• Re: The kitchen

    From DerbyDad03@21:1/5 to Leon on Sat May 13 16:31:27 2023
    On Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 3:40:07 PM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
    On 5/9/2023 8:08 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
    On Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at 9:46:07 AM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
    Soo the counter tops went in about 2 weeks ago along with an new
    workstation sink and faucets.

    Tomorrow the back splash is supposed to go in.

    What I have been doing is varnishing the door and drawer panels, 2 coats >> on back, 4 on front. Last Saturday Sunday and yesterday I assembled the >> panels along with the rails and stiles to make the 37 door and drawer
    fronts.

    Next is sanding the frames and 4 coats of varnish.




    https://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb11211/52882296954/in/datetaken/

    They're looking great so far. Can't wait to see the completed project.

    We had a countertop scare today and won't be sure that it's resolved until we go to warehouse tomorrow and actually put our eyes on our slab.

    After months of searching, we finally found a slab that made us both go "That's the one!" almost immediately. We put a hold on it, contacted our fabricator and told him where to get the slab from. We called the warehouse
    3 times in two weeks to make sure we still had time to make arrangements and they said "You're fine. It's marked as yours."

    So today I get a call from the fabricator telling me that when he called the warehouse he was told that our slab had been given to someone else.
    He said that this warehouse had done it to him before saying "They suck." This was after he had called them last week and was assured that the slab was booked to his account and they would deliver it whenever he was ready.

    I called the manager of the warehouse and, keeping my anger slightly in check, asked him what was going on. I'm not sure where the communications broke down, but he claims that he didn't tell my fabricator that the slab was
    gone, he says he told him that there is some confusion regarding which slab
    was ours. We told him that we are coming in tomorrow to look at it, to make
    sure it's the one we picked and that there is no more "confusion".

    If our slab is indeed still there, I'm going to arrange to get it out of the
    warehouse as soon as possible. I really don't want to start searching all over
    again or "settling" on a different slab.
    Wow! We have two Silestone slabs, different colors. Natural stone is different in that many slabs are quite unique unless you get some that
    were cut at the same time. Silestone/quartz are all a little different
    but not so much that I would notice.

    We did see some astonishing granite slabs. Looked like something seen
    in the Hubble telescope. Blues, reds, purples, yellows in the same
    slab. I think it would look better mounted on a wall. ;~)

    Dolomite, and the slap was still there. There was just "some confusion"
    which is now all clear up.

    I had done my own layout in the warehouse prior to deciding so SWMBO
    could get a visual.

    Picture a U shaped countertop with a peninsula on the right and a
    "extension" (?) on the left that ends at a floor to ceiling cabinet.

    The right hand side where the peninsula is is shown as squared off, but
    it's actually rounded. The big square is the sink, the left hand section on
    the bottom is the left hand side of the countertop, so just lift it straight
    up and slide it to the left. We don't know where the seam will actually be placed, but the point was to quickly determine if we had enough stone
    to make it work. We obviously do.

    https://i.imgur.com/2uNwKRJ.jpg

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  • From Markem618@21:1/5 to teamarrows@eznet.net on Sat May 13 18:43:55 2023
    On Sat, 13 May 2023 16:31:27 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
    <teamarrows@eznet.net> wrote:

    On Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 3:40:07?PM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
    On 5/9/2023 8:08 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
    On Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at 9:46:07?AM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
    Soo the counter tops went in about 2 weeks ago along with an new
    workstation sink and faucets.

    Tomorrow the back splash is supposed to go in.

    What I have been doing is varnishing the door and drawer panels, 2 coats >> >> on back, 4 on front. Last Saturday Sunday and yesterday I assembled the >> >> panels along with the rails and stiles to make the 37 door and drawer
    fronts.

    Next is sanding the frames and 4 coats of varnish.




    https://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb11211/52882296954/in/datetaken/

    They're looking great so far. Can't wait to see the completed project.

    We had a countertop scare today and won't be sure that it's resolved until >> > we go to warehouse tomorrow and actually put our eyes on our slab.

