Building Code Board of Appeals Agenda and Packet 2018 04 19

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1 Sherry Sommer 910 S. palisade Ct Louisville, CO 80027 11-17-2017 Dear Sherry, As promised, I prepared for you my professional opinion of the problems I saw with the installation of the cabinets you purchased from us. I owned and operated my own high end custom cabinet shop; designed cabinetry for 13 years; and did general contracting for several years. 1. Panel above the ref. opening — 37 x 9 1/8 — was installed facing down — in a horizontal position — and not as shown on the plans. Fix: remove and replace. (see Ref. elevation) 2. Ref. end panel Left was installed to the wall without adjusting the front reveal to be equal to the fillers to each side of the cabinets to the right of the ref. This panel was provided with a scribable 1 1/2" front filler integral to the panel and this was installed without scribing to the wall and the other fillers were cut down to 3/" so that the three reveals are off by approximately 3/" and is not to plan and looks awkward. Fix: each ref end panel, the ref top panel, the two cabinets to the right of the ref with their fillers, should be disassembled and reinstalled. All of these parts, or just some must be replaced as needed. (see Ref. elevation) 3. All wall cabinets: the light rails below and the ceiling scribe molding was should have been installed flush to the front of the doors and flush with the sides of each cabinets. However, both moldings were installed up to %" proud of the sides of each cabinet and not uniformly flush with the front faces of doors. On some cabinets, the moldings are flush to doors that have not been adjusted to have a 1/8" gap on the hinge side so as to match the 1/8" reveal on the bumper side. Fix: remove some or all moldings and adjust sizes to flush out with sides and adjusted doors. Some of the moldings will have to be replaced, while some can possibly be reused. Some molding material may be left over depending on amount of waste created during installation. 4. All doors and drawer fronts need to be adjusted to 1/8" reveals between doors or between drawer fronts; 1/16" reveal to the outside of boxes. Pantry in particular needs to be adjusted to even out the horizontal reveals to be even. Unfortunately, drawer fronts have been installed before adjusting them. Fix: This will require removing the pulls, adjusting the drawers, re -drilling the holes from the inside, and reinstalling the pulls. The double holes will probably not show if done properly. 5. All drawer boxes I inspected were drilled for pulls without holding a wood block tight to the inside surface. This has caused unsightly tear -out of the box material in each case. Fix: can be puttied but unless the putty matches perfectly it may be worse. Putty cannot be sanded as the boxes are lacquered. 6. Screws used to mount cabinets to walls are washer head screws in a dark metal and cannot be covered by FastCap type covers. Fix: remove one at a time; countersink hole; install hardened