Man you did great on that. I just started a carpentry business in Kentucky and I like how you break it down. I really needed to see that. It helped me a lot. Thanks.
BWhittaker, if you need other bidding advice in terms of hours, cost, or other factors to think about like all that trip time to clients house, suppliers, setup, and clean up time, let me know. And if you want to suggest future content ideas, let me know.
You are welcome! I try to be the guy who paints the whole picture for someone who wants to tackle a project like this, maybe the new contractor who needs to estimate the job, etc.
Thank you! I built pretty much a whole house of cabinets for a house that was damaged by the Texas freeze last February. A perfect opportunity to film another project. Another couple cabinet projects coming soon! I have a Forza 60 light with the 24” Nanlite Soft box for those inquiring minds, used in conjunction with another 12” x 9” LED panel light.
My next Forza light that I purchase, I want to get a 24” with a diffuser. Does Forza have a bi-color light/ adjustable color temperature? If so, what model number?
Nice cabinets built. We are in process of doing ours, but I see a not easy problem when you need to pull fridge out from place, unless fridge is empty, light.
If you read your refrigerator manual, you should see a clearances section. On the face frame, I usually like to leave 1/2” clearance on each side, but do to the overlapping nature of the face frame to plywood, you have about 1-1/4” clearance of the inside plywood to refrigerator. On the top side, I can be the same, but I I usually prefer to have more around that 1” clearance on the face frame, and always keeping in mind that their are various refrigerators that can be around 68” to 71” tall, so I usually make my cabinets with a 72” opening in case someone wants to replace the refrigerator. I would want anyone to have to buy a specific refrigerator that they didn’t want just because of the opening height.
You totally rock!!! Thanks for being both detailed and concise!!! I'm literally following along on my own remodel, so let's do the electric range top next ok!! lolol
Hi Amy, just following up with your remodel project. I just uploaded a new video titled, “It’s All About That BASE Cabinet !” It shows a set of kitchen cabinets that I built in a house, but the video just shows 1 cabinet build, because fundamentally the process is basically the same. I hope your remodel project is going well.
Wonderful video! Why do you not have more subscribers? This is probably the best how to video on cabinet making that I have seen! I'll be building some of my own cabinets in the near future, wish I had a shop and set up like yours LOL
At the moment, out of my 10 videos,o nly 7 videos are from this year. I have filmed other cabinet videos, but haven’t had time to edit or finish editing the videos. One farm style sink cabinet video is waiting on this giant house remodel and faux finishing to be completed.
I watched your channel trailer and see that you have a lot of videos. That’s probably one reason I don’t have 1000 Subscribers yet, finding time to dedicate for editing. What is your UA-cam CPM & RPM for your type of channel?
RPM is revenue per mille and CPM is Cost per mille. Mille is 1000. Are you a part of the UA-cam partner program? (YPP) YPP pays creators who have more than 1000 subscribers a certain amount of money per thousand views. Have you turned on monetization?
I think this is really great 👍 how you are willing to teach your trade I always wondered why some people were so secretive about there trade and would bury and one that would ask questions are try to learn it
Thank you Blake, to you and all others who read the comments, feel free to suggest various woodworking and remodeling video ideas. I’m somewhat limited to the current projects I am working on. Currently working on a mansion remodel with 4 kitchens, and an upcoming house addition on another project.
Thank You so much Florida Fam Five. 😄 Any relation to the Jackson Five ? 😉😄 I’m happy you enjoyed the video. What types of things did you like about the video? Time and materials estimate stuff?
@@craftsmanconnection I liked how you put the amount of time to do each tasks. Thats going above and beyand with info and what sets you apart from others. Keep the detail going !!
As a contractor, the time and cost is always something we each have to discover on our own unfortunately. It’s not like I’m super fast, but I am precise, so I think the time and cost info gives the viewer a close enough expectation of what it might take them to do such a project.
@@craftsmanconnection Your right about that. We all do things different and at our own pace. On UA-cam, it can look to others like it was done in 5 min. rather then the true time it took to do a job.
