# Household renovation planning, what comes first?

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**Created:** [May 28, 2023, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/household-renovation-planning-what-comes-first/984694 "2023-05-28T10:33:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 29, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/household-renovation-planning-what-comes-first/984694/51 "2023-05-29T14:03:46Z")

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Another kitchen electrical consideration:

> [@Kitchen remodeling: give us your words of wisdom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-remodeling-give-us-your-words-of-wisdom/978862/68):
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> Just another thought. In my last house, I put together a woodworking shop. I have a fair number of power tools, and it wouldn’t be unusual to have two fairly high current (amperage) tools running at the same time – say: a power tool and a dust collector. What I had done is something that – if it seems relevant to you – you could do in your kitchen: I put in a few quadplex electrical outlets: [[image] ](https://inspectapedia.com/electric/Electrical_Receptacle_0322_DJFcs.jpg) But the thing that was unique about how I had …

And the alternative approach to the same basic issue from @Railer13 🙄

> [@Kitchen remodeling: give us your words of wisdom](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitchen-remodeling-give-us-your-words-of-wisdom/978862/69):
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> When we remodeled our kitchen, I ran circuit one on two walls, and circuit two on the other two walls. The countertops are on opposite walls, so the toaster oven lives on one countertop, and the coffee maker lives on the other countertop. I used 12 gauge wire and put in 20 amp circuit breakers. I don’t believe we’ve ever tripped a breaker.

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