Home "Improvement"

[GolfSpy BOS]

Just now, ejgaudette said:

Nice and yeah this was super easy, it took all of 10 minutes. Not going anywhere personally soon, maybe 3 years or so this and likely more updates to come.

still might be worthwhile for me to do to add a little extra sparkle and shine to the kitchen.

[Shapotomous]

23 hours ago, GolfSpy_BOS said:

still might be worthwhile for me to do to add a little extra sparkle and shine to the kitchen.

Sparkly kitchens and gigantic walk in closets sell houses....any guesses as to why?!?!?!  

[mynerds]

On 3/22/2022 at 1:44 PM, Shapotomous said:

Sparkly kitchens and gigantic walk in closets sell houses....any guesses as to why?!?!?!  

Probably because most of us are in the habit of eating and putting clothes on daily.

Outside of the home office, I spend most of my time in the kitchen. Give me nice appliances, well structured floor plan, lots of storage, and prep space? The rest of the house could be falling down and I'd be happy!

[tommc23]

Alright gents and ladies I’m looking for help. I’m one box short maybe two to being able to finish my flooring. It is discontinued and I can’t find any on Craigslist or eBay. Any ideas or if anyone knows of a place that may have some remaining boxes any help would be appreciated 

[Shankster]

9 hours ago, tommc23 said:

Alright gents and ladies I’m looking for help. I’m one box short maybe two to being able to finish my flooring. It is discontinued and I can’t find any on Craigslist or eBay. Any ideas or if anyone knows of a place that may have some remaining boxes any help would be appreciated 

Maybe one of our Seattle Spy’s can help out.  This place has 25 boxes according to their website.

https://www.habitatstoreskc.org/product/pergo-max-mountain-ridge-walnut-flooring/

[Shapotomous]

 

10 hours ago, tommc23 said:

Alright gents and ladies I’m looking for help. I’m one box short maybe two to being able to finish my flooring. It is discontinued and I can’t find any on Craigslist or eBay. Any ideas or if anyone knows of a place that may have some remaining boxes any help would be appreciated 

That stinks when it gets discontinued like that...  I would get a couple extra boxes if it isn't too expensive.

Great find by Shankster at the Habitat location....

 

Also, here is a box in Tampa...

https://www.shoppok.com/tampa/a,37,358011,Flooring-Mountain-Ridge-Walnut-Pergo----15--Palm-Harbor-.htm

 

 

[tommc23]

2 hours ago, Shankster said:

Maybe one of our Seattle Spy’s can help out.  This place has 25 boxes according to their website.

https://www.habitatstoreskc.org/product/pergo-max-mountain-ridge-walnut-flooring/

Yea I found that too but they don’t ship the price is definitely right I’d get multiple boxes to make sure I have enough but the no shipping sucks.

[revkev]

Our saga just keeps going and going - we redid a room in November ourselves (my son is a licensed electrician and AC repairman - thank you US Navy).  We did the room to move into once our refi cleared because we are making the bathrooms and kitchen more accessible for my daughter as well as widening the entry way into her room.  The refi then took forever because we got all the way to the appraisal part and discovered it was an FHA loan that we had been approved for - there's no way our house is in that sort of condition partially because we have torn stuff up to get ready for the remodel.  We resumed the refi process at the end of January and finally closed and funded it the week after Easter - no trouble with that appraisal - housing prices are going bonkers in Florida, we could sell our house for cash at above its appraised value if we wanted (very tempting) and the appraisal came in at a enough.

 

So now we are looking at having the house torn apart in stages throughout the summer months.

[Shankster]

1 hour ago, tommc23 said:

Yea I found that too but they don’t ship the price is definitely right I’d get multiple boxes to make sure I have enough but the no shipping sucks.

My aunt lives not too far from there.  If you get in dire straights I can see if her or my cousin could work something out for you… she’s old, but might lend a hand… or if push comes to shove and they still have it I’ll be out that way in late July.

 

I know how much of a pain it is being a few boxes short of product.

[tommc23]

1 minute ago, Shankster said:

My aunt lives not too far from there.  If you get in dire straights I can see if her or my cousin could work something out for you… she’s old, but might lend a hand… or if push comes to shove and they still have it I’ll be out that way in late July.

 

I know how much of a pain it is being a few boxes short of product.

Thanks Alan I’ll let you know Pergo says they have nothing close that will work for me to buy from them.

[Shankster]

2 minutes ago, tommc23 said:

Thanks Alan I’ll let you know Pergo says they have nothing close that will work for me to buy from them.

