Need help this weekend - Work for Frags!

I'll see what I have planned after the tank tour, if I'm free I'd be willing to help.

 

Wish I had cabnet and flooring experience. A little labor is defenatly worth it for a few of your frags. I have never done that before but willing to help if you need someone. Able to come after tank tour Saturday and anytime Sunday. Just send me a pm if you need help.

 

Ill bring the sledge hammer!

 

JB you should just be a stop on the tour and before we look at your tank we need to help you remove the cabinets. lol they'd be gone in 5 min lol

 

How are the mounted? Age? I want to say they might just be screwed into the wall on the back wall of the cabinet. I hope these aren't fabricated and built in place. That would not be fun to remove.

A big question is what type of floor are you having installed? Depending upon that there may be away to cut some corners and make this easier on you.

 

For what it's worth, you may be better off just buying enough extra tile to go in that area and keeping it stored away vs. moving the cabinets.  The only time that I can think of that you would need it is if you remodeled your kitchen and decided to keep the same flooring.  not too likely.  I've heard that some tile guys recommend this because it's easier for them.  They can install more full tiles and have less stuff to cut around and shape the tile for (which also means less tile breakage). 
You want to be sure and tile under your stove, refrigerator and dishwasher, but cabinets, I don't think it's considered cutting corners not to tile under them.  In fact, I thought that it was normal not to tile under kitchen cabinets.
The exception to that is bathrooms where I believe that it's common to tile under the cabinets.
I'm no contractor so I could certainly be wrong, but that's just been my observation from other houses that I've worked on and helped others work on.
Good luck on your job...I would help but I have a commitment that I can't break.  Sorry!  Let me know if you're still in need of a hand one of these weeknights.
Also, I have a tile remover (which I've heard is also good at removing other materials too) if you would like to borrow it.  Let me know.

--AJ

 

Oh, the other argument for leaving the cabinets in place is because it can be a chore to get them properly leveled and shimmed back to proper alignment. No wall is 100% true so there will be some shimming required to make sure that they mount right. It's not hard work, just takes time.

--AJ

 

JB have done alot of remolding in my old days and worked with my father-in-law for 5 years that has built some sweet homes. To get to the point, we just did the same thing 4 years back. what I did was take the old flooring and trim out put the the new sub flooring down then the new tile in. We removed the refigerator/stove to tile under them. put the trim back in (but I matched it to the top and cut it from the bottom) We tiled up to the cabints and did not remove them. everything looks great and if you and the wife want to come out and see it you are more than welcome. One last thing you have to remember is if you are taking out your cabints and putting in new sub flooring with tile when you go to put your cabints back in you have to trim your cabints (tops/bottoms) to make up the differance. Hope that helps and maybe you have got all your bases covered.

 

Sounds like it would be cheaper to just replace the tile later if you buy new cabinets. I would agree with most of the others its a big job and getting the cabinets back in place maybe trying after raising the floor. It sounds like you have done your home work and know what you are getting into.. Wish I could help, but going to a wedding..

good luck

 

Hey JB..your comment about removing the linoleum and laying down tile just hit me. I assumed that you were going to be removing the plywood floor and putting down cement board on the sub-floor, then the tile on the cement board. If you have not read about installing tile on plywood, you might want to do a few Google searches on it. Installing tile on plywood vs. cement board can reduce the life of your floor as the expansion of the plywood, being different than that of the mortar, will cause the mortar to release and suddenly your tiles are loose. Check into it. Would hate to see you spend a bundle on a nice tile floor, then have tiles start popping a few years later.

--AJ

 

Ah..so that explains the difference in height you were talking about and why you were considering removing the cabinets...makes more sense now. If you don't, you may not be able to get your dishwasher out if you ever need to replace it. Well, hope it all goes well, no matter which option you go with.

--AJ

 

If you still need help I can probably make it down saturday morning, bonus is I have all my own tools