    After months of searching, we finally found a slab that made us both go
    "That's the one!" almost immediately. We put a hold on it, contacted our >> > fabricator and told him where to get the slab from. We called the warehouse
    3 times in two weeks to make sure we still had time to make arrangements >> > and they said "You're fine. It's marked as yours."

    So today I get a call from the fabricator telling me that when he called >> > the warehouse he was told that our slab had been given to someone else.
    He said that this warehouse had done it to him before saying "They suck." >> > This was after he had called them last week and was assured that the slab >> > was booked to his account and they would deliver it whenever he was ready. >> >
    I called the manager of the warehouse and, keeping my anger slightly in
    check, asked him what was going on. I'm not sure where the communications >> > broke down, but he claims that he didn't tell my fabricator that the slab was
    gone, he says he told him that there is some confusion regarding which slab
    was ours. We told him that we are coming in tomorrow to look at it, to make
    sure it's the one we picked and that there is no more "confusion".

    If our slab is indeed still there, I'm going to arrange to get it out of the
    warehouse as soon as possible. I really don't want to start searching all over
    again or "settling" on a different slab.
    Wow! We have two Silestone slabs, different colors. Natural stone is
    different in that many slabs are quite unique unless you get some that
    were cut at the same time. Silestone/quartz are all a little different
    but not so much that I would notice.

    We did see some astonishing granite slabs. Looked like something seen
    in the Hubble telescope. Blues, reds, purples, yellows in the same
    slab. I think it would look better mounted on a wall. ;~)

    Dolomite, and the slap was still there. There was just "some confusion"
    which is now all clear up.

    I had done my own layout in the warehouse prior to deciding so SWMBO
    could get a visual.

    Picture a U shaped countertop with a peninsula on the right and a
    "extension" (?) on the left that ends at a floor to ceiling cabinet.

    The right hand side where the peninsula is is shown as squared off, but
    it's actually rounded. The big square is the sink, the left hand section on >the bottom is the left hand side of the countertop, so just lift it straight >up and slide it to the left. We don't know where the seam will actually be >placed, but the point was to quickly determine if we had enough stone
    to make it work. We obviously do.

    https://i.imgur.com/2uNwKRJ.jpg

    That is a really nice piece of stone

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  • From DerbyDad03@21:1/5 to All on Sat May 13 19:27:06 2023
    On Saturday, May 13, 2023 at 7:45:12 PM UTC-4, Markem618 wrote:
    On Sat, 13 May 2023 16:31:27 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
    <teama...@eznet.net> wrote:
    On Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 3:40:07?PM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
    On 5/9/2023 8:08 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
    On Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at 9:46:07?AM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
    Soo the counter tops went in about 2 weeks ago along with an new
    workstation sink and faucets.

    Tomorrow the back splash is supposed to go in.

    What I have been doing is varnishing the door and drawer panels, 2 coats
    on back, 4 on front. Last Saturday Sunday and yesterday I assembled the
    panels along with the rails and stiles to make the 37 door and drawer >> >> fronts.

    Next is sanding the frames and 4 coats of varnish.




    https://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb11211/52882296954/in/datetaken/

    They're looking great so far. Can't wait to see the completed project. >> >
    We had a countertop scare today and won't be sure that it's resolved until
    we go to warehouse tomorrow and actually put our eyes on our slab.

    After months of searching, we finally found a slab that made us both go >> > "That's the one!" almost immediately. We put a hold on it, contacted our
    fabricator and told him where to get the slab from. We called the warehouse
    3 times in two weeks to make sure we still had time to make arrangements
    and they said "You're fine. It's marked as yours."

    So today I get a call from the fabricator telling me that when he called
    the warehouse he was told that our slab had been given to someone else. >> > He said that this warehouse had done it to him before saying "They suck."
    This was after he had called them last week and was assured that the slab
    was booked to his account and they would deliver it whenever he was ready.