Hi D. Monty, I do not have a tutorial on installing this cabinet. It’s pretty simple to level and screw it to the wall, install crown molding, caulk joints to the wall, and paint.
I did the entire cabinet install by myself. I used a couple furniture dollies to wheel the cabinet into the clients house, and then tipped it up into place. Because this cabinet is 30” deep, even on it’s side I had to take the garage door off of the hinges to get it into the house. Good luck with your refrigerator cabinet build.
@@U2BER2012 In the video, I had a back nailer piece of wood that got screwed to the back wall. The refrigerator cabinet was in a corner, so one side was screwed to the wall framing, and the right side of the refrigerator cabinet was up against the cooktop area cabinets, so those got joined together. If you need to secure the refrigerator cabinet to the floor, I would suggest adding a nailer block on the cabinet at floor level, that goes between the face frame and back nailer. You can either use nails or screws. Predrill or use self-drilling. If it’s concrete, predrill the wood nailer, and drill a couple inches into the concrete, install a plastic wall anchor, and then add a screw. Hope this helps give you some ideas or a plan.
Any chance you have the installation of the refrigerator box? Been very slowly plugging away at a full guy remodel of my kitchen. FINALLY got to the point where we could layout cabinets in the house and order them. We went to home Depot, did the layout with them and ordered the cabinets. I had to work around a chimney, and things didn't work out exactly how I wanted and now I am sort of in a pickle. It looks like you care about how your work comes out, so I was hoping to see your refrigerator cabinet installed!! Nice video, thanks you either way
I do not have a video of the installation of the refrigerator cabinet. It was pretty much deliver to the job site, and screw parts of the cabinet box, through the nailers on the back and left side to the wall, and the right side bottom area was secured to the cooktop cabinet. Then I installed the crown molding.
Of course the final install of how the cabinet looks is in the beginning of the video. I don’t think I showed much of the bottom of the cabinet, because it’s just a open space mostly, and visually blocked by the island cabinet from the camera view.
@@craftsmanconnection sure thing! I spent some time working on my channel a few years ago. It was tough to get to the 1000 mark. Glad to help you out in a small way hahah!! Does your toe kick trim normally dead end against the fridge cabinet, or do you put it on the bottom of the refrigerator panel/s as well?
The base cabinets that butt up yo refrigerator cabinet I have their own toe-kick. The refrigerator cabinet does not have any toe-kick or toe-kick trim anywhere. The side panels go straight down to the subfloor, and then tile flooring goes up to it.
Great work. Some constructive criticism, because I’d love to see you get to 1000 and more! The biggest thing is production quality, especially lighting. Whatever camera you’re using, check to see if you can adjust white balance, or do it in post-processing. It’ll make a huge difference!
Hi John, thanks for the constructive criticism. I’ll try to check my camera settings more for future productions. Since the filming of that video, I bought myself a 10” monitor that mounts to the top of my camera so I can see the little things like lighting and color on the camera, better than on the built in little 3.2” screen on the camera.
Incredibly helpful video. Can't wait to make one of these for my home. How wide is the opening for the fridge? Is there a standard size opening or does it depend on what fridge you have?
A “standard” fridge is 36” wide, but the heights can vary around 70-1/2” to 72”. One of my clients has a 68” fridge. So it depends on the fridge you have, but better to plan on a cabinet design that has more space, in case you have to replace the fridge. You can achieve this by either making the opening the tallest fridge of all the available fridges, or you can have the upper cabinet with a big overlapping face frame that you can cut away later. Since I typically prefer to build cabinets with a 2” face frame, my minimum cabinet width is 40” wide (2” + 36” + 2”). Depending on the fridges ventilation requirements will depend on how much extra space you need. Some fridges have space requirements, and some fridges (refrigerators) such as built in refrigerators have no space requirements on the face frame because the compressor is up top, and has a grill to breathe. Look into the specific model you have for some guidance. Air space / air movement / less heat build up, helps increase the life span on the refrigerator. For example, my refrigerator is 20 years old this year and is not built in, and I’ve never had any repairs done to it.
At 12:31 you said “1/2 inch exactly as planned”. What is the 1/2” for? Is that for a space between the side panel and the wall? Is the is a necessary factor that I should incorporate into my plan?
