Paint up! Furniture In! Tile Sealed!

medicine cabinet,
originally uploaded by donutboyroy.

Now all I have to do is get the glass people in. Set the toilet and get the sinks in. Oh yeah I have a couple of coats of poly to do on the countertop. Yesterday we applied a coat of systemthree epoxy on the mahogany top. It looks FREAKIN awesome!!!

We got our three coats up on the walls. The furniture moved up and ..... I think we drank a couple of pilsners.

GO SOX! GO Oldstonehouse!

DIY assistant of the year

DIY assistant of the year, originally uploaded by donutboyroy.

This year award goes to grand-daddy Bill Maunz! Bill Maunz is also in the running for father-in-law of the year for 2007!

Seriously- Bill has been to Raleigh 3 or 4 times in the past couple of months and without his assistance we could not be as far along on the project. He has put down some tile, painted some walls, moved some furniture and never complained one bit. Thanks BILL!

Oh that is the top that we are putting on the vanity.

Tile is sealed-

A couple of coats of sealant and some yard work make for a great sunday. It was such a relief to put that damn tile saw down in the basement!

We are calling the glass people this week to come over and take measurements. That should be very exciting to get done. Throw in some furniture, a couple of pieces of plumbing and we are done....oh and paint too.


F-ing blogger won't take posts from my mac today...just like last month and the month before...so check out flickr over on the right if you wanna see what I am up to


DAMN GOOGLE!

Low Temps...Thai Food....Sam Adams?

First off- The temp here in Raleigh has finally started to fall. We are now waking up to the 50's vs. 70's. LOVE IT! Today's high was 80 and the air was not sticky at all. It looks like we finally made it through the summer.

The final push on grout happened today. I will try to get some pictures this week after all of the clean up is done. Right now we are just so tired that we can't push any harder.

And on a final note...Sam Adams Beer. Yep good ol sam adams has pulled a fast one.This here Hallertau Imperial Pilsner is AWESOME. How awesome...well it made it into my top 10 beers of all times.

10 PBR in a freakin can
9 Golden Monkey, Victory PA
8 Black Gold, Imperial Stout, Full Sail, Hood River freakin OR-E-GUN
7 Decedent IPA, Ska Brewery CO
6 Hercules IPA, Great Divide Brewery, CO
5 Otter Summer, Otter Creek VT
4 Imperial Pilsner, Sam Adams
3 Manny's Pale Ale WA
2 Homoerectus, Walking Man Brewery WA
1 Notorious IPA, Rock Bottom Brewery Seattle WA. My buddy brews it and I can't get enough!





If you get a chance to get your hands on a 4 pack of this sam adams....DO IT !

Road Trip to Grandmas

It't that time of year again, the time when our house is a wreck, our laundry piles up, and our gear stays sorta soggy. It's gauley Season. So to prepare for our weekly pilgrimage to WV we made our rounds to the south to see some friends and family. And of course, what trip would be complete without catching a cold? Not this one. That is the reason I am at home blogging at noon on a wed.

Meat fest was fun again. We were not able to complete the Bocce tournament due to a Mime misplacing one of the yellow balls. I know if she had one more margaritta she would have found it. Lots and lots of food and great friends. We are getting way older cause our beverage cooler was just as full at nights end as it was in the begining. It's the time ya share with good folks that you love. I don't even think we touched the shine. Probably all for the better.

Going on 2 years now here in NC.

We closed on this stone house just about 2 years ago. Really just 2 years? WOW! All of the things that we have done in 2 years.
Central AC. New Plumbing. New Electric. New Kitchen. Redid the floors. Reseed the backyard. New Laundry closet. Removed all of the wallpaper upstairs. New drywall upstairs. complete gut of the master bathroom and lots of tile in it's place. 3 new closets in dead attic space.....and 1 healthy baby boy. Busy bees.

Now what I miss
Snowboarding being just an hour away in my truck.
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Clean and clear whitewater

The water here in NC is nice....warm....but not clean.



Our Friends-





Safeco Field-


Hood River-



The views-

Tile is done! Legs Hurt!

Finally! The tile for the master bath is up and down! With the help of my favorite father-in-law we were able to get the rest of the tile in the bathroom layed. While we have not moved to grout, we are super excited to get to the point that we can. I estimate that we layed almost 200 square feet of tile in 4 days. Don't leave replies if you are some master tilesman and say that is nothing! Nothing is what you got payed to do our bathroom, cause we did it ourselves!

So we have the flat white hex tiles on the floor. Subway tile with squares for the shower walls, and flat white squares for the shower floor. Now we are getting ready to grout, get Adam in to hook up the exhaust, and get the glass folks in to measure for our gigantic shower enclosure. Will this be the largest shower on the block? 7 ft by 4 ft...probably.



I have posted the pictures over on flickr since Blogger isn't digging my mac tonight!

Country Roads Take Her Home-

Found in a hollow in wv...adopted by two young kids....and loved as a family member for 7.5 years. Rest in Peace girl. You had a great life, a full life, many friends and many many miles on those paws.

Cheney predicts the future. If you have not seen this...WATCH IT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BEsZMvrq-I

Wrap it up...bring em home. If this doesn't get that W sticker off your car then there is a serious problem.

What made the tile job easier?

while we are by NO MEANS tile pros....I would say that we are some serious DIY'ers and that we do know when a project has kicked our ass. I am not going to go step by step on how to tile, but I will describe some of the things that made it easiers.

1. The 4 beam laser level. Plumb? Square? Level? YEP! This thing ( see the red line in the picture) allowed us to see if the tile were sliding, or not on the level.

2. Wet Tile Saw. - What a dream this machine is. This puppy plundge cuts, bevel cuts, and slides like ichiro stealing 2nd base. Knowing the Kerf of the diamond blade and getting use to how thick it cuts will allow you to make a tighter set.

3. The thin-set paddle mixer bit. Whatever you want to call it. I didn't spring for the$$$$ one but this thing made mixing the thin set a breeze. Be sure to clean it off after every mix or else you will hate yourself at the end of the day. It does take a drill with some guts so don't expect to hook this thing up to anything labeled Ryobi or Skil. Well you can if you want to go out and buy a new unit.
4. Help. A couple of helpers go a long way. Sandy's dad came up from SC and Sandy really threw down on some tile. I hope to get the shower floor layed this week. Anything to get me inside and out of the 100 degree heat with 200% humidity. THanks Bill!

Make sure it's level. Measure 5 times...cut twice ( cut long, then trim it up!)....rubber hammer those things in that nasty mud! Keep your eye on the entire thing. Step back...look....and don't be afraid to adjust.