The base boards are now done and I got the kitchen floor grout done last night around 3:00 AM. That was real fun. Once again I had too much to drink and I will need to do some touch up grout but it looks awesome. We just had our new bed delivered and installed. We also got matching nightstands. We got a 50" Vizio plasma screen for our bedroom and it looks awesome too. This now leaves just some grout in the bathroom, caulk and painting. Tonight we are having 5-10 people over for New Years and that will be fun as it will be our first party in our new house.
Next Tuesday Mike and Jackson will be here to close out the project and get thier last check. That will be ccol for them to see all the work I have done in the past 5 months as the last thing they really did was get the drywall on and I did 99% of the finish.
Monday, December 31, 2007
Friday, December 28, 2007
2007 12 28
The hardwood floor is now complete and I have started on the baseboards. I got some more of the kitchen floor grout done last night and stopped around 12:30. Yet another late night. We are off to Lowes to get some quarter round to install around the baseboards and then that just leaves lots of touch up paint and details. Finally we are coming to an end of this project!!!
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
2007 12 25
I got sick again and it took me out for another day and a half but it will not stop me from finishing the remodel. Tomorrow I will finish off the flooring in the new living room and then that leaves just the finish stuff. I can't wait until this thing is done as the delays and spending all my time off to work on the house is killing me :-)
Saturday, December 22, 2007
2007 12 22
We passed final inspection yesterday morning. The inspector was here for 10 minutes, checking the jacuzzi tub power, shower enclosure and light switch cover plates and canned lights. Mike said we shall meet with Jackson and him, first of the year to close everything out.
I have completed the bedroom flooring and last night I laid down the moisture barrier in the living room. Right now I am setting up the first strip against the north wall of the living room to run all the other boards off. Hopefully the living room will go quickly and it will get done today or tomorrow. Yesterday we ordered a new bed, mattress and nightstands from Mor and it should be here Monday the 31st. That was $3400... ouch!
I bought a router and a router table so I can use the scrap from the flooring as we are going to run out of flooring. I am using it to create a tongue on some board ends and groves on others. I picked up 4 boxes of comparable flooring from Lumber Liquidators and it matches up pretty good. We had to go with different stuff as Turion is no longer in business, which is the first kind of flooring we bought. So much for having a 30 year warranty on the flooring...
All next week I will be finishing off stuff like baseboards and grouting the kitchen floor tiles, touch up paint and things like that.
The shower enclosure got installed on Wednesday and it looks awesome. It was a huge amount of money but it really makes the whole room look great.
I have completed the bedroom flooring and last night I laid down the moisture barrier in the living room. Right now I am setting up the first strip against the north wall of the living room to run all the other boards off. Hopefully the living room will go quickly and it will get done today or tomorrow. Yesterday we ordered a new bed, mattress and nightstands from Mor and it should be here Monday the 31st. That was $3400... ouch!
I bought a router and a router table so I can use the scrap from the flooring as we are going to run out of flooring. I am using it to create a tongue on some board ends and groves on others. I picked up 4 boxes of comparable flooring from Lumber Liquidators and it matches up pretty good. We had to go with different stuff as Turion is no longer in business, which is the first kind of flooring we bought. So much for having a 30 year warranty on the flooring...
All next week I will be finishing off stuff like baseboards and grouting the kitchen floor tiles, touch up paint and things like that.
The shower enclosure got installed on Wednesday and it looks awesome. It was a huge amount of money but it really makes the whole room look great.
Sunday, December 16, 2007
2007 12 16
Last weekend I got nothing done as I was horribly sick. I did not get out of bed almost all weekend. This weekend I got part of the kitchen grout done and worked on the bathroom. I fixed the one tile which stuck out too much on the bottom left of the shower entry and ground down some others that stuck out. Tomorrow the glass enclosure is going to be installed and Lars is picking up the tab ($168) for the french doors transom to be replaced as it broke about two months ago mysteriously.