Yes, I planned on a 1/2” overhang of the face frame, since often times from the corner of the room wall to the face frame can have an angle that is not 90 degrees, and so this half inch overhang would give me the extra wood needed to not only deal with that angle of maybe 1/4” off, but also allow me some extra, like a 1/4” to deal with that wall area out by the face frame of some framer and Sheetrock guys didn’t make the wall plumb. Better to give yourself a little extra, instead of having to rely on a flat trim to hide a gap.
Your plan will depend on what is next to your refrigerator, and other risks/variables, and how well you can measure. I’d rather have a little extra, if I have any doubts. When I measured the job, the existing cabinets were still in. And when I have had a question, I’m not always easily able to go to the job site that was 1 hour away. When your planning your cabinet, think about other factors like the refrigerator door and possible handle clearances to other objects like walls, other cabinets, etc.
Where did you order the doors and how much? You have produced a great video tutorial, however, this vital piece of info is still missing. Without it, not complete.
The price of the doors varies on the type of the door, size, and materials. For a typical paint grade lower cabinet door that might be around 18” wide, and 25” tall, than you’ll pay about $50 for a shaker style door, and around $75-$85 for a raised panel door in North Texas. Some companies charge tax, and some don’t…🤷🏼♂️. I have ordered doors from a couple different larger cabinet shop companies around town. Who they are may not matter, depending on what city/state you live in. Call a local shop and ask lots of questions, like, what they pricing is for paint grade lower doors and upper doors? What is the material? MDF panel, maple plywood panel, oak panel? What is the door frame made of? Is this flat shaker panel or raised panel? Stain grade materials or paint grade materials? Lots of variables, and the best way to price a job is to get a detailed bid before you order. Don’t let you being in a hurry surprise you.
Can you rent the KREG tools? I haven’t heard of anywhere that is possible. Where can you do that? Cabinets aren’t cheap. Some of the cheapest, but higher quality paint grade cabinets that I build are around $1,000-$1200 depending on door and drawer quantities. Materials can be around $150 and up per cabinet depending on the size and features. Some cabinets require more plywood, and what used to be $65-80 per sheet, is now $95-$110 per sheet since 2020. Tools for cabinet building isn’t meant to be for just 1 cabinet. If you have a few, you can save money, and invest your time, learn a skill, and maybe sell your skills for $50-$100 per hour.
@@craftsmanconnection I just assuming they were since all tools I've needed were rented , I guess not😞. Finished rta cabinets was hoping to build this to complete the look but with cost of tools I need it,I'm not sure
@@TheMyshine09 If you can see yourself taking on building a second or more cabinet in your future, or just don’t trust someone will do it precisely the way you want the cabinet built, then I’d spend the money to do it yourself. Do you have space for the tools in your garage? The table saw can be anywhere from a cheaper saw to start out with like I did with a smaller table top sort of model available at most home improvement stores for $300-$600, or you can go bigger to a Delta Contractor saw that has it’s own stand, mine was $599 around 2008, as seen in my cabinet videos, which I’m happy I purchased cause I have built many cabinets since. A compound miter saw can be around $299-$599. Great for cutting face frame parts on the front of the cabinet and other areas of the cabinet, base boards, etc. Tools are pretty invaluable, and you can’t always see now what you will end up appreciating that you have later.
Geoffrey, the real answer to that clearance always comes down to the info on the manufacturers specification page for your make and model of refrigerator. Some refrigerators are designed to maybe have space around the refrigerator box, but in the case of a built in fridge, there would be no space around the refrigerator to the cabinet, as the compressor is typically at the top and well ventilated. When I’m building a cabinet for a normal 36” wide fridge/freezer, I prefer to leave a 1/2” air gap on the left and right side, and maybe 1-2” at the top. I’m always considering the clients existing fridge and the possibility of other models on the market in case the client later on selects a new model some years later, and it might be taller. You can see these differences easily on the showroom floor of your home improvement center. If you are in the United States, than Home Depot of Lowe’s is the typical place.
