In short, no. Way too many variables.
Cabinets can be budgetted by the foot. Measure the total length of wall where they are going. Separate lengths for base and wall cabinets. Depot/ Lowes can then give a budget price for each cabinet line. To keep costs down, select a lower end line, and chose larger cabinets with shelves instead of drawers. Avoid wall cabinet crown and bottom trim.
These places always have stock cabinets at the back of the store. These are generally the low end cabinets with only a few lengths and minimal features. If you are satisfied with this cabinets, you can pick up a sheet of stock sizes and design your layout based on that. Draw up your layout on 1/4" scale using "quadrille" paper. You may also want to do elevations of each front.
Your next biggest cost is counter top- budget based on length, backsplash, and edge treatment. Granite is big now and prices have steadily declined. Your lowest cost will be formica in stock sizes. Again, if you can hold to what they have in stock, you will save money.
Lowes/ Depot have good buys in stock items. If you can go this route I suggest also shopping at "salvage" suppliers, as they generally have competing products at even better prices. These stores sometimes have something special that someone ordered and did not pick up. I've seen guys get great bargains this way, design their layout around the product, and end up with something very special.
If you have to go with ordered sizes, you should find out who the private dealers are that also sell the same cabinets. My last cabinet job I used KraftMaid cabinets, found all the dealers nearby through their web site, and took bids from local cabinet guys. I had a simple layout with clear plans and one guy gave me a discount of 68%, blowing Lowes out of the water.
I need a second opinion. The drain pipe for my kitchen sink (not the undersink p-trap plumbing but the old iron pipe in the wall that leads into the main drainage pipe for the house) is corroded. It has a thin bottom and already has a couple of holes. It's not feasible for me to replace the whole pipe because it's in a wall behind cabinets. I was planning to use a rubber plumbing bracket to just cover up the existing hole, however I'm afraid that this is only a temporary fix. My question is: Can I feed a drain hose through the old pipe to empty into the main pipe and just hook that up to the new undersink p-trap plumbing? I included a diagram if there is confusion.
Originally Posted by Gaffer
Look at specialty connectors here: http://www.fernco.com/specialty.asp
These things are all rubber and attach to the OD of the pipe with stainless steel bands.
Maybe a drain trap connector would work if the existing stub is in good shape.
You you have to use a tee you might be able to make a slice in the back of the "riser" side, remove the bands, wrap it around then put the bands back on.
Or look here: http://www.plumbingsupply.com/pipe-repair.html for a saddle tee. For this you need a good clean hole in the riser pipe. If you don't have a "saws-all" by now then get one, and use a narrow blade for cutting steel, and cut a clean circular hole as best you can. The de-bur the edges with a grinder attached to an electric drill. Clean the outside of the pipe with a wire brush and grinder. Then apply a fat bead of silicone gasket cement, stick the saddle on and secure it with stainless steel pipe bands.
I'm sure theres a good plumbing supply shop near you that has all that stuff. You know the place with the counter service and stools, and won't tell you what the prices are until you give them your name. Don't bother with Lowes of Home Depot.
You really didn't need to worry about it unless it's a two story house anyway. Ceiling trusses should be able to support themselves and the sheet rock without anything holding them up their full span.
As far as cabinets, just go in and look at what you can buy on your budget. Buy what you can afford.
I think it's cool what your doing Hag. I've done a lot of this work myself. It's gratifying, not to mention all the sweat equity you're building for yourself.
How'd that robbery thing turn out?
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Where's the strippers gyrating around those poles?
Nice cookin' area! I'd dig that!