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Home-owners...What are your current projects? (5 Viewers)

Fat Nick said:
x2.

We're on a similar time-line...

  • Year 1 - buy house
  • Year 2 - Cosmetic upgrades (kitchen backsplash, swap out all switches and do home automation, new door handles/hinges, light fixtures, fans)
  • Year 3 - Re-do guest bath
  • Year 4 - Re-do Master bath
  • Year 5 - Re-build/expand deck
  • Year 6 -  Tons of landscaping changes
  • Year 7 - Finish basement
  • Year 8 - 2nd kid turns 1, now mobile, time for projects was limited, so didn't do anything major.
  • Year 9 - (this year) Need to refinish garage floor, and build a lean-to on the shed to cover my expanding collection of crap.  Also need to figure out what to do about the driveway (want to re-pave/expand it)
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file this under: things people don't put into the rent vs buy analyzer...

I've got a similar list (in year 4, coming up on year 5).  This year is solar for me...

 
We are currently debating buying a new house, adding an expansive deck, or doing some type of addition — either a true sunroom or a 3-Seasons room and deck/patio. 

Has anybody added a sunroom or 3 seasons room?

 
Leeroy Jenkins said:
We are currently debating buying a new house, adding an expansive deck, or doing some type of addition — either a true sunroom or a 3-Seasons room and deck/patio. 

Has anybody added a sunroom or 3 seasons room?
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Good timing. Was just coming here to post this.

Otis outdoor paradise just finished. 

Link here. 

There was just a small raised patio where that roof is. And a little single door and two old windows into the house. We knocked out the wall into the house and put in huge sliding doors. Added the covered porch. Ceiling fan, heaters, speakers built into the ceiling. Thing is freaking awesome.  Then we extended out the bluestone patio to the uncovered part. And then most recently just finished the outdoor kitchen. The grill cost what a cheap car would, but it’s freaking awesome.  Also a sink, refrigerator, slide out trash, and storage. I don’t have a pic of the other side showing all the appliances but could get you one. 

The covered patio is awesome. The heaters let us use it three seasons here in NY. Actually used it a bunch on more mild nights even in December.

The island and kitchen is awesome. Had our first family cookout this weekend. It’s a 40” grill so allowed for tons of burgers and dogs at once. The fridge is awesome too. It’s got two drawers, bottom stocked with water and box drinks for the kids, beers in the top. I could sit there while the steaks were cooking and pass out cold beers to folks seated on the other side of the island. Everyone absolutely loved it. 

It was something I always wanted on my house—Otis likes to sit and drink and smoke cigars—and this addition was awesome. It cost a small fortune because we did it “right” every step of the way. But worth it in the end, and I have no doubt added the value of the project to our home value, if not more.

Ask away if any questions. 

 
Leeroy Jenkins said:
We are currently debating buying a new house, adding an expansive deck, or doing some type of addition — either a true sunroom or a 3-Seasons room and deck/patio. 

Has anybody added a sunroom or 3 seasons room?
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Not yet, but considering it as well. 

I live in Oklahoma, I know, and we are starting to plan an extension of our current 12x12 covered patio.  The addition will be 24x12 and I'm still debating on whether to make it covered, pergola, or something else.  It's partially shaded by trees already, but i want full shade with lights/fan.  

 
wilked said:
Otis, looks great my man.  I got a killer grilled salmon recipe if you need it
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We’re huge on seared tuna steaks these days. Sushi grade tuna. Some sesame seeds on each side with a little sauce to make it stick. Sear each side. Some soy sauce and wasabi. Boom. 

 
Seriously my favorite place to hang out and entertain. 

And for real, open invite to all my GBs in here. If you’re coming to NY and you’re willing to train or Uber out to Long Island, unlimited cigars and good booze and wine and beer and good tunes on me. Just bring yourself and some shtick. 

 
the shuke sideswipe seems unnecessary but actually made the old swcer laugh nice work brohan i hope you and your family enjoy it a lot take that to the bank brotis

 
also with the bluestone did they pour a slab under the entire thing and then build it on top of that i hear a lot of stories about bluestone popping here and im curious how they put it down in new york which has sort of a similar weather pattern take that to the bank bromigo

 
SWC said:
also with the bluestone did they pour a slab under the entire thing and then build it on top of that i hear a lot of stories about bluestone popping here and im curious how they put it down in new york which has sort of a similar weather pattern take that to the bank bromigo
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:lmao:

keeping the shtick alive even in this thread and with a serious question. 

Yes they poured slab underneath. The covered patio also has concrete and rebar footings underneath. Probably the safest place in the house in the event of an earthquake. 

