Thanksgiving week our refrigerator quit. Repairman said parts would be +$500 and might need more. The computer control board died due to power outage. It was 15 ish years old so it didn't owe us much. Had to buy a new refrigerator.
When I pulled the old refrigerator out, our 25 year old laminate flooring had disintegrated due to a previous water leak.
So those two things added up to equal, remove popcorn ceiling, paint and new flooring. Maybe this post should be under Mysteries of Life! ffcheesy
Monday we moved what we could, covered the rest and started on popcorn ceiling. Today (Saturday) we painted the ceiling and walls. Tomorrow we will start on ripping out the old laminate to install new flooring Monday.
A one week renovation right before Christmas? What could be more fun? :huh?
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Yes, the kitchen was red. That was my punishment for going fishing with out her in June of 2005
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Heavy plastic and red rosin paper was used to cover cabinets and appliances.
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Kilz primer was required to prevent red bleed through. Did you know a gallon of premium paint is north of $50? Aaaaccckkk!
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Cool ice blue walls and Haint Blue ceilings. Haint Blue is a Southern colonial ceiling color derived from indigo pigment. It's said the color scares away "haints" or evil spirits. The color is often called porch blue by modern paint suppliers.
There's a bit of ceiling touch up left in the morning and then the floor project starts.
We ordered flooring from our local flooring company on Tuesday, it arrived on Thursday! The owner beat the price of competitors by $0.20/board foot.
Well, working under pressure is sometimes a good thing, but maybe not this time? ffcheesy I like the new colors and I'm sure it's gonna look great, just sorry that all happened to you. You're a better man than I. We would never be able to pull that off in that time frame. Best of luck!
It really was beyond time to update the kitchen. Except it wasn't a "good time" to have to do it. Turns out it's what Emily and I get for Christmas. ffcheesy
Wasn't there a guy on here a while back had to do a major bathroom remodel... :huh?
One good thing about Haint Blue... at least 'taint red. ffcheesy
This reminds me of one of my firewood customers, Ted. I was delivering a load of wood, and ge asked me, "what do you think of my Mediterranean cruse?", kind of gesturing towards something in his yard. Seeing my confused look, he pointed to his well casing- "what do you think of my Mediterranean cruise?" Finally, he explained the he and his wife were going to go on a Mediterranean cruise, but their well failed. So they got to take their trip money and spend it on a well instead😊
I do like the blue ffsmiley
We have an older but (60s) house, still fairly original. When I bought it it was a bit tired inside, and even had a 70s(?) arch doorway with fake wood paneling around it. Stripped the old wallpaper, and basically painted the walls solid blue in the living room, and that's how it's stayed.
Haven't had any Haintings since the repaint, so I can vouch for the effectiveness. ffcheesy
Another very nice job!!!!
Well done!
Thanks for the kind words. We took Sunday mostly. We did very little yesterday on the renovation.
We hit it pretty hard this morning and removed all the existing laminate flooring.
Here's my bride removing staples the held the foam underlayment and vapor barrier.
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I set the skilsaw to the laminate thickness and cut it into section to remove it.
We have Christmas celebrations the next two days so the floor has to wait until Thursday.
Ted,
It looks great, just a bit of advise...
If you were a good forumite last year, and you leave homemade cookies, milk, and hide or destroy any grits in the house, then maybe Santa's Elf's will finish the floor for you???
That's what I'd do, but it may explain a few unfinished projects around here ffcheesy
Quote from: Resonator on December 21, 2024, 06:55:23 PMWasn't there a guy on here a while back had to do a major bathroom remodel... :huh?
ffcheesy ffcheesy ffcheesy I think that was me and it was exactly one year ago between Christmas and new year and started with painting the house and then changed to paint the whole house inside and outside and do the bathroom also, so turned a quick one week project into 3 weeks! :uhoh: till mid January, lol
great work ted!
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Actually I know Santa, he's a real beach bum, likes shrimp and grits, whole hog bbq, goes fishing regularly and only does home improvements because Mrs. Claus makes it worth his while ffcool
ffcheesy ffcheesy
He spends a lot of time near here and supervises the Elves through Zoom meetings!
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Merry Christmas!🎄🎁
Finally got the floor done! 400 square feet in about 10 hours between yesterday and this morning.
If anybody has a laminate flooring project, I strongly recommend buying, borrowing or renting a laminate shear. It's the way to go!
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Looks good. Any chance you have a picture of the shear that you used ? I bought one awhile back for a job and it saved me from running up and down stairs to go out and cut, but I can't say that I'm sold on it.
@trimguy We looked at Lowes for a shear versus the "paper" cutter" type cutter. Lowe's didn't have one. Home Depot only sold them online. We had to go to Floor & Decor, a flooring store.
It's a true shear - 13" wide. My wife did the cuts. It saved time, messiness and all the getting up and down.
We had a bay with 45s on each side. It cut those accurately, my wife handled it fine.
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I definitely feel for you on the popcorn ceiling. Did you wet it before scraping it off? Also did you have to refinish to smooth it out or just sand and paint? Also is that hardwood floors under the laminate? If so why not just refinish them?
@bigred1951 The short answer is yes I wet the popcorn. To remove the popcorn, I used a mixture of white vinegar and water in a small garden sprayer to wet the ceiling. I would wait 10 minutes or so and re-wet the ceiling. "Wet" is a strong term. For our ceilings a light spray was enough because they were never painted. Too wet and the sheetrock paper gets soft and tears. Too dry isn't a big deal, I've learned any residual popcorn can be sponged away.
I used a 12" drywall knife to scrape. To keep the popcorn off of me I used 2 hose clamps to add a 3' broom stick to the handle of the drywall knife.
The ceiling required considerable patching to get smooth. After the initial round of patching, I used a 9" drywall sander to sand the entire ceiling.
The second and third rounds of patches were sponged smooth with a wet sponge. Works like a charm with no drywall dust!
As for the floors, the original pine floor from 1988 wasn't sufficiently dry when I installed it when I built the house. Unfortunately, when it dried we got gaps,BIG nasty 1/4" gaps. So we installed laminate back in 1997. When I pulled the original laminate out, those big nasty gaps were still there.
The original flooring was installed before we had heat in the house. If I knew then what I know now about drying lumber...
I love my drywall work but don't get to do it as much lately now that I don't work construction anymore. Occasionally do a little side job. But I have done my best to stay away from popcorn ceilings. My new to me house has it and I debated on removing them but then decided it be too much of a project when I was already in a hurry so I just painted them. May end up doing some tng over it eventually. Had to tear out a couple bedrooms and start from scratch the drywall was so bad. I think I ended up using about 4 five gallon buckets of mud. Lite blue of course makes for easy sanding I think.
Thanks Ted.
@trimguy, is that cutter like yours?
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Ted , this is the one I got. The cutter part takes out about a 1/4" and doesn't give a clean cut. It takes a little umph to make the cut, I'm going to say it's harder to operate if Emily didn't have any problem with yours.