Costco appliance installation- a question and your experience?
J Corn
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Comments (1)We just purchased the Jono Cassandra tub from Costco for $899, but we won't be opening it or installing it for a month or two now (it's a new build, and we aren't ready for it yet). We're very glad we ordered it when we did, because they took it off the site a couple of weeks later. They change the tubs up pretty often, it seems. It is a BEAUTY of a tub, at least in the photo (there is a link on my msg). On the plus side, it shipped in under a week, and that went very smoothly. I will try to remember to update you on that once we're at that point. Sorry, that isn't much help! Here is a link that might be useful:...See MoreQuestion about cabinet and appliance installation.
Comments (11)We hung our wall cabinets first, then the base. It was easier to hang the wall cabinets without the bases in the way. In hindsight, I wish we had installed the hood while we were doing the top cabinets just because it would have made it easier. It was a tight fit. I actually ended up removing the cabinet next to it to make installation easier, then rehung the cabinet. I would NOT install the range though. It seems like if you install the cabinet-range-cabinet that there exists a possibility that it may be difficult to get the range back out at a later date. I'd leave the space as recommended by the range mfg and install the range later....See MorePlease share your experience installing/finishing hardwood floors
Comments (28)Well, I'm finally checking back on this thread. We just moved back into the house after having the new wood floors installed and then having the old and new floors all finished at the same time. DH would not budge on the finish, so we ended up with the Swedish Oil Finish. I mentioned to DH that some states have made Swedish Oil Finish illegal, but he still wanted that finish for our floors because that's what we had before (or so the guy who bid the job thought). Want to know something funny? The day before they started finishing the floors the guys working in our home stated that we had WATER based finish. So who knows? On the plus side, I'm very happy with the looks of our floors. They did an excellent job threading in new boards with the old to combine the new wood floors with the ones that were installed twenty years ago. You can't tell which is old and which is new---it all just looks like a beautiful new floor. We decided to go with the natural finish, and I couldn't be happier. We stayed in a hotel one day longer than the floor guys suggested, and I'm glad we did. Yesterday I spent much of the time parked in the car in front of our house, after DH had gone in (with a respirator on) and opened windows everywhere to start airing the house out. Later, we added fans and then the started the furnace on fan only. As I write this, I'm sitting in my house with fans running everywhere and almost every window open (on three floors). My eyes sting a little and my throat hurts; I have a nagging headache. I also have noticed some impact on my breathing. However, I'm hanging in there and haven't had a full-blown major asthma attack so far. Upstairs is definitely better than downstairs. I'm disappointed to have to deal with this, but it does seem to be getting better. I'm hoping to be able to sleep upstairs tonight, but if I can't, I'm going to ask my sister if I can sleep on her sofa tonight. Does anyone have information on the time it takes for the floor to fully cure (and, thus, for the off-gassing to end)? Also, I'm wondering about moving furniture back in. I've heard everything from two weeks to sixty days, so I'm not sure what to expect. The foor guys seem to only state that the vast majority of the chemicals are off-gassed in the first forty-eight hourss. That's all well and good, but with something this strong, the few remaining can be pretty significant. If I can get through this without a trip to the doctor/hospital, it will be worth it. I'm so excited to finally have this done....See MoreAppliance Installation Question
Comments (18)Allow me to tell you about today's callback. Several days ago, I cut a 4" high granite backsplash to allow the installation of a GE freestanding range. The GE specifications, provided by the customer, called for a 30" opening; the existing was 30 1/16" so I did nothing. The customer put the appliance installer on the phone today to tell me the range won't go in. I'm skeptical, but after a site visit, it's true. The GE specified 30" cutout requires 30 1/4" in real life. GE lied. I cut the opening larger, but that was pure luck because we had some overhang between cabinets. Had the cabinets and countertops been installed based on GE's faulty information, this could have had tremendously expensive consequences. The customer knew I broke my own rule by cutting her splash without the appliance on site, so she graciously paid me for the callback. More amazing luck on my part. The appliance installer has to come back. The gas stub is too high on the wall and has to be lowered to the recess provided on the range in order to push the range all the way in. You wanna be your own GC and save money and have subs over whom you have no leverage? Good luck. This is the kinda crap you'll face....See MoreJ Corn
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