 
Before I go buy some, does anyone know what kind of dirt/soil I need to "regrade" the edges of my house? I probably said that wrong but when I bought it, there was a lot of dirt right by the edge of my house but over the course of rain/snow, the plastic underneath is exposed now. I don't think I just buy topsoil because that is too airy and may wash away quicker, but am curious what the previous owner may have used.

 
bradyfan said:
It was as if I am physic because this was exactly what I saw in my mind after reading your post.   :oldunsure:
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Since you "saw" the image, I would need many small rocks because it is like the picture on two sides of the house (approximately 30ft each) but I would need to have a better barrier between the rocks and grass... allow water to seep through but not the rocks. What size rocks are we talking about? The normal white ones that we see everywhere?

I'd almost want to get rid of the dirt, keep the plastic and add another layer or two between the ground (stop the weeds) and air. This is something I can see doing, actually. It will take time but could be worth it.

I'd have to grade it somehow so the water disperses away from the house. In my head I would need to pile dirt or some kind of plastic underneath the rocks to have the water run down away.

 
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bradyfan said:
Edging ideas  Bricks would be simple and easy.

There are many sizes, colors, and prices of rocks to choose from at Home Depot or Lowes, if you go this route.  Link
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My concern is by the house. What materials can I use under the plastic to raise and maintain that level. Like, can I get a bunch of metal wedges, place them next to the house, and when it rains, the water will run away from the house? There would be a noticeable (maybe like 4-6" hill) from the house to the edge. That is what I'm envisioning but not sure if that would be good or not.

 
rascal said:
bradyfan said:
It looks great for $5000, Otis.  That is a giant umbrella base.
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Wait, the covered patio, uncovered portion, and outdoor kitchen were only $5k.  That's a great deal.
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No, that's the running joke for how much it'll cost Otis for a project. New toilet, replacing a chandelier, installing a sandbox... everything is $5k.  I'm afraid to guess what that actually cost. 

 
bradyfan said:
It looks great for $5000, Otis.  That is a giant umbrella base.
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Way way more than 5k GB :bag:

The umbrella is huge, and spans over the island and grill. Beats the heck out of grilling in the hot sun at 4pm. (Hell the umbrella alone was 1k). 

 
Looks like I might have a project shaping up. An 80 foot pine tree about 40 feet from the house that may have termites in it (and in between two trees I'd really love to keep).

I've gotten fairly significant tree work done each summer and I'd asked my tree guy to come check out this pine. Seems overall healthy, but some of the lower limbs drooping. He checked it out when I wasn't home and texted yesterday that he thinks it may have termites and would discuss later. Oof. 

Hopefully, I can find out more today, and definitely going to get the termite guys out quick. However it goes, they'll need to be part of the process.

I save best I can on a decidedly non-FBG salary, and gonna really hope I hear some solutions and numbers I can handle. 

 
bradyfan said:
Mario Kart said:
Since you "saw" the image, I would need many small rocks because it is like the picture on two sides of the house (approximately 30ft each) but I would need to have a better barrier between the rocks and grass... allow water to seep through but not the rocks. What size rocks are we talking about? The normal white ones that we see everywhere?

I'd almost want to get rid of the dirt, keep the plastic and add another layer or two between the ground (stop the weeds) and air. This is something I can see doing, actually. It will take time but could be worth it.
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Edging ideas  Bricks would be simple and easy.

There are many sizes, colors, and prices of rocks to choose from at Home Depot or Lowes, if you go this route.  Link
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thanks for the edge idea link i am going to have to get rid of some railroad ties this summer becuase they are crumbling piles of crap and i need ideas and that link gave me a few so that is why i am saying thank you take that to the bank bromigo 

 
This weekend :

So our 12 year Kenmore Elite dishwasher stopped working last week.  I ordered a Bosch from Home Depot, that came in and I removed the old one and installed the new one.  That wasn't a bad project but being a newbie I think I turned a 30 minute job into a 5 hour job, ah well.  Next up the clothes dryer was squealing, again, it's Kenmore dryer from 12 years ago but I knew what this was, this was a combination of an old belt and old rollers.  You can get a whole kit (amazon, parts direct, etc.) that includes all new rollers and a new belt.  I did this job about 6 years ago and, of course, I completely forgot how to take the dryer apart so I had to google/youtube it all over again.  Not bad, I think that 20 minute job only took me two and half hours! ;)   I think the worst of that was that I noticed the dryer was full of lint, dust, etc. so I took time to clean everything out while I was in there.  And, naturally, as I always do I managed the mess up the exhaust pipe in the wall so it took me an hour to get that fixed again.   Yay home projects!

 
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Replacing an old and worn down cedar deck with an aggregate concrete patio. I have pros coming out to install the concrete patio...I just have to tear out the deck. Which is going to suck. 

