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   calvin | Oct 05, 2005 01:03am | #1

   A mini on each side.

    

   Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.

   Quittin' Time

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   JeffBuck | Oct 05, 2005 01:32am | #3

   beats moving the sink!

    

   and just why is there always a perfectly center joist exactly where I planning on putting a can?

   seriously ... if ya tried yer hardest ... you'd never get close to the "random perfection" that I've been running into ...

   Jeff    Buck Construction

    Artistry In Carpentry

        Pittsburgh Pa

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   calvin | Oct 05, 2005 02:31am | #5

   I'll tell you what, that x-ray vision stuff would be the ticket.  I've had 'em move layout just to put one in the way.  Worse than what this guy describes is when they run the other way, parallel with that outside wall.  You move it out into the room and it's too much outside the uppers run...........in towards the wall, and it's too crammed.  Surface mount for sure, or maybe a nice pendant.

   I've found something in most of the kitchens that screams "screw me".  Get all the cans layed out, knowing layout and even drilling probe holes in case you have to cheat it over and what do you find when you cut that hole?  Copper servicing the upstairs bath not even located over the kitchen.  You ever ask the plumber to jog copper around a can?

   New construction is hard, remodeling is impossible.

   That's why we love it.

    Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.

   Quittin' Time

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   custombuilt | Oct 05, 2005 03:22am | #6

   this kinda stuff seems to happen to me too.......I used to just call it bad luck, but more like old Murphy trying to screw you over---

    2 minis sounds like the key

    Be flexible

    

    

    

    

    When in doubt, get a bigger hammer!

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   JeffBuck | Oct 05, 2005 05:50am | #8

   yeah ... I love that one ...

   the old "hidden pipe" trick.

    

   works best like ya said ... after U stud scan ... then poke ... bent hanger ... little test hole ... then cut her wide open ... and BAM!

    

   Jeff

        Buck Construction

    Artistry In Carpentry

        Pittsburgh Pa

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   calvin | Oct 05, 2005 01:05am | #2

   And welcome.

   Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.

   Quittin' Time

3. 
   MojoMan | Oct 05, 2005 01:56am | #4

   How about a surface-mounted fixture?

   Al Mollitor, Sharon MA

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   HeavyDuty | Oct 05, 2005 03:57am | #7

   Agree with Calvin.

   You should have planned for two anyway, better illumination and less shadow.

   Then you would have run into two joists and you'd end up putting one right above the sink which is what you want in the first place.