Buying new house….hate kitchen
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If you were buying new kitchen ventilation.. what would you buy?
Comments (12)A brief repeat of the basics: The hood should overhang the cooking zone such that a 45-degree expanding cone from each pot, wok, or pan is intercepted by the hood. The flow rate (corrected for pressure losses) should be at least the aperture area (square feet) of the hood times 3 feet per second times some guess factor ( less than 1.0 ) that accounts for baffle effectiveness in increasing air velocity in the baffles close vicinity and for interior hood shape. Conservatism in performance would assume the factor is one, while conservatism in price and visual obtrusiveness would hope for 0.5, perhaps. Actual flow rate for typical installations may be only 2/3 that for which the blower is rated at zero static pressure, even with an active make-up air system. Duct size at full power should allow the air velocity to be 500 to 1500 feet per minute depending on, respectively, whether the ducting is in a warm environment or cold environment. Make-up air always equals what gets out through the hood. The goal is to supply this without drawing it from wall switch covers, window seal leakage, and backdrafting of furnaces, hot water heaters, and fireplaces. For high flows this requires a system that is at a minimum passive, and at a maximum uses PID control to keep the house pressure constant at a very small negative pressure independent of fan speed or use of other fans, appliances, and fireplaces. Although my hood is a Wolf, made by Independent, there have been several kudosi given to ModernAire on this forum, who will be happy to build a tailor-made configuration. An external blower and intermediate silencer will minimize kitchen noise. kas...See MoreWould you buy a house with a new kitchen that
Comments (27)We almost did not buy our first house because the kitchen was too nice to rip out, yet the washed oak was one of my least fave cab choices. The rest of the house and the price worked, so we bought it. I repainted the kitchen (walls only) and enjoyed its size and nice layout (and decent floor). I always thought someday I'd reface it or somehow transform it because it was young and in good condition. We moved at the 7 year mark because we wanted things that could not be done to our house and some that would cost too much. The kitchen did not factor in either way. Our current house had a small and ugly kitchen with even uglier washed oak cabs. We knew it needed to go, so we bought with full intentions of gutting it with no guilt and knowing we could afford to do so relatively soon (as well as several other big changes overall). It took 4 years and approx $60k more for the work to get done (an extension plus renovation involving more than the kitchen) and that was after scaling back our plans. We are happy with the outcome, or should I say we are happy with how we hope it all comes out because we are stuck at approx 80% done for over a month now.... If you have to have a TKO/GW type kitchen, you will be ripping out to get one. If you can be happy with "good enough" then keep looking. I would worry less at this point if a kitchen were new or old that I was ripping out, as long as I could repurpose or sell most of it. In our first house, we had less income and could not justify changing out the kitchen. This time, we can indulge ourselves more due to a better financial footing. It is just too bad I had not realized how I could have painted the young kitchen in our first house. I had thought I might try staining them at one point, but it gave dh a heart attack to even think of trusting how it would come out. I am more handy now and he would trust me if we were ever in the same place. I wish I knew about GW about 10 years ago!...See MorePut bid on house, HATE the bathrooms!
Comments (83)Beth I’m sure we will drive past it in the future but we’ll never know if they made changes inside unless there’s a garbage dump in the driveway Right now we live in NYC, wanting to move to Jersey...See MoreNew Kitchen Cabinets Buying Guide
Comments (7)When shopping for cabinets, here's some beginner pointers: Know what you are buying by getting a full, detailed description of what materials they are made of structurally (the box construction) & the door materials & slide mechanisms before you buy. You can even buy a door sample & cut it in half to really know what's inside. Avoid cabinet lines that the structural box parts are made out of MDF, or particle board. Thick plywood box construction with solid wood drawers & doors is suggested.High density MDF is ok for door fronts or center door parts,too. Metal soft close glides & hinges. Avoid foil. It peels & can not be re-painted. Hard to fix. Painted or stained wood can be repainted in the future. There are different types of cabinet door overlays to learn as well. Example: To start, how about finding a few kitchen photos online you like, then post on here, so viewers can get an idea of what you like & then can help direct you towards finding your goals....See Morechispa
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