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Home improvement - where to start?
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ok just checking that you're not making generalizations about a business you don't know. that bugs me.
The look and maintenance of swinging doors is nice but in a small confined area, you need to account for the loss of wall space where the swinging door opens whether in or out. My ex-wife insisted on the French Door look for our 1000sqft Shoebox beach house and I’m gonna switch it out to a slider to increase the feel of the space.
thanks for the tips!
You’d think that finding the setback requirements would be easy enough, but google isnt doing it for me
yeah, no garage. Really weird for Long Island single family homes, but when I bought it, I celse rated that I’d never have to clean out my garage again, and, so far, that’s been true!
Yep, and also I like the idea of the open sliding door
although winter and most of summer, it’d be closed
my wife spends time in the kitchen
i spend time outside
hoping to make it more connected
Crappy window install at my apartment building pretty much all of #1 and it’s not pretty to look at either.
my neighbor said it was quite a scene to watch them go in. Lots of caulk and very little confidence.
my neighbor said it was quite a scene to watch them go in. Lots of caulk and very little confidence.
My advice then, is if you are installing the wood sliders that everybody likes, then paint all the parts, on all sides before you install it. Then secondly, choose ther best paint only. With the new VOC rules, a lot of paints don't cure hard. The door will stick and be hard to operate.
Dunn Edwards Aristoshield doesn't have that sticking problem. All their other paints do.
I don't know about New York, but in California, every neighborhood has different setbacks. It would be a phone call to your local building department.
Personally, I hadn’t seen those pics before
and they’re way nicer than my kitchen
so, thanks!
We just completely redid our kitchen, along with floors through the house, and some windows and such. Upgraded the electrical panel.
We had the propane stove set up in the front yard with wash and rinse bins for dishes; was a challenge for a few weeks. Moving from bedroom to bedroom to get out of the way of the flooring. Just finished and it's a big relief.
We didn't change footprint though, so besides the permit for the electrical panel replacement, we didn't get permits.
If you can knock out that wall and replace with an island/peninsula, that will go a long way, obvi.
Shelling out the extra cash for a counter depth fridge can make a big difference in a tight kitchen. Also, get a french door fridge while you're at it, they're the most versatile in terms of items you can put inside them, plus you have all the fresh items at waist-to-eye level.
We just got done gutting our kitchen to the studs, tore down a wall and replaced everything. New windows, installed a french door, installed hardwood in kitchen, new cabinets, appliances, etc... Took 6 weeks for everything. Our house is old(1927) and small, so we had to open it up and make it work. You can't appreciate the improvements unless you had seen the old kitchen but we love it now. Since both our kids are off at college now, we decided to go with a small 18" Bosch dishwasher and a small, counter-depth GE fridge.
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Super nice! We did white quartz, too.We just got done gutting our kitchen to the studs, tore down a wall and replaced everything. New windows, installed a french door, installed hardwood in kitchen, new cabinets, appliances, etc... Took 6 weeks for everything. Our house is old(1927) and small, so we had to open it up and make it work. You can't appreciate the improvements unless you had seen the old kitchen but we love it now.
I like everything about thatWe just got done gutting our kitchen to the studs, tore down a wall and replaced everything. New windows, installed a french door, installed hardwood in kitchen, new cabinets, appliances, etc... Took 6 weeks for everything. Our house is old(1927) and small, so we had to open it up and make it work. You can't appreciate the improvements unless you had seen the old kitchen but we love it now. Since both our kids are off at college now, we decided to go with a small 18" Bosch dishwasher and a small, counter-depth GE fridge. Upgraded electrical panel and installed an RO water filter system as well, to the sink and fridge.
Never skip the permit. If the contractor knows you cut corners, he will too