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Thanks. It is something apparently meaningful to my wife from her sorority days. The stipulation of they have to be pointing slightly up added a few extra measurements to make sure they would be centered and consistent
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11-16-2020, 01:27 AM | #993 |
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flooring almost done!
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more progress! about 90% done! all that's left are the cut pieces
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That's outstanding bro! As someone whose laid down tile, I know.
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Exterior paint started
And drywall is almost done
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tiles are complete in the main room.
started laying tile into the guest bedroom and just finished putting down the grout in the main room! lots of work but i'm really enjoying this
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another late night work on the flooring! just finished sealing the floors up! easiest application i used a sponge mop to apply the sealer
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Looks great! What sealer did you use?
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11-26-2020, 08:54 AM | #1002 |
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@lsturbointeg, real brick walls or faux brick paneling? I have long planned to paint my basement ceiling black so your basement project has been great for a reference as to what that'd look like. Great work all around!
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11-26-2020, 02:58 PM | #1003 | |
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you can see each and every individual drywall sheets when it was installed. very mickey mouse job from the previous owner but i gained a good 2' of headroom now and i think it looks better this way
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Those who work on their homes - what is one thing you wouldn't ever do yourself?
Related: how hard is it to change the toilet bowl? Renovating the bathroom doesnt sound like it'd be too hard (tile, new vanity etc) but I don't know how worth it'd be if I did it myself vs paid someone to install. |
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Tile can be a PITA, depending on what tile you're choosing. Waterproofing the shower/tub backer is something I wouldn't tackle myself. |
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Replacing a toilet bowl is EASY. The hardest part is just maneuvering the bowl since you sometimes dont have much room to work. Easy DIY, though,and not worth paying someone.
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i'm pretty comfortable doing anything since i've pretty hand my hand on everything.
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Fortunately, my DW worked as a sewage treatment plant operator among the careers on her resume, so she handled that repair a few years ago while I provided support...from several towns away...upwind. Over the years, I have done everything on a house from shingles down to well pumps. The one thing that I would leave to tradespeople if I had to do it again is laying a foundation. My old man built his own house as GC right after I got out of college, and fired the masons after three courses of cinderblocks because they weren't laying the blocks level enough for his liking. The framers were scheduled to start in less than two weeks, and our entire family wound up being masons for two weekends and the week between them. Hauling blocks into the pit in a wheelbarrow, heaving them up onto a scaffold platform, mixing the cement and hauling it in another wheelbarrow as needed. Not complex work, but extremely labor-intensive especially when working full-time jobs at the same time.....
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Whooooooooooa there on the toilet. Now, back in the day changing a toilet only had one real challenge and that was to ensure you land it right on the wax ring correctly and don't smoosh it to correct your mistake.
Now, this was when the bolts and bolt holes were visible. With modern "easy clean" toilets, all the hardware is hidden. So you are standing there with a fucking 100 pound toilet, trying to line up bolts you cannot fucking see on a wax ring you have one shot at. I managed to do it but man I was shaking like a dog shitting razor blades. |
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American standard. They have been outstanding toilets, only ones since I have been in this country not to constantly clog (Why is the piping so fucking narrow in north america? A decent taco and fuck, all hell breaks loose).
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But the one thing I won't f*ck with is torsional garage door springs. Those f*ckers will take an arm off in the blink of an eye. And be jubilant about having done it. There are professional garage door companies all over town, and I'll happily pay any one of them to putz with those springs whenever I need one fixed or replaced.
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