I might have a few buddies out there too.  I’ll see where they are stationed.

[tommc23]

10 minutes ago, Shankster said:

I might have a few buddies out there too.  I’ll see where they are stationed.

Hey if you have buddies out there tell them I’ll give them money for a case of beer or bottle of something if they do help me out. Incentives work

[Shankster]

6 minutes ago, tommc23 said:

Hey if you have buddies out there tell them I’ll give them money for a case of beer or bottle of something if they do help me out. Incentives work

Might take me a day or two to track them down.

[Thin2win]

2 hours ago, tommc23 said:

Hey if you have buddies out there tell them I’ll give them money for a case of beer or bottle of something if they do help me out. Incentives work

I'll be in seattle in 2 weeks, so if you have nothing before then I can figure out how to help. Dlow206 lives in that general area, you might be able to bribe him.

[tommc23]

2 hours ago, Shankster said:

Might take me a day or two to track them down.

Found some spare pieces in a pile of scraps and was able to finish no need. I’m just going to put carpet in the closet which is all that I don’t have enough to do.

 

1 minute ago, Thin2win said:

I'll be in seattle in 2 weeks, so if you have nothing before then I can figure out how to help. Dlow206 lives in that general area, you might be able to bribe him.

Found scraps thanks for the offer though. Floor is finished now I can put my baseboard heating units up and then the trim work and the room is done

[RollingGreens]

Getting ready to rip out my driveway and have all new concrete put in. Had to use a sewer snake for my storm drain since it is collapsed. Biggest pain I’ve ever done since the locator wasn’t the most reliable. Took about 90 minutes to even get the camera head into the drain since it’s a straight 90 degree angle 10 feet deep. Hopefully I marked off the right location. Going to reattach a downspout to the storm so their isn’t a runoff going into my new driveway. 

[MattF]

Started and finished a project on Sunday arvo and yesterday that I've been wanting to do for some time.

I wanted to put a pergola over the back patio because in the winter and when it rains I really can't use my smoker and grills. The Minister put the kibosh on that idea because she didn't want the entire thing covered so I decided that I can do a BBQ shelter instead.

Here is the (almost) finished result. I still have to have some electric ran to it to put in some lights and to run an Alexa and speaker. I can even park my tractor under there now. I power washed the patio before I started but will have to do it again.

[tommc23]

22 minutes ago, MattF said:

Started and finished a project on Sunday arvo and yesterday that I've been wanting to do for some time.

I wanted to put a pergola over the back patio because in the winter and when it rains I really can't use my smoker and grills. The Minister put the kibosh on that idea because she didn't want the entire thing covered so I decided that I can do a BBQ shelter instead.

Here is the (almost) finished result. I still have to have some electric ran to it to put in some lights and to run an Alexa and speaker. I can even park my tractor under there now. I power washed the patio before I started but will have to do it again.

You must be a rich man with lumbar prices currently

[Shapotomous]

39 minutes ago, tommc23 said:

You must be a rich man with lumbar prices currently

You aren't kidding about lumber being a small fortune....

$800 in lumber and hardware /  fasteners for this small landing and steps I did recently for someone.  They needed a wider tread & shallower riser and straight entry to the door compared to what was there due to crutches from a recent broken leg and an upcoming knee replacement for the spouse.  The 2 x 12's for the stringers were over $60 each!!  The face boards on the risers aren't on in this pic because I had to look at 3 lumber yards before I found decent 1x boards to use.  Once the rehab is done I will move the steps to the far right of the landing so they don't line up with the garage door taking away a parking space.

 

[Shapotomous]

1 hour ago, MattF said:

Started and finished a project on Sunday arvo and yesterday that I've been wanting to do for some time.

I wanted to put a pergola over the back patio because in the winter and when it rains I really can't use my smoker and grills. The Minister put the kibosh on that idea because she didn't want the entire thing covered so I decided that I can do a BBQ shelter instead.

Here is the (almost) finished result. I still have to have some electric ran to it to put in some lights and to run an Alexa and speaker. I can even park my tractor under there now. I power washed the patio before I started but will have to do it again.

It looks tall enough but needs to be wider and longer to fit a golf simulator in there!!  

[MattF]

1 hour ago, tommc23 said:

You must be a rich man with lumbar prices currently

Actually, all the lumber used was $282. The prices around here are the same as they were before Covid. The roof panels were the expensive part at $26 a piece, I needed 7 of those.

