I have a subzero in my current kitchen, and the wood panels for the doors were more than $1000 (this was 17 years ago). Had I known that in advance I probably would have gotten the stainless steel model.
It does look really nice though.
I kind of miss not being able to stick things on the fridge with magnets.
Luckily, mine is not paneled. Panels look nice until they get worn out due to constant touching by folks getting in and out of the fridge. The replacement, when the time comes, will be stainless, too. Hopefully not for a while
My panels show no signs of wear at all after 17 years.
I donât really regret getting the panels, I was just super p.o.'ed at the time because I thought the panels were so over-priced.
We finished our bathroom remodel. It went very smoothly. On time and on budget. No surprises when we took out the tub, etc⊠We are very pleased with the results. Now the entire house is done. Although I wouldnât mind replacing the window in the master bedroom with a patio doorâŠ
Thereâs always something else that you want to do!
Good info about what needs to be considered before replacing a window with a slider or French doors:
When we replaced our 30 year old Subzero with a new one 4 years ago- same location, same width, etc,- the wiring and water line for the ice machine had to be moved to slightly different locations in the wall behind the unit. part of the reason is the old compressor venting was above the fridge- the new ones have the compressor venting on the floor.
The Subzero instillation instructions and specs had all the information that was needed to re-wire, re-plumb as needed.
$42 THOUSAND for a new bathroom and tiny powder room ???
yikes! here in N Calif I was able to install an all new 10X8 bathroom [ marble vanity floor and shower ] plus install all new new lighting, mirrors , towel warmer, Hansgroe shower fixture and new floor to ceiling glass shower door for large adjacent bathroom for $20K . that was 3 years ago
^^^I got four quotes for our 7x9 bath and three of them were >$50k â and that was four years ago (DC burbs). We have not moved forward due to the sticker shock! However, there are two houses in the neighborhood that did major renos and are now on the market at a price not previously seen in our neighborhood (which has been a hard ceiling for a 50+ yo neighborhood). Am anxious to see how it turns out.
I had to steal 10â space from a bedroom closet to put in built in shelving, needed all new plumbing (house is 60 yrs old,) Granite counter w/ marble backsplash, undermount 32â trough sink with two faucets, custom bamboo floating vanity, custom mirror, one piece toilets in both baths (I hate hate hate two piece toilets - especially the ones with the curlyques on the sides,) and a custom bamboo vanity with same granite and backsplash in wee bath, too. Italian porcelain on floors and bath surround (to ceiling and with a marble niche.) Put in a soaker tub, too.
Radiant heating and several different types of lighting (sconces, pots, some but not all pots on dimmers.) I also took out a wall that jutted into powder room. No idea why it was there. Original owners took part of a bedroom closet and a teeny linen closet to make the powder room.
I could have spent less, but I waited 26 years to do them and I wanted what I wanted. My bathroom is now my happy place. 
Big bathroom subfloor also needed to be shored up in places. New exhaust fans in both vented to outside. The originals were just vented into attic.
Both baths were gutted to the studs.
I am planning a whole house renovation. Weâve been in the same house for 41 years, have done some additions and renovation since but now we are empty nesters we will reconfigure some living space, raise the ceiling hts from 8ft to 10 ft,some places higher, new baths,new pipes, new wires, new windows, almost a gut renovation. I have 4.5 baths to renovate and lately have been drooling over this shower. This is large format porcelain tile.
https://st.hzcdn.com/fimgs/e392f1f508755083_3359-w240-h320-b0-p0âhome-design.jpg
I got a bit of a shock when I realized that my second floor joists were sized for 30 pounds per square foot and the soaking tub I had ordered weighed a lot more than that! Then when we actually opened up the floor we discovered previous plumbers had pretty much compromised all those joists anyway!
My tiny bathroom cost a lot - but we changed out a window, stole a bit of room from the hall and rearranged all the fixtures. We also ended up doing things like completely redoing the living room and dining room ceiling as part of the project. I think I knew what the bathroom piece cost once upon a time, but Iâve done my best to forget it!
@CountingDown My DD just signed a contract to gut and redo a 5 x 7 bathroom (in old Arlington home) to include replacing galvanized steel pipe for +/- $15000
ETA no reconfiguration, no window replacement, new exhaust fan to existing run
That shower is lovely that was linked above. That really shouldnât be too expensive because those are quartz island pieces. That is the same quartz that I put in my large addition/remodel last year for the kitchen countertops. You would need 3 island pieces and 1 standard countertop piece. Total cost from a prefab place would be $1400.
BUT!!! The fabrication labor to make all those cuts for the shower dam, pony wall, fixture piping would cost a lot. Then the install!
That is my âdream showerâ CB. Bet a shower of that size would be more experience than the very custom counters for the kitchen we got via Costco countertop referral. And our kitchen has a lot of âtop.â
@coralbrook, according to the owner of that shower, it is made of large format porcelain tile instead of quartz. Can you tell me the price difference and fabrication plus install between the two materials? I called the fabricator of this shower and he said the porcelain tile material is extremely thin and need someone very experienced to handle and install. In other words $$$.
Another shower that I like with large porcelain tile.
https://www.houzz.com/photo/92984965-a-coastal-retreat-modern-bathroom
JMO - I like the tile in the second shower much better, but thatâs because Iâm not a fan of such huge veining in stone like in the first shower. I know most people love that look.
@mominva, can you PM me the contractor?
A nice gallery of fireplaces:
I am not familiar with such a large format tile. That tile would have to be one piece?
You might as well install the full square quartz pieces like I recommend. Putting full slabs of granite, marble, quartz in showers is a new trend and many fabricators have done it. Itâs the same as fabricating a large kitchen island piece, they just have to cut off the bullnose from the island piece.
Island pieces come in prefab standard sizes of 52 x 90 or 42 x 90. As long as your walls are somewhere in that size range you could use prefab pieces. The long wall of the tile might have to be two pieces ??? Since obviously you want your large shower to be longer than 52". In looking at the photos I donât see any seams so Iâm not sure how they join two large pieces together.
But, nothing easier to clean than one solid piece of stone for the wall
@coralbrook I sent you a PM.
