Recent content by Dan208

Our heating and A/C unit is in need of replacing (Bryant). We got a quote from the heating and cooling company that we have used in the past (used them for furnace service and repair and new plumbing/ductwork in the kitchen). They gave us an estimate of around $6500 total, and he said that...

Our kitchen is just about paid off, so now it's time to move on to the bathroom. I've got a few questions about going about it. With the exception of most of the demo, painting and trimwork, I'd like to hire someone to do all the work. We'll need new drywall on the walls (ceiling is ok)...

Our cabinets were installed yesterday. They look great. As I was watching the install I kept thinking that I was so glad I didn't try it myself. The countertop will be here in a few weeks. Just wanted to let everyone know how things went. Dan

The cabinets will be installed next week. I've already met the installer and he seems like he knows what he's doing and is a really nice guy. I'll let everyone know how it goes.

Yes, they are like what triple D described. Another question. The outlets have two sets of screws. I know white/silver and black/gold but do I connect the wires to the top set, bottom set, or one to the top and one to the bottom?

Please forgive my lack of terminology here. I'll try to explain the best I can. My electrician installed some new wiring for our kitchen. On the boxes in the middle of the run he installed some little plastic distribution block kind of things so that there are only two wires running to the...

The title pretty much sums up my question. Our kitchen cabinets will be installed in about a month, so I need to know if I should go ahead and paint the walls when our drywall guy gets done (probably late this week or early next week) or should I wait until the cabinets are up? We are going...

Thank you very much.

I'm getting ready to put new receptacles in the kitchen for a dishwasher, disposal, etc. I've got a remodeling book with instructions for each of these and it says to use 15 amp 120 volt receptacles. The ones that I bought are 15 amp 125 volt. Will these work or do I need to get them at 120...

Well, we bit the bullet and went to Lowes since we already have a Lowes card. Got a quote, and for everything (cabinets, countertop, install, etc) it came to just under $5000, which I thought was pretty good. The cabinets are semi-custom and will be here in about 3 weeks. Our plumber should...

We are definately going to stay away from the particle board. My wife has been set on that from day one. My main concern is, and the reason I want to hire someone, that I'm not too handy and I want to make sure the cabinets are going to fit. Right now our sink is in an island in the middle of...

My wife and I have been sitting on a half finished kitchen for almost a year now. After some talking we have decided that, instead of ordering cabinets and me trying to do them myself, we are just going to hire someone to do custom cabinets. What I'm trying to figure out now is where should...

This is what I was thinking of doing, but really don't want to take a chance. I've been doing some looking and am having trouble finding somewhere to send samples to get tested. Does anyone know of any labs that do this?

Yes. Same difference. ;) Any idea how much testing usually costs?

We've got "cottage cheese" ceilings in our house and want rid of them. I think our house was remodeled in the late 70's (found a newspaper in the kitchen wall when I tore down the drywall). I'm kind of hesitant to scrape the "cheese" off if there is the possibility of asbestos being present...