[tony@CIC]

On 3/7/2022 at 9:13 AM, tony@CIC said:

Well, I'm pretty close to being done. Undercabinet lighting and trim are left, a little bit of wallpaper along with the floor which is still backordered, Overall pretty satisfying project - especially since everything is level and square. Can't even begin to tally up how much $$ we saved. Also finished it faster then our friends kitchen redo. 

 

 

 

A bit of an update - since it's been awhile - thanks to everything being backordered. 

The flooring finally came in - all 950 lbs. of it. We saved about $300 by picking it up at the store this past Saturday instead of having it delivered. We also  figured it'd take another week for it to be delivered, important since we're on a timeline to head back north.  I was surprised that our SUV took everything including about 150 lb. of self leveling cement in one haul . Installers are coming tomorrow. 

The grasscloth wallpaper also came in - so yesterday was wallpaper day. Came out pretty well - I sometimes surprise myself since I'm typically very impatient for this kind of work. Also since the stove was out and I was working around the vent hood chimney I took the opportunity to install some ceiling trim around it. 

[gavinski91]

Made some great progress on my fence on Saturday thanks to the help of a bunch of friends. With 8 guys we put together 450' of fence on mine and my neighbor's properties in 3 1/2 hours.

Just have to do some finish work yet (post caps, top boards) and put in the black hogwire panel fence across the yard at the transition point to keep the dog in.

[Shapotomous]

I had a Clark Griswold Christmas Lights experience today.   

The lady down the road had asked me to get leaves blown off a section of her roof.  Her hubby passed away a few years ago and we help her out.  Should be a 20 minute job.  I stopped late last week to do it, plugged in my blower but had no electric at the outside outlet I had used on previous occassions.  She wasnt home so I couldn't check anything inside until today.  So today I tracked the supply wire to a hard to access outlet in the basement.  Electric going into the single gang box, no electric coming out so I figured I had it isolated.  

After about 1/2 hour of gymnastics to get the outlet out to access the wires I see the black from the outdoor supply wire wire-nutted to a white....the classic switch config.  I ask the lady if there is a switch somewhere that controls the outside outlets....not that she knows of.  I ask her if there is a switch anywhere that she doesn't know what it turns off & on....  Uh Yes....that one over there by the back door I don't know what it controls. 

And you guessed it...turn the switch on and there is now juice at the outside outlet!  So I wasted an hour today fixing a non issue.  I immediately thought of Christmas Vacation, Clark and his lights.

There were 4 cables stuffed into this over crowded single gang box along with the outlet.  When I put it back together I left out the unused outlet so there was room to wire nut the wires together in pairs with a jumper.  So I suppose it wasn't wasted time since I made it safer than it was.  

[tommc23]

With getting the floor finished I took off the door and started to stain it. Tomorrow I’m going to pick up kick boards to stain as well then all there is to do is put heating in and one room down, only took 2 years but last year was stagnant due to family issues. My second room is on hold my brand new 1 year old flat rubber roof has been leaking sometime after the hurricanes last year it started. The company who installed the roof and solar came last week to see why and they found a soft spot along with a tear in the rubber roof. The guy didn’t have anything but caulk so he caulked the tear and got things at least temporarily fixed. We’re getting a lot of rain in PA recently so I have been dealing with the leaking ruining brand new drywall. Waiting to see if this goes further and into the other new drywall if it does I don’t want have that fixed after putting work into it. Try to make my house better by putting a new roof on it and solar and I’ve been treated to nothing but leaks.

[Shapotomous]

Sad about the water leaks but its good to keep making progress on what you can.  Props for doing the stain, paint & stain isn't my favorite part of remodel projects.

[tommc23]

25 minutes ago, Shapotomous said:

Sad about the water leaks but its good to keep making progress on what you can.  Props for doing the stain, paint & stain isn't my favorite part of remodel projects.

I hate paint and stain as well don’t worry you’re not alone 

[Shapotomous]

The remodel of the upstairs in the garage continued today.  It's taking far too long but working on other peoples projects leaves very little time to make progress as I would like.  But today was semi open so it was time to take out a window and sheath and drywall over the opening.  With the layout we decided on that window was right where kitchen cabs and counter would be.  Got the insulation and drywall on tonight after golf but didn't have my phone to get pics.

From a room with a view of the woods...

 

to this...

 

outside is tyvek'ed in until I get to the siding...

 

 

 

[Shankster]

Finally done with our updates… just in time to sell it.

[tommc23]

Roof company is coming to patch my roof today. I told them a patch is an acceptable temporary fix but with the roof being a year old it is not a permanent fix. I don’t think they liked that but screw ‘‘em there are warranties for a reason. This is the amount of water that was running down my wall this last storm!