Questions about replacing cathedral arch oak doors before paint
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Comments (11)Hi Breezy and all, We are closer to getting resolution on our many problems and are waiting through the time period the g.c. has to respond to Consumer Affairs. We should be hearing something late next week or the beginning of the following week. I have been busier than before with work, the boys have baseball playoffs and I just got out of the habit of checking the forums for quite a few weeks now. In the meantime, we may be getting solar for our electric due to all the incentives out there since we seem to have a good shot of recovering the costs to fix up the renovation. The paperwork I had to fill out for Consumer Affairs was extensive (think of a term paper plus photos to get the idea). We had been putting aside money in case we did not recover and have been fixing a few smaller items. The guy at Consumer Affairs says we should recover most if not all of what is needed to fix and finish our job. One recent thing was that in order to get a new screen door to replace the sinking Titanic-like one we had due to the poor installation, they had to rip apart the doorway and install a different door. Sad that it took such a tear apart to a 1 year old doorway, but the old size and finish work was all wrong. I was so thrilled to see the new doorway looking... er.. new! The one they made last year looked like it was gerymandered and was not professional or neat at all. It cost almost $1k to do, but it needed doing and not getting chewed by mosquitoes is heavenly. We have also been working on picking out a new kitchen floor and may be settled on Bio Spec sheet flooring by Mannington. It is a commercial product, often used in hospitals and operating rooms, hence the name. We would have 2 seams and I think we have worked out how to style it with color changes to get around having a noticeable in-a-bad-way seam in each spot. I have a floor specialist helping me this time, who assures me that her installer is top notch. I have not found out the cost yet, but it can't be much more than the Marmoleum had been and it will be a smaller area this time since we have the mahogany for the den and won't have it match this time. It is sad because the love the look and idea of our current floor, but it is structurally ruined so it is time to move on. I have also been working a ton in the garden because that went south last year due to working on the house and the renovation aftermath. It is looking passable now, lol. We joke that we have a weed garden, but not the fun kind ;) I hate gardening, but it looking shabby is not fair to the neighbors, so I just had to buckle down and attend to it. I am constantly amazed at how many hours that sucks up. I have also painted some more items that needed doing (non-sheetrock) such as a support column and the last coat on the radiator covers. I had gotten pretty burned out with paint last year, esp since much of it is now damaged with nail pops and from the 4 roof leaks, tape fails, cracks, etc.... We were advised not to fix the roof until after the town inspector comes, so that is going to happen by the end of the month. We actually had some pieces of sheetrock on the ground by our front door the other day when it rained, so we are past due on that. The solar guys took pictures on our roof today and I will be adding those to the complaint. I had taken interior shots of the damage before, but now I will have those from above. He says they are quite obvious when standing on the roof, so we shall see once he forwards them to me. As for my client with the nice kitchen and ugly cab doors... in the meantime, his older style large screen not-flat tv died and when he removed it from the den he saw that the heat from it cooked the wallpaper, so that is coming down (Yay!)and he will put up new sheetrock. While he is at it, he will remove the cedar planking that was on one wall (also, Yay!). When they moved the tv out and moved some stuff around, the cherry den floor started to buckle and by the end of the day, it was obvious it could not be fixed. It was a 5 year old floor installed with a special glue and was supposed to be bulletproof. The owner was skeptical, but they swore at the store that he could put wood on a slab floor if they used the right glue (i.e. $200 a bucket x 2) but they were dead wrong. So a new floor will be going in too. He had also agreed to remove some wallpaper borders and install crown moldings to modernize the look some in the foyer and upstairs hallway. So, with all this work on his hands (a retired contractor with a contractor son) the cab doors issue is on hold for a few days. He is out of town for another day or 2 fishing, so I will get him back in focus when he returns. I think the new doors would turn a negative into a positive. It may not become a magazine worthy kitchen, but since the size, layout, appliances, floor, windows, and bs are all really good, and the current cab doors are ugly, it will move it from an overall 4 to a 7-8. Thanks for the good thoughts about our hopefully soon resolution. It will mean the start of phase 2, with all the chaos and upheaval that will bring, but at least it will finally be nice all around. You can't imagine how much we appreciate the new screen door and doorway. I may even be allowed to hook up my stove finally! The last time I had a stove to cook on at home was 12/10/2010! I have gotten an electric tea kettle and a 5 in 1 cooker (great for pasta and rice) recently, so it has gotten better, but I should not need an army of kitchen electrics to cover for not having a working stove in a new kitchen, esp after what we have paid for it! Once we are back to renovating (shudder) I know I will be here frequently again. I just needed some time to be working on other projects and not stressing over our not done house for a while. We feel like we moved forward on some small stuff and are about to leap forward on the rest very soon. It was tough feeling so stuck for a while....See MorePaint custom oak cabinets and get new doors, or replace altogether?
Comments (27)I have always loved that IKEA kitchen. I see what you're aiming toward, and I'm not saying you shouldn't go in that direction, but painting your cabinetry white isn't necessarily going to get you there. What people don't tell you about sun rooms is that they darken the rooms they are attached to. All the natural light that would have poured into your space is now pouring into the adjacent room, and you're left with a small kitchen window with upper cabinets surrounding it. So what do you do now? Remove the uppers around the window. That means taking out that corner-like cabinet and making the range wall uppers a straight run to the wall. It also possibly means moving those two uppers over the peninsula. Are you interested in making your kitchen window larger? Regardless... you're going to want to invest in really great lighting: cans in the ceiling, under cabinet lighting, and possibly pendants for your peninsula. I know that sounds like a lot for a small space, but it makes a huge difference. Finally, I know you don't want to change your floor plan at all, but I bet the layout folks here can figure out for you how to re-use some of those uppers in the space, or how to reconfigure your existing space to make it function better. It's worth posting your existing layout just to see....See MoreArched (radius) to rectangular windows replacement - brick bungalow
Comments (17)I think you are on the right track. A large portico built in front of the front door would help immensely. It would help get rid of the flatness in the front of the house, it wouldn't block the light to the basement windows and it would add more prominence and stature to the front. Your house would benefit from the addition of large portico with a gable roof, which would blend well with the current windows, structure and the hipped roof on the house. See the 2 photos below. I would refrain from removing the brick around the window and from removing the arched windows since it will cost far in excess of the benefits of changing them out. I would recommend a paint job on the body of the house. Please don't paint the brick. If you decide to keep the brickwork around the arched windows, please consider toning down the paint job on the body of the house. The current paint color is too 'antiseptic' or stark looking. The body needs to be toned down and subtle-earth tone to take the bite out of the harsh contrast between the house body and the brickwork....See MoreNeed advice on renovating oak flooring, doors, staircase and woodwork
Comments (7)For your question #1, the usual answer is go with hardwood over engineered, unless there is a reason not to so so (concrete sub floor to which you cannot put in fasteners, etc.). Since you mentioned Mercier, they have exceptionally nice finishes, and you can specify the sheen (or at least you could in the past). When comparing their engineered vs. pre finished hardwood in the same species and finish, you can even mix and match with no differences if you pre-arrange this with your supplier or distributor. Also, are you using an installer? You should since you are using a higher quality flooring. Your message seems to imply you are doing some of the work DIY. The difference between a DIY install and someone with years of trade/craft experience will be noticeable, IME....See Morechicagoans
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