    I called the manager of the warehouse and, keeping my anger slightly in >> > check, asked him what was going on. I'm not sure where the communications
    broke down, but he claims that he didn't tell my fabricator that the slab was
    gone, he says he told him that there is some confusion regarding which slab
    was ours. We told him that we are coming in tomorrow to look at it, to make
    sure it's the one we picked and that there is no more "confusion".

    If our slab is indeed still there, I'm going to arrange to get it out of the
    warehouse as soon as possible. I really don't want to start searching all over
    again or "settling" on a different slab.
    Wow! We have two Silestone slabs, different colors. Natural stone is
    different in that many slabs are quite unique unless you get some that
    were cut at the same time. Silestone/quartz are all a little different
    but not so much that I would notice.

    We did see some astonishing granite slabs. Looked like something seen
    in the Hubble telescope. Blues, reds, purples, yellows in the same
    slab. I think it would look better mounted on a wall. ;~)

    Dolomite, and the slap was still there. There was just "some confusion" >which is now all clear up.

    I had done my own layout in the warehouse prior to deciding so SWMBO
    could get a visual.

    Picture a U shaped countertop with a peninsula on the right and a >"extension" (?) on the left that ends at a floor to ceiling cabinet.

    The right hand side where the peninsula is is shown as squared off, but >it's actually rounded. The big square is the sink, the left hand section on >the bottom is the left hand side of the countertop, so just lift it straight
    up and slide it to the left. We don't know where the seam will actually be >placed, but the point was to quickly determine if we had enough stone
    to make it work. We obviously do.

    https://i.imgur.com/2uNwKRJ.jpg
    That is a really nice piece of stone

    Thanks.

    It's got some subtle colors that will go with just about any color you
    would want to paint a kitchen. There's some blues, some specks of red,
    etc.

    I recently put in a vinyl plank floor with a rough sawn wood look, so the browns in countertop will go very well.

    Next steps are to have it delivered to our fabricator and to have his layout guy come to the house and do his laser thing. Once that's done, he inputs
    the laser readings and an image of the slab into his computer program and figures out the best way to cut it, seam it, etc.

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  • From Leon@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 17 14:57:04 2023
    On 5/13/2023 6:31 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
    On Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 3:40:07 PM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
    On 5/9/2023 8:08 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
    On Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at 9:46:07 AM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
    Soo the counter tops went in about 2 weeks ago along with an new
    workstation sink and faucets.

    Tomorrow the back splash is supposed to go in.

    What I have been doing is varnishing the door and drawer panels, 2 coats >>>> on back, 4 on front. Last Saturday Sunday and yesterday I assembled the >>>> panels along with the rails and stiles to make the 37 door and drawer
    fronts.

    Next is sanding the frames and 4 coats of varnish.




    https://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb11211/52882296954/in/datetaken/

    They're looking great so far. Can't wait to see the completed project.

    We had a countertop scare today and won't be sure that it's resolved until >>> we go to warehouse tomorrow and actually put our eyes on our slab.

    After months of searching, we finally found a slab that made us both go
    "That's the one!" almost immediately. We put a hold on it, contacted our >>> fabricator and told him where to get the slab from. We called the warehouse >>> 3 times in two weeks to make sure we still had time to make arrangements >>> and they said "You're fine. It's marked as yours."

    So today I get a call from the fabricator telling me that when he called >>> the warehouse he was told that our slab had been given to someone else.
    He said that this warehouse had done it to him before saying "They suck." >>> This was after he had called them last week and was assured that the slab >>> was booked to his account and they would deliver it whenever he was ready. >>>
    I called the manager of the warehouse and, keeping my anger slightly in
    check, asked him what was going on. I'm not sure where the communications >>> broke down, but he claims that he didn't tell my fabricator that the slab was
    gone, he says he told him that there is some confusion regarding which slab >>> was ours. We told him that we are coming in tomorrow to look at it, to make >>> sure it's the one we picked and that there is no more "confusion".

