Moving a range vent vs moving a sliding glassdoor
We are about to completely remodel our kitchen. I want to open the space up, which means the fridge must move. We can either move the venting for the range and move the oven to an island where the fridge currently stands, or we could move the sliding glass doors down a bit, close in the wall and put the fridge there. We aren't sure which would be the most cost-effective or if they're relatively the same cost. I would prefer moving the sliding glass doors down.
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Hannah Baer
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Comments (8)Thanks. Kitchen isn't too big so there's not a lot of places to put the thing. I'm going to readdress the issue with GC. The builders seemed to pick the worst places to put the vents. This one is in front of the garage door. The one in the den is in front of the sliding glass door--I have to have my rug shifted over so it doesn't cover the thing and so we have to step in sideways to step on the rug rather than the vent when we enter--that one is getting moved to the right to get out of the door entry....See MoreGas Company says I have to move my range. Will it look odd?
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2 years agoyou appear to have a MCM ranch home. With regard possibilities and moving things around it might be wise to look at the kitchen in context. You could set up [contd below]
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Ranch Lite · More Infoplan for the home to enhance the features and take things a little furthur. A whole house plan could be executed in stages. We have only been shown a tiny bit of what is in play for a one story ranch home renovation revolving around a kitchen upgrade. Use the opportunity.
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2 years agoHannah Baer
last yearThanks for the input everyone! We finally started the reno, sorry my “before pictures” were lacking… The kitchen was a little box closed off from the rest of the house so we opened it up! We removed the wall the refrigerator and stove were on, and removed the wall with cutout to the “dining area”. We also removed the sliding glass door and replaced it with an awning window where there will be a counter on the patio on the other side. We’re about one week out from having a functioning kitchen and about a month out (due to holidays) to have a complete kitchen.
I also want to encourage anyone who wants to do an reno/remodel but is procrastinating because they’re intimidated by the process to find a local cabinet store and meet with a designer. JUST DO IT! Even with an incomplete non functioning kitchen we LOVE IT already!
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