Thanks again. Do you mean adding a piece of metal to the underside of the deck? I pictured what you said on the very front of the deck hanging down. If on the outside, it would need to be at least 12" long which is why I thought it would block the leaves. My mower is squared off on the front right side but somewhat round underneath for mulching. There are two "chambers" with the center divider in but they are not really round all the way so maybe that's the problem. It could be a design flaw. Maybe it works OK for grass but not so well for leaves. I'll add a link if it works to encoreequipment.com. If you click on Mowers, then Premier then Pro Belt you would see my mower. Picture it without the discharge chute and the corner is square. Also if you click on Accessories you can see what the underside looks like with the mulching kit and how it's not really round all the way. I wonder if that's where the problem is compared to a true mulching mower... Here is a link that might be useful: Encore Equipment

Actually, the nice people at The Tile Shop told me to play with thinset. So I buttered the tile to make sure it would stick and the added or subtracted on each side. Its not perfect you won't be able to tell unless you stared real closely and ran your hand over it However, I discovered that I did not do a good job making sure my cbu was flat. I was trying to get the cbu even with the drywall for an easier transition. However, when I did that I caused this. Lighting not the best, sorry about that. Is this even fixable?

Ok we're almost there. The granite guys cut two different holes wrong in the slab, and I've been very accomodating about it. Of course, I blame the cell phone thing. This was the guy on two cells at once. One I accepted a repair for -- the mockett. We just won't see it that often - only when the mockett is "up". It was irritating because they actually had the cutout sheet from the mockett company specifying exactly what size that hole should be, but cut it larger anyways. The other I did not, the prep sink faucet. We ordered a new different faucet tonight and just were not willing to accept another "patch job" on the granite island. They cut the faucet hole so close to the prep sink that the spray would splash over the front edge of the small sink and onto the floor. And they (the granite subcontractors) had the faucet and small prep sink in their possession at the time. DH is going to talk to the GC about purchasing that faucet from us - a Grohe Ladylux Plus in Realsteel with dual spray pullout. We got it at half-price from IraWoods and it was a bargain at the time ($300). GC ought to take us up on it since the warranty goes with it, its never used, and he'd be getting a bargain and so would his customer. Plus, it was his sub's screwup. We'll find out on Monday, but they've been more than fair so far. My husband commented tonight that since I "went off" on them, not one guy on the job has been answering a cell call in the house -- LOL. All in all, it will be ok I think. The repair job on the floor grout worked great. They hand painted that aquamix colourant today and its a great match to the den and bathrooms (same tile and suppose to be same grout color). Plus, its also now sealed with that.

So how did it turn out? We are building as well and I hated all the plans out there some more then others. They were either lacking, or had qualities that I have in our current home. If you are still trying to figure out the master set up I can sure send you what we chose for our set up. Then bathroom is smaller but doesn't lack in function, also we have our master in that same corner and we have a narrow window above where our bed will be way up high and went with narrow windows on each side of our bed. I also recommend that you go to a lot of open houses that have walls in the foyer when you walk in, look at different designs and layouts, see what you like and don't like. On paper vs visualizing in your head is so much more inadequate then actually looking at a home with super small bedrooms, or obscure walls. Your plan may work for you in your head but if you can actually walk into a home that the foyer is blocked with wall 5' in front of the entrance you may rethink where you put your stairs. I saw a few different options where you could sneak in the stairs with a little bit of tweaking to your floor plans. Also, we took a floor plan apart and it is part of 2 different plans plus my own tweaking. We went to our local small town home building lumber yard and they have ppl there that draw this stuff up for a living, I asked how much my plans were and they didn't charge me as our contract buys his inventory there. and find yourself a craftman contractor, one that is great at what he does, small time not a big company builder that turns out tons of houses in a yr. Ours does one per yr, he delivers quality, integrity and he doesn't bat an eye when you want to change things a bit on the interior. He built my in laws massive addition and I watched the man work, he was awesome! Find someone who will work with you look at your finished plans and tell you that wont work or maybe another way to look at it. Build your house the way you want to but first, go look at some open houses that are similar or have some of the same things you have in your plans. Best of luck! I feel your pain of finding the right plan, late nights, research, consumed by what you need and want. When your house plans feels right and you have come to where you are confident with them you will know it is right.