Topic: House Projects

[abnormaltoy]

nitro is a good thing Mark...hell my RC car runs on it...as do drag cars.

I'm hip...I was surprised when I saw it as an ingredient...smells good when burnt (top fuel).

[BLACKDOG]

Done a lot more work than this, but finally got the dead trees outta my yard!

Before:


Front:

[Bazzi]

uuuu.... is that grass.?

[unclejpl4x4]

I vote you get a lot of rocks  and make a rock garden

[Lady Di [OP]]

That's what we're thinking. River rock

[BLACKDOG]

uuuu.... is that grass.?

  all dead.  Water has been shut off for about a year   thats why I pulled out all those trees

I vote you get a lot of rocks  and make a rock garden

That's what we're thinking. River rock

  I want grass.  I'll probably do it next year, although some green is showing now, so I might get lucky

[Bazzi]

damn... no water for over a year. that should explain it... ditnīt pay some bills huh... good luck with that

[BLACKDOG]

damn... no water for over a year. that should explain it... ditnīt pay some bills huh... good luck with that

Well, someone didn't   the house was a forclosure, I bought it about 2 months ago

[Bazzi]

ok... good sh.. good luck with that and congrats.

[MiniSimp]

before & after (before is the PO)

[unclejpl4x4]

dam thats shiney

[MiniSimp]

 

[MiniSimp]

 

Only have 2 rooms left to do upstairs, the larger bedroom, and the bathroom.

[Duffil]

nice job but badbadbad! for the acoustics.  oughta echo like a mofo.

[MiniSimp]

nice job but badbadbad! for the acoustics.  oughta echo like a mofo.

Doesn't matter, I play like crap remember.

[MiniSimp]

Yesterday....





Today!!!!!!!

[unclejpl4x4]

Thats a lot of wood you got mini ,  your gona need some carpet

[Lady Di [OP]]

You're not gluing it down, is it noisy? Mark didn't like the noise our floors made, he took it all back up and glued it down.

He's getting started on tilework in the small bathroom today.

[Lady Di [OP]]

Is it laminate or the real wood?

[DTB]

Is it veneer or the real wood?

We are in the process of laying a new laminate wood floor in our hotel lobby....its called TEKNOFLOR....seems to be pretty nice stuff.....I would love to lay some in my house

[MiniSimp]

Thats a lot of wood you got mini ,  your gona need some carpet

I've got pleanty down stairs.

You're not gluing it down, is it noisy? Mark didn't like the noise our floors made, he took it all back up and glued it down. He's getting started on tilework in the small bathroom today.

No glue, just lay down the foam pad and snap in place. It's not noisy at all. We are also doing our bathroom today, not sure how far we'll get, but hope to get everything torn out at least.

Is it laminate or the real wood?

Laminate, comes in 5" wide by 4.5' long strips. http://www.simplefloors.com

[porkchop]

like the finish on it

[snowshoebrue]

kyle is that stuff very hard to put in?  what hold it down when you get to the wall?

[MiniSimp]

like the finish on it

Me too!

kyle is that stuff very hard to put in?  what hold it down when you get to the wall?

Really simple to put in.
1. Prep floor; no staples or nails, shim any thing more than 1/8"
2. Lay down pad; no need to staple, but you can if you want
3. check wall squareness
4. Lay down first piece, put 3/8" spacers between wood and wall
5. Second piece is inserted in to first piece by tilting the back up and pushing down. Light taps with hammer on block will snug it in to place.
6. Do rest of area
7. Pull spacers and lay down trim

The wood will lay flat once installed, no need to hold it down with anything. Trim will hold down the edges though.

[Lady Di [OP]]

Me too!

Me too, too! It's really nice.

Great job

Well we have tile on the bathroom floor. Pictures in a bit.

[MiniSimp]

Got a little done on the upstairs bathroom
More to come later...

[Lady Di [OP]]

OK     our turn in the bathroom.  
Mark got started on tiling the hall bath last week









He bit the bullet and we just bought a POS sink cabinet from Lowes. He's going to have to finish it for them as it seems they didn't glue the bottom drawer together and it's all wobbly   there is no pride in construction anymore.

But it looks OK from the outside... EXCEPT... and I don't have a picture yet... the wall on the right side of it is not square



More bathroom pics in a bit but next on to our latest addition...

[Lady Di [OP]]

We started talking about this last week and I started doing some research yesterday afternoon...

We were talking about getting a smallish round above ground pool. From house to fence is only 20' so we couldn't get anything huge.

I started checking out prices online and even for a 12' x 48" pool we were looking at about $1000, which was Mark kinda figured.

I ended up on eBay and I found this Intex inflatable pool 12' x 36" for $59.99 + $31 shipping. We're like 'ah hell, if it only lasts the summer we'd get our money's worth.
So I started doing more research. I found another with the filter pump for $114 + $50 shipping.. but it was in Florida. So Mark suggests I try to find some place that sells them locally... as it turns out Target does and they had a 15' x 36" in stock with the pump, skimmer, cover, and ladder for $154!

So we head out to our local Target...THEN we find THIS....on the shelf next to it 15' x 42" pole pool..$299



We pull the box off the shelf and find a sale tag for it... $239... SOLD!!! SO $255 after tax and we got us a pool! LOL

It went up really easy, we had it set up in less than an hour.







Tiny got his feet wet... and here's Mark relaxing...






We spent the night sitting in our camping chairs watching the water rise till it was about to our butts and went in to have dinner.

[unclejpl4x4]

sweet

See me being the redneck that i am   I would of stoped there at the level   so you have a hidden pool area. Then make a table/bar in side   and a small fire pit  in the center..............

[DTB]

I say dig a hole and then u can have a redneck "in ground" pool