If women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy

[vi edit]

Nice job. Is that click flooring?

No, it's porcelain tile.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/MARAZZI-...q-ft-case-ULG2/203600149?N=5yc1vZb97mZ1z114j2

 

[BarkingGhostar]

Deja Vu? http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2224754



I concur, there may be a few pics here :whiste:

He's needy! He needs the love and support that comes from recycling his own threads.

 

[shortylickens]

 

[vi edit]

He's needy! He needs the love and support that comes from recycling his own threads.

Nah different house.

 

[cabri]

What happened to the house in Ill that you built and customized?

 

[Exterous]

Sunday morning I grouted and made a run to Lowes (20% off stock cabinets + another 10% movers coupon...score!) to get the cabinets and counter top.

You got me all excited until I saw it was '$400 or more'. I only need two.

Anyway - nicely done you ugly bastard!

 

[Number1]

No, it's porcelain tile.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/MARAZZI-...q-ft-case-ULG2/203600149?N=5yc1vZb97mZ1z114j2

Looks very nice. You can hardly tell there is grout between the tiles.

 

[Vdubchaos]

Happy wife happy life applies as much to men as it does to women.

Don't EVER forget that.

Nice work BTW, I'm a big DYI as well!

 

[vi edit]

What happened to the house in Ill that you built and customized?

Not in it anymore

Wife had a dream job opportunity come up in another state that made our family life and stresses a whole lot easier, packed up and moved out of IL. Miss the house. Won't miss the 10k a year property taxes or the shitty winters.

 

[cabri]

Not in it anymore

Wife had a dream job opportunity come up in another state that made our family life and stresses a whole lot easier, packed up and moved out of IL. Miss the house. Won't miss the 10k a year property taxes or the shitty winters.

So now you can apply lessons learned

 

[momeNt]

I liked the before more. But I think it's just the instagram filter evoking feelings of quantness and homieness.

You messed with my head.

 

[NetWareHead]

Awesome job.

Speaking of central vacuums... does your wife like it, vs. a regular vacuum cleaner? We're about to do a major remodeling job; gutting 5 rooms of the house. It would be effortless to install such a system while I'm doing the work. Is it worth the expense, vs. the cost of a "normal" vacuum? No kids, though 2 dogs and a cat.

We also grew up with a central vacuum system and I loved it.

Benefits:
1. Much more suction power. Surprising how much more powerful the system is than a household vac.
2. We had an electrolux central vac and the power rotating brush heads we used were the same as the ones offered on the typical household vacuums. We had no problems vacuuming floors, thin or deep pile carpets. We could also use all of the typical accessories available to a regular vacuum cleaner on the central vac.
3. System is quieter. All you hear is the flow of air, the motor is located somewhere else (ours was in the garage). Mom once vacuumed a mess with a sleeping baby in the room and he didn't wake up.
4. The exhaust air is not blown back into the same room, the exhaust vent directed the air outside. As good as hepa filters are, if you suffer from allergens, this is even better.
5. As far as I know, they are bagless systems. The garage mounted motor had a drum the size of a trash barrel underneath it. You emptied it twice a year. My dad would take the drum and dump the entire thing in the compost pile.
6. I think those vac pans discussed in this thread are a genius idea and look like they can be integrated with any central vac system. One in each bathroom and another in the kitchen. I think one near the fireplace/stove would be a great idea too. Despite having a central vac, sometimes using a broom is quicker. Vac pans are a great alternative to a dust pan.

Cons:

1. The cost of the system.
2. Not easy to install in existing construction
3. The hose is 20-30 feet long, far longer than typical household vacuum cleaner hoses. It can be a pain to lug that around and then put away.

 

[roguerower]

Not in it anymore

Wife had a dream job opportunity come up in another state that made our family life and stresses a whole lot easier, packed up and moved out of IL. Miss the house. Won't miss the 10k a year property taxes or the shitty winters.

This confused me as well. I was saying to myself "wait, he just built a brand new house!". That sucks that you moved out after putting all that effort into it but nice that your life was simplified.

 

[vi edit]

The hose is 20-30 feet long, far longer than typical household vacuum cleaner hoses. It can be a pain to lug that around and then put away.

What I hate about the hoses is that if you drag them around corners they will eventually start to rub at trim and on corners of walls. You can buy a "sock" to help minimize that effect, but it still happens over time.

 

[allisolm]

Really nice job!A sink in the laundry room is a great thing. Next project: shoe rack.

 

[vi edit]

This confused me as well. I was saying to myself "wait, he just built a brand new house!". That sucks that you moved out after putting all that effort into it but nice that your life was simplified.

Wasn't easy. And I don't have any where as nice a place as I did before. Different city, different market. The house we built sold in a day at over $10k above asking. We had multiple offers on the table in less than 24 hours.

