Comments on: Kitchen Installation Problems Lowe’s Cabinets

By: admin

admin — Sat, 15 May 2010 17:16:22 +0000

Sunny, this is an awesome comment. Thank you for sharing your positive experience with us. It’s good to know that some cabinet jobs from these super home centers go smoothly.

How long did it take from start to finish before you where finished with the job?

Most average kitchens are about twenty one LN. feet. How big was yours?

By: Sunny

Sunny — Fri, 14 May 2010 15:56:51 +0000

I can only rave about our Schuler/Lowe’s experience! Our kitchen-connection, aka, That Lowe’s Guy, totally hooked us up! We got $1500 off the order even after revising it 8 times; that was enough to cover one of the cabinets! The layout kept changing so our order kept changing. The job blossomed quite rapidly once we actually got going on the layout. Our Lowe’s Guy had the utmost patience and attention to every single detail of each revision. Did I mention he spent close to 20 hours on that computer at the store moving boxes, adding boxes, removing boxes, each time rebuilding it with the ‘extras’ to make it perfect. The full order of cabinetry arrived ahead of schedule and was complete down to pieces of filler, all mouldings and all ‘extra’ pieces. Did I mention we had multiple door styles? Oh yes, we did. Those extra pieces were added to our final order because That Lowe’s Guy since he had the expertise of knowing what ‘extras’ we would need to finish the job off beautifully. You must understand just how crude our layout drawings were. They were the equivalent of someone taking a crayon to a napkin. That crayon & napkin rendition turned out to be the most beautiful room in our entire home! There is no other room anywhere on the planet I would rather hang out! The quality of the boxes is excellent. The finish is excellent. The box contruction is superior. The color of the wood and grain is just beautiful. The mannerly delivery people were even awesome. We will use Lowe’s and Schuler again and recommend them to our closest friends & family.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:56:33 +0000

Ken thanks for sharing. Although your story is unique to your situation, these are the types of problems that people periodically have when getting cupboards from super centers.

I’d like to address something specifically that you shared; “Third, the installer had to cut a 8′ x 3/4″ x 3″ filler in half and glue them together to make a 8′ x 3/4″ x 1 1/2″ filler.”

That type of craftsmanship is totally unacceptable. I do hope that they replaced this filler with a full length piece of wood.

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:03:25 +0000

We are just finishing our kitchen remodel in which we used the top of the line kitchen cabinets (Schuler)from Lowes. The Schuler cost about the same price as if I would have had them custom made. However, we wanted the cabinets painted white and felt the paint quality would be better with the Schuler cabinets. First of all, I have been without a kitchen for seven weeks, because we did not receive all of my cabinets from the initial order. Lowe’s contacted Schuler to have them build me two more cabinets which took an additional five weeks to complete. Secondly, the cabinets are modular and they only can do so much with the cabinets. For example; my oven cabinet has a 10″ gap in between the oven and the bottom drawer. Third, the installer had to cut a 8′ x 3/4″ x 3″ filler in half and glue them together to make a 8′ x 3/4″ x 1 1/2″ filler. We will see how long the cabinets withstands overtime.

By: Randy

Randy — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:02:16 +0000

I know the home supply guys mean well and try but it took me six weeks to get simple wood blinds. At least there weren’t any problems once they arrived. I can help with crown mould if you don’t like what the blue or orange box has to offer.

By: admin

admin — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:29:07 +0000

First off, I have never seen any cabinetry glued in place when they were installed unless the cabinets were built prior to the ninteen sixties. Most cabinetry installers use screws to attach everything to the walls and together. On one occasion in twenty seven years I have had to deal with removing a kitchen that was installed using a nail gun. What a pain that was.

Your chances are good that the cabinets are screwed together and to the walls. It will be easier to take them out than installing them again.

Many of the houses that were built prior to the sixties had the cabinets built on the job. These kitchens are not removable because everything was nailed together and glued on the job site.

By: Rowwith

Rowwith — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:14:12 +0000

We had to reroute plumbing in kitchen from inside to outside wall, therefore must move sink, dishwasher, and cabinets and countertops that go with them. We don’t have money for new cabinets, but realize we may need new countertops. How do we detatch cabinets and move them without tearing them up? They’re cheap, stock cabinets put in by investors who flipped house before we bought it. Unsure if screwed and/or glued in. Thanks.