08/06/2026
There's a day in the middle of every kitchen remodel when your kitchen is a room with wires coming out of the walls and nothing else in it.
That day is short. It just photographs badly, so nobody posts it. π¨
Here's roughly where it sits in the sequence. Demo comes first and moves fast. Then plumbing and electrical get relocated to match the new layout: outlets where the appliances will actually stand, water lines where the sink will actually sit.
π§ If the layout is changing at all, this is the only window in which it changes. After that comes inspection, and nothing decorative goes up until what's behind the wall has been signed off. β
Then drywall, then floors, then cabinet boxes set and leveled.
The wait most homeowners aren't warned about lands right after that. β³ Your countertop can't be templated until the boxes are in and level, and fabrication takes time after the template. That gap isn't a contractor stalling. It's the only way a slab ends up fitting the walls of your actual home, which are never as square as the drawing. π
Backsplash, appliances, plumbing trim and hardware close it out. The finishes everyone starts with are the last thing to happen.
If you want to know how long your kitchen would realistically be out of service, call us and ask. We'll give you the version with the countertop wait in it.
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