One thought about building your cabinets. When my brother built his kitchen cabinets he noted that the "boxes" should be built so that the back (the part of the cabinet that is attached to the wall) should be slightly shorter than the front. This is so that when you hang them connecting cabinet boxes will be assured to fit snugly next to each other where they're going to be seen -- in the front. If there happens to be any slight imperfection in your wall this adjustment will guarantee the snug fit at the front and the slight at the back goes unnoticed. ---------------- Bill Gallik E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous." - Henry Ford - "By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher." - Socrates Sender's Note: Makes me wonder what Socrates' wife thought of this philosophy!
----- Original Message ----- From: "R & S Enterprises" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 5:34 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Kitchen cabinets I guess I have done it both ways. If you will be trying to use the kitchen during the time of construction I think you and spouse will be happyer if you build them elsewhere and install as built units. The time you are out of a sink etc will be much less, not even considering the mess. Finishing can also be better done out of the living area. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Baldwin To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 12:07 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Kitchen cabinets Hi all. My wife found out that they are not going to renew her contract, so we are going to be moving. In order to make our house more sellable, there are some projects I want to get done. The first, and maybe the most important is the kitchen. We have old metal cabinets, and they are not and good condition, and the layout is not very good. Instead of building each individual cabinet, I was thinking about building them in place. has anyone ever done it this way? Is it more difficult then building the cabinets individually and installing them? Any tips or techniques to keep in mind for either method of building them? thanks, Michael More questions to come later. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
