Im sore...

VR3
VR3 Posts: 28,746
edited August 2009 in The Clubhouse
Took 2.5 weeks to prep, prime, and paint the den...

Now I am going to work on the floor and get that shining again! Then Im headed to the kitchen!

Let the fun begin!

We ripping out the counter tops, the sink - heavily modifying the cabinets and replacing the floor...

Should be fun!
- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited August 2009
    getting ready for that HT rig huh?
    Shoot the jumper.....................BALLIN.............!!!!!

    Home Theater Pics in the Showcase :cool:

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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited August 2009
    Wow, you're doing quite a bit. I remember you said you were taking lots of pics from the process. You better upload them and organize them so you can have a nice show and tell session when you're done!!
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    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited August 2009
    I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product and installations.
    Shoot the jumper.....................BALLIN.............!!!!!

    Home Theater Pics in the Showcase :cool:

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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited August 2009
    Lucky you! That's what I'm doing now. I have 6 floors to refinish. Then paint and then trim. Yay. Superhappyfuntime.

    I also have to lay a floor in the garage, regrade part of the backyard away from the house to fix a drainage problem, remove an annoying and destructive white mulberry tree (not native, from China) and then...wait for it...the bathroom! What fun!
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,602
    edited August 2009
    Jstas wrote: »
    Lucky you! That's what I'm doing now. I have 6 floors to refinish. Then paint and then trim. Yay. Superhappyfuntime.

    I also have to lay a floor in the garage, regrade part of the backyard away from the house to fix a drainage problem, remove an annoying and destructive white mulberry tree (not native, from China) and then...wait for it...the bathroom! What fun!

    Don't forget the constanine wire for those pesky neighbors.
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited August 2009
    Hey, at least you guys have the money to do it. My house needs a roof, gutters, soffit, trim, some siding, windows, a new kitchen, reinforcement to the floor structure, a finished bathroom, and various other stuff that I'm forgetting right now. Doing it myself, like you are, but only in bits and pieces as money permits!
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited August 2009
    sucks2beme wrote: »
    Don't forget the constanine wire for those pesky neighbors.

    We've decided on a nice masonry wall, about 3.5 feet high and glass dishes set on end. Then I will hand one of the neighborhood brats a baseball bat and $20 to keep quiet and bash all the plates, thusly making very many jagged edges that reflect the light so beautifully.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited August 2009
    nadams wrote: »
    Hey, at least you guys have the money to do it. My house needs a roof, gutters, soffit, trim, some siding, windows, a new kitchen, reinforcement to the floor structure, a finished bathroom, and various other stuff that I'm forgetting right now. Doing it myself, like you are, but only in bits and pieces as money permits!

    Who said I had money? I'm nickel and dimeing it just like you. If I had the money available, I would have had it all done by now.

    But like I mentioned in another thread, I just paid off the last of my debt and it has me quite broke until the end of the month. It's had me quite broke most of the summer.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited August 2009
    Do it all now before you loose the spirit, believe me on this one.
    madmax
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited August 2009
    Sid glad to see you are improving your skills, I have plenty of tasks you can do down here once your up to snuff........

    BTW--Did you see the TAS article on the Khartago, the reviewer waxed on about it, sounded just like you and the others who have used it, anyway, Klaus was well represented. Once again the experienced ears at Club Polk had it nailed first.

    RT1
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,145
    edited August 2009
    Trey, if you need any advice or help? I'm just a phone call away bro'.
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited August 2009
    Jstas wrote: »
    Who said I had money? I'm nickel and dimeing it just like you. If I had the money available, I would have had it all done by now.

    But like I mentioned in another thread, I just paid off the last of my debt and it has me quite broke until the end of the month. It's had me quite broke most of the summer.

    Glad to hear you're out of debt. Wish I could say the same. I'm sure I could, in probably about 15 years, if I stopped drinking, and concentrated on my bills. My goal isn't so much to get the house paid off, as to get out from under my CC bills. I was young and a bit foolish to buy a house with no down payment and little saved up for all the inevitable house "needs". But, it's where I got myself, and I need to figure it out from here.

    I've got a lot of years ahead of me to do better than I've done... now I just need to get my head around the fact that I need to be responsible now, and enjoy life later. A bit backwards than everyone else tells me I should be doing...
    Ludicrous gibs!
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited August 2009
    Took me just over 10 years to pay it all off, dude. Lotsa sacrificing, lotsa extra hours worked and even multiple jobs.

    But so far, just in sanding and refinishing the floors myself I've saved over $4,000. I finished off the garage and did the electrical, the sheetrock, painting, rehung the door to the house and I still gotta finish the floor and insulate the garage door but saved about $3,000 in labor so far. The insulation kit for the door is about $400. I can do the same thing for about $80 and a Saturday afternoon of work cutting polyethylene foam and 1/4 inch plywood for paneling.

