I don't post much but do spend a bit of time reading this forum. I also do a lot of kitchens through a kitchen designer Here are my thoughts on the plugmold debate.
I try to upsell all of my kitchen rewire jobs with an undercabinet upgrade package. This includes both plugmold and Seagull Ambience undercabinet light system. I probably sell 90% or better of them. I get $45 per foot plus the transformer for the lighting and $17 per foot for the plugmold, I also charge to move all switches to the underside of the cabinets and charge accordingly. The Plugmold charge is in addition to the standard take-off cost for the required receptacles.
It is common for this option to add better than $1500.00 to $2000.00 to the cost of the electrical package for the kitchen. Usually an easy up-sell once you point out the cost of their fancy glass tile or stone wall splash. I also make a quick comparison to the cost ratio of the upgrade vs. the total cost of the kitchen, $2000 would be only 4% of the total cost of a $50,000.00 kitchen job without counting the painting, appliances nor the granite countertops, probably closer to 2% or less with all costs factored in. Add glass doors to a few cabinets, light them up at $275 to $350 each and this makes for a nice day at the office profit wise.
Although it does take quite a bit more time during the finish, you have to consider the time saved during the rough. There are no boxes to set, no boxes to make up and you are only pulling the feeds to one location at each cabinet run. It also helps to be familiar with the products and all of the associated hardware, open the boxes knowing what you're looking for rather than trying to figure out what goes where.
I set a surface mount box to the underside of one wall cabinet for each run of cabinets with a gfi receptacle to protect the plugmold.
An air switch for the garbage disposal @ $50.00 for a plug in device(my cost apporox $30.00).
I've found that if you can hit this niche market it works well , for me at least.
FRANK
I try to upsell all of my kitchen rewire jobs with an undercabinet upgrade package. This includes both plugmold and Seagull Ambience undercabinet light system. I probably sell 90% or better of them. I get $45 per foot plus the transformer for the lighting and $17 per foot for the plugmold, I also charge to move all switches to the underside of the cabinets and charge accordingly. The Plugmold charge is in addition to the standard take-off cost for the required receptacles.
It is common for this option to add better than $1500.00 to $2000.00 to the cost of the electrical package for the kitchen. Usually an easy up-sell once you point out the cost of their fancy glass tile or stone wall splash. I also make a quick comparison to the cost ratio of the upgrade vs. the total cost of the kitchen, $2000 would be only 4% of the total cost of a $50,000.00 kitchen job without counting the painting, appliances nor the granite countertops, probably closer to 2% or less with all costs factored in. Add glass doors to a few cabinets, light them up at $275 to $350 each and this makes for a nice day at the office profit wise.
Although it does take quite a bit more time during the finish, you have to consider the time saved during the rough. There are no boxes to set, no boxes to make up and you are only pulling the feeds to one location at each cabinet run. It also helps to be familiar with the products and all of the associated hardware, open the boxes knowing what you're looking for rather than trying to figure out what goes where.
I set a surface mount box to the underside of one wall cabinet for each run of cabinets with a gfi receptacle to protect the plugmold.
An air switch for the garbage disposal @ $50.00 for a plug in device(my cost apporox $30.00).
I've found that if you can hit this niche market it works well , for me at least.
FRANK
