you certainly shouldn't be charged more for a drawer style you didn't specifically authorize, and a good KD would have reviewed all of the options with you so you could choose the one you preferrred. My best advice? Know that these are really, really good drawers. If you haven't been taken advantage of financially, I'd see if you can learn to like them, now that you know they're really, really good drawers. But if you can't learn to like them, you should be able to get them replaced, seeing how they weren't what you wanted....See MoreHiding a 6 inch filler on a Wood-Mode cabinet
Comments (11)The good news is that the kitchen designer is going to see about getting a beadboard panel to cover the whole cabinet side. We discussed putting on a chamford edge on the front side of the panel. To make sure it fits, she says that she'll order it slightly longer than required and then have someone scribe it in. We are hopeful that the new "someone" doing the scribing will be more skilled than the other people. Crossing fingers. Why did the 6 inch filler become necessary? Without guessing, I only know what I have been told: This cabinet and the cabinet to the right were ordered as a perimeter pair, attached to each other. My wall is not a straight wall, however. The wall sinks backwards 6 inches. So, the cabinets were placed 6 inches from the wall leaving a 6 inch gap behind both the loveseat and the left cabinet. A small wall (unplanned and unexpected, at least by me) about 21 inches high was built so that there would be something behind the loveseat and the other cabinet. There was still a gap. I was assured it would be taken care of. Finally, while the tile people were putting the tile down, the mismatched piece of 6 inch wide filler was placed and the tiling was completed in that spot very quickly. The tile job was another nightmare I won't recount here. So, that is how it happened. Why it doesn't match? I am told that it is a different batch of my paint finish and each batch can vary. Thankfully, this problem is hopefully going to be solved. I am really hopeful that everything goes as planned and the side of this cabinet is made to be presentable. Here are other pics of the cabinet area being discussed:...See MoreK D
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