Home Remodel: Do, Don'ts, Advice

[Rideski]

No access to above without cutting an “attic” access port through the drywall ceiling.
They might just scrap that particular rack.
Thanks for the keyword of ijoists though / you and Evan, scored points to be able to show him a pic of what he had because my diagram wasn’t getting though.

[Choss Jonger, Sr.]

Yeah, complex blocking between I-joists....IMO, but i’m kinda wimpy

[DJSapp]

Remove plumbing below. Drop sink. Rotate sink, lift it up through the sink hole in the counter slab.

Shhhhh, don't tell him the secret, he really wants to spend 15k on new granite and needs a reason. Blowing out the internal cabinet side panels is another option if you have to shift it sideways a bit more to make the rotation work. You'll never see the patch work if you even put it back.

100% this will work unless the depth of sink is the largest dimension. Since it's a kitchen sink, I'd guess it isn't a laundry depth. Drop it, roll the back edge 90 toward you, push it back and to the left, roll the right edge up 90 and pull it out of the hole. EZ PZ.

Now finding a sink that fits that opening perfectly... go top mount.

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[skifishbum]

i wanted bookshelfs and recycled brick and to loose the hearth my buddys dad manufactured back in the early 70's

but im the contactor and the contractee pays the note and our friend mr toaster lays tile way betters than i so i pay him to help
ended up with reycled barn wood and a roman beige drystack looking stone tiles


stoked its done

as much as i like that troot pic and the high dollar framing and matting she put on it
im trying to sell her on mounting her Olympic torch there instead
dont mind either way and i still think it needed a mantel
and do ing
your stoning safes a given on my jobs

[plugboots]

3 patterns on one small wall is 2 too many for me SFB. Nice stonework though.

[nickwm21]

What is that hearth? Terrazzo with giant chunks of masonry in it?

[Meathelmet]

i wanted bookshelfs and recycled brick and to loose the hearth my buddys dad manufactured back in the early 70's

You have a port a potty beside your fireplace?

Convenient, some would say.

[skifishbum]

i think so a bro i used to roof for dad worked in the factory that made them
good news is she says wow the tv looks small now
so yeah hun buy a new one
i hate the new couch you bought
and its actually my new sup seat/day cooler yeti she bought for my bday
but yes in a pinch a loaf oud fit in it

[Touring_Sedan]

Has anyone else tried to buy a major appliance during Covid? Fuck that shit. Between the big box bitches, warehouse stores, local chains, and the classifieds.... there was literally ONE fucking fridge that would work four us.



Fuck this Samsung POS, does anyone else remember those top freezer units from the 70's and 80's that would survive the apocalypse? Can I have one of those back?

[Flyoverland Captive]

We bought a new washer and dryer six weeks ago; still no word on when we’ll actually get them. The fridge we wanted has now tripled in price. Fuck.

[I Skied Bandini Mountain]

Ordered our stove in July for our kitchen remodel, specifically grilled the salesman on lead times and covid. Was assured they were 2 - 4 weeks out. Upon confirmation of order, 6 weeks delivery time. Yeah, I can see where this is going. Then it turned to 8. When counters were installed I called for an update and they said "We don't know".

I went into the showroom and nicely told the manager my wife would be burning the place down presently if I failed to come home with a stove. They promptly agreed to me taking a (higher $$$) floor model home.

It's a mess out there. I haven't had a new construction residence hit completion day since last summer. I had one go over 2 months because of supply chain fuckery - construction materials and appliances.

[ötzi]

Nice work SFB^^

re: Appliances. Back around Labor Day I put in an order for a freezer (freezers have been way backordered) and they told me they had no idea how long it would be, they hade some customers who'd been on the list close to 6 months.

A couple weeks later they call me and tell me my freezer's in. I'm like, wow that was quick, I didn't expect it for months. There's this long silence and she says, "well today's your lucky day. You were actually at the bottom of the list and I screwed up."

I told her no problem, whatever, but she insists that their policy is that because she called me they have to honor it and the freezer is mine. I kinda felt bad for the guy at the top of the list but hey, policy. So I took it.

[John_B]

It's a little fitting that Otzi doesnt have issues getting a freezer.

