How Does Scaftra's Appliance Library Work?

How do you get the right cutout dimensions for the range and the hood before the countertop is cut?

Scaftra carries a searchable database of appliance model numbers, overall and cutout dimensions, and spec sheets, and lets a project tag the exact appliances so those numbers travel with the design and install.

The problem it solves

On a finish-trades job, the cabinet and countertop layouts have to be cut around the appliances the homeowner actually bought: the range, the dishwasher, the fridge, the hood. What the designer and installer need is not an appliance crew, because the GC does not install or bill for the homeowner's range. They need the numbers: overall width, height, depth, and especially the cutout dimensions, plus the manufacturer's spec sheet.

Why it matters

Getting a cooktop's cutout wrong means a re-cut countertop. When those dimensions get hand-typed off a printout or guessed from a model name, the error shows up at the slab. A reference catalog of model to dimensions to cut sheet, tagged to the specific appliances on the job, is how those numbers stay correct from design to install.

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How it works

1. Search the catalog

   Look up the appliance by brand, model, or category in a database of models with overall and cutout dimensions.
2. Tag the appliances on the project

   Add the specific appliances the homeowner chose to the room so their numbers and cut sheets are attached to the work.
3. Carry the numbers to design and install

   The cutout dimensions and spec PDFs travel with the design and the field record, read-only from the catalog.
4. Cut around verified numbers

   The shop and the installer cut to catalog truth instead of a hand-typed estimate.

How Scaftra does it

Scaftra ships a dedicated appliance lookup tool: a separate app plus a portal spec-reference surface backed by a large scraped catalog of models with overall and cutout dimensions and spec PDFs. A project tags the specific appliances chosen, and each room holds appliance rows snapshotted from the catalog. The dimension fields are read-only snapshots from the catalog; only the location and notes are editable on a project, so the cutout numbers that travel to the field are catalog truth, not hand-typed. Spec sheet PDFs are served from storage by reference. Appliances are explicitly a lookup tool, not a trade: there is no appliance install scope, cost code, or checklist. This is built and wired end to end.

Key capabilities

• Searchable spec catalog: Look up any appliance by brand, model, or category and get overall and cutout dimensions plus the spec PDF.
• Read-only catalog dimensions: Dimension fields on a project are read-only snapshots from the catalog; you cannot hand-edit a cutout into them.
• Per-room appliance tagging: Each room carries the specific appliances chosen, so the right numbers are attached to the right work.
• Spec sheets on hand: Manufacturer cut sheets are attached to the model and reachable from the project.

Benefits

• Fewer re-cut slabs because cutouts come from the catalog, not a hand-typed number.
• The spec sheet is attached to the model, so the field is not hunting for a PDF.
• Appliance numbers stay consistent from design to the jobsite.

Who it's for

• Countertop contractors.Shops cutting slabs around cooktops and sinks where the cutout has to be exact.
• Cabinet installers and designers.Teams laying out kitchens around the appliance package the homeowner bought.

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