Erin, I order them from 1 of 2 local cabinet shops. It depends on what I need for a profile, as they don’t all offer the same edges for the inside and outside edges, panel edge, etc. The price and speed of turn around time can vary too. For doors and drawers, it could be 1-1/2-2 weeks wait from 1 place and if it’s a simple shaker style door and super low quantity, another shop will get it to me in a couple days to a week.
Good, concise video on how to make a refrigerator cabinet. However - lack of eye protection, hearing protection, saw blade guard, riving knife / kickback protection, when cutting the face frame pieces - please do not copy his safety practices, or lack thereof.
The house that this cabinet was for had a 10 foot ceiling height, so that was not an issue. If you have an 8 foot ceiling than you will need to use Pythagorean Therum to determine the maximum height of cabinet that you can build and then hide the gap at the top with crown molding. Take the depth of you cabinet that you want to build like 25-1/2” deep or 30” deep (Side A), and then play with the height of the cabinet on paper (Side B), and figure out the diagonal (Side C) which will be your maximum ceiling height or less for clearance. So when you are tilting it in place, you don’t scrape your ceiling. I had a job where I built a vanity off-site, and then built the tall linen cabinet literally in the clients bathroom for 2 reasons. The 25-1/2” deep linen cabinet was wider than the 24” wide bathroom door clearance dimension, and the cabinet was going to be on top of a toe-kick box that was separate from the cabinet. I just cleared the ceiling by maybe 1/4” using the math technique I described. Or you can find another way to be creative like I had to do at another house, and add more plywood to the bottom of the cabinet box without the face frame, after the cabinet was put in the refrigerator space, then put on the face frame, Bondo, sand it, and paint it. I’d share photos of that job with you if I could. What you can get away with all depends on materials you are working with, what you can hide with adjacent walls and cabinets, finishing techniques and skills, personal expectations of your work, etc. In mathematics, the Pythagorean theorem, or Pythagoras' theorem, is a fundamental relation in Euclidean geometry among the three sides of a right triangle. It states that the area of the square whose side is the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) is equal to the sum of the areas of the squares on the other two sides. This theorem can be written as an equation relating the lengths of the legs a, b and the hypotenuse c, often called the Pythagorean equation. Remember the A squared + B squared = C squared?
You can see more of that kitchen in another 2 videos I did called, “It’s all about that BASE Cabinet”, and a video called “How to build an Oven Cabinet.”
A 3rd option I have done before was to build the refrigerator cabinet plywood box upper part with 1 plywood side of the side panel, and tilt it up from the side view, and then attach the other side panel. Then attach the face frame to the plywood cabinet box and 2 plywood side panels. You just need to draw out your plan to account for all of the dimensions of the plywood side, smaller upper cabinet portion, and then the other side panel. Depending on your plywood thicknesses, you may need to add a hidden spacer between the side panels and the cabinet box above the refrigerator. This will require a little more plywood 1/2 sheet to 1 sheet extra, depending on the depth of your refrigerator box. Depending on your job site situation, will determine which method you will need to do, to get the results you need to get. Can it all be done in 1 piece ahead of time, or does it need to be more modular, like some IKEA design plan?
Great video. Great details.
Maybe the best i have seen in carpentry in general.
Thank you, that’s quite a compliment.
Man you did great on that. I just started a carpentry business in Kentucky and I like how you break it down. I really needed to see that. It helped me a lot. Thanks.
BWhittaker, if you need other bidding advice in terms of hours, cost, or other factors to think about like all that trip time to clients house, suppliers, setup, and clean up time, let me know. And if you want to suggest future content ideas, let me know.
Thanks for a very informative video showing the time and materials cost for such a project. Certainly don't see very often .
You are welcome! I try to be the guy who paints the whole picture for someone who wants to tackle a project like this, maybe the new contractor who needs to estimate the job, etc.
🔥A creative project! Thank you for using our product and sharing your refrigerator cabinet under construction.
Thank you! I built pretty much a whole house of cabinets for a house that was damaged by the Texas freeze last February. A perfect opportunity to film another project. Another couple cabinet projects coming soon! I have a Forza 60 light with the 24” Nanlite Soft box for those inquiring minds, used in conjunction with another 12” x 9” LED panel light.
