Question for my kitchen remodeling guysm?
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I co-sign on everything Race just said. Kitchen remodeling can be stressful, and it’s one part of the house you don’t want to DIY unless you have a lot of experience. You can play Tool-Time Tim for other projects.RaceBannon said:You could call us and get it all including new cabinets for 20 to 30 k. If we were in Oregon
Get a reputable kitchen remodeling company that acts as the GC. Don't do it yourself.
Get more than one price and check references. Trust no one. Don't pay over 30 percent up front. Balance when it passes your wife's punch list.
Put a timeline in the agreement
And be mindful it will take longer than you planned, so have backup plans for where you’ll prepare your food, etc.
Oh, and I’m sure you know this... just smile and nod when Mrs. Yella shows you tile samples, etc. You’re saving up marital “political capital” for when you want something later...say, a new watch. 😉 -
Buy a dozen bags of countertop concrete mix, colored dye (powder you put in the mix) to taste, wire mesh, $50 in form lumber (only because materials are 400% above normal right now), and make badass countertops for next to nothing. Or just go to the local granite shop and order your countertops in granite or quartz or whatever you like--when we ordered our countertops, the granite supplier's own crew installed them. Installing sink plumbing is a one beer job. Hire out the backsplash. Done.
You already have to go to the countertop shop to choose what you want, so it's not like hiring a GC saves you time there. Hell, their installers might even prep your sink base cabinet for that farmhouse sink and install that for you, too. Really, the only sub you need is a tile gysm for the backsplash, so just hire one with good reviews.
I once hired a GC for a basement remodel after a flood wrecked everything (fixed the water problem first, of course). In the end, I, the plumbers, and the concrete cutters did pretty much all the work, so he just charged me $500 for his time because he felt like any more would be ripping me off. If you can find a GC like that, go for it. Otherwise, this just seems like too small and focused of a project to me to warrant another middle man.
ATBSJS, I'm a poor whose time is worth less than money, apparently. -
We've got a little money to throw around for the convenience factor. We'll see...1to392831weretaken said:Buy a dozen bags of countertop concrete mix, colored dye (powder you put in the mix) to taste, wire mesh, $50 in form lumber (only because materials are 400% above normal right now), and make badass countertops for next to nothing. Or just go to the local granite shop and order your countertops in granite or quartz or whatever you like--when we ordered our countertops, the granite supplier's own crew installed them. Installing sink plumbing is a one beer job. Hire out the backsplash. Done.
You already have to go to the countertop shop to choose what you want, so it's not like hiring a GC saves you time there. Hell, their installers might even prep your sink base cabinet for that farmhouse sink and install that for you, too. Really, the only sub you need is a tile gysm for the backsplash, so just hire one with good reviews.
I once hired a GC for a basement remodel after a flood wrecked everything (fixed the water problem first, of course). In the end, I, the plumbers, and the concrete cutters did pretty much all the work, so he just charged me $500 for his time because he felt like any more would be ripping me off. If you can find a GC like that, go for it. Otherwise, this just seems like too small and focused of a project to me to warrant another middle man.
ATBSJS, I'm a poor whose time is worth less than money, apparently.
I've had some frens pour their own and they came out not to bad. Better than I thought. -
You know what you're doing1to392831weretaken said:Buy a dozen bags of countertop concrete mix, colored dye (powder you put in the mix) to taste, wire mesh, $50 in form lumber (only because materials are 400% above normal right now), and make badass countertops for next to nothing. Or just go to the local granite shop and order your countertops in granite or quartz or whatever you like--when we ordered our countertops, the granite supplier's own crew installed them. Installing sink plumbing is a one beer job. Hire out the backsplash. Done.
You already have to go to the countertop shop to choose what you want, so it's not like hiring a GC saves you time there. Hell, their installers might even prep your sink base cabinet for that farmhouse sink and install that for you, too. Really, the only sub you need is a tile gysm for the backsplash, so just hire one with good reviews.
I once hired a GC for a basement remodel after a flood wrecked everything (fixed the water problem first, of course). In the end, I, the plumbers, and the concrete cutters did pretty much all the work, so he just charged me $500 for his time because he felt like any more would be ripping me off. If you can find a GC like that, go for it. Otherwise, this just seems like too small and focused of a project to me to warrant another middle man.
ATBSJS, I'm a poor whose time is worth less than money, apparently.
Thats important
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And I don't. This is important.RaceBannon said:
You know what you're doing1to392831weretaken said:Buy a dozen bags of countertop concrete mix, colored dye (powder you put in the mix) to taste, wire mesh, $50 in form lumber (only because materials are 400% above normal right now), and make badass countertops for next to nothing. Or just go to the local granite shop and order your countertops in granite or quartz or whatever you like--when we ordered our countertops, the granite supplier's own crew installed them. Installing sink plumbing is a one beer job. Hire out the backsplash. Done.
You already have to go to the countertop shop to choose what you want, so it's not like hiring a GC saves you time there. Hell, their installers might even prep your sink base cabinet for that farmhouse sink and install that for you, too. Really, the only sub you need is a tile gysm for the backsplash, so just hire one with good reviews.
I once hired a GC for a basement remodel after a flood wrecked everything (fixed the water problem first, of course). In the end, I, the plumbers, and the concrete cutters did pretty much all the work, so he just charged me $500 for his time because he felt like any more would be ripping me off. If you can find a GC like that, go for it. Otherwise, this just seems like too small and focused of a project to me to warrant another middle man.
ATBSJS, I'm a poor whose time is worth less than money, apparently.
Thats important
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Nobody's ever accused me of that before...RaceBannon said:
You know what you're doing1to392831weretaken said:Buy a dozen bags of countertop concrete mix, colored dye (powder you put in the mix) to taste, wire mesh, $50 in form lumber (only because materials are 400% above normal right now), and make badass countertops for next to nothing. Or just go to the local granite shop and order your countertops in granite or quartz or whatever you like--when we ordered our countertops, the granite supplier's own crew installed them. Installing sink plumbing is a one beer job. Hire out the backsplash. Done.
You already have to go to the countertop shop to choose what you want, so it's not like hiring a GC saves you time there. Hell, their installers might even prep your sink base cabinet for that farmhouse sink and install that for you, too. Really, the only sub you need is a tile gysm for the backsplash, so just hire one with good reviews.
I once hired a GC for a basement remodel after a flood wrecked everything (fixed the water problem first, of course). In the end, I, the plumbers, and the concrete cutters did pretty much all the work, so he just charged me $500 for his time because he felt like any more would be ripping me off. If you can find a GC like that, go for it. Otherwise, this just seems like too small and focused of a project to me to warrant another middle man.
ATBSJS, I'm a poor whose time is worth less than money, apparently.
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Sorry man
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You really need to listen to Race's advice here. He told you to have someone else handle it. You're just not going to get better advice than that.
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You let the servants cook in your main living quarters?!?!
