In every kitchen or bath remodel I
do, I like to start with the basics.
How level is the floor? A difference
of 1/4 inch from one side of the room
to the other isn't likely to be much
of a problem, but steeper inclines
can throw everybody off. Plumbers
and electricians typically measure up
from the subfloor to set their roughin
heights. If the floor is substantially
out of whack, and nothing is
done to compensate for it, you can
end up with some outlets that are
above the splash on one side of a
cabinet run and some buried within
the splash on the other.
Houses tend to settle in predictable
ways. If the ceiling