start up costs for stained glass
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Comments (31)I so agree, just do what you can, and experiment. That's the most fun part, actually, seeing what you can do with what you have. I couldn't find the ingredients for Mel's mix last year, so I did the best I could and the result was not so good. I almost gave up on the raised bed, but then found someone nearby who owned a horse and invited me to carry away as much composted stable sweepings as I wanted. So I replaced half the contents of the raised bed with pure horse compost, and it's doing much better this year. Although I went with purchased cedar wood for the first square foot bed, if I make another, I plan to use landscaping stone because it will last longer and be more economical in the long run. If I had enough rocks on my property, I would also consider making my own little stone wall raised beds. There is one advantage to a wood frame, however, and that is you can easily attach brackets to it for trellising. The PVC pipe and string I used cost less than 5 bucks for two trellises. I had them cut the pipe at the store for me because I don't have the equipment here at home to do it. They worked great to hold the tomatoes in line and I did not have to find a place to store big tomato cages afterwards. (The baby racoons in the picture were apparently just passing through and did not bother the garden.) Here is another picture of the tomatoes trellised using the Florida Weave method. The following is another way I found to save costs. Instead of buying glass or plastic cloches which allow you to plant veggies a little earlier, I made my own from big plastic water bottles and plastic grocery bags. I cut the bottom out of the bottle and poked the bottle through the bottom of the plastic bag. Then I taped the edges of the hole to the bottom of the bottle and weighted the plastic "skirt" down with rocks so they won't blow away....See MoreStart up?
Comments (26)I usually hold off on any chlorine till it gets to 1X brushing/day. Then I start to use Clorox. Start at 1 pp, for a day or two then go to 3. Add some sequesterant, specifically Jack's Purple Stuff. It will prevent the manganese from falling out of solution. Thanks to goyom for the heads up about the manganese. Keep on the pH, daily for the first week. Use the calculator to determine the amount of acid to bring the pH to the 7.2 to 7.3 range. You will be amazed at the amount of acid the pool will need. It will settle, I promise. After two or three weeks, when the dust starts to ease when brushing, check the calcium hardness level. If it's soft fill water, it may be low. Pre-dissolve it in small batches in a 5 gallon pail. No more than 2-5 lbs per bucket of water. It will make the water quite warm. We use a less pure form to melt ice in the Winter. Stir it well. Twice. Then pour around the pool, mostly in the deep end. If there is some in the bottom of the bucket, add more water and stir it again. I use a wood or fiberglass handle to stir. By the time you are done, you will be glad it doesn't break down in the sun. The only way calcium leaves is by dilution. It's like salt. Scott...See MoreStarting from scratch - Cost of a new kitchen?
Comments (22)Lots of good advice above - it's so hard to give much direction without knowing your specific choices. But to answer you original question about costs I can give you an approximate breakdown for my gut job kitchen reno. We had to move the kitchen so I needed new windows, moved plumbing and hvac and venting and needed new flooring. We did not change any structural walls but we did need to put in new headers for the window opening. It's a 100 yr old house so of course new wiring. Moved HVAC and venting for kitchen and bath exhaust $900. Moved plumbing including waterline for fridge, new vent, dishwasher install, undermount sink and faucet install, sink (Swanstone and faucet(kohler) $1700. New drywall $2300 Icynene insulation $1000 New wiring for kitchen including 8 recessed lights, 4 fixture boxes and xenon uc lights and halogen incab lights, inline fan for kitchen and another for a bath, running a chase to the attic and new outdoor and lighting $4700 New oak flooring installed and refinished and leveled floor $1700 QS oak cabinets, blum hardware, $20,000 for 40 linear feet. Install cabinets (all toekicks built onsite) $2200 Cambria countertops $6700 Four new windows (kolbe) to match rest of house $3500 Install windows $2000. Backsplash tile $1000 Reproduced QS oak trim $1000 We did our own tearout and garbage hauling ($100 for dump), some minor framing, plaster repair for walls not demo'd, window removal and exterior trimming, stucco repair to exterior walls, installed interior wood trim (almost done) and soon we will tile the backsplash. We also had to act as our own GC. The kitchen is in two parts - the 9x10 "working" part and the 9x12 eat in, hallway passthru part. The house is in a very nice older, middle class neighborhood in the midwest accessed at $250,000. I know the amount we spent is outside recommendations but the kitchen and appliances were 45 years old, nonstandard in size and the floor plan was so bad the house was most likely unsellable. Hope some of the info gives you better idea about costs...See MoreNeed help with layout - starting from the ground up (sort of)
Comments (17)If you can move the swamp cooler and radiator to the short wall, you could put the fridge on the range wall, with or without windows on each side of the hood. The longer rad under the pass-through could be re-used. The counter could be open below, with cabinets above. I don't know if it's possible, but maybe you could have the cooler and radiator custom built into base cabinets, with the radiator just under the toekick, and the swamp flush with the cabinet face (second pic). ETA, when we lived in western Colorado we had swamp coolers on the roof, which makes more sense, as cold air sinks. Did you plan to leave the long heater under the seating on the kitchen side of the non-peninsula? The DW should remain to the left of the sink, but with it open you wouldn't be able to access the uppers to the left--dishes would need to go in the uppers to the right. The cabinet under the seating, on the kitchen side could be reserved for items not often used--turkey roaster or canner, and the one on the LR side could be turned 90 degrees to open toward the LR, so that space is not lost....See Morefldirt
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