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Tips to Renovate Your Kitchen On A Budget

The kitchen is the soul of the house, and it's also a major aspect in figuring out the home's re-sale value. In addition to providing information on kitchen sales, KitchenSalesCoach.com provides a useful guide to enhancing a kitchen. New flooring, freshened-up cabinets, refinished appliances, and new backsplash are all money-making routes to improve your home value while appreciating your fantasy kitchen:

Before you get started, questions to thing about:
· What is my kitchen's location? If it's facing south, east or west, you can choose a darker color. But if it's looking north, always use light to make the kitchen look larger.
· How huge do I desire for my kitchen? How will I use the area?
· What work can I do and what work should some one else complete?
· Am I good with my hands?

Organize intelligently
· Most of the cost savings is in the organization
· Don't move the stove or the sink to a new area. Changing gas, plumbing and drain lines is very expensive (It costs around $2000 to move a sink)
· Plan your lighting ahead of time. Upgrade your lighting at the same time you're doing the electrical. If not, you'll have to bring the electrician back costing you a lot more.
· Most kitchen cabinet stores will plot your kitchen for no money and Home Depot will require a $100 measure price (this cost is deducted to the cost of the installation job if a consumer chooses to buy installation through Home Depot).
· Carry a kitchen sketch with your sink, stove and window areas designated. You can determine your cost of labor by multiplying your material cost by 1.5 3. Here are the big cost in redesigning a kitchen. The midline kitchen renovation costs between $15-20,000 excluding the appliances. If you make the right enhancements, you can hope for an 80-90% return on your investment. The best enhancement that makes back the most money is putting a window in your kitchen. A window costs around $1000, and a French door costs about $3000. You will get twice your money back

Advice for handling appliances
· The big status appliances still are Subzero, Viking, Miele
· Today everyone's manufacturing expensive looking stainless steel appliances that can fool even the most advanced eyes
· Do perfect Mealy knockoffs with Whirlpool and Frigidaire
· If you look around for appliances, you can even buy open box, lightly dinged appliances for 40-60% off and they still come with the complete warranties and will sometimes grant you an extra year warranty if you ask
· Buy a gas stove, nobody wants to prepare dinner on an electric stove

Cabinets
· You can reface your old wood cabinets by sanding them to the bare wood and painting polyurethane or staining them an entirely different color
· If you must swap your cabinets, install particle board cabinet boxes and solid wood fronts
· Not putting in hardwood will bring the cost down from $400 to $200 each

Countertops
· Granite and Corian are more popular; they seem expensive and are expensive, but if you put inexpensive tile on the backsplash instead, you'll save 30% (and you can choose a color to match your floor or cabinets)
· If you have to utilize Formica, it's looking better these days. They now manufacture a 45 degree edge which makes the cabinet fronts appear rounded

Electrical
· Don't skimp on electric, it has to be done right. You'll need to install one dedicated circuit for every appliance and two more for your outlets. If you do not, when your refrigerator starts, your toaster will blow out.

Flooring
· Ceramic and wood floors cost almost the same and are equally attractive to buyers. Select the one you want.

Carpentry
· This includes trim, doors and sheetrock
· You can save money by purchasing your fixtures at auctions on e-bay
· If you don't move anything around, you'll only have to pay about $500 to hook up your dishwasher and sink

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gas oven temp probe / sensor for Frigidaire stove is 10" long . I see only reference to 3" long and 6" long?

probes at various on line appliance parts locations. Need help locating the proper length probe.

Your range has the old style thermostat. You have to get the entire device because it's one piece basically a capillary tub filled with gas contected to a diaphram in the switch. Here is the part number 316028600, sshope around because it is not cheap.231.89 at sears parts direct. Good luck.

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