    The hard part is finding suitable building materials that aren't cheap junk but won't break the bank. Some stuff I'm saving up for other stuff, command decisions. A bunch of people think I should rip up my solid oak wood floors and replace it with that Pergo crap but that's insane and expensive. So I'm renting a sander for a weekend at about $300 a weekend and sanding floors and only replacing the pieces that are badly damaged. The other blemishes, once cleaned up with the sander, add a character that only comes with age.

    But building materials are cheaper than you would think and if you just think about what you have to do before you do it, you can save yourself a bundle. Also, I've been able to do thinks that make the house more energy efficient to save myself money in the long run and and some of the stuff can even earn me a tax credit. You don't have to break the bank to have a nice house but you don't have to cheap out either.
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,746
    edited August 2009
    Ive saved up quite a bit of money -- I put a small down payment, but am paying about 120 extra a month with a bi-weekly payment plan, should be paid off in 15 years or so my guess at that rate.

    On the flip side with that 8,000 cash rebate the government gives, I basically am doing alot of this stuff for free.

    The previous owners brought up the roof and foundation to code before we signed the deal and upgraded a few other things.

    The house itself is incredibly sound for its age.

    I scraped the grunge and old wax off the wood floors and put a new coat of poly on it today (one half) - looks gorgeous.
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited August 2009
    Hope you roughed it up a bit first. It might not stick so well and end up peeling the in the future. I wish I could just put another coat of finish on by the previous owners carpeted over the wood floors so they are rough. Salvageable but rough.
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,602
    edited August 2009
    Jstas wrote: »
    A bunch of people think I should rip up my solid oak wood floors and replace it with that Pergo crap but that's insane and expensive.

    Pergo is indeed the most worthless crap ever invented .
    Why anyone would want it is beyond me. But after seeing
    some of the crap people do to houses, I guess I shouldn't be
    surprised by anything. I saw a house down here where they
    ripped up the carpet and just painted the concrete floor.
    Gee, no wonder it was on the market 2 years.
    "The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others. But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods, or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited August 2009
    Vr3MxStyler2k3 wrote: »
    Took 2.5 weeks to prep, prime, and paint the den...

    Now I am going to work on the floor and get that shining again! Then Im headed to the kitchen!

    Let the fun begin!

    We ripping out the counter tops, the sink - heavily modifying the cabinets and replacing the floor...

    Should be fun!

    Oh, tons of fun. When we bought our house, we didn't even move in for over 3 months, gutted the entire house, everything down to bare walls. While a pain in the arse, it was so much faster and easier then trying to live in it and do it. It is so much more rewarding doing it yourself vr paying a contractor, plus you save a ton of coin. Have fun!
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  • danz1906
    danz1906 Posts: 5,144
    edited August 2009
    Congrats-Keep up the good work.
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,792
    edited August 2009
    New wiring starts tomorrow!!!
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  • amulford
    amulford Posts: 5,020
    edited August 2009
    I just bought one myself. I stayed out for a month so I could get it habitable. I still have some work to do, but i will take that at a better pace. Next on the agenda is upgrading electrical service...

    I do all my own work, too. Used to do it for a living, so it's easier for me than some folks.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,981
    edited August 2009
    All I want to know is...is this place going to be put together in time for the wedding??
    It's inevitable Sid,you know time is running out.:)
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,145
    edited August 2009
    Wedding? Who's the lucky guy? :eek:
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,792
    edited August 2009
    treitz3 wrote: »
    Wedding? Who's the lucky guy? :eek:
    ME.....I'm so happy I could just pee myself!...
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,746
    edited August 2009
    I owe very little taxes ---

    the gov already takes out 30% of my check -- I only owed like 22 to the Federal gov and I paid that a long time ago.

    Lightman is the ****.
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,792
    edited August 2009
    Vr3MxStyler2k3 wrote: »
    Lightman is the ****.
    I'm not finished yet. You may just change your mind.....
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,145
    edited August 2009
    Protect your bushes and your goats. Sheep or what have you and may your house not burn down. You have been warned.
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,746
    edited August 2009
    Dont let Lightman kid you - this dude worked his **** off and rewired my entire den - added TWO outlets on that circuit - then ran 12 guage wire and hospital grade outlets for the dedicated --

    On top of that he is putting recessed lighting in the den, running all kinds of stuff for me

    Dude is bad ****.
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,792
    edited August 2009
    Vr3MxStyler2k3 wrote: »
    Dont let Lightman kid you - this dude worked his **** off and rewired my entire den - added TWO outlets on that circuit - then ran 12 guage wire and hospital grade outlets for the dedicated --

    On top of that he is putting recessed lighting in the den, running all kinds of stuff for me

    Dude is bad ****.
    I've got a rep I've worked hard at maintaining here. Don't screw it up, Sid.
    People might think I'm an alright person.....keep it on the down-low holmes....
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  • megasat16
    megasat16 Posts: 3,521
    edited August 2009
    Vr3MxStyler2k3 wrote: »

    Dude is bad ****.

    After doing all these ****, he should smells like smelly ****. :D
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,792
    edited August 2009
    Mega's in the liquor cabinet again!! Who wants to have some fun????
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