Neat Solutions for Kitchen Remodel- #5

Kevin, the tile guy, made it back here Monday morning. He and Keith worked feverishly all day installing the tile. Tuesday morning they were back to do the grout. Floor done~! It looks gorgeous! We really love the lightness of the color, the largeness of the tiles. It looks much like the more expensive and less durable, travertine marble. Good news... There is just enough tile left over to do th powder room floor :) The cabinet delivery has been postponed until tomorrow. Something about ...snow..power outage...behind a day...
 guess it's to be expected. We took advantage of this down day to get the appliance repair guys in. Appliances can be up to 30% of
your remodel budget. Over the past 5 years here we have replaced the fridge, ice maker (we have a separate "party" ice maker) trash compactor and dish washer. So no need to replace them  now. Our home was already equipped with a  Viking Professional Range. It is a 20 year old Viking Range now.

Doing some quick internet research, we learned that a new 2 oven, 6 burner, griddle Viking with hood would cost  about $10,000 - $12,000! This is one expense we would personally never incur.  We like to cook and love good food..but really! So we decided to invest a little money to make sure our golden appliance would last much much longer.... a Viking make-over. Once again..the internet is your best friend when it comes to research. We found what needs to be done to maintain a Viking and found several Viking specialists in the area. We settled on Mr. Appliance. It is a national franchise. They offered a total maintenance package: Check operation of all parts, check temperature of range,clean igniters, clean outside and inside of range for $250. They are working on it right now so tomorrow I will show a before and after picture and see if it was worth it.