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So the kitchen is basically done. Just need to paint the little wall. That won't get done for awhile though because I'll do it when I paint the whole level.
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I've done dick with my house for the last year, went crazy! The weekend before thanksgiving we picked up a new king size euro-top bed for makin sweet sweet love on, re-arranged a bunch of stuff in the bedroom.
Last weekend we ended up re-insulating our attic (perfect timing!) and it worked out pretty awesome! $240 worth of insulation, face masks, and eye protection at Home Depot, free blower rental. Three people loading the hopper/blower outside and Rosey and me up in the attic at the other end of the 100' hose. Sprayed for about 3 hours straight, added 8-12" and brought the whole attic up to between R38 and R49 standards. Overall I'm SUPER pleased, I've noticed a difference already. Oh, also cost me some beers and meals, taking care of my helpers :) My parents paid someone $.99/sq foot to get this done this spring. 1000 sq foot house (attic area) is pretty typical, plus they charge cost of materials on top of that. So I got mine done for ~$300 and they paid $1350. Ouch. During prep for the insulation project, I managed to get some time in on this tv project at the same time. Got a new 40" LCD for the living room and moved my old 32" samsung lcd into the bedroom. I WAS going to wire power from the attic down into the wall, but my house is pretty old (1913) and has undergone some changes through the years. Half of the current master bedroom used to be a porch or deck (please note the kink in the wall to the left of where I'm mounting the TV in the following pics), and getting any wiring into the walls turned out to be a nightmare. So, I ended up going with this kit: http://www.mycablemart.com/store/car..._detail&p=1448 https://www.mycablemart.com/store/im...1448_large.jpg For anyone else doing this, get some new single-gang boxes as the ones that come in the kit are garbage! Also the extension cord that comes with it is way too meaty imho; I used my own for a bit lower-profile. Mycablemart.com is awesome since its local, I picked it up the same day I ordered it :) http://www.scheides.com/albums/bedro...1500.sized.jpg http://www.scheides.com/albums/bedro...1506.sized.jpg Also went with this mount from monoprice. ~$21 shipped, best deal ever, comes with built-in level (which I verified): http://www.scheides.com/albums/bedro...1510.sized.jpg http://www.scheides.com/albums/bedro...1508.sized.jpg And here it is all installed! http://www.scheides.com/albums/bedro...1511.sized.jpg http://www.scheides.com/albums/bedro...1512.sized.jpg Sooner or later I'll pick up a HD cable box and a nice long hdmi cable and set the box over on the dresser. There might be room to mount it behind the tv, not sure. Bedroom project is about 90% done, going to get a dressing table and mirror from ikea for anna to do her hair/makeup at. Prolly a stool and some lighting to go with it, I'm sure I'll end up spending another $250 pretty quick on that last part of this project. |
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Lookin good! what is that box on the floor under the tv for?
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Basically its an extension cord that runs behind the wall.
I couldn't actually get power to the outlet behind the TV, so I used the kit I linked above. You take your average extension cord, plug one end into an outlet somewhere, or power strip. Then plug the other end into the outlet beneath the TV (it has a male plug on it). It then supplies power to the normal outlet that is behind the tv mount. It's a *bit* goofy but it's clean, meets code, and also has the low-voltage ducts to run media cables (gotta get coax, hdmi, or something to watch on the thing up there!) through as well. Given the way my house was built, it was my only option. If someone were less handy with wiring electrical and had a normal drywall, this kit would be a freaking breeze to install and you wouldn't have to hire an electrician to do it. |
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Ahhh ok nice! That makes sense. You couldnt run any new wires from the basement up that wall? Im guessing the walls are stucco and arent hollow 2X4 style.
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even so, how are you getting the cable to the back of the box you installed behind the tv? run it through the wall. I wouldn't think this is any more difficult then running wire through the wall, and cutting out a square for a box and wiring it up! Am I missing something here?
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Looks good!
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Hey now, NOTHING is impossible, you just gotta believe, and trust your skillz!
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Maybe not impossible, but not worth the hours of headache when this setup works just fine..
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Ya, these pics are with the big plug on the bottom too, I put a smaller cord on it that drapes really nicely down and hugs the wall, no big plug on the end of it. I got up last night in the dark, walked past, no tripping, no eye stabbing, no massive bloody head, etc. All good. :)
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Cant wait to purchase a house. First order of business is going to be tearing down sheetrock in one room for a dedicated home theater wiring. Placing power and network/video/audio cables exactly where i want them. putting up new sheetrock and recessed area for projector. It sounds like lots of fun.
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Looking good man! House projects are quite fun. I have yet to get my carpet replaced though. I have my quote, just gotta pick a day for them to come out and do it!
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I was trying to find this thread and now that I did Ill post up my work. I dont have too many photos yet but I have done alot since buying my house early this year. New roof, carpet upstairs, all appliances, hardwood floor in the kitchen dining and entry, and recently put in new carpet in the upstairs family room as well as down in the lower living room 2 weekends ago. Also I put tile in the upstairs bathroom and around the wet bar as well as in the entire laundry/utility room and into the basement hall. The best room is going to take a while but that is converting the basement room into a theater. I have already taken down the previous door and moved it to a different wall and next is to put up a dividing wall to separate the entry from the seating area. After that, I will be building a 8" platform for the rear seating and put down black granite floor in the entrance to the room. More info and photos to come.
