ASK This Old House | Kitchen Upgrades (S19 E30) FULL EPISODE
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Kevin learns how quartz countertops are made and helps install one; Richard repairs a hot water shutoff valve in order to replace a kitchen sink faucet; Nathan upgrades kitchen cabinets to soft-close.
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In this special episode, the team tackle a variety of kitchen upgrade projects. Kevin O'Connor travels to a facility in Minnesota to learn how quartz countertops are made and then helps install one in a homeowner's kitchen; Richard Trethewey helps a fan of the show replace her kitchen sink faucet. Nathan Gilbert helps a homeowner upgrade her kitchen cabinet doors and drawers to soft-close.
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How to Install a Quartz Countertop
Kevin toured the manufacturing facility for Cambria Stone [www.cambriausa...]. The slab that was installed at Jenny’s house was also Cambria quartz in the color “Windermere [bit.ly/2LMfgid].”
The tools required for installing the quartz, including the hammers and pry bars for removing the old counter, and the silicone to secure the new countertop, can all be found at home centers.
Expert assistance with this segment was provided by Gemini Stone, LLC of Everett, MA [www.geministon...].
How to Replace a Kitchen Faucet
Richard installed the Fairbury Pull-Down Kitchen Faucet in stainless steel, manufactured by American Standard [www.americanst...]. It comes with washers and gaskets and most of the materials required to install it.
Everything else he used to replace the kitchen faucet, including the putty, soap dispenser, wrench and screwdriver, can be purchased at home centers and plumbing supply stores.
How to Upgrade to Soft-Close Cabinets
While there are a few low-cost options to upgrade to soft-close kitchen cabinets, Nathan suggests changing out all hardware to soft close.
Nathan installed TEC Soft-Close cabinet hinges, which are manufactured by Grass USA [www.grassusa.com/]. He recommends identifying the brand currently installed in the cabinets and replacing the hardware with that same brand, which is what he did in this case. Usually, that will require less work on the cabinet doors to get the new hardware to fit.
For the drawer slides, Nathan installed 22” soft-close, full-extension, ball bearing, side-mount drawer slides, which are manufactured by Everbilt [thd.co/3CE5W8N] and sold at home centers. The plastic cup Nathan mounted to the back of the cabinet was manufactured by Everbilt as well. To determine which type of slides to get, measure the cabinet front to back for the length, and get the same mounting type as the original slides, since they will be easier to install. Opt for full extension over 3/4 extension to gain full access of the drawer.
The drawer slides jig Nathan used is manufactured by Kreg Tools [bit.ly/3hWTEQL]. The jig makes the drawer slides installation significantly easier because it can hold everything in place.
The rest of the tools Nathan used to install the soft-close hinges and slides, including the drill driver, screwdriver, and self-centering drill bit, can all be found at home centers.
Expert assistance with this segment was provided by Nathan Gilbert Carpentry [bit.ly/2Zo66CV].
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ASK This Old House | Kitchen Upgrades (S19 E30) FULL EPISODE
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As somebody that has replaced a few cabinet hinges and slides, I can tell you that doing the entire kitchen took a longggggg time!
Kevin just Scratched the Hell out of her Floor when he Slid The Counter Top on the Floor U 🤡😂😆😅🤣🤔
Being as the Counter Top came out in once piece and the sink as well. Just clean them up and bring them to a Habitat Store that way, someone else might be able to come in and buy it at a very cheap price and use it their home. Instead of sending it to the landfill.
That made me smile at the end of first segment ... Hire a plumber and an electrician and your all set. 😀
Thank you for another great show.
One thing I learned the hard way. Stone counter tops and crockery don't mix. I lost my favorite mug given from my children.
Laminate is cheaper to replace and more forgiving if you drop a dish. IME, that is.
Great video guy's, keep them coming 👍 👏 👌
@Kevin I'm sorry road scholar, its the auto spell on the phone, PLEASE FORGIVE ME FOR NOT CHECKING ON MY COMMENT! I guess my degree in finance doesn't matter in your world KEVIN, too my time on your hands correcting others instead of enjoying the video 🤑
@@Kevin-mp5of Another misspelling, I should take myself out of this world! 🤪
@Kevin I figured you would not respond joto!!!!!!! Now that's my way of saying, nah, you look it up Eisenstein!!!!!!
@@javiergalvan2604 I sure hope you own TSLA stock.
What do I use to place glass subway tile onto a (side) backsplash made of 60s wood? It's about a 2'x2' area; the rest is normal wall.
love you kevin
Everything under the sink is so awkward and hard to reach. Why do they make them that way? The putty thing is new to me. I just had my faucet replaced...gonna check.
What quartz does do? Chip. I don't know anyone without chips around the sink in particular.
17:10 I love her so much lol
I would of changed those shut off valves with 1/4 turn.
Bein a wimp about soldering close to the wall smh, he could have at least used the brass stem Lmao
When you get your own successful TV show, you can do what you like. Until then, nobody cares what you do.
@@rickyspanish9625 Nylon is superior in hard water conditions where a metal fixture can become a mineral encrusted demon.
@@rickyspanish9625 compression fitting
@@herculesrockefeller8969 “TV show”
Yeah, and this *not* the broadcast only TV show, it’s a youtube channel. When you get to be the boss of a *public comments forum* somewhere, you can tell people what matters. I want to hear informed opinion, and a 1/4 turn upgrade here is a good idea that might save a lot of water in the kitchen sone time.