[splat]

My old roomie traded me a month's rent ($400) for a new kenmore washer/dryer combo. Turns out he had some dudes that seem to get all the returns, seconds, and whatevs on appliances nationwide and store them in warehouses all over. And they sell them for $200 a pop. So, gas stove? $200. Samsung television refrigerator, $200, etc., etc. I gotta call and see if they survived the pandemic. I need a new stove. Maybe they have a Wolf. /snickers Wouldn't that be the shiite?

[Hopeless Sinner]

We faced a multitude of supply chain gaps in our remodel. Should have been in by Christmas; hopefully it will be less than a year meaning May. We did order our appliances in May and they were delivered in late Nov, but they had been staged at a warehouse prior to that. We did get lucky on the freeezer (Tony Bozzuto, Shoshone, ID), had a 16 cf on order, but a bunch of 20cf rolled in so when Tony offered it we grabbed it. It made a nice home for my elk meat and other pandemic provisions.

Lumber futures:

[Art Shirk]

Ordered something like 8 appliances in May. I finally have them all but each one came on different days with multiple delays/switches. Supply chain is fucked on a ton of other stuff as well. I have a shower door that’s been somewhere between Germany and here for like 4 months.


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[XXX-er]

The dryer in the basement suite was so noisy it was about to take off today, spent 3-4 hrs taking it apart/ macgyvering/ shimming the squirrelcage fan on its shaft with a piece of olfa blade, all quiet and it cost zero

[ötzi]

Been waiting 3 months for an evaporator coil on a fridge that's still under warranty. It's starting to piss me off a little.

[glademaster]

It's a mess out there. I haven't had a new construction residence hit completion day since last summer. I had one go over 2 months because of supply chain fuckery - construction materials and appliances.

Your clients can find the materials they need to get it done, but it's going to cost a pretty penny. Not many delays around here, but lots of cost overruns to hit timelines.

[Timberridge]

I think these delay and out of stock issues will be with us for a while. It's hitting everyone from the auto industry down to local supply houses.

[Hopeless Sinner]

Engineered lumber is backlogged 8-12 weeks.

Local lumber yard is supposedly ending retail lumber sales next spring, contractors only.

[old goat]

What is that hearth? Terrazzo with giant chunks of masonry in it?

Speaking of giant chunks of masonry.


POS lava rock surround with giant mortar joints, except where there are spaces that the mice go in and out of. We were about to replace after living with it for 30 years when you-know-what happened.

We did manage to replace our refrigerator--a long standing goal--in June. There happened to be exactly the one we wanted on the floor at the Reno Best Buy or we'd have been out of luck. (Amazingly, it made it up the elevator with the doors and drawers removed--otherwise we would have had to book a crane which is months out and not cheap.)

[sirbumpsalot]

Speaking of giant chunks of masonry.


POS lava rock surround with giant mortar joints, except where there are spaces that the mice go in and out of. We were about to replace after living with it for 30 years when you-know-what happened.

We did manage to replace our refrigerator--a long standing goal--in June. There happened to be exactly the one we wanted on the floor at the Reno Best Buy or we'd have been out of luck. (Amazingly, it made it up the elevator with the doors and drawers removed--otherwise we would have had to book a crane which is months out and not cheap.)

We had a fireplace just like that and replaced last spring. The contractor started chiseling the rock off but found quickly it was gonna chip off the cinder block chimney it was attached to and compromise the structure, so he scraped it sort of flat and we just extended the framing and drywall to go around it rather than remove it and built on to that.

[AK47bp]

Has anyone else tried to buy a major appliance during Covid? Fuck that shit. Between the big box bitches, warehouse stores, local chains, and the classifieds.... there was literally ONE fucking fridge that would work four us.



Fuck this Samsung POS, does anyone else remember those top freezer units from the 70's and 80's that would survive the apocalypse? Can I have one of those back?

Ordered new fridge, stove, microwave, and dishwasher from Albert Lee back in early December.

Delivery estimate is mid March now.


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[old goat]

We had a fireplace just like that and replaced last spring. The contractor started chiseling the rock off but found quickly it was gonna chip off the cinder block chimney it was attached to and compromise the structure, so he scraped it sort of flat and we just extended the framing and drywall to go around it rather than remove it and built on to that.

I believe we will be able to pull the rocks out by hand with minimal effort. Pieces of mortar and some of the smaller rocks have fallen out.