WYZIWYG

I'm scoring, stripping old wallpaper and painting my kitchen next week. I just know if I had a little more experience I could replace all the cabinets and all I'd need is someone with a tile cutter for the new floor.

Barnabas

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rent the tile cutter... Its easy to lay the tile.

Let me know if you need anything. I have a bunch of tools lying around. I have a diamond tile cutting wet blade but its in my circular saw and its only really good if you are doing very few cuts for like a small room (I laid a 4x9 room of ceramic at my buddies house)

WYZIWYG

I'm still looking at cabinets and still on the fence as to whether I should try this myself with some help or just hire a pro.

Barnabas

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If you buy assembled cabinets, all you need is a helper, a level, a studfinder and a screw gun. Its pretty simple stuff.

Identify where you want your cabinetry ( height wise) pop a line, (use a chalk line or pencil with your level.

Then you can either;
A Screw up a small board to rest the cabinet on in place just under the line to assist with placing board up(check wood once mounted to ensure completely level)

or
B: Use line as a guide, one person holds the cabinets up other levels them then screws into place.

once 2 cabinets are mounted side by side you screw them together through the thick frame board just inside the front edge

Then once your done that add doors

WYZIWYG

Barn, the cabinet thing sounds doable with another set of "experienced "hands, but the tile part scares me. Well that and doing the plumbing for the sink, faucet and disposal up against the wall.

Barnabas

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let me know if you need help. I installed the entire kitchen at my old apartment and that was just going from hookups not replacing preexiting stuff. Its not too hard and I always enjoy a good DIY project

I will say tiles can be a major headache if you rush or dont get the proper tools but if you take your time they are not difficult in anyway at all just time consuming. The plumbing is one of the easiest parts especially with the kits they have on the market that make it so you dont have to hunt down parts and it all just snaps together

kyle22

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Paint and wallpaper is my specialty DON'T GO TO BIG BOX STORES!!

bb1314

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I wish I'm a handyman like you guys...

WYZIWYG

LOL, I used to work at Home Depot. Sorry that we're contributing to the death of Mom and Pop stores Kyle...

bb1314

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Mom: Where's the milk?
Clay: Milk? uh you go down isle 6, make a right when you reach the end and there will be a little room on the left immediately. Go into that room and I'll show you some chocolate milk.

WYZIWYG

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WYZIWYG

Sadly, this PUA routine doesn't work on Asian women...

bb1314

iTrader: (62)

Come on homie! Just replace "chocolate" with "soy" when applying the PUA routine to Asian women.

kyle22

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I don't work for a mom and pop store I strictly deal with the leading quality of paint. You wouldn't buy ebay turbo and put it on your car would you? Then I wouldn't use that water down, splatter infested, can't
cover, can't hide crap of a paint they carry

WYZIWYG

Really? To myself and the other billion uninformed it's simply paint. And it's lasted up on my walls for the past 6 years, so...

bb1314

iTrader: (62)

The difference is.. ebay turbo blows your motor while crappy paint doesn't blow up your house.

Jgrizzle

iTrader: (7)

I spent the extra money on really good paint to paint the new house and im so glad I did. It took so much less time and less paint to cover.

WYZIWYG

I had to change my walls from bone white to hunter green in the living/dining rooms. There's so many coats you could probably scratch them and never see the white.

But I agree, a good quality paint is a necessity. Grizz, you taking any pix of your rennovations? Maybe someone should start a Mid-A Home Remodeling thread?

Shin Beats

iTrader: (7)

WTF?

Here..you'll need this:

http://www.phantomplate.com/


It's a spray that isn't visible to the naked eye. Works like a charm.

Jgrizzle

iTrader: (7)

yeah I have a bunch of pictures of the wall I had to rip down. I had a mold issue that went behind the old plaster. I had to rip down the old drywall and then the 130yr old plaster that was on it, all the way to the brick. Then we framed a proper wall, insulated and re drywalled it. It looks fantastic.