Still alive - just tackling a HUGE DIY

[lorglath]

One of the few trades I hired out was taping and sanding the drywall. Money well spent.

Smart man

 

[DrunkleJon]

Agreed, finishing drywall sucks.

 

[sboyajian]

I don't mind taping.

I'll never sand a wall ever again. Has to be the worst DIY job.

 

[Jester369]

Running out of pics as I catch up to the present - I'll actually have to start taking more I guess.

Here's a few random ones

One of the boys' room

The other boy's room is identical, just different colors

Master bedroom painted (those are speaker holes for the 'TV' - an overhead projector shines between them)

 

[philipCT]

don't know if you mentioned it previously, but can you talk about that floor heat system you're using?

 

[Hang Glider]

don't know if you mentioned it previously, but can you talk about that floor heat system you're using?

after 30 seconds, I found it starting at post 91...

 

[Jester369]

So progress continues, if somewhat slowly. With the exception of the upstairs hallway, the walls and ceilings are all painted. Still have a fair amount of finish electrical to do, as well as most of the flooring, and all of the trim work. I'm now gearing up for cabinet making - accumulating a few specialty tools, materials, and last minute researching for some of the less conventional aspects. I'll have to grab some photos of the downstairs since the last ones show just post tape and mud. In the meantime, here's what I'm working on for my pantry shelving:

Here is what I fabricated for breaking down the big sheet goods for the cabinets - it's built, but I never grabbed a photo of the finished product.

And lastly, a welding table project that I'm part way through fabricating. I'm a complete beginner at welding, so I'm learning as I go.

 

[Mdsutton]

Keep the pictures coming Jester!

Awesome work!

 

[edroberts]

Hadn't seen an update in a few months. Are you hoping that you and Red will be in by the end of the year?

 

[Jester369]

Hadn't seen an update in a few months. Are you hoping that you and Red will be in by the end of the year?

Still chugging away on this - just haven't been posting. Current project is tiling the kitchen, hardwood floors, and building the kitchen cabinets. I'll try to get some updates done soon. I've actually been living there for a year and a half or so - it's a little inconvenient living in a partially finished house, but not too bad. It's functional, just not pretty.

 

[stpug]

It's the last 5% that's always the hardest to finish, but sooooo worth it. Keep at it. Can't wait to see some 100% finished shots!

 

[Homercidal]

Try remodeling a house you don't live close to!

Anyway, keep chugging. I know how hard it is to get motivated sometimes. It's looking REAL good!

 

[the_bird]

Just be honest.

It's never going to be "finished." And that's OK. "Finished" in this context basically means the same thing to a homeowner as the concept of "infinity" means to a mathematician. You're never quite going to get DONE; by the time one area is finished, there's going to be something else you want/need to fix elsewhere. When we moved ~3 years ago, I was stoked because I thought I'd finally be in a house where ALL THE WORK'S ALREADY BEEN DONE! I thought I might even have time to make beer again! **** that! It's a neverending process. ****, my folks built their house in 1987, and I don't think the last trim went up until maybe five years ago!

 

[Jester369]

Ok, so some new pics...

Materials have arrived for flooring most of the downstairs: a bunch of 24x24 tiles, and 5 1/4" maple floorboards, and a bunch of mortar

 

[Jester369]

And some baltic birch ply to start making the kitchen cabinets

 

[Melana]

Wow that's looking really good. Sorry we missed you while we were up North - our schedule turned out to be fairly tight this year.

 

[Roadliner]

Man this looks like it's going to be a beautiful House. You have some serious building skills.

 

[Jester369]

Wow that's looking really good. Sorry we missed you while we were up North - our schedule turned out to be fairly tight this year.

I wondered what happened to ya!

 

[Jester369]

I never seem to take the easy route.

 

[BeardedIdiot]

Is the curve going to be butting up against the maple flooring, or some other design element? Curves in tile are a pain in the ass.

 

[Jester369]

Is the curve going to be butting up against the maple flooring, or some other design element? Curves in tile are a pain in the ass.

It's going to join with the maple - I'm getting some flexible transition material that is refinished to match the wood.

 

[Jaybird]

Good to see you still alive Jester!

Looking good brotha'

Cheers
Jay

 

[jskennedy1979]

Sub'd. Amazing work.

 

[Jester369]

Been a slow couple of weeks, but here are a couple of pictures...

Tile decoupling membrane

Welding table start

 

[Jester369]

Ugh. This tile just does NOT want to get done.

I calculated the thinset coverage at the most conservative side, but discovered that the dimpled decoupling membrane was gobbling up a ton of extra material. It cut my coverage over 20%! So I came up two bags short and had to order more (of course no one local stocks what I was using!) Now I have to wait for delivery. Grrrrrrrrrrr.....

As a side note - those things you see in the corners of the tiles are the leveling system I used, and they are SO slick. Wish I had known about them when I tiled the boys bathroom.

 

[the_bird]

Try designing a room with a right angle for a change; maybe that'll speed the process up a bit!

 

[Homercidal]

Ugh. This tile just does NOT want to get done.

I calculated the thinset coverage at the most conservative side, but discovered that the dimpled decoupling membrane was gobbling up a ton of extra material. It cut my coverage over 20%! So I came up two bags short and had to order more (of course no one local stocks what I was using!) Now I have to wait for delivery. Grrrrrrrrrrr.....

As a side note - those things you see in the corners of the tiles are the leveling system I used, and they are SO slick. Wish I had known about them when I tiled the boys bathroom.

Dude, you gotta tell me what those are called! The worst part about the last tile job was getting them all leveled up. I want to redo our other bathroom this winter and I am not looking forward to messing with that again.

 

[beernbourbon]

Yeah, what Homer said..... that's my biggest downfall with tiling. And I gots a ton of it coming up next year.

 

[NickTheGreat]

Looking good. But also want to know more about the "leveling system"

 

[Homercidal]

I did a Google search and found some interesting products. I might try these out when I update our bathroom.