Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement 1 May 05, 2013 11:10 pm We are looking at demolishing our current home and building something hopefully much more practical and current. As we also have a second house that needs some work we are considering using as much as we can from our existing home to slightly upgrade the other one. Do you think it is practical/cost effective to remove and then reinstall the ducted airconditioner as well as the existing kitchen? Both were installed about 10 years back when we did a small renovation to this house and are still in excellent condition. Is there anything you could suggest we need to take into account when doing this? We will not be doing any of the installation ourself as practical skills are one of the areas I seem to be lacking so tend to depend on tradesmen. I will most likely do the strip down myself (once all of the services are disconnected so I can try to avoid sudden death whilst demonstrating my dismantling skills). Not too sure if I contact the smaller kitchen and airconditioner companies or general handymen. If anyone knows of a good tradesman or two that may do this sort of work I'm open to recommendations (Bankstown/Liverpool region of Sydney). Any suggestions/advice are welcomed. Re: Kitchen and Ducted Air - Relocate to another house 4May 06, 2013 12:48 pm Can you expand on why you would not bother? I am not expecting to use all of the existing kitchen as it will be a different configuration but I believe I will be able to use the appliances and the majority of the cabinets at least. Counter top and splashback are granite so I doubt they will be removed without damage so am not planning on utilising them. As the existing kitchen is an 'abbreviated' U-shape (ie shorter on one side) I think I could at least fill the L-shaped space in the other house hopefully. Am I missing some obvious problem or expense with my conjecture? Re: Kitchen and Ducted Air - Relocate to another house 5May 06, 2013 1:45 pm The appliances, yes, reuse if you want. The cabinets are not worth it. The chance of getting them out intact and the cost of storing them - no, not worth it. Cabinet carcasses are the cheap bit. Maybe the doors and drawer fronts though, although if you need new ones, check if they can be matched. Softclose or high quality hinges / drawers / other internal fittings may be worth reclaiming. Stone benchtop might be salvageable though - I've seen those removed in a usable state. HD Land settled May '14. Building the PD Hoffman39: 5/11=site start, 13/11=slab pour, 26/11=frame complete, 10/12=roof on, 12/12=bricking started. Blog: http://jyndeira.net/blog/ Re: Kitchen and Ducted Air - Relocate to another house 6May 07, 2013 9:27 am Quote: Do you think it is practical/cost effective to remove and then reinstall the ducted airconditioner The unit yes. The ducting, which you will more than likely damage stripping down due to your admitted lack of skills, No Getting someone who will be bothered with re-fitting your cupboards could be another problem Arfur Our relationship with the owner is good, but I'm not sure if I want to impose putting a pole on their property. Your conversation with your neighbour must have gone well… 4 9304 Hi all, sorting out the ducted air con for a 350sqm double story house. Does this placement sound reasonable to you? Also, I plan to have 6 zones I think. Living room… 0 0 Hi all, sorting out the ducted air con for a 350sqm double story house. I think i plan to have 6 zones I think. Living room (mainly for entertainment so not used often),… 0 0 |