Layout

We discussed postform counters here, it seems to me that this is definitly the way most people are going now, cheap inexpencive, and just as nice. I for one would definitely install it in my kitchen. except of course if you have a L-shaped kitchen, where it would not look as nice, since you have to miter it. I believe we discussed it in the past, i will try to look up the previous post, and elaborate on it more tomorrow.

Below is today`s featured layout. It was done in Bristol, with a laminate counter top, the customer supplied the appliances. This kitchen was done in Midtown Manhattan, NYC. It is actually in the same building as the last featured layout 200-7B
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Below is today`s featured layout. It was done in Bristol, with a laminate counter top, the customer supplied the appliances. This kitchen was done in Midtown Manhattan, NYC.
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Sincerely,
Regal Kitchens & Baths Inc.
Office – 718-435-1211
Fax – 718-435-2057

Below is today`s featured layout. It was done in Thermofoil. It was a flat panel white matte door, on the west side of NYC.
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This is part 4 and the final blog post on how to read a layout. When we go into an apartment to measure a kitchen, we take all measurements, this way if we change a layout, and decide to put an appliance on a wall that we initially did not think we would when we first measured. we would have all wall sizes. When measuring, we measure “everything”(like we mentioned earlier here), that includes all pipes, electrical outlets, switches, phone jacks, door bells, and anything else you will come across in the kitchens(there are others that are pretty common in NYC apartment buildings that I hope to go into in the near future.
On the layout you will see a list of owner notes, as well as a list of Installer notes(notes are pretty much self explanatory).

When we list the owner notes, those are items that the property manager/contractor would have to take care of, before the kitchen is installed. The Installer notes, are items that need to get done by the installer, weather it`s Regal Kitchens doing the installation, or the customer doing it on their own. You the customer will now have all instructions sitting on your desk without even having to go to the job site, you know exactly what has to get done, and can properly manage it from the comfort of your office chair.

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Sincerely,
Moe Hirsch
Regal Kitchens & Baths Inc.
Office – 718-435-1211
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moshe@regalkitchens.com

We understand from our previous blog post on Friday how to read the layout and what cabinets are in the kitchen. Sunday we learned how to read what fillers and panels are being supplied. Now I would like to go into why we are using fillers, when we can use that space to fit bigger kitchen cabinets.
On the top part of the drawing you will see it says 65 1/2″ that is representing the width of the kitchen. Stock cabinets run in 3″ increments. So if we have a 30″ wide Cabinet, and a 33″ wide cabinet in the kitchen, you are left with 2 1/2″. A tip that we learned here with experience is, we at Regal Kitchens have yet to come across a straight wall in the NYC apartment buildings we deal with. That being said it is possible that on top this kitchen was 66″, and lower down it was 65 1/2″, there is no way you can chance putting in 66″ worth of cabinets. The fillers on the other hand come in 3″ increments as well, so that can be cut down to whatever width is needed.
On the bottom of the drawing you will see(where I circled) more fillers.

The first one WF3X30 is to cut down and to put flush with the bottom of the cabinets to close the gap on bottom between the wall and cabinet. Scribe molding is a thin 1″ wide molding that basically you can put anywhere there are gaps. i will hopefully go into greater detail in the upcoming posts and come back and put a link to it here. Tomorrow I would like to go through the owner notes, and then just sum it all up.

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Sincerely,
Moe Hirsch
Regal Kitchens & Baths Inc.
Office – 718-435-1211
Fax – 718-435-2057
moshe@regalkitchens.com

Now that we learned from yesterdays post how to see from the layout what cabinets are being supplied. Lets see the rest of the layout. Starting on the wall cabinets first, all the way to the left it says WF 1 1/2″, which stands for “Wall Filler” 1 1/2″ wide. Now all the way to the right it says “WEP 1″x42″, stands for “Wall End Panel” 1″ wide, and 42″ high. the reason we put a panel, instead of a filler, and we made it 42″ high instead of the 24″ high which is what the cabinet is, is because the W3024 cabinet has a Microwave underneath it which is about 18″ high. So the 24″ cabinet plus the 18″ Microwave is 42″ high, now the reason we did a panel instead of a filler is because otherwise on the right side it would be hollow between the Microwave and the wall. Down to the Base Cabinets. To the left we started with a DWR 1/2″ which stands for “Dish Washer Panel 1 1/2″ wide”, which we out there since the fridge is there we needed some sort of support for the counter top on the left. Now we also put a “Side Splash” on the left side. Tomorrow I would like explain the various fillers, and panels why we actually use them as well the Owner, and installer notes we use on our layouts.

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Sincerely,
Moe Hirsch
Regal Kitchens & Baths Inc.
Office – 718-435-1211
Fax – 718-435-2057
moshe@regalkitchens.com