My next Forza light that I purchase, I want to get a 24” with a diffuser. Does Forza have a bi-color light/ adjustable color temperature? If so, what model number?
Nice cabinets built. We are in process of doing ours, but I see a not easy problem when you need to pull fridge out from place, unless fridge is empty, light.
If you read your refrigerator manual, you should see a clearances section. On the face frame, I usually like to leave 1/2” clearance on each side, but do to the overlapping nature of the face frame to plywood, you have about 1-1/4” clearance of the inside plywood to refrigerator. On the top side, I can be the same, but I I usually prefer to have more around that 1” clearance on the face frame, and always keeping in mind that their are various refrigerators that can be around 68” to 71” tall, so I usually make my cabinets with a 72” opening in case someone wants to replace the refrigerator. I would want anyone to have to buy a specific refrigerator that they didn’t want just because of the opening height.
Thanks. Unload as much as you need to. It’s just temporary. The fridge has wheels underneath.
You totally rock!!! Thanks for being both detailed and concise!!! I'm literally following along on my own remodel, so let's do the electric range top next ok!! lolol
Hi Amy, just following up with your remodel project. I just uploaded a new video titled, “It’s All About That BASE Cabinet !” It shows a set of kitchen cabinets that I built in a house, but the video just shows 1 cabinet build, because fundamentally the process is basically the same. I hope your remodel project is going well.
hi,
where are you from.Can you give me your whatsapp/Email
I don’t have WhatsApp. What would you need that for anyhow?
Nice job
Wonderful video! Why do you not have more subscribers? This is probably the best how to video on cabinet making that I have seen! I'll be building some of my own cabinets in the near future, wish I had a shop and set up like yours LOL
At the moment, out of my 10 videos,o nly 7 videos are from this year. I have filmed other cabinet videos, but haven’t had time to edit or finish editing the videos. One farm style sink cabinet video is waiting on this giant house remodel and faux finishing to be completed.
I watched your channel trailer and see that you have a lot of videos. That’s probably one reason I don’t have 1000 Subscribers yet, finding time to dedicate for editing. What is your UA-cam CPM & RPM for your type of channel?
@@craftsmanconnection I don't mean to sound dumb, but no clue what a cpm or rpm is. I never did learn about the analytics stuff lol
@@craftsmanconnection I know filming and editing is very time consuming! That is my biggest stressor with YT lol
RPM is revenue per mille and CPM is Cost per mille. Mille is 1000. Are you a part of the UA-cam partner program? (YPP) YPP pays creators who have more than 1000 subscribers a certain amount of money per thousand views. Have you turned on monetization?
You do really great work 👏 👍
Thank you Blake! I always try to use the best materials and go above and beyond where I can.
I think this is really great 👍 how you are willing to teach your trade I always wondered why some people were so secretive about there trade and would bury and one that would ask questions are try to learn it
Thank you Blake, to you and all others who read the comments, feel free to suggest various woodworking and remodeling video ideas. I’m somewhat limited to the current projects I am working on. Currently working on a mansion remodel with 4 kitchens, and an upcoming house addition on another project.
subscribed to help you reach your goal. This was a really good video. Thanks for sharing your info!
Thank You so much Florida Fam Five. 😄 Any relation to the Jackson Five ? 😉😄 I’m happy you enjoyed the video. What types of things did you like about the video? Time and materials estimate stuff?
@@craftsmanconnection I liked how you put the amount of time to do each tasks. Thats going above and beyand with info and what sets you apart from others. Keep the detail going !!
As a contractor, the time and cost is always something we each have to discover on our own unfortunately. It’s not like I’m super fast, but I am precise, so I think the time and cost info gives the viewer a close enough expectation of what it might take them to do such a project.
@@craftsmanconnection Your right about that. We all do things different and at our own pace. On UA-cam, it can look to others like it was done in 5 min. rather then the true time it took to do a job.
love it!
Great job! Do you happen to have a tutorial on installing this beast of a cabinet?
Hi D. Monty, I do not have a tutorial on installing this cabinet. It’s pretty simple to level and screw it to the wall, install crown molding, caulk joints to the wall, and paint.