 
Ilov80s said:
Replacing an old and worn down cedar deck with an aggregate concrete patio. I have pros coming out to install the concrete patio...I just have to tear out the deck. Which is going to suck. 
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so you dislike hitting things with a sawzall and sledge hammer like a boss while the sweet sounds of looking glass play out of your philco and having all the kids in the neighborhood come on over and seeing how a brohan gets you know what done while having all the papershakers on the block talk about well mr ilove80s does all of his projects himself why cant you be more like him and then when you lay down at night you know gd well who get it done that day yeah ok that sure sounds stinky or brohan maybe that just sounds like the high life take that to the bank bromigo

 
SWC said:
so you dislike hitting things with a sawzall and sledge hammer like a boss while the sweet sounds of looking glass play out of your philco and having all the kids in the neighborhood come on over and seeing how a brohan gets you know what done while having all the papershakers on the block talk about well mr ilove80s does all of his projects himself why cant you be more like him and then when you lay down at night you know gd well who get it done that day yeah ok that sure sounds stinky or brohan maybe that just sounds like the high life take that to the bank bromigo
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LOL yeah I am not super excited about tearing apart the deck and hauling the wood away and ripping up all the bushes around it. But it will be nice to show those papershakers whats up.

 
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So....

We built our house 4 years ago.  My wife wanted to build instead of buy an existing house because “everything would be done”.😩. I would have preferred to buy an old house for half price and hit it and remodel but whatever.  When we built we added in an outdoor kitchen.  It’s fairly basic with a Blaze grill, big single basin sink and a cutout for a fridge.  So here are the issues so far that I am toying around with fixing.

1.  I need to get a fridge out there.  We have this massive 24x34x hole just hanging out.  The problem is that the outdoor fridges I see are $1000 on up.  Hard to justify when the kitchen fridge is roughly 30 feet away.  I also thought about an outdoor ice maker but the wife is set on the fridge.  Locally we have bbqguys and Blaze grills.  They have some scratch and dent stuff that I can look at before I buy.  Scratches on top etc.  Any other ideas on where to get a deal on one?  I have checked the usual places.

2.  The grill puts out a crap ton of smoke if I am cooking something fatty.  I need to install a vent hood because otherwise you just can’t go outside.  I found a Viking hood with a few dings at one of the habitat for humanities places around here for $300 a few years back and I am kicking myself for not grabbing it.  Is this something I can tackle myself?  Cutting a hole through my shingles gives me a bit on anxiety even though I know I can just tar that sucker shut.

3.  Outdoor fans.  For those of you not aware Louisiana gets hot.  Not only hot mug the humidity gets to the point of it being unbearable.  I have 2 ceiling fans under my patio and they do nothing.  I am thinking of pulling them out and replacing with can lights.  Then I am thinking of adding a few of something like this.  http://www.airkinglimited.com/page/m-industrial-ceiling-mount-fans.html or a missing system.  Any thoughts on fans or misting systems?

4.  Oh yeah.  I may do some Stained beadboard on the ceiling to match the cypress cabinets.  I also have some 100+ year old cypress I may build a few floating shelves out of.

https://imgur.com/gallery/AT87MDu

 
The R2-D2 thing on the right of the pic is an Orion smoker.  Not true BBQ in my opinion but fall of the bone ribs in about an hour.

 
Lots of work outside.

  • Added 8 emerald green arborvitaes around my deck, which is 4-6 feet above ground (back yard is on a grade).
  • Removed rocks I had edged all mulch with (flower beds, trees, etc).  These were rocks I removed from the yard, so I was happy to see those f@#%ers gone.
  • Put a new edge on all mulched areas
  • Added a new flower bed from back corner of house and connected with flower bed around the deck.
  • 5 yards of mulch dispersed
  • 3 yards of top soil dispersed -- used to build new flower bed and add to the grade coming off my driveway by carriage garage.  Had a good bit of run off that left bare spots from initial seeding.  
  • Seeded the new top soil
  • Pressure washed driveway and deck
Picture 1 -- Picture 2 -- Picture 3

Please ignore the bare spots and such.  The grass in the backyard is still very much a work in progress.  Damn clay.

If I never see another load of mulch, it will be too soon.

 
Just moved into our second house 3 weeks ago.

So far:

Painted 3 bedrooms and master bath 

Changed all the door knobs and hinges out to brushed nickel 

Changed out most of the light fixtures

Put up a fire pit 

Changed out toilet seats

Put up new sliding screen door and front storm door with screen

To do over next 2 months:

Build on covered porch with the help of my dad

Paint bonus room 

 
doowain said:
Lots of work outside.