    If our slab is indeed still there, I'm going to arrange to get it out of the
    warehouse as soon as possible. I really don't want to start searching all over
    again or "settling" on a different slab.
    Wow! We have two Silestone slabs, different colors. Natural stone is
    different in that many slabs are quite unique unless you get some that
    were cut at the same time. Silestone/quartz are all a little different
    but not so much that I would notice.

    We did see some astonishing granite slabs. Looked like something seen
    in the Hubble telescope. Blues, reds, purples, yellows in the same
    slab. I think it would look better mounted on a wall. ;~)

    Dolomite, and the slap was still there. There was just "some confusion"
    which is now all clear up.

    I had done my own layout in the warehouse prior to deciding so SWMBO
    could get a visual.

    Picture a U shaped countertop with a peninsula on the right and a
    "extension" (?) on the left that ends at a floor to ceiling cabinet.

    The right hand side where the peninsula is is shown as squared off, but
    it's actually rounded. The big square is the sink, the left hand section on the bottom is the left hand side of the countertop, so just lift it straight up and slide it to the left. We don't know where the seam will actually be placed, but the point was to quickly determine if we had enough stone
    to make it work. We obviously do.

    https://i.imgur.com/2uNwKRJ.jpg


    Kind'a sickening to see how much stone goes to waste. And I certainly
    don't want to store the excess for a possible use in the future. We
    bought 2 jumbo slabs. 63" x 128". So each slab is about 50 sq ft.
    We needed 70 sq foot.

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  • From Leon@21:1/5 to DerbyDad03 on Wed May 17 15:03:44 2023
    On 5/13/2023 6:31 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
    On Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 3:40:07 PM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
    On 5/9/2023 8:08 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
    On Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at 9:46:07 AM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
    Soo the counter tops went in about 2 weeks ago along with an new
    workstation sink and faucets.

    Tomorrow the back splash is supposed to go in.

    What I have been doing is varnishing the door and drawer panels, 2 coats >>>> on back, 4 on front. Last Saturday Sunday and yesterday I assembled the >>>> panels along with the rails and stiles to make the 37 door and drawer
    fronts.

    Next is sanding the frames and 4 coats of varnish.




    https://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb11211/52882296954/in/datetaken/

    They're looking great so far. Can't wait to see the completed project.

    We had a countertop scare today and won't be sure that it's resolved until >>> we go to warehouse tomorrow and actually put our eyes on our slab.

    After months of searching, we finally found a slab that made us both go
    "That's the one!" almost immediately. We put a hold on it, contacted our >>> fabricator and told him where to get the slab from. We called the warehouse >>> 3 times in two weeks to make sure we still had time to make arrangements >>> and they said "You're fine. It's marked as yours."

    So today I get a call from the fabricator telling me that when he called >>> the warehouse he was told that our slab had been given to someone else.
    He said that this warehouse had done it to him before saying "They suck." >>> This was after he had called them last week and was assured that the slab >>> was booked to his account and they would deliver it whenever he was ready. >>>
    I called the manager of the warehouse and, keeping my anger slightly in
    check, asked him what was going on. I'm not sure where the communications >>> broke down, but he claims that he didn't tell my fabricator that the slab was
    gone, he says he told him that there is some confusion regarding which slab >>> was ours. We told him that we are coming in tomorrow to look at it, to make >>> sure it's the one we picked and that there is no more "confusion".

    If our slab is indeed still there, I'm going to arrange to get it out of the
    warehouse as soon as possible. I really don't want to start searching all over
    again or "settling" on a different slab.
    Wow! We have two Silestone slabs, different colors. Natural stone is
    different in that many slabs are quite unique unless you get some that
    were cut at the same time. Silestone/quartz are all a little different
    but not so much that I would notice.

    We did see some astonishing granite slabs. Looked like something seen
    in the Hubble telescope. Blues, reds, purples, yellows in the same
    slab. I think it would look better mounted on a wall. ;~)

    Dolomite, and the slap was still there. There was just "some confusion"
    which is now all clear up.

    I had done my own layout in the warehouse prior to deciding so SWMBO
    could get a visual.