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I don't have any good before pics right now, but I know they are somewhere in this thread. I can just find some later and put them up too.
But anyhow, I have been working more on my "main level" project. I did the kitchen hard wood floor that I showed a little earlier. No I'm working on the rest. The carpet is just aweful in my house, so I've decided it's time to upgrade. I have about 70% of the old carpet removed. My cousins husband ordered me up some new Frizie style carpet that I'll be getting that I really like. So hopefully that'll be installed in the next week or so. But for now I laid some tile right in front of the sliding deck door. It used to be carpet right there, but thought since I'm getting nice new carpet, I'd put tile at this entry here to prevent people from coming in and out and getting the carpet all dirty with their shoes. So now there's a nice little landing there! Me and my cousin did this in about 2 hrs. We were real happy with how quick and easy it went, and how well it all fit together. It'll dry over night and I will grout it in the next few days. Just gotta figure out which grout to go with. Might just use the same grout I used in the entry way. OK sorry for rambling, here's some pics. Don't mind the mess out on the deck, that's all the carpet i ripped out, ha. |
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Been working on a little house project myself. It's taken me about a week of work getting it hung from the ceiling, running a gas line and dedicated power to it, now I have to replace a vent fan motor(I got it used). Best part is it's a 100,000 BTU Reznor typically found in a small shop like my old one. This is in a three-car garage, so basically once the heater is hooked up, I can finish the sheetrock and blow insulation up there and it should heat the garage from 30 degrees to 70 degrees in less than 10 minutes. :banana:
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Nice!!
I personally like my little propane torpedo thing for one reason alone. If I had a badass setup like yours I would use it way too much and my gas bill would go way up, ha. Looks awesome man! |
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Well as many of you know, we bought a house in May and have done a bunch of stuff to fix it up. I've been meaning to post in this thread for awhile. We just finished up the bathroom this weekend, Here are some before and afters of some of the big projects.
When we bought it. http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...641047_P00.jpg Paint and New roof http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...2047_email.jpg http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...641047_P03.jpg Best Pics I have of the Kitchen at work.. Its all finished up now. http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...2036_email.jpg http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...4449_email.jpg http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...m/IMG_0225.jpg http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...m/IMG_0226.jpg http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...m/IMG_0300.jpg http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...m/IMG_0289.jpg http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/...m/IMG_0291.jpg |
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Damn guys, jealous!
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Lookin good dudes! Wish I had a house to wrench on, I like doing that type of work. In due time.
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Nice, looks like the same cedar cabinets we have in our house, looks great with stainless appliances.
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That's a bad ass kitchen and bathroom!
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Thanks guys! Its been alot of work.
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Sorry, my bad, I meant maple, not cedar. All of the trim in our house is maple with a semi-gloss stain.
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Grouted and sealed. only thing left is I have to add some quarter round around a couple of the edges. THink it only cost me about $50 total, which is nothing, but I think it looks great! Can't wait to get the carpet in now!!
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Looking good B-man!
I was excited to hear my garage heater fire up for the first time today, sounds like a jet engine warming up. I also timed it, 18 minutes to go from 33 to 60 degrees, I'm stoked. Now to finish the sheetrock and insulation. |
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I should look up what mine takes to run and maintain some heat 3 or 4 days a week. I have a 35k BTU heater and before I insulated the roof of the garage the attic would be about 80deg and the floor about 40deg. Now with 80% of the walls insulated and the attic insulated 100% with only 3" of insulation and a box fan to move air the garage will maintain a balmy 65deg no problem. With a outside air temp of 10 or above it only takes about 1 hour for the temp rise to workable levels, when its below 0 it can take up to 2 hours and the heater runs A LOT more then when its a little warmer out side.
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you guys have done a great job on the new house! I never say any before pictures and its quite a difference.
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lol, I need to get home or at least to my laptop to contribute to this thread.
I painted teh garage floor and the small rooms in teh house, next is to finish the walls in the garage and the main/big rooms in the place and actually décorate. |
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Carpet mod has begun. Kinda upset because they were supposed to do the level shown, and all the stairs today. But decided they could only do this level today, so the stairs are all still bare wood.
But oh well. I love the carpet, so much nicer than the old stuff. I have a couple little discrepencies I'll have to run past him when they come back to finish up. But overall, man what a difference. It's called frizee and the color is called Rocky Road. Also decided to setup my furniture a hair different than it was before. Here's some pics :) |
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Nice Halon!. I too just put in new carpet upstairs, in the second and third floors as well. I love it and I also got new large sectional for the 3rd level. My main room to get done now is the 4th level where the home theatre is being constructed! I cant wait until its done.
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Looks nice B!
Having the furniture like, really opens up the space more. |
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