Brass Cannon Posted June 5, 2020 Report Share Posted June 5, 2020 On 6/2/2020 at 6:49 AM, rico said: May I suggest just painting the ceiling flat black. Everything. Joists, underside of sheathing, pipes, duct work, etc. Good call. Probably go white instead. So it matches rest of the basement that’s already finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted June 5, 2020 Report Share Posted June 5, 2020 6 minutes ago, Brass Cannon said: Good call. Probably go white instead. So it matches rest of the basement that’s already finished. That will work as well although flat black will hide the "eye sores" a tad better with drop lighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted June 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2020 (edited) So decided to remodel the house starting with the living room floor. Tore out the carpet, and installing laminate flooring. Progress pic, really thought I'd get more done today but didnt anticipate subfloor prep. Edited June 13, 2020 by mrflynn03 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefftheref Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 (edited) 10 hours ago, mrflynn03 said: So decided to remodel the house starting with the living room floor. Tore out the carpet, and installing laminate flooring. Progress pic, really thought I'd get more done today but didnt anticipate subfloor prep. Looks great. Love the color choice. When doing home fixups, nothing surprises me. When I removed the one piece tub shower unit earlier this year the wall behind the shower only had insulation in one cavity and it was installed incorrectly. I use the Boy Scout Motto, "Be Prepared" for anything. Looking forward to more updates. Edited June 14, 2020 by jefftheref 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWB Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 2 hours ago, jefftheref said: When doing home fix ups, nothing surprises me. When I removed the one piece tub shower unit earlier this year the wall behind the shower only had insulation in one cavity and it was installed incorrectly. I use the Boy Scout Motto, "Be Prepared" for anything. Unfortunately, there aren't very many "quality" sub-contractors out there anymore. 45 years ago when I built our first house, the quality control on a $40,000 house was outstanding. Things were "done right" Now days, the motto among the workers (usually) is "Hell, it's better than my house, so it's good enough", or my all time favorite..."just caulk it". Sad. That's why I was on site every day, every hour that I had subs working on any of our houses we built. Didn't yell, or scream, just being there let them know I was watching. Very few problems. And once you find a good contractor (I know a lot of you guys are doing your own work which is great, but for future reference) ask him for references of other contractors you might need. Most of the good ones, tend to work together on larger projects. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacher Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 19 minutes ago, DWB said: And once you find a good contractor (I know a lot of you guys are doing your own work which is great, but for future reference) ask him for references of other contractors you might need. Most of the good ones, tend to work together on larger projects. I have found this to be true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefftheref Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 39 minutes ago, DWB said: Unfortunately, there aren't very many "quality" sub-contractors out there anymore. 45 years ago when I built our first house, the quality control on a $40,000 house was outstanding. Things were "done right" Now days, the motto among the workers (usually) is "Hell, it's better than my house, so it's good enough", or my all time favorite..."just caulk it". Sad. That's why I was on site every day, every hour that I had subs working on any of our houses we built. Didn't yell, or scream, just being there let them know I was watching. Very few problems. And once you find a good contractor (I know a lot of you guys are doing your own work which is great, but for future reference) ask him for references of other contractors you might need. Most of the good ones, tend to work together on larger projects. Some great tips and you are so right in this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefftheref Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 13 hours ago, mrflynn03 said: So decided to remodel the house starting with the living room floor. Tore out the carpet, and installing laminate flooring. Progress pic, really thought I'd get more done today but didnt anticipate subfloor prep. Is your cat helping or over seeing the project,? Lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 1 minute ago, jefftheref said: Is your cat helping or over seeing the project,? Lol I would say the kitty is scouting the floor plans to see where the litter box is going to go. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveS Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 Some pics of the project. It turned out looking pretty good. