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Kitchen Cabinet Installation

Bob goes into the kitchen where John Tasker with Aristokraft shows the cabinets for the project and then Sam Cousins goes over the installation of the cabinets.
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Kitchen Cabinet Installation

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" All right -- John tasker from aristocrats with one of our kitchen cabinets are you doing red. Thanks to see you as the finial well you all donated -- to be habitat project as they're very nicely -- European. Thank you Bob yes when the overheads. That's correct this is a walk on the -- This is thermal oil cabinet thermal oil and the oil what does that mean with that means is Bob is that you start out -- medium density fiberboard yeah. And we -- this. Never use a bladder press method which actually as a a heat. And pressure. Hot so this is how are you at a bend it over into all these different contours what's on the door mats around and on the drawer front tracked -- and put this fits the profile. Drawer front gap. Alexander what kind of -- is that what you call this style. Install -- a full overlay style which means that fully over lays it face so that all lead drawer fronts and door fronts. Fully covers the face frame of the box that's correct yes now Heidi you know install. I guess they are bomb actually these films are very easy to install because he's -- three -- engineered. Wouldn't back. Which you can actually attach this law. Anywhere in about. There's no hanger bars -- bar yeah you can drive a screw anywhere at any point. From top to bottom. Should it be installed with the drywall screws loosen the screws that they aren't and that's the way. So you have a special that you have to be used when you're installing these and happens that's correct IC. And have a larger heads that you've got more converts and of course in our situation on the kitchen well things. Are part of the sips system so that we have 716 image of oriented strand board behind every single square would have lost but -- but that -- very easy Yahoo! where about hitting a stud -- an excellent about. Terrific Vila beautiful thanks John."

" And let me interrupt. The the kitchen that we've got blinders pretty simple and Europe cabinetmaker by profession that is not -- accounts but. Let's let's talk about a situation where the average guy comes home from. Home improvements -- with a bunch of boxes. And has already ripped out that this thing is when you get started installing. A person who want to do is check out. The cabinets -- come back from the ready made -- place that we started recorder. And we've to a plot line going all the way around could establish a level line in the room yes and that would be this line here here's one right here and we got you. You've planned here theory going around three walls with that state level exactly so that we start with a -- here we've got new construction to assume that. The level line was he the yet. I mean we -- we -- very luckier because of sports related to an effort. -- to capture carpet down right and all laid out very simply. But you're an old house sometimes the kitchen movement toward the corner you have to start cutting at bottom exactly your news and -- zone between mothers is this the --"

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