Home Improvement

“Oh yeah I love that hammered paint! That's what I put on the handrail I had made for our previous house.”

“Wow, that does look good! I liked the cabinets before, but the paint job really looks great!

G is busy reading his Home Improvement book right now, figuring out how to do something. We'll be on our way to Lowe's or HD today to get luan and plywood for the floor.

I'll go take more pics, and post them ASAP.


I almost forgot, we found there are NO shutoff valves under the kitchen sink! Yeah, good times! G's going to put shut offs in, and then the sink will come out. That's kinda holding up the whole project at the moment.
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“Here's the pics I took this morning.

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2515226720037583807RhTiMj


http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2768924580037583807dxJQuO”

“Much progress again today. After dropping $350 at Lowe's yesterday, G is fired up to keep working!

Rest of the cabinets, and the sink came out today. Water is back on, after G installed shutoffs.


There was a hole in the floor under one of the cabinets to let heat up through the floor, and out a vent in the bottom of the cabinet. There are two radiators under the floor. Strange. There are two other baseboard heaters in the kitchen.

Here's a link to the album - a few new pics up today.

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/559676827ooHqmo”

“I should be able to post some pictures of the before and after on our kitchen over the weekend.

As I thought, the countertop guy called the first day of our vacation to let us know they were in and he could install them soon. The plumber is coming out today to fix a minor leak, then the countertops will go in on Friday. I have a few small touch ups to make on the walls and have to put in a few sections of trim, but that is it.

This will conclude the inside home improvement until this winter.”

“G and my dad got them in yesterday. I'm SO happy! We'll have it measured for the countertops tonight or tomorrow night. :))))






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“Have you seen the nifty lasers they use now to measure for countertops?”

“No, but maybe I will tonight! Sounds cool.”

“Nice work!”

“double post
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“I think I might have the same models and colors as your refrig and dishwasher, SG. Weird

Mine are less than a year old.
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“My over 3-month exterior remodel (over 6 months if you include the first half of the work done last year) is wrapping up today. Went around last night to make up the "punch list" of stuff I didn't think looked right.

It will be nice coming home every day to a house uncluttered by platforms, ladders, people and sawdust. And which looks 100 times better than it did this time last year.”

“SG, those look great! It's kinda fun getting to see yours up. All I got to see at KSI was a door front and drawer of the style. The hickory will look a bit different though. Gordie really did a nice job! I really like your pantry/broom closets around the fridge. Wish we had room to do something like that.

Joe's going to save our countertop and set it on top of the new cabinets until the granite comes (2-3 weeks after measurement).”

“I am thinking about having him pull the old counters back in too, but I don't have a sink anyway, so I still can't do much in the kitchen.

I have already put a few things back in. I have a TON more space than I had before!”

“That's what I'm looking forward to.

Techntrek, post some pictures! Just make sure you block out the address. ;)
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“I should post some before pictures (if I knew how) of my place. I've not done a thing and everything needs to be done, walls, floors, ceiling, plumbing, wiring. It's the outside that drew me and continues to hold me here. So far the inside is just for cooking, eating and sleeping.”

“Very nice. That looks great SG.

tech - leave the address in the photos.”

“Nimblefoot, start a free webshots album, download webshots desktop to upload photos, post to TT with the link they provide. There, now you know, and knowings half the battle. =)”

“I think you gave me a headache:)”

“sass - I plan on doing that "when I get to it". I did think ahead so I have before, during and after pics. You can barely see our house from the road because we are in the woods, so no address on the house. :)”

“What wknd!

Started with a late friday emptying the last of the kitchen and a night of drinks with nigal and Sass by the campfire out back. It took Nigal and I 7hrs to entirely gut my kitchen (all drywall, accoustic tile ceiling and furing strips and floor) including cleanup. The floor was a mollycocker! 2 layers of linoleum, 1/4" plywood, glued on tile, 3/4" t&g plywood, 3/4" t&g planking. I actually had to use my friggin chainsaw on part of it. Then we drank.

Woke up and headed to HD, forget the Credit Card. Went home. Loaded up rifle and ammo into the car and off to the range (the house isnt going anywhere).Met two buddies and introduced Nigal. We shot about 90minutes. Back home to HD. Changed out the 60amp electric service with a new shiny 100amp (32 circuit) panel with a seperate service disconnect outback( code requirement). Nigal left, cleaned up all messes. Put in 2/3 of kitchen subfloor (3/4" t&g OSB). Mounted all new electric boxes for new wiring. Recleaned up new messes.

