rass wrote: ↑Tue Jul 31, 2018 8:33 am
Kitchen reno is just about done. Pretty much just finishing touches/touch-ups left. My wife wanted shiplap in the dining room (we took down 1/2 of the wall between the kitchen and dining room, left a breakfast bar there, so they're pretty much one big room now) and it went up yesterday and I think I don't like it. I told her as much last night and then had to back off because I made her sad (I was able to too perfectly describe my hangup when I told her the walls looked like a retail store). Going to have to eat this one.
Everything else looks great.
I really, really want to see this project. I'm dying to renovate my kitchen and I keep trying to figure out where to start. I had a contractor come through and gauge what I want to have done and what makes sense. I want to knock out a wall, remove a section of wall in the kitchen, tile everything, get new cabinets and countertops. But I want to do the tiling. I also want to hang cabinets. And if demo-ing a couple walls is like 3 grand in labor, I can do that too.
Also, in terms of my roof, I think I've fixed it. Went to a tile laying class at a local tile shop and a guy who worked there used to do roofs. I explained to him my situation and by looking at pics of the front of my house, he was able to say "Yea, it's not your TPO. That stuff is very strong. Try looking at the shingles at the front of your house. There's probably a gap there."
Sure as shit, there was. I bought a caulking gun and heavy duty roofing sealant for $15 or so. Caulked the shit out of the shingled area and done. We've had biblical rains over these last couple weeks and nothing. And to think the actual roofer who redid the roof a couple years ago couldn't find anything. 40 years of experience, my ass.
However, I do want to add a canale to my roof because it pools too much for my liking.