tetrapyloctomy posted:

We just had vinyl laminate tile (I hate even TYPING "luxury vinyl tile" because the word "luxury," like "classy," immediately makes me think the opposite) installed in our kitchen and I might like it more than the actual tile it replaced. The installers mitigated some of the waviness of the floor with compound and it was enough to let the pressure-sensitive glue to grab, though I think even more could have been done by sanding down the biggest hump. Anyway, sone of the LVT is actually really nice, but you HAVE to see it in person. Most of it looks, well, like cheap vinyl -- overly glossy and without texture. The Adura we got for the kitchen and the basement (wood-look floating plank, chosen over regular wood on case we get more water) both look suprisingly good.

Zhentar posted:

Vinyl is waterproof. It doesn't give a poo poo how wet it is. It's the adhesive that can fail and result in curling; the water tolerance of your install will be dependent upon which adhesive you use.

kastein posted:

If the water gets between the pieces of flooring and rots out the wood it's attached to, it's going to peel up no matter what adhesive was used.

tetrapyloctomy posted:

Yeah, the flooring itself is waterproof. In the kitchen it's glued down and then grouted (though it can be groutless and sealed instead) and in the basement it's floating.

Here's the kitchen ...


... and here it is up close.


Likewise for the basement.


It's not clear from the basement shot, but the carpeted floor slopes toward the door, so on the far end of the column there's about a four-inch step. I'm not sold on what they did with the baseboard as a result, but changing it would be more of a pain in the butt than I want right now. Anyway, other than that and the repetitiveness of the planks (exacerbated in some places by how it was laid) I'm really happy with how it turned out. (Edit: phone-post typos.)

sharkytm posted:

Antique keys, you say?


My father was a bit of a key nut. The big one is supposedly from the Catholic church he was forced to go to as a kid.

Beach Bum posted:

spontaneous demolition

angryrobots posted:

I have one of these

Owens-Corning 541799 R-10 Attic Stairway Insulator, for Openings Up To 24.5 by 54-Inch https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002SYP8SA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_e28zAbGFD736E

And I like it better than the zippered ones, because it moves completely out of the way if you have attic storage. It may not be "sealed" because the bottom of the tent is just sitting, but it seems to make a big difference. Installation is simply setting it in place which can't get any easier.

ExplodingSims posted:

Just don't put your stairs in there too securely, you might need to pull them back out if your're gonna squeeze an air handler and ductwork up there


Ductwrap is a product of the devil and this is something you should 10000000% hire out to somebody else. Trust me, being covered in sweat, in an attic that doesn't breath, while working with fibreglass is the worst thing in the world.

devicenull posted:

Just measure what you need and cut it in the parking lot.

TheNothingNew posted:

This. Utility knife'll get you most of the way there, then a good knee to break it. Then ratchet strap to the top of the car. Bring a friend, you'll want someone to hold pieces in place while you fart around with straps.

Leperflesh posted:

if you actually do need to bring home a bunch of 4x8, like for a different project I mean, home depot rents pickup trucks and vans by the hour.

Leperflesh posted:

Fair enough, yeah. I've spoken to numerous people who believe they "need" a pickup truck or SUV because they buy sheet goods at home depot twice a year, and I like to point out that they can spend $50 a year on renting for that and otherwise get a vehicle that actually suits their needs for the rest of the time.

It usually doesn't work, because usually they actually just want a truck and use their occasional trips to Home Depot as rationalization, but every once in a while it's like a lightbulb going off.

kastein posted:

This is why I own a 350 dollar truck, a 500 dollar truck, an 800 dollar truck, a 1000 dollar truck, and a 2500 dollar truck.

Only the 500 dollar truck runs right now but between it and the 800 dollar one, I've only needed a rental from home Depot 3 times in 8 years. First time I was hauling whole pallets of shingles and none of mine would handle it, second all my trucks were dead and I had to bring a water heater home, third time I needed to get a gigantic delicate thousand dollar bay window home.

Applebees Appetizer posted:

Yakima roof racks are a great way to turn your car into a truck

daslog posted:

Drywall sucks.

MrYenko posted:

I’m here to agree, “gently caress Drywall.”

kastein posted:

Even worse, I started working on the place... November first of 2010.

I thought I would have it done for Christmas 2011. This is why I am not a project manager.

Seat Safety Switch posted:

More like scope Jeep.

wooger posted:

I'm so envious of the space and freedom you have at both of your places. Living in the south east of the UK, that amount of land could be a 7 figure cost on it's own, and planning permission applies everywhere.

What do you folks do for a living?
Are you just planning to get new jobs out west or work remotely?

Is there any way to get internet service out there?

kastein posted:

I gotta make the door frame today and get this all put together because the new stud is vertical and the old one wasn't, so the door won't actually close all the way right now.

Laminator posted:

Hey at least they made it easy to take apart for you

kastein posted:

I've been slacking on updates but not on building poo poo. Though I did get a nasty sinus infection last week from tearing some stuff down without a respirator on because I'm a dumbass, so I lost some time.

Jealous Cow posted:

dreesemonkey posted:

I picked one at random from our lord and savior Amazon, it came with a couple extra replacement filters.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07RWKHR4J/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1

kastein posted:

If it was nice clean new wood you might just be unlucky but in my case it was moldy old dust and poo poo 140 years old that I unleashed by ripping chunks off a 140 year old house that was waterlogged for several years.

tomapot posted:

Sorry but I chuckled at this. No offense though, you’re badass and I’d buy this house knowing it is withstand anything.

tetrapyloctomy posted:

Not ICF walls and poured concrete floors?

IOwnCalculus posted:

I mean, neither was most of what Kastein started with.

n0tqu1tesane posted:

Honestly, since HDMI maxes out around 50 feet, I'd just run 4 Cat6, and use two of them for HDMI extenders, or HDBaseT.

kastein posted:

The idiot motherfucker who built this place in 1879 was all like "forsooth, I shall build the abode any true female could desire, and one shall choose to dwell with me" and tried to sink his outhouse into the floorboards to make it more comely to her fair visage

Beach Bum posted:

I haven't built anything in forever but those GRK countersink screws look nifty. Having used the cheapest crosshead drywall screws for general poo poo, I think when I start building up an inventory I'll go with those if they're not bleedingly expensive.

I have RR Buildings on my subs but I had to turn notification back to "Occasional" because of how much content they put out.

kastein posted:

I'll take the stair stringer advise under advisement... Still trying to find a way to do them all in one shot but if I can't, I can't.

kastein posted:

well imgur has "improved" their UI yet again and made it even more of a broken pain in the dick
fuckin yay. I swear I need to write a goddamn script that I can copy paste their URLs into and have it autoformat a post for me because this is sapping my will to post.

if anyone actually uses the "click for big" option I've been adding for every image, speak up now because I'm not putting effort into it if it's not being used anyways.

dreesemonkey posted:

That's a hell of a lot of progress, it looks awesome.

Are you going to hire the mudding out? I suggest considering that. A good pro should be able to do it 10 times faster and I would imagine it wouldn't be incredibly expensive.

kastein posted:

That drywall handle is the reason I could carry that all inside in about an hour and a half instead of it taking several days due to likely blowing out my back or tripping and dropping stuff. If you have to carry 4x8 sheet goods more than like five or ten times, buy one. Worth their weight in gold. And at $8, seriously, they're worth it if you use it once, if your back is like mine. I don't want to give it any excuses.

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Uploading from mobile is where it reorders the images at random which is extremely annoying when there are 20 or 30 of them. I don't have a fix for that.

Seat Safety Switch posted:

I want to see a screw gun video now.