Monday, April 4, 2011

Casework Update


The casework team has been full steam ahead over the past couple of weeks, but we still have a lot of ground to cover. Every room in the house has some casework component and we have taken on the responsibility of completing the casework ourselves, from design to fabrication to installation. At this point, we have finished the majority of fabrication for the kitchen casework and are waiting for the flooring to be installed before we install our cabinets.

In the meantime, we will be setting up a large painting operation at our warehouse on Henson Rd. We decided to use a low VOC paint product to comply with our environmental goals, but with every decision comes some pros and cons. With this decision, the water based paint dries hard - similar to the quality of a lacquer based paint - but it takes about thirty days to cure. Therefore, our small, 10x10 paint booth was simply inadequate for the large amount of painting that we have to do.

We should receive a new order of plywood from A&M Supply within the next couple of days to continue fabricating the cabinets for the swing space and the bedroom. The challenge for these cabinets has been integrating all of the necessary components within them. Integrated into all of our cabinets are the Mitsubishi mini-split units which provide the heating and air for the whole house. In addition to the HVAC, most of the cabinets include recessed lighting, so all of the MEP disciplines are coordinated into one piece of millwork. Needless to say, we will have our hands full, blitzing towards the finish line.

This picture has nothing to do with my post... but its beautiful.

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