I started on the bamboo flooring and now I can see why installers can charge so much. First I had to find all the low spots and fill them in with Henrys 547 UniPro Universal Patch & Skimcoat. Then I layed down a layer of Bostiks MVP4 Moisture Barrier and let it sit overnight. I woke up to find it still tacky but that is what Lumber Liquidators said it would end up like. As long as you can walk on it and it does not transfer to your shoes, you are good to go. So then I layed down the Bostick Best flooring adhesive, enough so I could reach at at time and started to lay the bamboo boards. It took most of the day to do all of this and it looks great. Sometime this week I would imagine we will be going to Mor Furniture to get the bed we saw and liked. It is a little over the top but will go well with the addition and will be a much nicer bed than what we have. Hopefully we can get rid of that one and make a few dollars as it was $1200 and the mattress was about a grand too.
I started on the bamboo flooring and now I can see why installers can charge so much. First I had to find all the low spots and fill them in with Henrys 547 UniPro Universal Patch & Skimcoat. Then I layed down a layer of Bostiks MVP4 Moisture Barrier and let it sit overnight. I woke up to find it still tacky but that is what Lumber Liquidators said it would end up like. As long as you can walk on it and it does not transfer to your shoes, you are good to go. So then I layed down the Bostick Best flooring adhesive, enough so I could reach at at time and started to lay the bamboo boards. It took most of the day to do all of this and it looks great. Sometime this week I would imagine we will be going to Mor Furniture to get the bed we saw and liked. It is a little over the top but will go well with the addition and will be a much nicer bed than what we have. Hopefully we can get rid of that one and make a few dollars as it was $1200 and the mattress was about a grand too.
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
2007 12 04
The glass for the enclosure shower is on order through Pacifica Glass Co (http://www.pacificaglasssd.com/) via Jack. The price (~$1700) was on par with another two glass companies but we decided to go with this company as they do all the custom glass for Lars. I will need to remove one tile at the bottom left of the threshold and redo it as it sticks out too far for the glass to go in properly. I will have that done in the next few days to be ready for a possible early delivery/install.
I got another light replace on the outside of the house. It has not worked for the past several weeks and lw and behold when I wen to remove it, the top was exposed 1/4" or more so water has been getting in there during the rains with high winds. To boot the ground wire was not connected from the light to the bar, which is grounded. I assume both lights on the East side of the house have burned up for the same reasons. Horray for the Lars subs installing them properly. They were only $20 each... fagetaboutit. It would be far more hassle to try and retrieve the money.
I spent a hour or two cleaning up the bathroom tiles as I have made a mess of them in the pastr month or two with mortar, grout, paint and silicone. They look great now and things like the toe kick are ready to go in. I plan on getting the kitchen floor halfway grouted tonight. That is if I have time after I pick up our safe from the trucking company and get it home. Eric is gonna follow me home and we are going to try to get it out of my truck and into the house. We shall see... it should not be too bad as it is only 450 lbs.
I got another light replace on the outside of the house. It has not worked for the past several weeks and lw and behold when I wen to remove it, the top was exposed 1/4" or more so water has been getting in there during the rains with high winds. To boot the ground wire was not connected from the light to the bar, which is grounded. I assume both lights on the East side of the house have burned up for the same reasons. Horray for the Lars subs installing them properly. They were only $20 each... fagetaboutit. It would be far more hassle to try and retrieve the money.
I spent a hour or two cleaning up the bathroom tiles as I have made a mess of them in the pastr month or two with mortar, grout, paint and silicone. They look great now and things like the toe kick are ready to go in. I plan on getting the kitchen floor halfway grouted tonight. That is if I have time after I pick up our safe from the trucking company and get it home. Eric is gonna follow me home and we are going to try to get it out of my truck and into the house. We shall see... it should not be too bad as it is only 450 lbs.
Saturday, December 1, 2007
2007 11 30
In the pouring rain tonight I setup a popup cover to cut tiles and got the lower shower tiles cut and installed. I started on the threshold and finshed most of the desk bullnose. This leaves the remainder of the shower threshold, the stairs and the strips underneath the pantrys by the refridgerator. I will get these done tomorrow morning and then move onto finishing off all the small stuff that I can like the nail holes in the crown and the polyurethane on the doors and grouting everything that I have yet to grout. I can't wait until I can relax, its 1:29 AM and I have been up since 3:30 AM...
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