subject: Cabinet Refacing - Planning And Preparation [print this page] By Brian Simkins By Brian Simkins
Expensive, fashionable and stocked with the latest technological tools, hot, and the kitchen has become the latest place to keep up with the neighbors. What used to be just a functional center of the house is a masterpiece of most new homes and composition.
Within the framework of the new construction, and imagination is the limit only factor in the final design and function of the space. Re-formed, However, there are often a wide range of restrictions. Do you want to transfer your plumbing? What about electricity? Are you really ready for a new design, followed by headaches that will inevitably arise when the dismantling of your current kitchen?
Maybe you just want to update the appearance of the kitchen is a functional space, but started to show its age. If you like the layout of your kitchen, but can not bear to look at the cabinets for one day, then re-experiencing may be the option for you. Cabinet re-facing is a great choice when it comes to upgrading the appearance of your kitchen, without going through disabling kitchen renovation is complete.
While it can restore a full kitchen take weeks on the function of re-facing can be done in less than a day or two. This option provides the opportunity to create a new, a new space without the inconvenience of doing dishes in your bathtub, and after ordering pizza for your return.
The re-face is relatively simple. Instead of removing the boxes that are reservoirs of your current, you can simply remove the doors and drawer fronts, re-skin pieces facing the boxes with the surface of the shell new, clean, and then replace the doors and fronts with new drawer that is available in the latest styles, colors and finishes. You can also replace the technical equipment of the Council, as well as drawers. The beginning to the end, the process involves less mess, less headache, less down time for you and your family.
Search in the new cabinet your options
If, after careful consideration of all of your options, you may decide to re-face your cabinets, you should start by setting a timetable. While the actual process of doing work that is facing re-will not only take you a day or two, you need to keep in mind that the measurements must be made and the product must be ordered. If you want to have your project done in a certain time, then you will need to get the ball rolling early.
Start off by doing some shopping. Most home improvement retailers Home sale materials that will need to re-facing the system through a special program. This means that you can not just go and pick them off the shelf. There are a number of very large size and style options to make the process to maintain these stocks. You might also consider to contact a smaller store that specializes in cabinets. Can be slightly more expensive, but usually offer more personal services from retailers and home improvement. And can be sent until someone into your home to take measurements for you.
Another option is that you will need to make is whether you want to use plywood end, or just the same self-adhesive peel that you currently have, and the work of Polish bars, ladders, and boxes on the Council of Ministers. Accurate measurement of all of the stairs, and rails in your boxes and label these areas on your list as well. Professional that you order materials planning should be to help you determine the amount of crust needed to the system.
Measure your tanks
After you have done your research, choose the style and color, and you need to get some very accurate measurements. Measure is one of the most important steps in the cabinet re-facing the project to one simple reason: If the new doors and drawer fronts are not the correct size, then you can not use. If you do that after you start the installation, then your project just got an extension while you wait for the arrival of a new product, and you have added some expenses.
To ensure that you get it right the first time, and use a tape measure that measures, at least, 16 / 1 of an inch. Sketch plan for the Council of Ministers and private label each one, with either a number or letter. You can also take measurements, and maintain a list of each one and write down the measurements precisely. This will allow you to look at the list and drawing, and we know, for example, that the door No. 1 is exactly 12 08/03 "wide. Should be measured all the doors and drawer fronts, and are listed according to the exact size.
When measuring for templates, you must measure the total linear footage you have, then add 10 percent on demand. This may seem like a lot of surplus, but keep in mind that you lose part of each piece when cutting crowns to install it, and even the best of us make mistakes sometimes. In addition, if you choose to use plywood panels rather than the end of the crust of self-adhesive, you need to take into consideration the offer added to your cabinets out. Any crown molding that sets on top of your wall safes need to be slightly longer than the pieces that you currently have.
