My wife's long complaint about our kitchen is that it is too small, like an apartment's. I agree. Recently we have also been talking about replacing the cabinets with something new (and IKEA's kitchens seem within the range of our wallet).
But by itself that would not solve the earlier problem of size, so I had a thought of moving a wall over by a foot, or more. I think it's called a 'knock-down' wall because it is not load-bearing (it stops short of the ceiling by 3 feet). This section of the kitchen has cabinets and the dishwasher, so there's electric wiring inside (also on the living room side), which will have to be moved.
The plumbing for the dishwasher too, but the visible part of it within the cabinet (flexible pipes) seem to tell me it should not be a major uprooting.
Is this a major work? Wife is not willing to allow me a DIY here, so we'll need a contractor and I'm counting my pennies. How much will this change add to the cost of a simple replace of the existing cabinets/counter-top? Like 25% more, or will it double it?
Frankly, I would remove that wall and put an island there, but that might mean a really huge cost...I think?
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But by itself that would not solve the earlier problem of size, so I had a thought of moving a wall over by a foot, or more. I think it's called a 'knock-down' wall because it is not load-bearing (it stops short of the ceiling by 3 feet). This section of the kitchen has cabinets and the dishwasher, so there's electric wiring inside (also on the living room side), which will have to be moved.
The plumbing for the dishwasher too, but the visible part of it within the cabinet (flexible pipes) seem to tell me it should not be a major uprooting.
Is this a major work? Wife is not willing to allow me a DIY here, so we'll need a contractor and I'm counting my pennies. How much will this change add to the cost of a simple replace of the existing cabinets/counter-top? Like 25% more, or will it double it?
Frankly, I would remove that wall and put an island there, but that might mean a really huge cost...I think?
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