I did the entire cabinet install by myself. I used a couple furniture dollies to wheel the cabinet into the clients house, and then tipped it up into place. Because this cabinet is 30” deep, even on it’s side I had to take the garage door off of the hinges to get it into the house. Good luck with your refrigerator cabinet build.
So, there's no need to screw the bottom sides to the floor?
@@U2BER2012 In the video, I had a back nailer piece of wood that got screwed to the back wall. The refrigerator cabinet was in a corner, so one side was screwed to the wall framing, and the right side of the refrigerator cabinet was up against the cooktop area cabinets, so those got joined together.
If you need to secure the refrigerator cabinet to the floor, I would suggest adding a nailer block on the cabinet at floor level, that goes between the face frame and back nailer. You can either use nails or screws. Predrill or use self-drilling. If it’s concrete, predrill the wood nailer, and drill a couple inches into the concrete, install a plastic wall anchor, and then add a screw. Hope this helps give you some ideas or a plan.
@@craftsmanconnection Thanks a million! You're the man!
Any chance you have the installation of the refrigerator box? Been very slowly plugging away at a full guy remodel of my kitchen. FINALLY got to the point where we could layout cabinets in the house and order them. We went to home Depot, did the layout with them and ordered the cabinets. I had to work around a chimney, and things didn't work out exactly how I wanted and now I am sort of in a pickle. It looks like you care about how your work comes out, so I was hoping to see your refrigerator cabinet installed!! Nice video, thanks you either way
I do not have a video of the installation of the refrigerator cabinet. It was pretty much deliver to the job site, and screw parts of the cabinet box, through the nailers on the back and left side to the wall, and the right side bottom area was secured to the cooktop cabinet. Then I installed the crown molding.
Of course the final install of how the cabinet looks is in the beginning of the video. I don’t think I showed much of the bottom of the cabinet, because it’s just a open space mostly, and visually blocked by the island cabinet from the camera view.
Thanks for Subscribing to my channel, by the way.
@@craftsmanconnection sure thing! I spent some time working on my channel a few years ago. It was tough to get to the 1000 mark. Glad to help you out in a small way hahah!! Does your toe kick trim normally dead end against the fridge cabinet, or do you put it on the bottom of the refrigerator panel/s as well?
The base cabinets that butt up yo refrigerator cabinet I have their own toe-kick. The refrigerator cabinet does not have any toe-kick or toe-kick trim anywhere. The side panels go straight down to the subfloor, and then tile flooring goes up to it.
Great work. Some constructive criticism, because I’d love to see you get to 1000 and more! The biggest thing is production quality, especially lighting. Whatever camera you’re using, check to see if you can adjust white balance, or do it in post-processing. It’ll make a huge difference!
Hi John, thanks for the constructive criticism. I’ll try to check my camera settings more for future productions. Since the filming of that video, I bought myself a 10” monitor that mounts to the top of my camera so I can see the little things like lighting and color on the camera, better than on the built in little 3.2” screen on the camera.
I agree. LED light strips. $50 on Amazon. It’ll make a huge different
Right
Incredibly helpful video. Can't wait to make one of these for my home. How wide is the opening for the fridge? Is there a standard size opening or does it depend on what fridge you have?
A “standard” fridge is 36” wide, but the heights can vary around 70-1/2” to 72”. One of my clients has a 68” fridge. So it depends on the fridge you have, but better to plan on a cabinet design that has more space, in case you have to replace the fridge. You can achieve this by either making the opening the tallest fridge of all the available fridges, or you can have the upper cabinet with a big overlapping face frame that you can cut away later.
Since I typically prefer to build cabinets with a 2” face frame, my minimum cabinet width is 40” wide (2” + 36” + 2”). Depending on the fridges ventilation requirements will depend on how much extra space you need. Some fridges have space requirements, and some fridges (refrigerators) such as built in refrigerators have no space requirements on the face frame because the compressor is up top, and has a grill to breathe. Look into the specific model you have for some guidance.