  • Added 8 emerald green arborvitaes around my deck, which is 4-6 feet above ground (back yard is on a grade).
  • Removed rocks I had edged all mulch with (flower beds, trees, etc).  These were rocks I removed from the yard, so I was happy to see those f@#%ers gone.
  • Put a new edge on all mulched areas
  • Added a new flower bed from back corner of house and connected with flower bed around the deck.
  • 5 yards of mulch dispersed
  • 3 yards of top soil dispersed -- used to build new flower bed and add to the grade coming off my driveway by carriage garage.  Had a good bit of run off that left bare spots from initial seeding.  
  • Seeded the new top soil
  • Pressure washed driveway and deck
Picture 1 -- Picture 2 -- Picture 3

Please ignore the bare spots and such.  The grass in the backyard is still very much a work in progress.  Damn clay.

If I never see another load of mulch, it will be too soon.
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I love Arborvitaes

 
arbor vitas are white cedar trees right those babys smell great after a rain take that to the bank bromigos

 
Just ripped off the carpets. Hardwood floors underneath covered in cat urine in living room. Smells bad. Cost just doubled ugh

 
ragincajun said:
So....

We built our house 4 years ago.  My wife wanted to build instead of buy an existing house because “everything would be done”.😩. I would have preferred to buy an old house for half price and hit it and remodel but whatever.  When we built we added in an outdoor kitchen.  It’s fairly basic with a Blaze grill, big single basin sink and a cutout for a fridge.  So here are the issues so far that I am toying around with fixing.

1.  I need to get a fridge out there.  We have this massive 24x34x hole just hanging out.  The problem is that the outdoor fridges I see are $1000 on up.  Hard to justify when the kitchen fridge is roughly 30 feet away.  I also thought about an outdoor ice maker but the wife is set on the fridge.  Locally we have bbqguys and Blaze grills.  They have some scratch and dent stuff that I can look at before I buy.  Scratches on top etc.  Any other ideas on where to get a deal on one?  I have checked the usual places.

2.  The grill puts out a crap ton of smoke if I am cooking something fatty.  I need to install a vent hood because otherwise you just can’t go outside.  I found a Viking hood with a few dings at one of the habitat for humanities places around here for $300 a few years back and I am kicking myself for not grabbing it.  Is this something I can tackle myself?  Cutting a hole through my shingles gives me a bit on anxiety even though I know I can just tar that sucker shut.

3.  Outdoor fans.  For those of you not aware Louisiana gets hot.  Not only hot mug the humidity gets to the point of it being unbearable.  I have 2 ceiling fans under my patio and they do nothing.  I am thinking of pulling them out and replacing with can lights.  Then I am thinking of adding a few of something like this.  http://www.airkinglimited.com/page/m-industrial-ceiling-mount-fans.html or a missing system.  Any thoughts on fans or misting systems?

4.  Oh yeah.  I may do some Stained beadboard on the ceiling to match the cypress cabinets.  I also have some 100+ year old cypress I may build a few floating shelves out of.

https://imgur.com/gallery/AT87MDu
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Maybe put one of those larger bigassfans underneath.  I would add fans not remove any.  With LED you can add lighting anywhere, but yeah cans are nice.

 
Punxsutawney Phil said:
Maybe put one of those larger bigassfans underneath.  I would add fans not remove any.  With LED you can add lighting anywhere, but yeah cans are nice.
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I thought about it but the price makes me sick.    My porch is 10’x20’.  I currently have 2 standard fans.  I need to measure but I believe either 42 or 48”.  I could go with a Haiku Big A fan.  They come in 52, 60, and 84 or perhaps a minkaire.  I am in the wrong business.  I need to sell fans.

 
ragincajun said:
I thought about it but the price makes me sick.    My porch is 10’x20’.  I currently have 2 standard fans.  I need to measure but I believe either 42 or 48”.  I could go with a Haiku Big A fan.  They come in 52, 60, and 84 or perhaps a minkaire.  I am in the wrong business.  I need to sell fans.
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Do you know anyone with a good setup?  Even a restaurant?  Find something that works, with about the same setup, and plagiarize

 
i like those fans that look like helicopter blades i think they are called industrial ceiling fans and i beleve that big rearend fans has models up to like 96 inches or bigger which would not work for you becuase it would be bigger than your porch and when you turned it on it would helicopter karate chop your entire porch into smithereens so basically you should look at a smaller model bam another riddle solved by the old swcer take that to the bank bromigo

 
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We are just about to get our 12'x20' patio extended to 24'x20' and covered. Looking at two fans but now I'm wondering if that's enough! We are not Alabama but it does get sticky around here.

 
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