Watch out for silicosis in that factory
Biggest risk in this job is removal of the old countertop is the local cut off valves. In an old home, they are often corroded or frozen or start leaking when closed. A little too much, poorly applied pressure might even crack the upstream pipe. That forces main water cutoff until a plumber arrives, maybe an expensive emergency call. Showing the homeowner doing the quick cutoff suggests none of this can happen.
For this project, best to show how to replace a compression fitting cutoff, first, just in case.
@@Kevin-mp5of eh? Concerns any inexperienced homeowner being told by the show host it’s simple to take out a kitchen counter.
I always put a wrench on the copper side opposite the shut off, just in case...
Ok I’ve been trying for couple of years we can’t fine anyone to do some remolding our kitchen can you give any advice need help. Thanks.
Honestly contractors are hacks -right now- , you'd be sooner, better off to DYI it from scratch unless you can find the fore-mentioned taco ea....
@@Kevin-mp5of LOL. :)
Are you guys on a break?
Replacing the metal stem with the cheap plastic one ouch
Great
I think this video has been posted before...Why are you guys reposting old videos? Just curious why theres no new content the last little bit?
@@Kevin-mp5of They are still picking bonah out of the carpet, tragic! :)
Been a month and none of the next time posted .
Us is light years behind us in Europe. Europe cabinet hinges is the dealeo, man! Nice episode, miss Tom. The best of the best
Who cares what you do in Europe? Nobody.
@@herculesrockefeller8969 Oh i forgot, you just mind your own business like you did in Irak
I rack
Lol. “Us” in Europe? All Europe knows there is no “us” there.
Amazing how insecure Euro trash has become. You see some US kitchen from the 1970s being demolished and compare it to euro today, ‘we have recessed hinges’, when 1970s euro kitchens were some planks and stools . I suppose after financing another land war in Europe by buying gas from Putin, after destroying you’re own gas supply, you’ve all gone a little nuts.
@@Nill757 😂 oboy oboy. Your gun laws, health care and taking care of veterans that's nuts. Your houses are completely trash, like cardboard boxes 😂😂😂 a country run by a senile guy who can not tie his on shoes.
Surprised Richard went with a nylon stem repair on those shutoffs.
Nylon holds up surprisingly well. It also has the advantage of not reacting with hard water. So in those conditions is can be a superior solution than a metal fixture. Having said that, it would have been nice to show how you can replace a multi-turn valve with a quarter-turn version without the need for any soldering by using a compression style quarter-turn valve or a snap-fit model.
@@Kevin-mp5of He didn't - he showed how to fix the valve she had which I think is easier and more useful than cutting out the old one and soldering in a new one.
@@Kevin-mp5of Your negativity is a drain on these discussions. I hope you figure out why you need to be this way, change, and be a helpful member of the community. In guarantee you and the rest of us will be much happier if you do.
@@Kevin-mp5of 🤦♂️
At some point in time, I sure hope we'll move away from Phillips head screws. I thought I'd see better than that on Ask TOH in 2023? "See ma'am, your stock kit included inferior Phillips heads screws... here's the greatest and latest Torx Head, invented in 1967..."
Sometimes Phillips are actually helpful since they make it difficult to over tighten without camming out.
Hey, how about giving some costs. Especially on the soft close hardware. The hardware was hundreds of dollars. Please be more transparent and honest about costs!
The amount of plumbers putty alone had to be in the $1000's. :)
@@Kevin-mp5of She was shaping putty bonahz out of it. :)
If you have to ask, you can't afford it.
She could’ve upgraded to push fitted 1/4 turns herself and save that money for other projects she doesn’t want to diy
I have a feeling replacing just the washers on the shut off valve would have been better than changing the stem to that all-plastic China crap.
Quartz counter top installers are dying from silicosis due to the dust damaging their lungs.
Its their own fault for not wearing ppe.
Quartz is not the first cut stone by a mile. Dust protection then, dust protection now.
Yes idea. I started to try and pay since midnight last night.
How come they just couldn’t notch out outlet
Probably could but it would look like a dogs breakfast. It will look nicer with the outlet moved up a bit. Well, in my opinion anyhow.
I hope ''this old house' is charging all these women for parts and labor!
Why?
I hope they donated the old drawer slides to a charity like Habitat for Humanity. They work well in garage or shop cabinets.
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Nathan seems like a cool dude but he just comes off a bit awkward and robotic. Maybe it’s because he’s so monotone? I’m sure the longer he’s on tv the more natural he’ll get at it.
It could be worse. We could be watching you.
@@herculesrockefeller8969 struck a nerve huh lol sorry bud, didn’t know that was your boyfriend.
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Again, please, pretty please with sugar on top, get rid of the music that plays while you're talking. It's annoying and distracting.
As someone who has sold and installed shut off valves ,just put new quarter turn compression valves with double shutoff or single shut off with double outlet.Also never put a huge faucet on a stainless sink less than 16 gauge it will bend ,thankfully she choose a cheap lightweight crap faucet ,and plumbers putty you don't need with the plate it has a washer for a reason.Love this show but some of this advice is bad .
I was wondering about the putty. Just had my faucet replaced and the guy didn't put any putty under the plate.
That sink is so ugly
First comment on this old house yes..,
Is your boyfriend impressed? Nobody else cares. Except maybe Tommy’s bonah.
@@Kevin-mp5of look at me JOHN....I'm with the cool kids...Kevin and Brian
Where do some of these people get these outstanding contractors can't find anybody here who's as good
They are out there. Generally speaking ----- No one is naturally great ----- It is gained through experience and some learn quicker then others. If you are a true professional trade you typically get snatched up by high end clients and you have no reason to look for additional work. You never see really skilled doctors or mechanics or chefs looking for work, right?