On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:36:59 -0400, "Jean B." > wrote:

>dsi1 wrote:
>[snip]
>> The guy designing the cabinets is getting impatient with us trying to
>> get it all worked out. That's an odd attitude cause one mistake and
>> everybody's screwed. Looks like I'm gonna be at his office again
>> tomorrow. Hopefully, the fun will begin soon...
>>
>Yes, and yes. You are wise. You cannot check measurements etc.
>too many times. Our kitchen designer made some tiny
>mistakes--which led to some finagling. Yesterday the counters
>were to be installed. One piece was too large (easy to rectify)
>and one had the hole for the sink in the wrong place--which is
>going to involve and unorthodox fix. Also, a piece that was
>supposed to have the "character" toward the front (where it would
>be visible) does not.
>
>The moral of the story: check, check, check (even when you are
>dealing with pros). Also keep an eye on things as they are being
>installed so you can detect problems before they cannot be
>corrected (or it would be MUCH to disruptive and add way too much
>time to correct them).

The last kitchen remodel I did was in a greystone 6 flat built in
about 1920. It was a total gut and we took it down to the brick and
made new walls. When we had final dimensions a pro and an interior
designer put the cabinet layout together. Somehow they plugged in the
wrong fridge size and it was 3 inches to narrow. So they got a new
fridge because a new upper cabinet was a six week wait and the one
there was already drilled. The new one was shorter and there was now
a gap between it and the cabinet that looked like crap. There were
side panels to make a chase for the fridge to slide into. The only
way to fix it was to take everything down and shorten the panels.
It's not the easiest thing to do in the field without splintering the
wood. The owner, cabinet designer and interior designer all blamed
each other but in the end the owner had to eat over 20 hours of labor.
The hot water heater for the flat had to go inside a cabinet in the
kitchen. They thought they had it all worked out but of course it
didn't fit to we had to take a cabinet apart and rebuilt it to make it
work. It needed to be deeper and taller. That was about another 20
hours of labor because the plumbing rough-in had to be modified.

Mistakes can be expensive.

Lou