Safety, materials and CARB paperwork, codes and licensing, field checks, base and wall cabinets, scribing, hinges, drawers, countertops, finishing and local rules. Every line carries a confidence tag.
Open the guideHinge cup centers, plumb tolerance, drawer box sizes, sheet yield and fillers. Move the sliders and see the numbers.
Open the mathEach stage names what to read, what to play and what to build. Tick items as you finish them. Ticks stay in this browser only.
Search for the thing you are stuck on. Each scene shows how well its numbers are sourced.
Day 1 sections first. Then follow your stage.
Montecito is unincorporated County of Santa Barbara land. The City of Santa Barbara is a different jurisdiction with its own rules. The research found City construction hours and a City permit exemption, but not County permit triggers, County hours or Montecito Board of Architectural Review thresholds for interior cabinets. Call County Building and Safety before you assume anything. Guide section 17 lists what we found and what is still unconfirmed.
The approved plans, the adopted California codes and your inspector overrule this site.
Read guide section 1 before you use a tool. Stone dust: water and exhaust first, respirator last.
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