Kitchen and first-floor bathroom remodeling

for the Aleff residence at 140 Compton View Drive in Middletown, RI 02842
Copyright 2010 by Peter Aleff

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This kitchen, and the bonus bathroom vanity shown on page 06, will require the cabinets and drawer carts shown in the Table below.  All dimensions are in inches; cabinet heights are of cabinet box only, without the 3.5" high support frame and without the usually 1.25" thick countertop;  height of drawer carts includes wheels and drawer front; cabinet depth is outside depth including the back panel thickness left over after its rabbetting.

Elevations for the different areas of this kitchen are shown beginning on page 012, and  more detailed drawings of individual items in the further series of pages listed below.

The elevation drawings show the carcasse components and inset drawer fronts in different colors to better distinguish them from each other and from the white background.  However, all the surfaces of the carcasses, drawer fronts, and drawers shall be painted with a white primer, and all their visible edges and sides shall receive two additional coats of waterproof  topcoat, in a satin finish and a cream white shade to be determined. 

The only exceptions to this painting are a set of eight natural-wood drawer fronts for a group of owner-supplied drawers as described later, and the support frames with kickplates under the base cabinets. The visible parts of these support frames shall be painted or stained in a waterproof dark walnut color.

All glues and primers and paints and other finishes used for any part of this project shall be VOC-free, meaning free of formaldehyde and other volatile organic compounds that could outgas potentially harmful vapors.

All cabinet sides and the stretchers between them shall be made from stable wood such as well-seasoned solid poplar or an equivalent, or from multi-veneer plywood that is VOC-free.  An example of such plywood is States Industries’ VOC-certified ApplePly with low-emitting Exterior Type I phenol-formaldehyde adhesive, as described at http://www.statesind.com/prod/ind_2a2.html. 

A list of ApplePly distributors closest to Middletown, RI, is posted at http://www.statesind.com/market/distlookup.php?zipcode=02842&submit.x=49&submit.y=14  

We will also consider equivalent multi-ply plywood with similar low- or no-VOC emissions but have been unable to find VOC emission values for Baltic Birch or Euro-Birch plywoods.

The cabinet backs shall be made either from the same multilayer and VOC-free plywood, or else from UltraStock-FREE MDF which has no added formaldehyde or other VOCs, as described at http://templeinland.com/BuildingProducts/MDF/ultrastock-free.asp

The 3/4"-thick front edges of all cabinet carcases shall be bullnosed with a 3/8" radius.

The drawer fronts shall be flat center panels set into 3/4-inch thick raised frames, and the back of these center panels shall be flush with the back of the drawer front frames so that they can easily be fastened to the flat fronts of drawer boxes. 

The edges on the front and back peripheries of all drawer fronts and cabinet doors shall be rounded over with a 1/4-inch radius, and the corners of all drawer fronts and cabinet doors shall be rounded with a radius of 1/2".

The drawer boxes shall have 5/8" thick solid or multi-ply sides, dovetailed corners and bottom-mount bottom panels with a rabbet to fit half their thickness into the frames of these boxes to which they are glued with epoxy.  The top edges of the drawer boxes shall be rounded over with a radius of about half their thickness.

In addition, there will be a series of owner-supplied cabinet boxes in solid 3/4-inch thick poplar, as described on page 07.  The front edges of these boxes will have to be rounded over with a 1/4-inch radius and some screw holes in their side walls to be patched. All surfaces of these boxes are to be painted with white primer, and their visible surfaces plus  front edges also with two cream-white topcoats.

These cabinet boxes will receive inset doors shown on page 05 and removable shelves, except for one which will receive three drawers with full-extension slides. 

Some of these cabinet boxes will have to be hung on the walls, as shown in the elevation drawings.

The plumbing will involve the installation of two owner-supplied undermount sinks with garbage disposals, plus a vanity sink and shower stall in the bonus bathroom. The drain pipes and water supply lines for these sinks already available near those locations whereas the drain pipe for the shower stall will need to be carried behind the toilet and halfway around that bathroom to the drain of the vanity sink.  The toilet in that bathroom still needs the water connections for its bidet-seat.

In addition, the two upstairs bathrooms require the installation of four owner-supplied shower heads and their wall mounts plus the also owner-supplied external trim and control handles for these and for two tub faucets.  A further owner-supplied sink is to be installed in the basement where the drain and supply connections from a former washing machine are already in place. 

In the basement, bring a cold-water pipe to and through the south wall near the S-W corner and install on the outside of that south wall a manifold with four faucets for garden hoses to sprinklers.

We are also looking for the best way to bring water hoses to three outside corners of the garage building during the non-winter seasons.

For the electrical layouts of all the rooms with existing wiring and of the new garage which has none, see Compton_electrical_layouts_house.htm and Compton_electrical_layouts_garage.htm