    Picture a U shaped countertop with a peninsula on the right and a
    "extension" (?) on the left that ends at a floor to ceiling cabinet.

    The right hand side where the peninsula is is shown as squared off, but
    it's actually rounded. The big square is the sink, the left hand section on the bottom is the left hand side of the countertop, so just lift it straight up and slide it to the left. We don't know where the seam will actually be placed, but the point was to quickly determine if we had enough stone
    to make it work. We obviously do.

    https://i.imgur.com/2uNwKRJ.jpg


    Up close this is what our 36" x 128" peninsula and island have.

    https://www.sile-stone.com/ethereal/glow/#gsc.tab=0

    and our counter tops against the walls is this.

    https://www.cosentino.com/usa/colors/silestone/copper-mist/

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  • From Leon@21:1/5 to DerbyDad03 on Wed May 17 15:04:22 2023
    On 5/13/2023 6:31 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
    On Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 3:40:07 PM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
    On 5/9/2023 8:08 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
    On Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at 9:46:07 AM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
    Soo the counter tops went in about 2 weeks ago along with an new
    workstation sink and faucets.

    Tomorrow the back splash is supposed to go in.

    What I have been doing is varnishing the door and drawer panels, 2
    coats
    on back, 4 on front. Last Saturday Sunday and yesterday I
    assembled the
    panels along with the rails and stiles to make the 37 door and drawer
    fronts.

    Next is sanding the frames and 4 coats of varnish.




    https://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb11211/52882296954/in/datetaken/

    They're looking great so far. Can't wait to see the completed project.

    We had a countertop scare today and won't be sure that it's
    resolved until
    we go to warehouse tomorrow and actually put our eyes on our slab.

    After months of searching, we finally found a slab that made us both go
    "That's the one!" almost immediately. We put a hold on it,
    contacted our
    fabricator and told him where to get the slab from. We called the warehouse
    3 times in two weeks to make sure we still had time to make
    arrangements
    and they said "You're fine. It's marked as yours."

    So today I get a call from the fabricator telling me that when he
    called
    the warehouse he was told that our slab had been given to someone else.
    He said that this warehouse had done it to him before saying "They
    suck."
    This was after he had called them last week and was assured that
    the slab
    was booked to his account and they would deliver it whenever he was
    ready.

    I called the manager of the warehouse and, keeping my anger slightly in
    check, asked him what was going on. I'm not sure where the
    communications
    broke down, but he claims that he didn't tell my fabricator that
    the slab was
    gone, he says he told him that there is some confusion regarding
    which slab
    was ours. We told him that we are coming in tomorrow to look at it,
    to make
    sure it's the one we picked and that there is no more "confusion".

    If our slab is indeed still there, I'm going to arrange to get it
    out of the
    warehouse as soon as possible. I really don't want to start
    searching all over
    again or "settling" on a different slab.
    Wow! We have two Silestone slabs, different colors. Natural stone is
    different in that many slabs are quite unique unless you get some that
    were cut at the same time. Silestone/quartz are all a little different
    but not so much that I would notice.

    We did see some astonishing granite slabs. Looked like something seen
    in the Hubble telescope. Blues, reds, purples, yellows in the same
    slab. I think it would look better mounted on a wall. ;~)

    Dolomite, and the slap was still there. There was just "some confusion" which is now all clear up.

    I had done my own layout in the warehouse prior to deciding so SWMBO
    could get a visual.

    Picture a U shaped countertop with a peninsula on the right and a "extension" (?) on the left that ends at a floor to ceiling cabinet.

