Official home improvement/ remodel thread.

[Jernik]

HOLY CRAP! A giant mouse chewed a hole in the bottom of your door! :zoom::hiding:

:laugh:

 

[NewguyNY]

Bathroom gettin started. Before and during demo.

 

[GangsterOfLove]

Speaking of wife lists. While I was at work yesterday my wife brought home some new lights for me to install over the kitchen island. Gotta admit they look pretty good. Just had to upgrade the dimmer switch to a 1000 watt bc the old 600 watt wasn't able to handle all these lights. Now I'm good at 840 total watts running through the switch. Whole job took less than 2 hrs. Not bad considering the guy that built the place didn't use legit light boxes and I had to chisel out wood to get the wire down from the ceiling...

Great looking lights!

840 watts though - wow! Enough to keep you warm in the winter but maybe a good excuse to try some LEDs.

 

[GangsterOfLove]

Well today I replaced the tile under my wood stove and started the demo in the master bath. Shit gettin did.

Love this house.

Love it!

 

[GangsterOfLove]

I like this thread!

We just finished overhauling a 100 year old duplex that had hoarders living in it for the past 8 years. They pretty much destroyed everything around them.

 

[NewguyNY]

Great looking lights!



840 watts though - wow! Enough to keep you warm in the winter but maybe a good excuse to try some LEDs.

Hey thanks man!
The switch is definitely still warm when on at full, but we usually only run it at about 3/4. The lights are 360 watts a piece. The single light that's flush to the ceiling has 120 watts in it that's on the same switch.
I'm not opposed to LEDs, but dont want to lose the warmth of this color or the ability to dim them.

 

[GangsterOfLove]

 

[GangsterOfLove]

Hey thanks man!
The switch is definitely still warm when on at full, but we usually only run it at about 3/4. The lights are 360 watts a piece. The single light that's flush to the ceiling has 120 watts in it that's on the same switch.
I'm not opposed to LEDs, but dont want to lose the warmth of this color or the ability to dim them.

Find some with a color temperature around 2700 Kelvin. They look just like regular light bulbs as far as color.

Most electronic dimmers will dim them. If yours won't, find one marked for LED use.

 

[NewguyNY]

I like this thread!



We just finished overhauling a 100 year old duplex that had hoarders living in it for the past 8 years. They pretty much destroyed everything around them.

That sounds like a great time...
Love rewarding renos though. Looks great!

 

[NewguyNY]

Find some with a color temperature around 2700 Kelvin. They look just like regular light bulbs as far as color.



Most electronic dimmers will dim them. If yours won't, find one marked for LED use.

Thanks man. I'll look into them. I'm still well below the dimmers rated capacity, but to be honest I'd be happier if that switch wasn't so hot that's for sure.

 

[NewguyNY]

Love this house.



Love it!

Thanks man! I've done a ton of work to it over the past 8 years, but I'm really liking the way it's all turning out.

 

[GangsterOfLove]

Thanks man. I'll look into them. I'm still well below the dimmers rated capacity, but to be honest I'd be happier if that switch wasn't so hot that's for sure.

I'd be worried more about the cost of power, but power is expensive here in the OC.

Maybe power is cheaper where you are, in which case the dimmer being slightly warm is normal and no reason to worry.

 

[NewguyNY]

I'd be worried more about the cost of power, but power is expensive here in the OC.



Maybe power is cheaper where you are, in which case the dimmer being slightly warm is normal and no reason to worry.

Ya power cost isn't really a concern. I do realize that the heat is normal, but on full blast that switch gets down right hot.

 

[blind squirrel]

Cool thread, I like seeing other people's work. I bought a house and took it down to the studs last November and rebuilt it. Here is a link to the build thread, I am finally going to have time to work on the brewery! :clap2:

http://www.toyota-4runner.org/off-topic/196975-blind-squirrel-brewery-build.html

 

[NewguyNY]

^ Love your thread man. My shower will look very similar to yours when it's done. Hopefully I'll get the whole room down to studs and subfloor this weekend. Then I can rip those shower walls down and frame up the half walls and start drywalling.

 

[NewguyNY]

Anybody have any suggestions on a stainless steel solution? I'm building a kitchen island out of some reclaimed barnwood I have and I want to top it with stainless steel. Total working surface will be 30"x 36". 2" drop down squared off. 16 gauge #4 brushed stainless. Nothing fancy. Shits expensive though. One company in NC want $900 for it shipped here. Crazy. A local company wants $500, still seems high to me. Any suggestions?

 

[ndcent]

I recently built a new foyer table. Table top is 42" round, reclaimed barn wood, mixed species finished in water base flat top coat. The base is 3" square steel 7ga tubing, that I wanted to resemble a jack of sorts, capped the ends then stuck on some heavy duty felt pads. I'm happy with it.

 

[NewguyNY]

Badass. I like it!

 

[blind squirrel]

^ Love your thread man. My shower will look very similar to yours when it's done. Hopefully I'll get the whole room down to studs and subfloor this weekend. Then I can rip those shower walls down and frame up the half walls and start drywalling.

If you are re-doing the plumbing in your shower too, make sure and put two shower heads in. I'm not sure how I lived so long with out them! Its very easy to do, just put a tee in the line between the original head and valve. That way you control the temp for both heads at the same time. At the house I just sold, the shower heads and heated bathroom floor really set it apart from the rest.

 

[NewguyNY]

Yep. Heated floor and dual shower heads are already in the plans. I was just informed that the 16x12 walk in closet I built is going to be tiled and floor heated as well. Good times.