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Hi, I'm Tim Gipson I'm going to talk to you about how to survive a kitchen remodel. And
one thing to keep in mind that when you remodel your kitchen or any remodeling job in your
house, usually it takes a little bit longer than what you plan it to. So always keep that
in mind when you take your first approach. Now in surviving a kitchen remodel the better
plan that you do on the front end, then the better it's going to go as you go through
the process. Now first thing is that when you actually get in to the remodel you want
to try to isolate your room as much as you can by hanging plastic over all the openings
so that you can limit any dust and debris from demolition within the kitchen area that
you're working with. Now also you have to keep in mind that as you go through certain
stages, particularly when you're replacing cabinet, replacing appliances, that you're
going to be without this area to use for a while. So, you may want to work with your
contractor to set up a temporary location for perhaps a range, your refrigerator, so
that you can still have use of those items even while you're waiting for the new ones
to be installed. Now most ranges require special electrical so that is something that's going
to have to be taken in to consideration when you do that. The things that you want to do
is when you're working with your contractor make sure that you have a contract in place
that specifies exactly what they're going to be doing and then you also want to make
sure you've got well established work hours so you know when the contractors are going
to set up, what time they're going to be working and when they're going to be completing each
day. So as you do that and as you keep in mind that as you go through different aspects,
you're going to have to plan ahead so plan ahead for since this is the area where your
meals are prepared you may need to prepare some meals in advance, you may need to plan
on a few nights out or actually eating with friends. But if you work with your contractor
and your professionals you can get a pretty good idea how long these remodels will last
and just as long with proper planning and to make sure you put some things in place,
then you should be able to get through those kitchen remodels o.k. So I'm Tim Gipson and
that's how to survive a kitchen remodel.