    The right hand side where the peninsula is is shown as squared off, but
    it's actually rounded. The big square is the sink, the left hand
    section on
    the bottom is the left hand side of the countertop, so just lift it
    straight
    up and slide it to the left. We don't know where the seam will
    actually be
    placed, but the point was to quickly determine if we had enough stone
    to make it work. We obviously do.

    https://i.imgur.com/2uNwKRJ.jpg

    Up close this is what our 36" x 128" peninsula and island have.

    https://www.sile-stone.com/ethereal/glow/#gsc.tab=0

    and our counter tops against the walls is this.

    https://www.cosentino.com/usa/colors/silestone/copper-mist/

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  • From Leon@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 17 15:04:57 2023
    On 5/13/2023 6:31 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
    On Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 3:40:07 PM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
    On 5/9/2023 8:08 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
    On Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at 9:46:07 AM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
    Soo the counter tops went in about 2 weeks ago along with an new
    workstation sink and faucets.

    Tomorrow the back splash is supposed to go in.

    What I have been doing is varnishing the door and drawer panels, 2
    coats
    on back, 4 on front. Last Saturday Sunday and yesterday I
    assembled the
    panels along with the rails and stiles to make the 37 door and drawer
    fronts.

    Next is sanding the frames and 4 coats of varnish.




    https://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb11211/52882296954/in/datetaken/

    They're looking great so far. Can't wait to see the completed project.

    We had a countertop scare today and won't be sure that it's
    resolved until
    we go to warehouse tomorrow and actually put our eyes on our slab.

    After months of searching, we finally found a slab that made us both go
    "That's the one!" almost immediately. We put a hold on it,
    contacted our
    fabricator and told him where to get the slab from. We called the warehouse
    3 times in two weeks to make sure we still had time to make
    arrangements
    and they said "You're fine. It's marked as yours."

    So today I get a call from the fabricator telling me that when he
    called
    the warehouse he was told that our slab had been given to someone else.
    He said that this warehouse had done it to him before saying "They
    suck."
    This was after he had called them last week and was assured that
    the slab
    was booked to his account and they would deliver it whenever he was
    ready.

    I called the manager of the warehouse and, keeping my anger slightly in
    check, asked him what was going on. I'm not sure where the
    communications
    broke down, but he claims that he didn't tell my fabricator that
    the slab was
    gone, he says he told him that there is some confusion regarding
    which slab
    was ours. We told him that we are coming in tomorrow to look at it,
    to make
    sure it's the one we picked and that there is no more "confusion".

    If our slab is indeed still there, I'm going to arrange to get it
    out of the
    warehouse as soon as possible. I really don't want to start
    searching all over
    again or "settling" on a different slab.
    Wow! We have two Silestone slabs, different colors. Natural stone is
    different in that many slabs are quite unique unless you get some that
    were cut at the same time. Silestone/quartz are all a little different
    but not so much that I would notice.

    We did see some astonishing granite slabs. Looked like something seen
    in the Hubble telescope. Blues, reds, purples, yellows in the same
    slab. I think it would look better mounted on a wall. ;~)

    Dolomite, and the slap was still there. There was just "some confusion" which is now all clear up.

    I had done my own layout in the warehouse prior to deciding so SWMBO
    could get a visual.

    Picture a U shaped countertop with a peninsula on the right and a "extension" (?) on the left that ends at a floor to ceiling cabinet.

    The right hand side where the peninsula is is shown as squared off, but
    it's actually rounded. The big square is the sink, the left hand
    section on
    the bottom is the left hand side of the countertop, so just lift it
    straight
    up and slide it to the left. We don't know where the seam will
    actually be
    placed, but the point was to quickly determine if we had enough stone
    to make it work. We obviously do.

    https://i.imgur.com/2uNwKRJ.jpg

    Up close this is what our 36" x 128" peninsula and island have.

    https://www.sile-stone.com/ethereal/glow/#gsc.tab=0

    and our counter tops against the walls is this.

    https://www.cosentino.com/usa/colors/silestone/copper-mist/

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  • From DerbyDad03@21:1/5 to Leon on Wed May 17 19:18:50 2023
    On Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 3:57:18 PM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
    On 5/13/2023 6:31 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
    On Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 3:40:07 PM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
    On 5/9/2023 8:08 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
    On Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at 9:46:07 AM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
    Soo the counter tops went in about 2 weeks ago along with an new
    workstation sink and faucets.

