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What did you do with the rest of her?
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Remodeling
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R. J.
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She is plastered inside the wall. 
No what happened was that I didn't like that one piece of chair rail. I had to glue the right side & when I removed it the dry wall came with it. I would never abuse my wife. She can hit a 1/2 bulls eye at 50 yards with a flint lock muzzle loader. I try not to piss her off but for some reason I accidentally do. I always get the short end of the stick & it heart's. She is not to be messed with. I always call her the Tasmanian she devil.
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R. J.
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My wife has finely made up my mind on what brand & shade/color of laminate. She did me a favor & never left the house. We are going with Pergo XP Extreme Performance. It is the top of the line & is made in the US. It is called Alexandria Walnut. Looks like oak to me. It is on sale at Home Depot for $2.49 a square foot. $32.60 a case. I need 30 cases for a 22.5 ft x 15.5 ft room. Total with tax $1041. I'm picking it up tomorrow.Attachments
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R. J.
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Installed my marble seals & fixed my wall that I screwed up. Going to prep the floor today & start laying the laminate floor. My wife likes the choice that I found. She just wishes that she could be more involved with the project. She has always liked helping me & she does a good job. She spends more time at work than at home. She has been working 72 hrs a week since last October. That will all end at the end of the month. They hired more people for a 2nd & 3rd shift.
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madmanncr500
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i WILL BE GLAD WHEN YOUR DONE WITH THIS PROJECT..............We cant talk football but wood working is ok.............
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BWAHAHAHA
R. J.
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OK, So what do you all do. Hire someone to do your home improvements. I do all my own work. I can do a better job than most contractors. They take way to many short cuts. When I built on my family room & back porch in 1998 it cost me $8,000 & added $30,000 to the value of my house. In 97 I added the 4 th bed room & 3 rd bath with a 2 person Jacuzzi. It cost me $12,000. It added $40,000 to the value of my house. I went form 1700 sq ft home to a 3200 sq ft home. I more than doubled the value of my home & it is free & clear.
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rammy1500
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I do most of my work myself, except for roofing on steep roofs. I own rental homes on top of 1/2 the old family farm, so there is no way I could afford to hire the work done.
R. J.
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I got an estimate to have 2 windows & 2 sliding glass doors put on my 16' x 12' porch. They wanted $10,000. I can do it for $2600. When I put a new roof on in 2012 which is 3600 square feet they wanted $17,000. I have $4500 in materials & I paid a friend who is a roofer $1300 to help me. We had to remove 2 layers of shingles & replace 5 sheets of plywood.
R. J.
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All the woman's hobbies you guys mentioned are great but I like ceramics & pottery myself. Used to meet a lot of girls that way.
madmanncr500
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I planted flowers today in the snow.......................
R. J.
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Put up 2 new Hunter ceiling fans today. A 44" in the computer room & a 52" in the family room. I prepped the floors. The red looking floor used to be the porch. I had to do some leveling on the old porch part. What I did to level it was fill it with water. Let it puddle up & mark the high spots with a yellow water proof chalk. Then I ground down the high spots. It is now all within an 1/8 of an inch. I removed 6 gallons of concrete dust. I installed the kicker plate gismo against the sliding glass door kick/slider plate.Attachments
WillyD
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RJ...I am like you. I refuse to pay for something I can do. I have done roofing, siding, gutters, windows, doors, decks, ceramic tile, hardwood floor, laminate, electrical, plumbing, drop ceiling, framing, drywall, painting, border, wall paper, carpet, insulation and the list goes on...I am a mechanic by trade and woodwork as a hobby. My favorite shows are how-to and dyi shows. This Old House, Hometime, New Yankee Workshop, etc....If there is something I have never done, I jump in and do it. For myself and my house I will do anything needed to be done...
R. J.
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My Dad taught me most of what I know. I laid my first concrete block wall when I was 12. My Dad was hurt really bad in 1966 in a cave in in the coal mines so I had to learn & help him with everything around the house & on the cars. I also learned a lot from my brother doing auto body work. He owned his own shop for 45 years. I started helping him at age 14. I also helped 2 of my brother-in-laws build there houses. I had 2 Ford mechanics as neighbors who also taught me how to wrench on cars. My oldest brothers good friend owned a Honda Dealership in IN PA who I worked for in the Summer while in High School. I bought 2 dirt bikes from him at cost & used the money I made to pay for them. I really would hate going threw life having to pay someone to do what I can do.
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WillyD
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My dad is very mechanical. He never paid anyone to do anything that he could do. He fixed washers and driers we had when they broke. Did plumbing, electrical all his own work on cars that he could. I was about 12 when we roofed my mom and dads house. Helped my dad roof a few other houses of family in junior high/highschool age. Upraded the elctrical service for my aunt and uncle with him when I was 14...I rarely ask anyone for help. I just do it...git er done...my older brother and younger brother did not get the mechanical genes from my dad but I did...if it can be done, I will figure it out...
R. J.
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After I got home from my bike ride from Daytona I put down the tack strip in front of the French Doors that separates my Great Room from the Family/Computer Room. I also put down the vapor barrier. I was not going to put down the vapor barrier, but after talking to a Pergo Rep I decided to do it anyway. It is going to rain for the next 3 days so riding should not tear me away from my project. Hope to be done laying the laminate floor by Fri night. I'm going to take my time because this is my first laminate floor. I helped do a few but I really did not take everything in as I should have.Attachments
rammy1500
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I was going to comment about using a vapor barrier under lamanent flooring going overtop of concrete. My family room is on top of slab, and I bought padding which had the plastic build right in. Didn't realize until we were about 1/3 done, my son noticed that the padding facing up, said this side down. So had to take the planks out, flip the padding and start again. Been down for almost 13 years and has held up great.
R. J.
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Finally done laying the laminate floor. It took longer than I thought it would mostly because of returning damaged flooring to Home Depot. I returned/exchanged 10 cases in all. My wife took off work last Thu & Fri to help me. My younger son did the last 7 rows himself Sat. I just was not up to doing much of anything Sat. We also had to take up five rows because of a damaged piece so that sat us back a bit.Attachments
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Looks right nice R.J.........you all did a great job! 