Kitchen Cabinet Installation
Posted on August 22, 2007 - Filed Under Housing |
The day the cabinets were ordered, the command decision was made not to have Lowes install them. For the installers to get involved would have added a week to the project which could not be afforded.
When the cabinets arrived, I went to Lowes to inquire about installation. Since it is after the fact, there seemed to be a lot of drama involved. The installers would have to spend a day, carefully inspecting each cabinet. Afterwards, they would measure and remeasure and verify everything I had done. If everything was perfect then they would install.
ugh
So when the RealEstate Agent said to me "Cliff, you can calculate the delta V required to put the Space Shuttle into a circular orbit yet you can’t hang a cabinet?"
I felt pretty dumb. I are smart.
I asked Lord Google if he knew how to install cabinets. He showed me this. The first thought through my head: it can’t be this easy.
Yet it is.
A friend stopped by to help me get started. Following the steps one at a time, we measured and measured and measured again. We put the chalk-line on the walls. Once the chalk-lines were on the walls, we measured up to find the starting point for the upper cabinets.
To be honest, the hardest part was finding the studs. The stud finder went off every three inches which I know is not right. Fortunately some of the dry-wall screws were just barely visible underneath the paint. That served as my guide.
Starting from the corner cabinets, those get installed first. Then every cabinet lines up next to them. My only complaint: one corner cabinet was delayed and will arrive in the next few days. So the kitchen couldn’t be finished.
But it was started.
My numbers show doing the installation myself will save approximately $1100. That money is needed elsewhere.
| Here is the baseline, along with the beginning installation. Always start with the corner cabinets first. Here, you can see the cheater board installed along the wall. | 
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| Here is the base of the cabinets, along with the travertine. The kick plate, which runs along the bottom, has not yet been installed. | 
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| The upper cabinet installation has been started. You can see the cheater board installed, helping to support the upper cabinet and align the rest of the cabinets. | 
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Before I end this post today, I have to announce the unfortunate departure of Mikki from this project.
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IMPRESSIVE! Cliff, the cabinet installing engineer.