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Installing the Kitchen Cabinet Hardware

Bob meets with Mark Van Sickle from Merillat who is installing hardware on the new semi-custom kitchen cabinets. The Merillat cabinet doors and face frames are solid cherry in a cider finish. The cabinet end panels can be specified by the homeowner or architect to either match the cabinet fronts or to be made of plywood. Mark has set up a drilling jig for drilling holes for hardware to keep all holes on the same 5-inch center. He shows us the contemporary profile stainless steel pulls that will be attached to the doors. This set of cabinets has an unusual setup; it consists of 3 wall cabinets stacked on top of each other and built up on a platform for a toekick. This is an unusual installation creating a whole wall of cabinets like a butler's pantry while saving money buy using standard overhead cabinets. Solid end panels will be added to cover the seams of the stacked cabinets. Bob and Mark move over to the other wall where they notice the orgonomics - the extra organizational features that can be added to cabinetry - including a built-in wastebasket, a pull-out for cooking oils, a sink tray for scouring pads and sponges, an under sink tote for cleaning supplies, and a dishtowel holder. The pantry unit also incorporates orgonomics with slide-out wire baskets that are easy to install and adjustable to different heights - perfect for dry goods, cans, and cereal.

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Installing the Kitchen Cabinet Hardware

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" Semi custom have arrived and it's serious it's exciting point in big rehab like this than when the kitchen cabinets come together. And joining us now is mark van sickle from Merillat. The market right in just interrupt you for a minute tells a little bit about the construction of these cabinets would you these cabinets are up here. They're called luxury cider so that there basically this is all solid cherry solitary. Rides and military face frames and -- yeah. In the cabinet end panels are. Our standard you can order and as upgrade if you want what the homeowner or architect want plywood in violent driven what you want -- the semi custom aspect of it how does that work. Well semi custom you can get reaganomics installing new cabinets and reinstall. It. In and similar to other sources or ergonomics we're gonna see that in a minute but -- so that extra features that you can put into the cabinet. What are you doing right here well let's just a simple drilling jig that I made up for. Generally are more than five and senators. You won't receive location again. And that I want him here right so these are nice stainless steel pools -- very kind of contemporary. Contemporary profile. And we'll be putting these at all. Here here now this is and -- setup right. Right these are three wall cabinets stacked on top of each other built up on up. Platform the have a toe kick still underneath them now. This makes for a very unusual installation is what you've got is like a whole wall of cabinets almost a butler's pantry right. And yet you kind of save money is here. Buying a standard box -- standard overhead cabinet that's correct and all you do is add end panels there. The cover your seams when you stack your three cabinets that I -- and panel all right. I noticed over here mark that this pulls out. And you've got a wastebasket built it and -- all right yeah. What are some of the other features in here now this one isn't this belongs in the cabinet that. Charlie's putting it you know well now -- and that's just a pull out for spices or whatever well cooking on houses can be next to the rain the -- basically be used for cooking oil and what other features in Africa LLC praise and these can be used for putting on is there. Scouring pads and the like right yes right and then under the sink. You'll have what else we have I think felt completely slide. That's. -- horrible. Install these can come installed in the cabinet these are always handy is that we've got someplace to put the dish towels right about the pantry -- we're getting a really fabulous pantry unit in here. This is our pantry unit does is look. Well pantry unit. -- wire baskets. And real easy in this installment. Who a couple of you can. Adjustable. We wanted to put my feet for dry food starter. And you -- people put canned goods and you can adjust them to whatever heights you need so got. Room for cereal boxes or canned goods or whatever and they slide in now."

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