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Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?
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How long do you need? I sometimes grab the ends of rolls at HD as they sell them for half price. Normally the pieces are ~five to 30 feet.
Relax
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I still need to measure, but about 30 ft to get from the breaker box up to the basement ceiling and across to the garage wall, then no more than 13 ft up to the garage ceiling from there. Do the partial spools need to be marked as on sale, or are they automatically discounted at the cashier?
They throw the tails on a rack near the cut station normally. Tag on each tail with approximate length and price. I really doubt it will work for 50', they don't seem to give up on a spool until it's almost gone (although maybe you get lucky and somebody before you wanted 100' so they had to open a new spool and clear out the old one).
AllistonGT
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If you knew how many days of labor go into custom cabinetry you would know its not just the size of "filler strips". We don't do filler strips. Get your car worked on. How much for a full day of work?
Most people have absolute zero idea what goes into fine cabinetry because they've never seen it.
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Just for clarity, I was not bashing all custom cabinetry, some of it is well done. My issue is the pricks selling a product for a premium price that deserves to be either firewood or in the discount bin. If I am paying extra, I should be getting something great.
I'm sure there's a lot to go into. But I've seen some 'custom' pieces which didn't do much better, and in some cases worse, then actual IKEA furniture / cabinets.
I see my cousin's work and he does cabinetry and have been in his shop....top notch work. But as I mention...many guys sell 'custom' cabinetry which should never leave the shop floor.
AllistonGT
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Totally agree. We've bid on many high end homes where we didn't get every part of the whole home. Just some areas. Many times what happens is the customer regrets, after comparing our work to the other shops, not having us do all of it. Love when that happens!
Also custom does not mean high end cabinetry. Most custom shops do one pc mdf painted doors. Cost is very little. Ours are 5 pc. Poplar stiles and rails.
I wish I could find the video my buddy sent us....multi-million dollar home, 100k kitchen, and the cabinets / doors appeared to be wafer thin with no soft close. It was embarrassing. My cheapo cabinet doors are 10x better.
so there is an interesting misnomer , sawdust product (particle board) will stay straighter than just about any veneer core ply, holds hinges and fasteners just as well , ask any high end cabinet shop if they would rather put $8.00 sq ft veneer on PB or a veneer core platform?
multi layer ply 11 layers in 3/4 used to be an indicator of Baltic birch ply, Latvian or Finnish. Now its ususally Asian product, very unstable and warps looking at it. But the consumers like "real plywood" and think particle board and mdf are a cheap alternative.
Painted 5 pc doors almost always have the seams telegraph, I like two pc mdf doors, center panel pressed in , no crack lines.
Ask any kitchen cabinet company , ' what level of kitchens do you build?' "high end" ... "whats the box construction??" ' 5/8 wht melamine, but we use the 80 gram paper , the good stuff" I love when they cap it with , the industry doesnt call it melamine anymore , its TFL " ( thermally fused laminate) ..... which is melamine.....
Of course there’s a new issue in the house….lights started flickering…not a good sign and I think this would need an electrician to troubleshoot.
AllistonGT
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This 100%. Not all particle board sheets are created equal. Ikea PB is pretty low in quality. If I'm doing a hand laid up dinning room table and vacuum pressing, I'll always use PB. Plywood, even the best, just moves around to much. I've seen inconsistencies in thickness within the same sheet of the best plywood available.
The real benefit to plywood is in damp conditions. Don't get PB wet.
House or cottage?
House. Talked to a neighbour across the street and his are fine. Waiting for response from next door.
EDIT: looks like culprit was the laser printer. Ran out of toner and it kept trying to fire up. Every time it turns on and prints there’s a flicker….apparently normal for laser printers.
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That's not all that normal. Sure it may pull a spike when heating up but shouldnt be enough to cause the lights to flicker. If you have a good fast reading meter, you could check the voltage to see what it drops to.
I have a decent size laser printer that was installed in a few locations in the old house and one location in this house. Lights on the same circuit are not affected.
AllistonGT
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Only time I've even seen "crack lines" in a glue joint on a door is because the finish used, is too hard. The crack is in the finish, not the wood joint. In the last few years, finish manufacturers have dealt with this potential problem by making their products more flexible.
48Connor
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Nope, just found a combination that fit perfect. Room is 68.5" wide, cabinets added up to 68" (36"+18"+14")
I knew a guy in Rosedale who needed a new kitchen but felt the house value would be degraded by an Ikea stigma. He drove a CRV but the neighbours thought it belonged to the nanny. The same people buy bottled tap water.
Sadly he was probably correct. The ikea kitchen would probably turn off many buyers however, it probably wouldnt matter whether there was an IKEA kitchen or well done custom kitchen, new owners at that level like to throw out the existing kitchens and start again.
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