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWB Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 SteveS. Looks like you did all the right things for the fix. Turned out looking really good! Can't tell from the pics, not sure how much slope you have between the house and drive. You might want to get a couple of the flexible downspout extensions to make sure the roof water gets all the way to the driveway. Last thing you need is to get any back wash up against the house in a heavy rain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveS Posted June 14, 2020 Report Share Posted June 14, 2020 53 minutes ago, DWB said: SteveS. Looks like you did all the right things for the fix. Turned out looking really good! Can't tell from the pics, not sure how much slope you have between the house and drive. You might want to get a couple of the flexible downspout extensions to make sure the roof water gets all the way to the driveway. Last thing you need is to get any back wash up against the house in a heavy rain. Yeah, my brother is finishing all that up. I only had 1 week there for us to get all the major work done. None of the downspouts were reattached when I had to leave Sunday morning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrflynn03 Posted June 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2020 Floor is in. Picking out paint tonight. Probably going with some shade of blue and cream/off white. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 15 hours ago, mrflynn03 said: Floor is in. Picking out paint tonight. Probably going with some shade of blue and cream/off white. Looking good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 I will be putting in new privacy fence this week that was torn down by the storms a few weeks ago 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 As an avid fisherman I am always concerned about the weather. So I made this simple "weather station" a few weeks back. It is made from an old canoe paddle I had and some hardware that consisted of a thermometer, hygrometer(humidity), and barometer that I had to purchase. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 7 minutes ago, rico said: As an avid fisherman I am always concerned about the weather. So I made this simple "weather station" a few weeks back. It is made from an old canoe paddle I had and some hardware that consisted of a thermometer, hygrometer(humidity), and barometer that I had to purchase. That's very cool... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Hoopsier Posted June 19, 2020 Report Share Posted June 19, 2020 Well the Grand kinds got the pool that their Grandma wanted for them today. Now starts the 3 month project to put a building around it.. arggh. There goes my Garage project this summer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Hoopsier Posted June 25, 2020 Report Share Posted June 25, 2020 This made me chuckle, and remember I need to run to Menards. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacher Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 I wasn't planning on this project. My mother-in-law lives with us and her Mobility has been declining. Made the decision to rip out the tub and replace with a shower. Over the last two weeks I have been spending a few hours in the evenings and have the shower done. Not quite as fast as @Billingsley99. Vanity and paint yet to come. You can't have a new shower with an old vanity for some reason. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefftheref Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 3 minutes ago, Reacher said: I wasn't planning on this project. My mother-in-law lives with us and her Mobility has been declining. Made the decision to rip out the tub and replace with a shower. Over the last two weeks I have been spending a few hours in the evenings and have the shower done. Not quite as fast as @Billingsley99. Vanity and paint yet to come. You can't have a new shower with an old vanity for some reason. Looks fantastic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 52 minutes ago, Reacher said: I wasn't planning on this project. My mother-in-law lives with us and her Mobility has been declining. Made the decision to rip out the tub and replace with a shower. Over the last two weeks I have been spending a few hours in the evenings and have the shower done. Not quite as fast as @Billingsley99. Vanity and paint yet to come. You can't have a new shower with an old vanity for some reason. Looks great. I had no choice to be fast the boss was right there but your work looks much nicer for sure 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reacher Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Billingsley99 said: Looks great. I had no choice to be fast the boss was right there but your work looks much nicer for sure My boss wasn't too thrilled. There was supposed to grey grout between the accent tiles and white grout for the white tiles. Somehow I ended up with all grey grout. My first tiling project. I did have the help of my brother in law. I'm not sure if I would have tackled solo. All materials from Menards. Didn't see @Joe_Hoopsier there. Edited June 27, 2020 by Reacher 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Hoopsier Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Reacher said: My boss wasn't too thrilled. There was supposed to grey grout between the accent tiles and white grout for the white tiles. Somehow I ended up with all grey grout. My first tiling project. I did have the help of my brother in law. I'm not sure if I would have tackled solo. All materials from Menards. Didn't see @Joe_Hoopsier there. You must have JUST missed me. Does anyone know how many treated 4”x4” there are in the south half of Indiana? ZERO! Arggh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted June 28, 2020 Report Share Posted June 28, 2020 9 hours ago, Joe_Hoopsier said: You must have JUST missed me. Does anyone know how many treated 4”x4” there are in the south half of Indiana? ZERO! Arggh Southport menards only place I could find them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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