Questions, with answers

Only kitchens. We do not take bathrooms, basements, additions or whole-house remodels, and we do not subcontract them out either. One room type is how four people can keep the standard where it is.

A full remodel is typically 9 to 13 weeks on site once drawings are approved, and a small galley 6 to 8. Design and specification before that is usually 4 to 6 weeks, and cabinetry lead time runs alongside it.

Survey appointments are generally within two weeks. Build start dates are typically 10 to 14 weeks out (sample figure, updated as the calendar moves).

Almost every client does. We set dust barriers, run negative air during demolition, and help you set up a temporary sink and refrigerator elsewhere before the old kitchen comes out.

Three, maximum. Each has one lead carpenter who is on your site every day it is active.

A measured survey, a services plan, scale floor plans with clearance dimensions written on them, elevations for every wall, and a written specification with model numbers and lead times.

Two or three, each solving the room a different way, with the work-triangle total and the aisle widths stated. We do not present one plan with options bolted on.

Yes. We build to other people's drawings regularly. We will still do our own measured survey, because we are responsible for what is built.

We produce elevations and material boards rather than photoreal renders. Renders tend to sell a feeling; elevations tell you whether the wall cabinet clears the window trim.

Our full remodels usually land between $68,000 and $145,000, and small galley kitchens between $42,000 and $78,000. These are sample bands, not quotes. The survey and drawings produce a fixed price.

A design fee at the start, then progress payments tied to milestones: cabinetry order, on-site start, template, and completion. Details are on the financing page.

Yes, in full, against the build if you proceed with us. If you do not, the drawings are yours to take elsewhere.

We photograph it, price it in writing as a variation, and wait for your approval before touching it. Nothing appears for the first time on a final invoice.

If we move plumbing, add circuits or alter structure, yes. Like-for-like replacement in the same layout usually does not. We confirm at the survey and pull the permit ourselves.

For a gas cooktop, roughly 1 CFM per 100 BTU of total burner rating, rounded up. Above 400 CFM, Oregon requires a make-up air path, which has to be planned during framing.

Frameless gives about 8 to 10 percent more usable volume and a 3 mm reveal. Face-frame is the only route to true inset doors and is easier to scribe to an out-of-plumb pre-war wall. We specify both.

No. It is a resin-bound product that can scorch or yellow well below the temperature of a pan straight off a burner. Granite, quartzite, porcelain and soapstone are heat-safe. Use a trivet either way.

Any knob-and-tube found in the kitchen work zone is replaced as part of the job. We check the panel at the survey so a sub-panel or service upgrade is priced before you commit.