cost to re-do your home kitchen?

[nilepoc]

What did you do with the original hardwood in the new kitchen? Did you take it up or cover it up?

Nice looking kitchen.

JR

The wood floors in the house are shot, they have been sanded one too many times. The laps are showing in a couple of rooms, and the new kitchen was the worst offender. I covered up the wood with hardybacker and went with tile on a latex mortar.

Thanks for the compliment.

 

[photogod]

We just did an LG reffer, 2500, Wolf range 3200, new floor 2500, Sile Stone counter top 2600 (Granite will stain and absorbe fluids, Sile Stone will not), Wine reffer 1000, SS under mount sink and faucet 460, Range hood 400 and light fixture 38. Same cabinets with new finish. Adds up quick!

 

[phishtaco]

My .02....We do high end Kitchen remodels where I work

Our typical remodel starts at about $25k and goes way up from there.
Hire someone that knows what they are doing, from my experiences the lowes/HD people kinda know what they are doing. You can find someone better for not much more money. A couple design errors can ruin your new kitchen. Granite can stain if you try, but we do about 100 tops a year and no one has stained one yet. Now Marble is a different story. The staining problems are exaggerated by the new "quartz" companies which have there own problems.

Anyway if you want me to take a look at something let me know, I've been designing kitchens for almost 10 years.

 

[srplus]

A friend just did theirs and they spent $ 75 / sq ft on just the counters for a good looking black granite... prices vary so much it is hard to imagine... we did our own kitchen with a mix of custom drawers and cabinet doors and stock cabinet bodies... we put a nice quality of formica for counters and did our own floor with prefinished floating wood. Kitchen is 14' x 16' and we spent $ 4,500 not including the appliances. Did all the work ourselves except building the cabinets. Looks OK but I would have done a cheaper granite or soapstone if I had any sense... some are available for $ 40 - 50 /sq ft cut and laid in... finish work and backsplash install is usually done by owner around here for that price.

 

[ScottFJ40]

My .02....We do high end Kitchen remodels where I work

Our typical remodel starts at about $25k and goes way up from there.
Hire someone that knows what they are doing, from my experiences the lowes/HD people kinda know what they are doing. You can find someone better for not much more money. A couple design errors can ruin your new kitchen. Granite can stain if you try, but we do about 100 tops a year and no one has stained one yet. Now Marble is a different story. The staining problems are exaggerated by the new "quartz" companies which have there own problems.

Anyway if you want me to take a look at something let me know, I've been designing kitchens for almost 10 years.

Tell me the downfalls of "quartz"? I mean, granite has quartz, only less than silestone.

It was a no brainer going with silestone over granite, I've had both.
You have to seal granite, none needed for silestone. Color consitency in silestone is better than granite. Granite is pourous, hence mold and mildew can be an issue, no issue with silestone.

So exactly what are these so called problems?

 

[Cuerno Largo]

We did a total remodel on our Kitchen/dining area. Opened up a load bearing wall, new island, granite countertops, new cherry cabinets, tile, dacor range and vent hood, Bosch dishwasher, new faucet, new lighting. Cost about 35,000 for everything.

 

[phishtaco]

Tell me the downfalls of "quartz"? I mean, granite has quartz, only less than silestone.

It was a no brainer going with silestone over granite, I've had both.
You have to seal granite, none needed for silestone. Color consitency in silestone is better than granite. Granite is pourous, hence mold and mildew can be an issue, no issue with silestone.

So exactly what are these so called problems?

Some opinions.....The color consistancy, make it look man made(which it is) and obviously granite is natural stone. The sheen on the darker colors can vary and looks s***tty. The granite sealers in the past 5 years or so are better. Seal then once every 10 years, it takes about an hour? On a scale of 1-10(less pourous) "quartz" materials are 10, granites are 8-9(depending on material). If you have mold or mildew on your granite, you are just dirty and lazy.

