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The fronts are butt jointed to the sides with a screw, two pin nails, and a screw.

Thanks for the feedback.

The drawer guides are Blum 562H. In the video the instructor doesn't glue the bottom to the dadoes in the sides
and the back and front. He does use hot melt glue on the...

This video on building Euro-Style cabinets http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9u_J-RLDOU ,
shows a drawer built with lock joints. The instructor mentions that glued butt joints are weak. The sides...

OK, the specified drawer sizes I quoted didn't consider the clearance needed for the slides and didn't assume any stretchers. Also when I listed the actual drawer size, I didn't list the drawer...

Unfortunately he's been paid in full. I must have been in outer space when I did that.

Yes, I agree that this would be the most practical fix at this stage. It would give us back the 40% or so of specified drawer volume that he's cheated us out of.

He built them himself. He assured us that he taught cabinetmaking to the area's premier remodeling company.
He also claimed to have worked in 5 cabinet shops after we complained that the corner base...

We don't want him back in the house. We gave him a long punch list and said that unless he committed in writing to correct all the items in an professional manner and within an expedited time frame,...

Good point about double drawers being less efficient.

He was given a cabinet schedule which had all the drawer heights listed. We could live with drawers without full height sides as long as the...

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Yes, I prepared the kitchen plan, elevations, and a cabinet schedule using Chief Architect.

My wife can hardly get a roll of wax paper or a box of Ziploc bags in the 2" deep drawers.


The reasons that he might have put the wide side of the stretcher vertical could be:
1. It reduces...

Nope, it's 32" wide.

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This small island cabinet was specified to have double 8.5" top drawers, then a 10" single, and the bottom was to be a single 12". The cabinets were drawn with full drawer fronts with very...

Yes, this job has no doubt shortened our lives due to the stress. After 18 weeks with no end in sight, we have put the contractor on notice that we will be filing a complaint with the state...

Thanks for all the responses. Glad to know that the shelves are OK and don't need to be added to the long punch list.

Just noticed that the maple melamine particle board shelving installed in our new cabinets by our contractor are not sealed on the rear edge. In other words, the particle board is showing. Could this...

Thanks, Mel.

The diagonals are close. It's a bit difficult to measure with a tape because of the counter top, but the measurements are very close. The problem seems to be that the drawer fronts were installed...

I didn't explain this clearly. Two of the wall cabinets are installed
where soffits were removed. The drywall subcontractor put 1/2" sheetrock where the soffits were removed. The rest of the wall...

After a few days, some of the warp has resolved. It's still noticeable, but perhaps with more time the doors will flatten. The doors are plywood with cvg fir veneer front and back.

The cabinets were custom made by the contractor who presented himself as an expert cabinetmaker. He stated that had taught cabinetmaking to the workers at the top-rated local remodeler. He gave us a...

Just trying to find out if I'm being too picky in developing my punch list for our kitchen remodel.


Problem 1:
Noticed today that the drawer fronts on a base cabinet have a tapering reveal....

Both sides have the same veneer. I can't detect a different amount of finish on each side. They have been up a few days. They might be MDF, I'm not sure.

That is another sore point. He intends to put a trim piece there. In fact, he will bend it (or if I'm nice to him, he will scribe it) to follow the new drywall which covers the removed soffits, and...

We have a punch list of about 30 items, but we're not going to give them to him until he announces that he's done. That's because the last time I gave him a list of 5 problem areas, he became very...