    Tomorrow the back splash is supposed to go in.

    What I have been doing is varnishing the door and drawer panels, 2 coats
    on back, 4 on front. Last Saturday Sunday and yesterday I assembled the >>>> panels along with the rails and stiles to make the 37 door and drawer >>>> fronts.

    Next is sanding the frames and 4 coats of varnish.




    https://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb11211/52882296954/in/datetaken/

    They're looking great so far. Can't wait to see the completed project. >>>
    We had a countertop scare today and won't be sure that it's resolved until
    we go to warehouse tomorrow and actually put our eyes on our slab.

    After months of searching, we finally found a slab that made us both go >>> "That's the one!" almost immediately. We put a hold on it, contacted our >>> fabricator and told him where to get the slab from. We called the warehouse
    3 times in two weeks to make sure we still had time to make arrangements >>> and they said "You're fine. It's marked as yours."

    So today I get a call from the fabricator telling me that when he called >>> the warehouse he was told that our slab had been given to someone else. >>> He said that this warehouse had done it to him before saying "They suck."
    This was after he had called them last week and was assured that the slab
    was booked to his account and they would deliver it whenever he was ready.

    I called the manager of the warehouse and, keeping my anger slightly in >>> check, asked him what was going on. I'm not sure where the communications
    broke down, but he claims that he didn't tell my fabricator that the slab was
    gone, he says he told him that there is some confusion regarding which slab
    was ours. We told him that we are coming in tomorrow to look at it, to make
    sure it's the one we picked and that there is no more "confusion".

    If our slab is indeed still there, I'm going to arrange to get it out of the
    warehouse as soon as possible. I really don't want to start searching all over
    again or "settling" on a different slab.
    Wow! We have two Silestone slabs, different colors. Natural stone is
    different in that many slabs are quite unique unless you get some that
    were cut at the same time. Silestone/quartz are all a little different
    but not so much that I would notice.

    We did see some astonishing granite slabs. Looked like something seen
    in the Hubble telescope. Blues, reds, purples, yellows in the same
    slab. I think it would look better mounted on a wall. ;~)

    Dolomite, and the slap was still there. There was just "some confusion" which is now all clear up.

    I had done my own layout in the warehouse prior to deciding so SWMBO
    could get a visual.

    Picture a U shaped countertop with a peninsula on the right and a "extension" (?) on the left that ends at a floor to ceiling cabinet.

    The right hand side where the peninsula is is shown as squared off, but it's actually rounded. The big square is the sink, the left hand section on
    the bottom is the left hand side of the countertop, so just lift it straight
    up and slide it to the left. We don't know where the seam will actually be placed, but the point was to quickly determine if we had enough stone
    to make it work. We obviously do.

    https://i.imgur.com/2uNwKRJ.jpg
    Kind'a sickening to see how much stone goes to waste. And I certainly
    don't want to store the excess for a possible use in the future. We
    bought 2 jumbo slabs. 63" x 128". So each slab is about 50 sq ft.
    We needed 70 sq foot.

    We are actually going to store some, if not all, of the waste.

    We will be buying new appliances "soon". I built a base cabinet many years
    ago to fit between the range and fridge. I don't know the dimensions of
    the next set of appliances, but I'm sure that a new cabinet will be needed. Once that's built, we'll want to match the countertop. Our fabricator said
    we can bring it back and he'll cut it and put a backsplash on it, but I'll need to "install" it myself. Basically, the install will consist of putting it on top of
    the cabinet. I think I can handle that. ;-)

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  • From Leon@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 18 09:06:09 2023
    On 5/17/2023 9:18 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
    On Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 3:57:18 PM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
    On 5/13/2023 6:31 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
    On Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 3:40:07 PM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
    On 5/9/2023 8:08 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
    On Tuesday, May 9, 2023 at 9:46:07 AM UTC-4, Leon wrote:
    Soo the counter tops went in about 2 weeks ago along with an new
    workstation sink and faucets.

    Tomorrow the back splash is supposed to go in.

