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Measure by per foot run.By length. Market price varies according to type of material used, the complexity etc. It includes everything including installation. Does your kitchen cabinet comes with postform top or solid surface? Brand of laminate? Actually a lot of factors that determines the price.

Not advisable to spray paint for cabinet doors as they are often use and tends to be scratch easily. Spray painted finish with scratches are an awful sight. Laminates would be a more wise choice as they are cheaper and durable. the 0.8mm laminate joint lines can be touched up using paint mixed to blend in with the laminate color or if you got the budget, go for solid core laminate where the sides are of the same color as the laminate itself. It depends on the color of the laminate you use because you might need to specially mix a color that is not that far off from the laminate color in order to obtain the effect. Paste masking tapes onto the laminate such that the paint will only be covered on the joint lines and not creating a mess after work is done. It can be DIY-ed easily but just might be a bit tedious depending on the number of joint lines you are touching up.

On budget? Why not use vinyl sheets? Gap between 2 pieces of laminate should be about 0.8mm.

As technology advances, maybe they find ways to alter the materials or whatever but this tiling for kitchen question did really came out during my exams but as i am in the contractor line, i do have to agree that this regulation has not been really been in use for some time because nowadays all the house now stylo milo...tiles make it look very orh biang~ Reason for tiling is that tiles dont catch fire easily like painted walls if i am not wrong.... Hope to see more input, its really constructive for everyone to contribute what they know be it from the school or from the industry.

I was practicing architecture for once last time...It was known that Kitchen must be fully tiled as it is under building regulation. That is why you normally see old flats comply with what is required. Nowadays ID will propose using glass backing but whether does it fulfil the regulations, i am not so sure.

Change to solid timber door with rockwool insulation inside. Add ravens seal below your door and the sides of the door frame for improved sound blockage. Not necessary your door which might be poor quality...your wall too. Add acoustic boards for fast remedy.

The picture shown above is blockwood. It is normally used for shelving or doors because of its weight. You can't possibly want to spend much strength opening or carrying heavy shelves or doors right? It is technically alright to use blockwood unless you are referring to the bodies(carcass) of cabinets which should be in plywood. For cabinet carcasses, contractors should use plywood because of its strength as they are pieces of wood laminated together.

Your contractor just want to save labour because adding reinforcement behind the suspended cabinets will have cost implication and more work for them thus they advised you to scrap the idea. By adding reinforcements behind the cabinet, your cabinet can withstand load of 100kg easily without any damage. But like what you mentioned, you have no regrets because you gained the additional storage space so not much of an issue here. It takes 2 hands to clap sometime.

Not really costly as mentioned by the folks out here. The cost is mostly because of the bending plywood which is used to make the curved profile, the labour/worksmanship, the solid timber beading used on the edge. I know because i am in the carpentry trade =) Too extravagant to use marble for raised flooring...not advisable.

Blockwood is definitely weaker than plywood. Nowadays everyone is using plywood unless contractor wants to save on material.

Bottom part of top are normally in white or black laminate unless it totally don't match the existing table top. Very common for contractors to argue that since nobody see the downside, why should they waste material on it. It depends on the user/customer whether they want it to be properly finished or not.

Cost of doing up door frame/door and installation is around 1k. Its around that price in the market. Fire rated doors is another issue though.

White and black are the common color options for pvc/polykem as most cabinet interiors are not color conscious. PVC cheapest, pvc and polykem is around the same price with just a slight difference between them. Polykem for interiors is aesthetically pleasing compared to pvc, personal opinion.

jagged is because the blades were not sharp when cutting the laminates thus having "dog bite" effects, very common in the industry. White putty can be acceptable if the laminate inside the cabinet matches the putty color but you have the right to reject the whole cabinet if you are fussy. Limit the defects to only 1 hole and not like those in the pictures published above which is totally unacceptable. Normally they will just paste another piece of laminate to cover up the holes caused if you request for a change.

Matt is widely use for common usage, gloss is more for those showcases/feature walls.

Seng Lee/Lamitak are the commonly used ones. I would say nothing is scratch resistant but have to depend on the intensity used.

DIY might encounter slight difference in dimension when cutting/joining as you might not cut it straight due to the lack of machinery needed for the job. You may also have to bear with the unsightly mistakes you make but it might be more of an accomplishment if you do it yourself rather than the aesthetic. Sliding door, install a U channel and attach wheels on your cabinet door...roll and roll..

Very common defect in carpentry industry for doors to warp. Normal contractors will not spend time pressing your door down for few days to straighten the wood when the plywood came into their hands as they are only doing your door as a one time service thing. My company got an SOP(standard operation procedure) which is that every door which exceeds 1m should be press down for a week to counter the warpage problem before the wood can be use to fabricate doors/cabinets of big sizes. Warpage seldom occurs for small size doors therefore you seldom see cabinet doors encountering this problem therefore not for a problem for you wilson. applefreak, nowadays people tend to use plywood because it is stronger, last time chipboard is widely use as it is cheap. If you are not sharp to spot these details, contractor will fleece you by using low quality wood.

1. ABS is done up in an unacceptable way. The glue is not clean off properly thus you see the mess. 2. The cabinet hinge is not mounted properly in the correct position thus the door has a gap line when covered, can be rectified by adjusting the position of the hinge. 3.This is self attempted edging by the contractor himself, if you go to reputable contractor who provides quality, they will send their cabinet doors to respectable pvc edging suppliers to do the edging. You got the right to reject the stuff if you demand quality. 4. Track rails got good and lousy quality, putting aside brands, budget contractor uses cheap stuff, you pay what you get. 5.Scratches as long not deep into the wood itself can still be covered using lacquer etc. Very common defect in the industry. 6.Yes you can demand for him to touch up the patches. 7.Unsightly screw holes by the contractor. A good contractor is determined by the attention he pays to the details of his work. He should have putty up the holes instead of letting the end users see it, what makes it worse is that the screw holes aren't even sand properly.Totally unacceptable. 8.The jagged ends which we call dog bite in the industry is because the blades were not sharp when they were cutting the laminates thus having this end product. Fussy customer will demand contractor to do a 1 to 1 replacement instead of those common practice which is using of paint/liquid paper/marker to touch up. 9.Laminate is not even in line for the 1st pic, no choice. The least he can do is to touch up with brown putty instead of letting the white grain show up so obviously. 2nd pic is same as the above point, dog bite. Pretty old post dated back to 2007 but nonetheless sharing with everyone.