Yikes! I can see why that would freak you out. We installed our own frameless shower glass and after watching the videos on line and handling the stuff I'm now super freaked-out about it breaking. I really can't say whether the deflection you're seeing is normal or not. Hopefully someone will chime in. But here are a few thoughts: ~I think it if were me I would ask the opinions of a couple other glass experts. I know there is one company on line that has lots of how-to information and I called them with a question at one point, because they were the only ones open and I needed an answer right away. Even though I didn't buy my glass from them they were super helpful... I can't recall the name but a google search would turn them up. ~If there's even a shred of doubt, I'd go with one of your two options. HOW different are the non-drilled side clips? My guess is that even though you think they'll look mis-matched now, you probably won't notice it after a while. I've had to add a piece of clear plastic "stop" at the top edge of my door/sidewall joint, because for whatever reason (settling?) the two pieces have shifted slightly and the gap between them is now too close for my comfort. I was super upset about this at first, because it "wrecked the visual effect", but, honestly, I don't even notice it anymore.... Also, we do have silicone attaching our side wall to the tiled shower wall, and it's amazingly strong. It also looks great. And we haven't had any mold at all growing in it. We do have a good bath van. But, you know, even if mold did grow in there eventually, you could slice the old silicone out and install fresh stuff without too much trouble, I think. Good luck! Stacey

Just want to follow-up with all you Raven lovers: We're about to begin Week 7 of our kitchen remodel and the bamboo cabinets are in and looking good - Friday the Raven C-stone countertops went in and they are TOTALLY GORGEOUS. DH and I are thrilled and feel it was the perfect choice - it plays off the light neutral of the cabinets beautifully, has a similar tone but at the same time grounds things - (I don't really know this lingo but have picked up a few things so am doing my best to describe...) so thank you all for your support as I angsted my way through that decision. I didn't realize how worried about that choice DH was until he saw it and breathed the hugest sigh of relief I've ever seen! I'll post pix eventually - want to wait until the appliances are in, etc. so it all shows to best advantage. Remodelfa - I did order a sample of the backsplash you suggested and although it is beautiful, the colors are very different than what it looks like online, and after living with it for a while, we decided it just didn't work. But thank you for the suggestion - it was very close. We're considering tabling the backsplash til later at this point, but will see how things look when everything's in there. Thank you all again!

Well, we've decided to do wood, BUT we will have to wait a while. We have a hallway, dressing area, and a study that all butts to an existing oak floor. We'll probably pick a similar floor, but we will shop around and think about it for a bit. I'm not about to lay my own wood floor over 600 or 700 sq. ft., so we'll have to save for installation too. We want to be able to pull out all the stops for this floor. It might even have to wait until I go back to work. : ( I'd love to have a herringbone pattern. : ) In the meantime, we'll keep things very clean and in the summer, we'll rip out the rug and have it hauled away. Our interim floor (and this is really fun) will be epoxy. There is a no VOC formula that looks very similar to terrazzo when it cures. That should be fun to play with. It's nuts, I know, but at least it will seal up the plywood so I can keep it clean for the next year or so. I'll just plop down a few area rugs and have them hauled out for cleaning a couple times a year. Wanna help pick colors?? : D Moonshadow, I can't wait to get this yucky garbage out of here. I'm absolutely sure I'll feel like a million bucks living without all this grotesque dust catcher outta here.

A lot of good information here and while this does sound like EMI/RFI it's important to remember the interference can be transferred through one of three methods. 1) Conductive which the interference is transmitted through signal connections, or more importantly here, AC line connections. 2) Radiated as in wireless RF transmission mentioned above. 3) Capacitive/inductive coupling which can occur in wiring/cabling running too close together or equipment placed too close to one another. One of the most important factors in addressing interference, for all of the above methods, is good grounding. So, does your house have grounded AC outlets? If yes, you may wish to confirm the ground pin is actually connected to a true grounding conductor. I would recommend trying plug-in EMI/RFI filters on the products being affected by the interference. Many plug-in surge suppressors, especially made for A/V & electronic equipment, have filters built-in and may prove to be helpful here. Yes, definitely for several reasons, move the shredder away from the computer.