No Kitchen / New Kitchen

[sawhorseray]

Kitchens are fun when you're young enough to crawl around. I did about 100 Kitchens in 10 years, but I only installed about a quarter of them. I did build all of the cabinets. Take your time, and enjoy it.
I wish I'd have had a Digital camera & a computer in those days. I have photos in an album of most of those Kitchens, Vanities & Entertainment Centers, but They're hard to post. LOL Bear

I hear you there John, it's a young man's game. I had a contractors license for 22 years and did everything but build the cabinets and the electrical work. I ran copper and sweated all my own fittings, installed tons of granite and marble counter tops, did all my own sheetrock, tape, texture and paint. Last year I had to pay $150 to get a new garbage disposal installed, getting old ain't for sissys. RAY

 

[sandyut]

when we first bought the house it had purple framika...not sure how you spell that...oh well. we replaced the counters a long time ago, but now switching off all browns to white, greys and blacks. In a month ill get pics up

 

[sandyut]

getting old ain't for sissys.

so true!

 

[Steve H]

so true!

It do suck!

 

[old sarge]

Been there, done that. Nearly 6 months of frying, grilling, boiling on the gas grill with 2 side burners. And one lone electric skillet. Dishes in the bath tub.

 

[Bearcarver]

Been there, done that. Nearly 6 months of frying, grilling, boiling on the gas grill with 2 side burners. And one lone electric skillet. View attachment 448890View attachment 448891View attachment 448892Dishes in the bath tub.

Wow--Lots of room & Counter Space, Sarge!!
Hickory??

Bear

 

[old sarge]

Hickory all the way. My wife and I liked the variation in the wood; no two elements are even close to identical. It is very attractive. Went with Kraftmade cabinets. Also had a new table made by Amish out of hickory. Expands to seat 12. Chairs are also hickory. We do have a lot of space. I expanded the kitchen by 16 feet.

 

[Bearcarver]

Hickory all the way. My wife and I liked the variation in the wood; no two elements are even close to identical. It is very attractive. Went with Kraftmade cabinets. Also had a new table made by Amish out of hickory. Expands to seat 12. Chairs are also hickory. We do have a lot of space. I expanded the kitchen by 16 feet.

I only ever built 2 Hickory Kitchens:
I cut all the framing, and laid the framing of the whole kitchen out in my shop, and changed rails & stiles here & there, so I didn't end up with all dark in one cabinet & all light in another. Did the same thing with Drawer fronts & Door parts. So the dark & light was distributed all over the place.
Never had to do that with any other wood. That's how I knew what yours was made of.
They Loved it !!

Bear

 

[old sarge]

Bear - I think hickory is underrated when it comes to furniture.

 

[zwiller]

Parents did theirs in hickory but they went with all light. Huge upgrade up from 50's plywood. Since we're talking shop... SIL had her kitchen redone and I was truly impressed with the result. Contractor had the cabinet shop make all her trim in same material and use same finish "recipe" as cabs. Very slick.

 

[Bearcarver]

Bear - I think hickory is underrated when it comes to furniture.

Well, it's strange stuff that the color varies so much. Most people don't like it because of that.
I made the people get me some Pics of a Hickory cabinet first, because I didn't have any Hickory samples, to make sure they knew what it looked like. They did that, and they loved it.
Working with it, it's not one of the most stable woods I've worked with, but it's manageable.
I wouldn't want to work with it every day, but I used about 90% Red Oak, and most of that was "Natural Red Oak", just like my own kitchen.

Bear

 

[sandyut]

seeing all the recent cooks is killing me. I just cant see how maintain cleanliness and safe practices with only a small bathroom sink.

made burgers, salmon burgers, bag salads, etc. fast easy stuff.

I think I have half a rack of baby backs with the membrane removed easy one a paper plate... Really want to do a big cook tho...maybe in a month...just whinin and crying :)

 

[SmokinVOLfan]

Just wait man this will be you in about a month!

 

[sandyut]

Just wait man this will be you in about a month!

thank brother - that helps! inspection is today on the gas and electrical. should pass and then see some more activity!

 

[Smokin' in AZ]

Did house remodels on last 2 houses. First one we did a lot of the work ourselves. And had contractors do what I knew to stay away from, but it can be challenging.

I am pretty handy at most everything except plumbing, dad had me as his helper for his side business of handyman.

Which is where I learned quite a bit, even plumbing, just never sank in I guess.

2nd house we had contractors do everything, like you said Ray getting old is NOT for the faint hearted. And we did it before we moved in....

We still need to get the guest shower done but going to wait for that.

John

 

[sandyut]

we have the professionals doing everything. When we bought our house 15 years ago we were in a tight spot financially and could hardy afford the DIY simple stuff. over time we have done a lot to the place. bathrooms and kitchen - the pros can do. I can do maintenance and repairs, but remodels - wouldn't even try.

 

[Bearcarver]

thank brother - that helps! inspection is today on the gas and electrical. should pass and then see some more activity!

Good luck with the tests:
The last house we sold screwed us on the Septic inspection.
The night before the inspection was the tail end of a Big Hurricane, and we got 7 inches of rain in 18 hours. Then they said our Drain Field was saturated.
No Shit Shakespeare, we had to walk through ankle deep water to get to it.
We ended up having to dig a new Drain field & add some piping before we could have settlement. Cost $12,000. We had lived there 15 years, and never had a back-up!!!

Bear

 

[gmc2003]

A good dog is more then capable of doing the initial cleaning of your plates, but of course you'll still be responsible for the final wash and rinse. Good luck and enjoy your new kitchen.

Chris

 

[sandyut]

Bearcarver I hear inspectors vary greatly in how fussy they are. The one that came yesterday was there about 2 minutes and hardly looked at anything and gave us a passing grade. we did near full gasline rebuild and all he had to say was part of the exterior pipe needed to be painted. apparently thats a code here??? WTF cares about that, what about blowing up from a gas leak. so what ever... we are moving on and getting back to work on the kitchen.

 

[chopsaw]

I hear inspectors vary greatly in how fussy they are.

If they know the guy that did the work they know what to expect , and at some point don't really need to look at everything . If you screw them one time , it's bad forever . Oh ,, never set up inspections on Friday . Lol .