Posted by pc on October 3, 2007, 8:09 pm
Greetings group..
We have installed our kitchen cabinets. But, we are awaiting a few
doors that are back ordered. They look amazing.
Our kitchen is roughly 12 X 12. And the raised panel maple cabinets and
granite counters came in well under 6K.
Yes, it was a lot of money. But, it would have been triple that, at
least, if we went with a contractor.
The cabinets and granite are all from China. But, I heard about this
company and saw their granite products in many houses.
We installed the cabinets ourselves. And, I would not recommend this
for the easily distressed. There were a lot of discrepancies.
A sixteenth of an inch off here, an eighth of in an off there. We had
to do a lot of shimming to get everything to look level [above and
beyond normal shimming for floor level]. The back panel grain went
vertical on some and horizontal on others. I didn't care. But, others
might.
The granite install was perfect [the granite was from China too!]. It
looks lovely. They even did full backsplashes. That came in at $23 a
square foot installed.
Would I recommend cheap China cabinets? Sure. If you install them
yourself. Or if you have a contractor who is used to installing them.
Otherwise, you're going to pay through the nose for the 'pissed off'
factor that there is a little smidgen of problem with each unit. And
that adds time and aggravation.
..PC
Posted by clams casino on October 3, 2007, 9:50 pm
pc wrote:
> The cabinets and granite are all from China.
While looking for some oak stair treads at Home Depot today, I was
amused to see they were all imported from China.
Posted by Rick on October 4, 2007, 11:08 pm
clams casino wrote:
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> pc wrote:
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> > The cabinets and granite are all from China.
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> While looking for some oak stair treads at Home Depot today, I was
> amused to see they were all imported from China.
Take a look at how many of their kitchen and bath cabinets and bath
fixtures are "hecho en Mexico" too.
Rick
Posted by Chris Hill on October 4, 2007, 11:32 am
>Greetings group..
>We have installed our kitchen cabinets. But, we are awaiting a few
>doors that are back ordered. They look amazing.
>Our kitchen is roughly 12 X 12. And the raised panel maple cabinets and
>granite counters came in well under 6K.
>Yes, it was a lot of money. But, it would have been triple that, at
>least, if we went with a contractor.
>The cabinets and granite are all from China. But, I heard about this
>company and saw their granite products in many houses.
>We installed the cabinets ourselves. And, I would not recommend this
>for the easily distressed. There were a lot of discrepancies.
>A sixteenth of an inch off here, an eighth of in an off there. We had
>to do a lot of shimming to get everything to look level [above and
>beyond normal shimming for floor level]. The back panel grain went
>vertical on some and horizontal on others. I didn't care. But, others
>might.
>The granite install was perfect [the granite was from China too!]. It
>looks lovely. They even did full backsplashes. That came in at $23 a
>square foot installed.
>Would I recommend cheap China cabinets? Sure. If you install them
>yourself. Or if you have a contractor who is used to installing them.
>Otherwise, you're going to pay through the nose for the 'pissed off'
>factor that there is a little smidgen of problem with each unit. And
>that adds time and aggravation.
If you put anything in them, do they fall off the wall? I'd build
shelves in the kitchen before I'd buy imported cabbinets each of which
had some little problem or other with them. Sounds like false
economy, typical of many consumers these days.
Posted by hchickpea on October 5, 2007, 9:56 am
>Greetings group..
>We have installed our kitchen cabinets. But, we are awaiting a few
>doors that are back ordered. They look amazing.
>Our kitchen is roughly 12 X 12. And the raised panel maple cabinets and
>granite counters came in well under 6K.
>Yes, it was a lot of money. But, it would have been triple that, at
>least, if we went with a contractor.
>The cabinets and granite are all from China. But, I heard about this
>company and saw their granite products in many houses.
>We installed the cabinets ourselves. And, I would not recommend this
>for the easily distressed. There were a lot of discrepancies.
>A sixteenth of an inch off here, an eighth of in an off there. We had
>to do a lot of shimming to get everything to look level [above and
>beyond normal shimming for floor level]. The back panel grain went
>vertical on some and horizontal on others. I didn't care. But, others
>might.
>The granite install was perfect [the granite was from China too!]. It
>looks lovely. They even did full backsplashes. That came in at $23 a
>square foot installed.
>Would I recommend cheap China cabinets? Sure. If you install them
>yourself. Or if you have a contractor who is used to installing them.
>Otherwise, you're going to pay through the nose for the 'pissed off'
>factor that there is a little smidgen of problem with each unit. And
>that adds time and aggravation.
>..PC
Hey PC, (waves) dint know you were getting cabinets. Alabama has
more cabinet shops than you can shake a tape measure at. I've haven't
done any detailed looking, but I think they are pretty good quality.
Granite sounds good. What color is it?
Our home will have the cabinets and counter pre-installed, but we've
been appliance shopping and spent the full discretionary limit on good
appliances. Snagged a SS Jenn-air five burner gas cooktop/electric
double oven with convection on a closeout for $500 less than regular
price. That puppy has got to weigh 300 lbs. Got a 25' top
refrigerator bottom freezer from Lowes with a 10% discount plus the 1%
cashback on the credit card. I'm tired of side-by-sides where you can
use half the space or see what is in the back. Our previous
side-by-side had roll-out shelves, but even that was next to useless.
The new refrigerator and a new 20' freezer will use less than $100
worth of power combined. :-) That'll make the garden a little more
cost effective.
I'm now in the process of fabricating the parts for the 24' x 32'
greenhouse that I've drawn out. Hopefully, the design will work. If
it does, it is pretty neat, if I do say so myself. I have to redeem
myself in Mrs. Chickpea's eyes, after the fantastic potting bench Gary
Heston made for her.
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