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After a couple of hours of frantically doing touch-ups, cleaning up etc., we sprayed the first coat of primer-sealer. We went through two gallons rather quickly... and didn't paint the ceiling... but overall, I'm pleased with the results.
Pam says she thinks she'll use a roller when it comes time to do the final painting. It was her first time using an airless sprayer and I think she's worried she won't do as good of a job as she might with a normal roller...
The picture is a bit deceiving... the room is nearly 24 feet long and nearly 15 wide...
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It took more than a gallon to paint the ceiling with the sprayer. No doubt it is much faster than painting with a brush or roller but it seems messier as well. Part of that could be due to inexperience with the equipment.
My wife's style with the sprayer is like none I've ever seen... she waved it about with a jerking motion like she was using a spray can... When I started off painting the wall to show her what I believe to be the best method (having used spray guns before although not this particular model), she nodded but then did things her own way. Whatever... most everything got painted and that's what is important.
I titled this artistic piece "Overspray; It Happens"
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Lol on the overspray. I don't let my husband near a sprayer any more!
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12" LED light fixture at the base of the stairs...
18" LED light fixture in the centre of the room...
Pot lights along both sides of the room...
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The lights look great!
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That is a HUGE room. No wonder you’ve had so much work. Looks great. I can’t wait to see the finished product. 👊1
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I reinstalled the barn-style door. It's metal & glass.
This HVAC return vent has a bit of a story. I find it amusing; hopefully you do too.
That wall is a weight bearing wall and, being close to a corner, the space between the studs is less than the usual 10 inches. The return vent ties into the HVAC system by a 5 inch which is the standard size for HVAC supply lines. Whoever installed it originally created a custom inlet which might sound good but it really wasn't... It was a piece of sheet metal basically pounded, bent and warped before being nailed between the studs. The previous vent cover was modified... literally cut to fit... When I looked at the house, I noticed the odd hacked up vent cover but I figured as long as it works, who cares? I wasn't aware of the ugly mess behind it.
So when I removed the old drywall, I looked at the old modified vent cover and tossed it, figuring I would come up with something better. I looked at the custom inlet and shook my head. I can't imagine any professional taking pride in such a mess but I guess craftsmanship isn't common anymore.
When I was ready to drywall that corner, I decided the best way to deal with it was to scrap the "custom" inlet. I replaced it with a standard 4x10 outlet which I turned 90 degrees to fit the confined space between the studs. It fits the 5 inch return line perfectly... and 4x10 vent covers are available. The louvers are normally supposed to face down for esthetic reasons and supposedly to inhibit dust from getting sucked into the system. I mounted it such that the louvers face toward the corner.
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Wow. Love the door. So much going on behind the scenes0
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This house is a "back split" with three levels. The main floor has the kitchen and living room. Upstairs has three bedrooms and the main bathroom (6 steps up) and the lower level has the rec room, the laundry room and a second bathroom.DogloverTerri wrote: »Wow. Love the door. So much going on behind the scenes
As a result of the configuration, there is a crawl space (around 4 feet high) under the main part of the house. The HVAC system is housed there and plenty of room for storage. It's called a crawl space for a reason... moving around inside to replace the furnace filters or access stored items is not easy... The half-door was original to the house, giving access to the crawl space.
When I renovated, I removed a small hallway which originally separated the laundry room from the rec room and bath. I built a new wall making the laundry room smaller (although it's still far from small) and got a new barn-style door, this meant I had a couple of extra doors and frames. So I modified one of the doors and it's frame which I used to add a second half-door directly across from the HVAC system.
In this pic, the new half-door is on the right. In the background, you can see the original half door and the sideways HVAC return. The hole for the other lower level HVAC return is next to the new half door...
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More "fit and finish" work while waiting for the flooring to arrive. Rather than drywalling the window returns, I chose to do them with paint-grade wood. The rec room window opening is 8 feet long and 29 inches tall. Not bad...
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The laundry room window is 6 foot by 29 inches. In both cases, I made sure everything was square & plumb...
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Everything looks great!
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I get a kick out of the names for renovation products. "Luxury Vinyl Plank" sounds modestly swanky, right? Not sure it's accurate to call any rubber-backed product delivered in cardboard boxes "luxury" but whatever... Supposedly vinyl plank last better in my kind of application than other kinds of flooring.
Although it's supposedly impervious to water and not supposed to swell etc., the instructions say to take the product out of the packaging and lay it flat on the floor for 48 hours to acclimatize... Not sure I understand why...
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And so it begins...
Just over half done... After moving all of the "stuff" out of the way, I swept up with sweeping compound and then vacuumed everywhere...
Done for the night. The remaining bits will require cutting etc. I was getting tired and I don't want to make mistakes.
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Wow. Looks GREAT and beautiful.👏👏👏1
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I finished up the flooring (woot woot) and everything went well.
Remounted the door to the laundry room.
Now... time to move onto the laundry room...
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Looks fabulous..............nice job Wayne and Pam!
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Here's the before & after in filling the gap. There needs to be a gap; houses expand & contract with changes in temperature/humidity. The trick is to hide the gap under the baseboard. Now I can do that!
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Wow! Impressive! Well done!1
