I've always loved old #restoration #renovation #remodeling projects, and this is one I'm currently following. It's quite an undertaking, to say the least. Can't wait to see the finished product.
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PNNL: Pest Control Overview Guide https://basc.pnnl.gov/information/pest-control-overview-guide #pests #remodeling #design #housing
basc.pnnl.govPest Control Overview Guide | Building America Solution CenterInformation guide providing an overview of pest-resistant construction practices and guides in the Building America Solution Center for home builders.
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Current recommendations for residential windows: https://www.energystar.gov/products/res_windows_doors_skylights/key-product-criteria#performanceCriteria #energystar #windows #remodeling
The tape and texture experts say we need another layer of sheetrock on the kitchen ceiling. I hope this doesn't delay everything, and painting goes ahead on Friday. Our hotel-style mini kitchen is all covered up.
How is this my life?
Thrill of the day: cleaned and sealed the floor tiles in my bathrooms. Woohoo! (even better: with free tile sealer from the city's material reuse center... I love that place, saves me many trips to big box stores and usually $20-100 a trip if I am in need of something) #domesticexcitement #remodeling
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What's frustrating is we've wanted to remodel the kitchen for awhile, but NOT LIKE THIS. We want to (eventually) move the staircase and reconfigure the kitchen layout b/c right now it isn't very efficient (countertops all broken up for very little usable space). I didn't want to spend much money on interim updates, but we can't afford to do a full remodel right now, and our appliances might completely break at any moment. 
Coat#3 on the bathtub refinishing did the trick! A ton of work, most certainly very labor intensive, and the epoxy fumes are 10/10 bad, but it was acceptable in an empty house. #diy #remodeling
Woohoo! Extra excitement Saturday night, sealed the grout and tile in the bathrooms/kitchen with some free grout/tile sealant from our city's material reuse store (diverts things returned to hazmat). #grout #tile #diy #remodeling
Well, no witty political commentary from me. You can just look at my new tub drain. #remodeling #tub #plumbing
Re-caulked the tub (exciting, I know!) - next, to remove the old corroded drain plug (wanted to wait until I had completed resurfacing...). Need to remember to do that sooner, rather than later. #diy #remodeling
Okay, what bozo caulked this sink wrong 20 years ago?!? Oh wait, that would be me. They should have taped it before caulking for a cleaner line, like this... #diy #remodeling
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Coat#2. Still have some material left but going to leave it at this, unless some massive issue shows up. Entire house is most certainly full of nasty fumes: would not do this in an occupied building without some serious ventilation. Despite the weather, decided it is better to vent to the outdoors, so opened up a window elsewhere in the house and have a fan directed into this room. #diy #bathroom #remodeling
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That went quick. Full vapor canister respirator absolutely required, and I did end up opening up a window to the cold world outside for some additional ventilation, with a fan pointed into this room (close it up for drying for the next few hours). Eyes started watering so I figured out more air needed.! Another coat between 4 and 6 hours required. #bathtub #remodeling
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(This random quote thanks to my having to turn the heat up at my house to 70F apply epoxy coating to my tub). #remodeling #random
Prep instructions: clean tub. Sand/steel wool. Clean tub. Steel wool. Clean the tub again, why don't you. Do it again for good measure. Hey, why aren't you scrubbing your tub. Do it again. #remodeling #tub #tubrefinishing #diy #bathroom
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DOE Energy Star suggestion for windows in our part of Southern California (South-Central) is a U-Factor of less than or equal to 0.28, and a SHGC of less than or equal to 0.23. These windows were spec'd SIGNIFICANTLY above that level, because they likely will never be replaced again (at least, not by me). #energyefficiency #windows #remodeling https://efficientwindows.org/energystar/
Replaced a single pane, 1978-79 window with a very, very expensive modern equivalent. Why? Heatwaves. Lots of them in the future. Don't know how much it will help... but better than what was there before. #remodeling #windows
Exercised the "never say no to contractors moving up an install" rule. (window contractors had a cancellation, so they're showing up at 8am tomorrow!!). #remodeling
Interesting, there is paint with additives to prevent growth of mold and mildew. Going with that for my bathroom repainting (plus adding a fan, hopefully). The original design of the 1979 bathrooms in my tract were abysmal, and even after we changed things out, not great. Originally they had a window, and then a glass bath/shower door (to the window), and then another bath/shower door to the rest of the bathroom, thus trapping moisture up against a window with NO ESCAPE. (note: all the recently sold homes in my neighborhood appear to have full remodels of their bathrooms... probably ran into those issues). #random #remodeling
My no-longer 1970's fashionable kitchen floor. Alas, you can visit the 30% asbestos linoleum at an EPA registered disposal site somewhere around here, if you miss it. #hazmat #kitchen #disasterremodelling #remodeling
