[Main General Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos OT: Home Improvements Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by Randy Thatcher [Email] (#22) [Profile/Gallery] (more from Randy Thatcher) on Tue, 16 Apr 2002 23:35:42 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

Maybe some of you folks have been down this road before... I need some advice.

My wife and I are looking at possibly doing some kitchen upgrades. Our house is 80 years old and the kitchen is ??? years old. The kichen is a modest size, with ugly painted cabinets. We have thought about refacing the cabinets and have 2 quotes, but both seem a lot more expensive than i expected. Does $6800 sound like far too much for:

Vendor 1:
Laminate (read: plastic) cabinet doors
All new drawers
Flush the cabinet bottoms
Veneer (again, plastic) on all other surfaces
New formica countertop, new sink, new faucet (nice one)
Remove old stuff and install new stuff

Vendor 2:
Maple doors and drawer fronts (Shaker style)
real wood veneer
formica countertops
intallation of sink and faucet (parts provided by me)
Remove old stuff, install new stuff

Seems steep, eh? I have to wonder what all new cabinets would go for.

My kitchen has very nice hardwood floors, horrible cabinets and countertop. I have about 12ft wide of cabinets, maybe 13. That is 12-13 feet bottom (including stove & dishwasher) and 12-13 feet including window above sink.

Tomorrow is "Alumninum Siding Refinishing" estimate day. Can they charge 2x more since they're not calling it "clean and paint"?

Saab content: cabinet sales guy pulled in the drive and started sizing me up in 2 seconds with "man, that car is nice. Must be fast. Had to cost a lot, huh?" I should have said i went thousands over on the car purchase, so the kitchen budget is down...

Randy
1990 SPG - dead, waiting for walbro fuel pump in the mail
1994 C900TC Comm Ed.
2000 9-3

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• OT: Home Improvements, Randy Thatcher , Tue, 16 Apr 2002 23:35:42 <-- Viewing This Message
  • Cabinet refacing, JMC, Wed, 17 Apr 2002 13:04:56
  • get a custom cabinet maker, jp, Wed, 17 Apr 2002 13:00:29
  • SImilar costs->, michael p, Wed, 17 Apr 2002 10:09:01
  • get a garage not a kitchen, Wasaabe, Wed, 17 Apr 2002 10:01:33
    • Re: get a garage not a kitchen, Terry G-B, Wed, 17 Apr 2002 11:43:43
    • And how long do you plan to STAY married?? chuckle n/m, Texron, Wed, 17 Apr 2002 10:04:13
      • My wife....., Richard Miller, Wed, 17 Apr 2002 10:18:19
        • No offense Richard, but I need to meet this woman! n/m, Texron, Wed, 17 Apr 2002 10:22:21
          • Next RallyCross is......, Richard Miller, Wed, 17 Apr 2002 12:06:53
          • hey she agreed, wasaabe, Wed, 17 Apr 2002 10:43:53
            • OK, but you gotta be carefull! Next thing you know,, Texron, Wed, 17 Apr 2002 11:09:12
  • Compare, compare,compare! >, Texron, Wed, 17 Apr 2002 09:46:41
  • Re: OT: Home Improvements, Mattias.se, Wed, 17 Apr 2002 08:09:37
  • been there,done that......., Jim, Wed, 17 Apr 2002 02:25:08
  • me thinks too much, curt, Wed, 17 Apr 2002 00:24:38
  • Re: OT: Home Improvements, Terry G-B, Wed, 17 Apr 2002 00:08:48
  • Re: OT: Home Improvements, Anders, Tue, 16 Apr 2002 23:49:53

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