Air space / air movement / less heat build up, helps increase the life span on the refrigerator. For example, my refrigerator is 20 years old this year and is not built in, and I’ve never had any repairs done to it.
@@craftsmanconnection Thank you for this response. This is very helpful!
At 12:31 you said “1/2 inch exactly as planned”. What is the 1/2” for? Is that for a space between the side panel and the wall? Is the is a necessary factor that I should incorporate into my plan?
Yes, I planned on a 1/2” overhang of the face frame, since often times from the corner of the room wall to the face frame can have an angle that is not 90 degrees, and so this half inch overhang would give me the extra wood needed to not only deal with that angle of maybe 1/4” off, but also allow me some extra, like a 1/4” to deal with that wall area out by the face frame of some framer and Sheetrock guys didn’t make the wall plumb. Better to give yourself a little extra, instead of having to rely on a flat trim to hide a gap.
Your plan will depend on what is next to your refrigerator, and other risks/variables, and how well you can measure. I’d rather have a little extra, if I have any doubts. When I measured the job, the existing cabinets were still in. And when I have had a question, I’m not always easily able to go to the job site that was 1 hour away. When your planning your cabinet, think about other factors like the refrigerator door and possible handle clearances to other objects like walls, other cabinets, etc.
Where did you order the doors and how much? You have produced a great video tutorial, however, this vital piece of info is still missing. Without it, not complete.
The price of the doors varies on the type of the door, size, and materials. For a typical paint grade lower cabinet door that might be around 18” wide, and 25” tall, than you’ll pay about $50 for a shaker style door, and around $75-$85 for a raised panel door in North Texas. Some companies charge tax, and some don’t…🤷🏼♂️. I have ordered doors from a couple different larger cabinet shop companies around town. Who they are may not matter, depending on what city/state you live in. Call a local shop and ask lots of questions, like, what they pricing is for paint grade lower doors and upper doors? What is the material? MDF panel, maple plywood panel, oak panel? What is the door frame made of? Is this flat shaker panel or raised panel? Stain grade materials or paint grade materials? Lots of variables, and the best way to price a job is to get a detailed bid before you order. Don’t let you being in a hurry surprise you.
Buy the time I rent the KREGS tools, table saw and clamps my total will be about the same if had hired someone ugg
Can you rent the KREG tools? I haven’t heard of anywhere that is possible. Where can you do that?
Cabinets aren’t cheap. Some of the cheapest, but higher quality paint grade cabinets that I build are around $1,000-$1200 depending on door and drawer quantities. Materials can be around $150 and up per cabinet depending on the size and features. Some cabinets require more plywood, and what used to be $65-80 per sheet, is now $95-$110 per sheet since 2020.
Tools for cabinet building isn’t meant to be for just 1 cabinet. If you have a few, you can save money, and invest your time, learn a skill, and maybe sell your skills for $50-$100 per hour.
@@craftsmanconnection I just assuming they were since all tools I've needed were rented , I guess not😞. Finished rta cabinets was hoping to build this to complete the look but with cost of tools I need it,I'm not sure
@@TheMyshine09 If you can see yourself taking on building a second or more cabinet in your future, or just don’t trust someone will do it precisely the way you want the cabinet built, then I’d spend the money to do it yourself. Do you have space for the tools in your garage?
The table saw can be anywhere from a cheaper saw to start out with like I did with a smaller table top sort of model available at most home improvement stores for $300-$600, or you can go bigger to a Delta Contractor saw that has it’s own stand, mine was $599 around 2008, as seen in my cabinet videos, which I’m happy I purchased cause I have built many cabinets since.
A compound miter saw can be around $299-$599. Great for cutting face frame parts on the front of the cabinet and other areas of the cabinet, base boards, etc.
Tools are pretty invaluable, and you can’t always see now what you will end up appreciating that you have later.
how wide must the cabinet be to safely install and ventilate the refrigerator?
Geoffrey, the real answer to that clearance always comes down to the info on the manufacturers specification page for your make and model of refrigerator. Some refrigerators are designed to maybe have space around the refrigerator box, but in the case of a built in fridge, there would be no space around the refrigerator to the cabinet, as the compressor is typically at the top and well ventilated.