Nigal is the man for his help. Couldnt have done it without him.

Now I drink.
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“The floor was a mollycocker! 2 layers of linoleum, 1/4" plywood, glued on tile, 3/4" t&g plywood, 3/4" t&g planking.

Enjoying that new cathedral ceiling? lol”

“I had a great weekend! And thanks to birch I have a new man in my life...




I'll have the pictures in your mail box tomorrow without fail.
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“Birch probably thought he was tall until he took that flooring out.”

“Congrats on the progress.

Quote of the post: Nigal left, cleaned up all messes”

“Nice!”

“Holy crap! That's a lot of floor!

Good for you for cleaning up the messes when you're done. I have yet to train G to do that!

Please, someone, have a beer for me.”

“LOL at HPM!

I am going to finish the touch up this week and post pictures by the weekend of the new kitchen.”

“Sweet, that's a full day of demo'ing!”

“N, does that new man in your life wear pants?

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“Quote of the post: Nigal left, cleaned up all messes

The #1 out of context quote for the weekend was...

"What's a little sodomy between friends, right?"”

“hyway had a pretty funny one directed at maple that's now on out of context.

Heck, we're all worried about saving these stupid threads like "I hate xxx" We need to save out of context.”

“best picture of the weekend...

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“Great pic Nigal!

My drunk dog.

Got some pics up in my webshots album...

http://community.webshots.com/album/560000960VQmBBE

Rewired the kitchen and bath today (7 new circuits). Prepped some duct work for installation. Got to move the entire trash pile into my buddies dump trailer. Sanded moldy wood, moved masonry in prep for lifting the house tomorrow.

Very tired tonite.”

“Nice work, have a beer!”

“Oh my word! That's, um, quite a renovation!

How the heck are you guys managing moving around your house?”

“moved masonry in prep for lifting the house tomorrow.

Alright! Now you're just showin' off, ya damn brute. LOL!”

“SG, Sass and the kiddo are up north. We put temporary flooring in (most 2/3 is permanent now. Its a pain in the arse.”

“Looks good from what I can see in the itty bitty photos, Birch.”

“Dang, yall did some work this weekend. Congrats on the progress.”

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Remember safety first.
Alway wear steel toe bunny slippers when doing demolition.”

“Wow. And I was all proud of myself for stripping 100 years of paint off my front door on Sunday.

I bow to you Bob Villasness Birch...”

“Today is a cause for celebration and consumption of spirits!!!

The kitchen is ready for drywall! I wrapped up all the lose ends yesterday and today. Finished moving the ductwork, terminating all 14 new electrical circuits (even added some slick hidden receptacles for accent lighting) sanded joists and bleached em once more. Swapped all crawl space visqueen, put in subfloor and sealed all cracks with expandable foam. Picked up all supplies for bathroom phase excluding tile. FWIW 16ft drywall sux to move. Sanded and sealed ancient ceiling mold, sparypainted mirror inmage of lighting layout of floor for install after drywall. Cleaned up my mess. Gonna pick up the house. I may shave too, its been 10days.

Thanks for putting up with inane updates, I just wanted to keep tabs on progress...

Drywall should be doneby friday(prolly thurs) at the latest, cabinets installed by sat eve. I see some light at the end....”

“Damn that is fast! Took me 3 months to install new cabinets, countertop, new plumbing.”

“Very cool”

“AD/HD with the focus on the HD part WK.”

“Wow, birch, you're really moving!! Its such a crappy process, but so nice when its done.


We're waiting on the counter tops to be delivered. Then its a sink hookup, floor, and its all done!!! G painted this week.

I still have to clean out the cupboards and put things away, but if he's going to be installing the tops, there's only so much I can put away.

Should be done next week!!!!!!”

“sweet SG! I am sure you'll be happy to be done.

I am actually really enjoying the work. There is a load of it so I better keep smiling. Just found out the dry waller (I will never do this, it'd look like mashed taters) will be here at 8am tomorrow so today is gut the bath to bare frame and joists day. I just need to rip the floor and tub, I am glad my lav is very small.”

“Going to the gym to shower, I take it? :)”

“We all hope so anyway.”