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Starting my home renovation tomorrow...Finished
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 8:08 pm
by Coach
New kitchen cabinets, granite countertops, new appliances the works.
LED canned lighting throughout
Hardwood floors downstairs
Built in sound system throughout the house
And more.
I'm not looking forward to the process but I am looking forward to the results.
My routine as I know it will be turned upside down for awhile

Re: Starting my home renovation tomorrow
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 8:15 pm
by Sir Henry
Do we get pictures as the work progress'?
Re: Starting my home renovation tomorrow
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 8:48 pm
by Coach
Sir Henry wrote:Do we get pictures as the work progress'?
Sure, I can do that.
This all started because my kitchen tiles started coming up and cracking. We had a engineer come out along with the insurance people to see if we had a leak in the slab. No leak and it was determined by the engineer that our foundation was shrinking due to the drought. The soil in our area is basically clay and it was drying out. He had seen it happening a lot in my area.
No water damage = no insurance $
We figured we would just go for it a do a major renovation. My house is 16 years old and has real estate Beige everywhere. It was an investment rental before we bought it.

Re: Starting my home renovation tomorrow
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 9:14 pm
by Travlin
Coach, Congrats on the updates. Make sure you have full info on the granite. Some of it has been found to emit radon . Watch out using heavy cast iron pots. I have a customer that put down a heavy pot near the sink edge and took a chip out of the granite.
Re: Starting my home renovation tomorrow
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 9:21 pm
by Sir Henry
I always take it for granite that it doesn't contain radon.

Re: Starting my home renovation tomorrow
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 9:34 pm
by Travlin
Maybe that's to random about the radon. Nothing is set in stone.
Re: Starting my home renovation tomorrow
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 9:46 pm
by Coach
Travlin wrote:Coach, Congrats on the updates. Make sure you have full info on the granite. Some of it has been found to emit radon . Watch out using heavy cast iron pots. I have a customer that put down a heavy pot near the sink edge and took a chip out of the granite.
What is Radon?.....Radiation?
Re: Starting my home renovation tomorrow
Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 10:09 pm
by RetiredSeabee
I feel your pain Coach, been through the floors, counters, and cabinets. Also had to have helical piers put in last year.
Re: Starting my home renovation tomorrow...Day 1 pics
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 10:14 pm
by Coach
Re: Starting my home renovation tomorrow...Day 1 pics
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 10:18 pm
by Deadwood Dutch
Nice murals!
Re: Starting my home renovation tomorrow...Day 1 pics...Day 5 update
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 10:20 pm
by Coach
Re: Starting my home renovation tomorrow...Day 1 pics
Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2016 11:03 pm
by Travlin
Looks like a day at the beach. Good luck
Re: Starting my home renovation tomorrow...Day 1 pics
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 11:49 am
by ace73
Something to keep in mind Coach....When the wife wanted all new appliances, I had her pick out what models she wanted.
We then compared all the big box stores and found that they were all within a couple of hundred bucks of each other. We
decided to get them from Best Buy....and with the "reward points' got a Dell laptop for free!
Re: Starting my home renovation tomorrow...Day 1 pics
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 12:11 pm
by Sir Henry
Looks like someone is going to be eating out for a few days. Love the murals.
Re: Starting my home renovation tomorrow...Day 1 pics
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 6:53 pm
by RetiredSeabee
That looks like a good day's work done.
Re: Starting my home renovation tomorrow...Day 1 pics
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 7:01 pm
by Coach
Sir Henry wrote:Looks like someone is going to be eating out for a few days. Love the murals.
Yes we will be eating out and doing BBQ's.
The forest was my idea and the beach was my cousins. The waterfall was a post Hawaii trip idea. It is above where the entertainment system goes.
Lots of noise and dust.....we just made a massive dump run. Day 2 coming to an end.
Re: Starting my home renovation tomorrow...Day 1 pics
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 10:29 pm
by Sir Henry
We remodeled our first home and lived that way for two years.
Re: Starting my home renovation tomorrow...Day 1 pics
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 12:01 am
by Coach
Re: Starting my home renovation tomorrow...Day 5
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 2:21 am
by Catherine
Nice job!
Thanks for sharing.
Cate
Re: Starting my home renovation tomorrow...Day 5
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 7:48 am
by JWC
Coach, nice work. This time last year, I was in the middle of re-modeling our master bath. All I can say is that I am soooo glad that the work is done!!!
Stay the course and over come all the little problems...and big problems, you encounter. Again, very nice work.