{"id":3915,"date":"2022-04-12T16:29:04","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T21:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/staging\/3703\/2022\/04\/12\/kitchen-update-no-3\/"},"modified":"2022-05-19T12:35:57","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T17:35:57","slug":"kitchen-update-no-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/12\/kitchen-update-no-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitchen Update No: 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today was the templating day where they come out and measure your kitchen exactly for the new countertop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Originally scheduled for around 10:30 there was a cancellation so Larry, the person doing our templating, is able to arrive at around 9 am<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We were told by some other folks that they would make a cardboard template of our counters to guide their production of the actual quartz countertop. Turns out that is very old school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Larry sets up a tripod with a tablet computer and laser on top and proceeds to map out our kitchen with laser precision. I hear a tape measure being used occasionally but probably just to confirm the digital diagram that is being produced. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Larry says it doesn\u2019t matter if your walls are straight or your corners are not square the scanning will take care of all that for a perfect tight fit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/staging\/3703\/wp-content\/img_3074.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3074.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3074-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3074-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3074-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3074-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.bigdadoo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/img_3074-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3024px) 100vw, 3024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In under one hour we\u2019re signing off (digitally of course) on the finished diagram that will be used to generate the instructions to drive the CNC machine in cutting out our quartz top. Hand cutting stopped 10-15 years ago and it\u2019s all digital now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In about another hour I have the counters back in place and the sink hooked up again. In 5-10 business days we\u2019ll be getting a visit from the installers and I\u2019ll yank out the current countertops one last time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was the templating day where they come out and measure your kitchen exactly for the new countertop. 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