I would personally choose granite over quartz any day, but some people see it otherwise. We are a high end cabinet company and we've done one quartz top this year(Cambria) and the quality was so s***ty the customer wanted it replaced. Why? color and sheen issues.
I do like the "limestone look" quartz material.

 

[60wag]

Stainless steel refrigerator? Do magnets stick to it?

 

[okefenokeefzj80]

Stainless steel refrigerator? Do magnets stick to it?

They do on mine

 

[Trevor]

Stainless steel refrigerator? Do magnets stick to it?

No.

 

[JRFJ4-]

NO

Stainless steel refrigerator? Do magnets stick to it?

No magnets do not stick.

Some cast stainless steels will have a slight magnetic attraction.

304L that covers appliances should not be magnetic. Stainless is very low in carbon. .08% or less.

JR

 

[ScottFJ40]

Some opinions.....The color consistancy, make it look man made(which it is) and obviously granite is natural stone. The sheen on the darker colors can vary and looks s***tty. The granite sealers in the past 5 years or so are better. Seal then once every 10 years, it takes about an hour? On a scale of 1-10(less pourous) "quartz" materials are 10, granites are 8-9(depending on material). If you have mold or mildew on your granite, you are just dirty and lazy.

I would personally choose granite over quartz any day, but some people see it otherwise. We are a high end cabinet company and we've done one quartz top this year(Cambria) and the quality was so s***ty the customer wanted it replaced. Why? color and sheen issues.
I do like the "limestone look" quartz material.

You really are biased. People that need to call their products competitors "s***ty" have no marketing skills whatsoever.

Glad I went with Silestone, my granite I had previously looked s***ty in comparison

 

[rutbeer]

kitchen redo...cheap

Here's the one I did about three years ago. Not my style for my current house, but it made my house sell in one day for full price.
I took the orginal cabinets and sanded/stripped the faceframes. I then made new doors, made some infill cabinets, etc. I even took the oven doors off, sanded and painted them black. The flooring is 3/4 oak naildown, but it was a disco'd color...got it for about $3/foot prefinished. I got the granite tile for the counter at the same place...$5/foot for the granite. All in all, it was a bunch of labor hours, but I bet I got out of it with only $2-$3 grand in it. The big saver was keeping the original appliances.

 

[wob]

Stainless steel refrigerator? Do magnets stick to it?

yep - on mine anyways

 

[cruiser4life]

We were going to go stainless, but my wife is an interior designer and the word in that world is stainless is done. We got black appliances.

This is a funny quote to me. I currently have all black appliances and my interior designer (not my wife mind you) demands I get rid of them and put in SS...

Change = $$ for the folks in the remodeling business.

 

[ScottFJ40]

This is a funny quote to me. I currently have all black appliances and my interior designer (not my wife mind you) demands I get rid of them and put in SS...

Change = $$ for the folks in the remodeling business.

Ain't it the truth. I said that kind of tongue in cheek, as we could have purple appliances with brown polka dots for all I care. Trendy I'm not.

 

[fsusteve]

You really are biased. People that need to call their products competitors "s***ty" have no marketing skills whatsoever.

Glad I went with Silestone, my granite I had previously looked s***ty in comparison

Don't ask the man's opinion if you don't wanna hear it.

 

[ScottFJ40]

Don't ask the man's opinion if you don't wanna hear it.

Like I didn't ask for yours?

 

[cruiser4life]

Ain't it the truth. I said that kind of tongue in cheek, as we could have purple appliances with brown polka dots for all I care. Trendy I'm not.

No, I hear you. Being a bachelor all I really care about when it comes to appliances is that they work.

The women who hang around, that's another story. Lots of unsolicited opinions so to speak...

 

[calamaridog]

This is the view in the other direction, the kitchen used to be in the room you see through the doorway.

I had a great time doing it, and friends of mine who are contractors say they would have chaged about 28-30,000 to do the same job.

Good luck.

nilepoc,

Nice DIY job. Looks great.

What material did you use for the backspash? Do you have a close-up?