Home Improvement Thread 2: Electric Redo the Loo

[dbarila]

Not home improvement (yet...) But got an offer accepted to buy a new house! But mine has been sitting on the market for 5 days now. I thought selling was the easy part! Aren't people supposed to be lining up with wheelbarrows of cash or something?

 

[Dtknuckles]

Not home improvement (yet...) But got an offer accepted to buy a new house! But mine has been sitting on the market for 5 days now. I thought selling was the easy part! Aren't people supposed to be lining up with wheelbarrows of cash or something?

That is just in California

 

[Mather]

That is just in California

And Toronto.

 

[folsom_lives]

I would like to point out that Columbus has one of, if not the, hottest housing markets in the US.

It never ceases to amaze me that this cow town can compete with Seattle for housing market.

 

[dbarila]

Our neighbors got a cash offer the first day. That's really the only reason I started looking.

 

[Mather]

Cross post from the Café, got the movie posters up in The Cave™

 

[Dtknuckles]

I found my Father’s Day present. I know you guys like those gas riding mowers, but this seems like this may be the best mower for newly seeded lawn. No beer holder though.

HIDA TOOL

Featuring exceptional tools from Japan, Hida Tool is your source for woodworking tools, gardening tools, and kitchen knives that continue the metalworking traditions of the samurai sword makers.

hidatool.com

 

[TrainFan73]

Kitchen Reno 2021 in full effect. All dressed for the occasion:



Obligatory before shot (we stripped the cabinets in January, then we found out we were pregnant):




gonna empty the cabinets out and then it’s time to demo that countertop and sink.

bought some butcher block:

In the process of sealing it now:

 

[folsom_lives]

Kitchen Reno 2021 in full effect. All dressed for the occasion:

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Obligatory before shot (we stripped the cabinets in January, then we found out we were pregnant):


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gonna empty the cabinets out and then it’s time to demo that countertop and sink.

bought some butcher block:
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In the process of sealing it now:
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That’s some sexy wood right there.

 

[dbarila]

Gotta replace some missing smoke detectors tonight because we have inspection on our house tomorrow. Do smoke detectors give anyone else extreme anxiety or is it just me? I feel like I'm diffusing a bomb when I install them.

 

[TrainFan73]

Demo done:

If you have ever watched a home improvement show and thought demo looked fun, you are correct it is (also slightly terrifying)

 

[Djxfactor511]

If you have ever watched a home improvement show and thought demo looked fun, you are correct it is (also slightly terrifying)

Totally agree on demo! That was the best part of finishing my basement.

 

[TrainFan73]

Last scary cut:

we officially have a counter:


Now for the sink.

 

[TrainFan73]

Sink is framed

Look at these pocket holes:

 

[TrainFan73]

Last scary cut:View attachment 103582

we officially have a counter:
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Now for the sink.
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I was so wrong. Sink hole was the scariest cuts of all:

All that’s left is plumbing and painting.

 

[Mather]

I was so wrong. Sink hole was the scariest cuts of all:
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All that’s left is plumbing and painting.

That sink is siiiiiiick.

 

[TrainFan73]

That sink is siiiiiiick.

That sink was the most anxiety inducing thing I have ever done. Fuck flush mount and lack of trim.

 

[Mather]

That sink was the most anxiety inducing thing I have ever done. Fuck flush mount and lack of trim.

Trim is the get out of jail free card. That's terrifying. Good job.

 

[TrainFan73]

Trim is the get out of jail free card. That's terrifying. Good job.

Also, American Standard, could you PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD HAVE A TEMPLATE?!!???!!!!!!



Fucking dickheads.

 

[Mather]

Also, American Standard, could you PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD HAVE A TEMPLATE?!!???!!!!!!



Fucking dickheads.

American Standard... More like American BLANDARD AMIRIT-jesusfuckingchrist that's so terrible