With the move my wife had no more 2nd shifts, a lot less weekends, way less headaches and the ability to carve her own niche. Nothing she was able to get with her previous job. We also turned 40 miles of daily driving between two cars into 7 miles with one car and our kids daycare/schooling is right on the way. We have almost an hour more available to us in the mornings and an enourmous number of options available to us now for stuff to do with the kids we couldn't easily do in the past place we lived.

We're 7 hours away from the grandparents now though...so that sucks. They were really the only reason we settled on where we did previously. But after 4 years of being where we were, the drive to get *anywhere* really grated on us and my wife's job satisfaction was in the gutter. Her schedule was also brutal on me and the kids.

 

[Vdubchaos]

We also grew up with a central vacuum system and I loved it.

Benefits:
1. Much more suction power. Surprising how much more powerful the system is than a household vac.
2. We had an electrolux central vac and the power rotating brush heads we used were the same as the ones offered on the typical household vacuums. We had no problems vacuuming floors, thin or deep pile carpets. We could also use all of the typical accessories available to a regular vacuum cleaner on the central vac.
3. System is quieter. All you hear is the flow of air, the motor is located somewhere else (ours was in the garage). Mom once vacuumed a mess with a sleeping baby in the room and he didn't wake up.
4. The exhaust air is not blown back into the same room, the exhaust vent directed the air outside. As good as hepa filters are, if you suffer from allergens, this is even better.
5. As far as I know, they are bagless systems. The garage mounted motor had a drum the size of a trash barrel underneath it. You emptied it twice a year. My dad would take the drum and dump the entire thing in the compost pile.
6. I think those vac pans discussed in this thread are a genius idea and look like they can be integrated with any central vac system. One in each bathroom and another in the kitchen. I think one near the fireplace/stove would be a great idea too. Despite having a central vac, sometimes using a broom is quicker. Vac pans are a great alternative to a dust pan.

Cons:

1. The cost of the system.
2. Not easy to install in existing construction
3. The hose is 20-30 feet long, far longer than typical household vacuum cleaner hoses. It can be a pain to lug that around and then put away.

$60 shop vac from home depot will do as good of a job and have lifetime warranty.

I've been through just about every vacuum on the planet past 10 years.

NOTHING compares to a kick ass shop vac. Cheap, powerful and for life.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Old laundry room, looked functional, and sparse, but not bad

New Laundry room ... looks like a whole new room, lots of storage! sink looks great. Everything looks great and very functional.

Great work!

And, if your wife doesn't find you handsome, are you saying that she became blinded by your awesomeness and can no longer tell?

 

[vi edit]

Shop vacs are fine for hard surfaces. But get into thick carpet and the lack of airflow through the head and a beater brush is going to leave a lot of nasty stuff behind.

 

[NetWareHead]

$60 shop vac from home depot will do as good of a job and have lifetime warranty.

I've been through just about every vacuum on the planet past 10 years.

NOTHING compares to a kick ass shop vac. Cheap, powerful and for life.

Lifetime warranties are offered on central vacs. Pretty sure I have never seen a shop vac with a rotating brush head for carpets. Id imagine the shop vac and central vac are of roughly the same power, perhaps the cent vac is more powerful since mobility is not needed (at least more powerful than a $60 one, perhaps equal to the bigger model shop vacs). Shop vac is pretty damn loud compared to a central vac and blows the exhaust stream all over the place indoors. Are shop vacs offered with a hepa filter, not sure since they are more geared towards the garage rather than housework. I wouldnt want to maneuver a shop vac around my furniture/walls/doorways etc... Sure its powerful but about the only advantage it may have is the ability to suck up wet items and water.

 

[CPA]

Laundry room makeover

New (older house) with a pretty barren laundry room. Vinyl flooring, that almond color trim everywhere, basic freestanding tub sink, and a single lame shelf in the whole room.

https://hen6qa.dm2302.livefilestore...GO72sKS1pKoa_744fYWfuYuauAQQ20/lr1.JPG?psid=1

Friday night I pulled out the trim, ripped out the vinyl and took out the shelf.

Saturday was a run to the depot for hardiboard for the flooring, tile, groute and thinset. Then the rest of the day I set tile.

Sunday morning I grouted and made a run to Lowes (20% off stock cabinets + another 10% movers coupon...score!) to get the cabinets and counter top.

Got the cabinets set on a Monday night. Tuesday I salvaged the previous trim and wife got it painted. Wednesday I got the trim set. Over the next weekend I got the counter set, cutout for the sink and the sink set. Tonight I got the plumbing for the sink done.

A full weekend, another half weekend and a couple hours through the week and about $1200 out of pocket for the materials.
Yay! Wife is happy. That's what counts right?

https://hen6qa.dm2302.livefilestore...Wj6rNaNe3yEBRSqGO2bWLCCBwVHxLk/lr2.JPG?psid=1

lol, I have the same washer and drier. Love them. Love the jingles when they have completed their wash/dry.