    What I have been doing is varnishing the door and drawer panels, 2 coats >>>>>> on back, 4 on front. Last Saturday Sunday and yesterday I assembled the >>>>>> panels along with the rails and stiles to make the 37 door and drawer >>>>>> fronts.

    Next is sanding the frames and 4 coats of varnish.




    https://www.flickr.com/photos/lcb11211/52882296954/in/datetaken/

    They're looking great so far. Can't wait to see the completed project. >>>>>
    We had a countertop scare today and won't be sure that it's resolved until
    we go to warehouse tomorrow and actually put our eyes on our slab.

    After months of searching, we finally found a slab that made us both go >>>>> "That's the one!" almost immediately. We put a hold on it, contacted our >>>>> fabricator and told him where to get the slab from. We called the warehouse
    3 times in two weeks to make sure we still had time to make arrangements >>>>> and they said "You're fine. It's marked as yours."

    So today I get a call from the fabricator telling me that when he called >>>>> the warehouse he was told that our slab had been given to someone else. >>>>> He said that this warehouse had done it to him before saying "They suck." >>>>> This was after he had called them last week and was assured that the slab >>>>> was booked to his account and they would deliver it whenever he was ready.

    I called the manager of the warehouse and, keeping my anger slightly in >>>>> check, asked him what was going on. I'm not sure where the communications >>>>> broke down, but he claims that he didn't tell my fabricator that the slab was
    gone, he says he told him that there is some confusion regarding which slab
    was ours. We told him that we are coming in tomorrow to look at it, to make
    sure it's the one we picked and that there is no more "confusion".

    If our slab is indeed still there, I'm going to arrange to get it out of the
    warehouse as soon as possible. I really don't want to start searching all over
    again or "settling" on a different slab.
    Wow! We have two Silestone slabs, different colors. Natural stone is
    different in that many slabs are quite unique unless you get some that >>>> were cut at the same time. Silestone/quartz are all a little different >>>> but not so much that I would notice.

    We did see some astonishing granite slabs. Looked like something seen
    in the Hubble telescope. Blues, reds, purples, yellows in the same
    slab. I think it would look better mounted on a wall. ;~)

    Dolomite, and the slap was still there. There was just "some confusion"
    which is now all clear up.

    I had done my own layout in the warehouse prior to deciding so SWMBO
    could get a visual.

    Picture a U shaped countertop with a peninsula on the right and a
    "extension" (?) on the left that ends at a floor to ceiling cabinet.

    The right hand side where the peninsula is is shown as squared off, but
    it's actually rounded. The big square is the sink, the left hand section on >>> the bottom is the left hand side of the countertop, so just lift it straight
    up and slide it to the left. We don't know where the seam will actually be >>> placed, but the point was to quickly determine if we had enough stone
    to make it work. We obviously do.

    https://i.imgur.com/2uNwKRJ.jpg
    Kind'a sickening to see how much stone goes to waste. And I certainly
    don't want to store the excess for a possible use in the future. We
    bought 2 jumbo slabs. 63" x 128". So each slab is about 50 sq ft.
    We needed 70 sq foot.

    We are actually going to store some, if not all, of the waste.

    I use to do stuff like that. In fact I have the extra bricks and
    stone, that the builder used on the outside of our house, stored away
    outside near the fence in our side yard.

    It will still be there when we either move or die. ;~)

    It seems like a good Idea but that stuff is unbelievably heavy. We
    removed our island counter top ourselves, a 3'x4' 3cm piece of granite.
    It weighed about 200 lbs.




    We will be buying new appliances "soon". I built a base cabinet many years ago to fit between the range and fridge. I don't know the dimensions of
    the next set of appliances, but I'm sure that a new cabinet will be needed. Once that's built, we'll want to match the countertop. Our fabricator said
    we can bring it back and he'll cut it and put a backsplash on it, but I'll need
    to "install" it myself. Basically, the install will consist of putting it on top of
    the cabinet. I think I can handle that. ;-)

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