When I’m building a cabinet for a normal 36” wide fridge/freezer, I prefer to leave a 1/2” air gap on the left and right side, and maybe 1-2” at the top. I’m always considering the clients existing fridge and the possibility of other models on the market in case the client later on selects a new model some years later, and it might be taller. You can see these differences easily on the showroom floor of your home improvement center. If you are in the United States, than Home Depot of Lowe’s is the typical place.
Where do you prefer to order your cabinets doors?
Erin, I order them from 1 of 2 local cabinet shops. It depends on what I need for a profile, as they don’t all offer the same edges for the inside and outside edges, panel edge, etc. The price and speed of turn around time can vary too. For doors and drawers, it could be 1-1/2-2 weeks wait from 1 place and if it’s a simple shaker style door and super low quantity, another shop will get it to me in a couple days to a week.
Did you paint the plywood or put a skin over it? Thanks for the video!
I painted all the cabinets with a white Lacquer undercoater for primer and a satin Sherwin Williams paint.
Where’s the final product?
The final product was what you saw in the intro of the video. I put the final product at the beginning of the video.
Do you see the final product now?
And you can also see the final product in the thumbnail.
Good, concise video on how to make a refrigerator cabinet. However - lack of eye protection, hearing protection, saw blade guard, riving knife / kickback protection, when cutting the face frame pieces - please do not copy his safety practices, or lack thereof.
And yet, I still have all my fingers and toes! 😁
How did you stand it up with an 8' ceiling height?
The house that this cabinet was for had a 10 foot ceiling height, so that was not an issue. If you have an 8 foot ceiling than you will need to use Pythagorean Therum to determine the maximum height of cabinet that you can build and then hide the gap at the top with crown molding. Take the depth of you cabinet that you want to build like 25-1/2” deep or 30” deep (Side A), and then play with the height of the cabinet on paper (Side B), and figure out the diagonal (Side C) which will be your maximum ceiling height or less for clearance. So when you are tilting it in place, you don’t scrape your ceiling.
I had a job where I built a vanity off-site, and then built the tall linen cabinet literally in the clients bathroom for 2 reasons. The 25-1/2” deep linen cabinet was wider than the 24” wide bathroom door clearance dimension, and the cabinet was going to be on top of a toe-kick box that was separate from the cabinet. I just cleared the ceiling by maybe 1/4” using the math technique I described.
Or you can find another way to be creative like I had to do at another house, and add more plywood to the bottom of the cabinet box without the face frame, after the cabinet was put in the refrigerator space, then put on the face frame, Bondo, sand it, and paint it. I’d share photos of that job with you if I could. What you can get away with all depends on materials you are working with, what you can hide with adjacent walls and cabinets, finishing techniques and skills, personal expectations of your work, etc.
In mathematics, the Pythagorean theorem, or Pythagoras' theorem, is a fundamental relation in Euclidean geometry among the three sides of a right triangle. It states that the area of the square whose side is the hypotenuse (the side opposite the right angle) is equal to the sum of the areas of the squares on the other two sides. This theorem can be written as an equation relating the lengths of the legs a, b and the hypotenuse c, often called the Pythagorean equation. Remember the A squared + B squared = C squared?
You can see more of that kitchen in another 2 videos I did called, “It’s all about that BASE Cabinet”, and a video called “How to build an Oven Cabinet.”
A 3rd option I have done before was to build the refrigerator cabinet plywood box upper part with 1 plywood side of the side panel, and tilt it up from the side view, and then attach the other side panel. Then attach the face frame to the plywood cabinet box and 2 plywood side panels. You just need to draw out your plan to account for all of the dimensions of the plywood side, smaller upper cabinet portion, and then the other side panel. Depending on your plywood thicknesses, you may need to add a hidden spacer between the side panels and the cabinet box above the refrigerator. This will require a little more plywood 1/2 sheet to 1 sheet extra, depending on the depth of your refrigerator box.
Depending on your job site situation, will determine which method you will need to do, to get the results you need to get. Can it all be done in 1 piece ahead of time, or does it need to be more modular, like some IKEA design plan?