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DNK said:
One thing that ticked me off about my material. way too many 32" pieces and not enough longer ones. Each box had about 56 linear feet and out of that over half the pieces were 32" long.
we've put on 21 boxes and the 2 guys will now start on the cabinets and the last 24 are for me.
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I found that with my flooring, which came in 11.5 SQFT boxes, the mix of lengths was different in each box. Some boxes had too many longer pieces and some had too many smaller pieces. There probably a dozen different lengths too. To get a good mix of different lengths, I had to open several boxes at a time and sort the different lengths into separate stacks.
 
Mine were basically the same in all boxes . Maybe one less of 1 or 2. In fact the longest piece was 5' and in 2 boxes didn't even have that.
 
Got a few cabinets in. Late start as the taper is taking his time.
Only a couple of flooring pieces as the new cabinets are in the way. Today I will install about 150 sq of flooring hopefully.
Bad news on Friday. The Heating and gas people came by and informed me I will be grossly undersized ,gas pipe wise,for the new appliance.
Another $1500.00.
Hope the homeowner had a good contingency fund planned.
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Looking good, wild figure on that flooring! What is it? Is that a wine reefer going in next to the rack? Keep up the good work, :thumbsup: --elrey
 
The species is called Tigerwood and yep. It's a cooler. Haven't found the one I want yet.
 
Well the inside is moving right along, not quite fast enough for the wife mind you, but fair. Couple of set backs. The company I ordered my sinks with didn't add the bar sink to the order. a couple of days delay there. The previous plumbing problem and now .
I found a little water on the sub floor as I was installing my floor. It was between to windows in a bank of three.
We decided to do a little detective work.
Should have sold the house at the peak of the market!

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Pictures of the finished floor and kitchen soon.
 
I am so sorry for the water problem. We got lucky and had no surprises but our home is only 15 years old. As you may or may not know - it's a log home and husband has diligently taken care of it. He is almost obsessive in checking for leaks as we had many problems during the first year. So much so we actually litigated against the plumber and prevailed. An interesting story indeed. Well just wanted to say your kitchen is looking really good. I believe that indeed the kitchen is the heart of the home and when we built our home I insisted on a great room concept and have never regretted it.

Continue the great work and you will, like my husband, gain brownie points to spare!

(Baba, are you listening?)
 
Mine's only 17 years.
And I was the contractor
Still don't know what caused it.
Big blue tarp an that side of the house letting it dry.
what's a construction job without a blue tarp?
 
So which one is your house don? :jester:
 

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I remember that - looked like my neighbourhood
 
:thumbsup: All in good fun don!
Can't wait to see the finished kitchen.
 
Family room and kitchen floors are done.
Dining room at about 150 sq. is all that's left.
Oh, yeah the landing and powder room too.That's a piece of cake except for the stair nosing
 
Did ya wrap the r.o. with the tyvec first and then run a fat bead o smooge under the flange all the way around ? It takes awhile to rot o.s.b. like that. Those window openings musta been leaking long time. Looks like the wrap/siding was imprisoning the water. Glad you found it , I'm sure. Plenty folk usin the bitchathane in problem spots down here. Great to watch your process. elrey
 
Hopefully successful on the exterior repair.
Need to sell it quick.
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The the finish window trim with siding in a couple of days
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DNK said:
Hopefully successful on the exterior repair.
Need to sell it quick.
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are you doing this to sell? moving? downsizing?
 
We are hoping to relocate and the kitchen needed done one way or another.
My daughter is planning to go to school in Savannah this fall and the son has hopes on Annapolis. So the plane trips will kill us as the future tuition for my daughter most certainly will.
 
Ugh. Wood rot. How did water get to the <span style="font-style: italic">inside</span> of the Tyvek?!? We've wrapped enuff of that stuff to believe if done right, it CAN'T fail in less than 30 years.

We had a really ugly termite issue here, coupled with "bull ants" or "carpenter ants". All treated now but the ants had gained access to the roof... six years ago it had been completely torn off and replaced, yet these li'l monsters managed to chew thru truss, ply and felt, only evidence wasn't until the rains came and ceiling in the kithen became soggy and leaking... now the roof damage is repaired, all the W.D.O.s have been chased to neighbors' homes, and we're in process of fixing all the hidden damage. I begin to hate home ownership.

Oh, and the builders saw fit to cover the exterior of a small extension shed at the back of the garage with T-111... I think the "T" stands for "Termite". That stuff must be like bacon to a dog. Now that out-building is scraped to the concrete, re-framed and SEALED in Tyvec, covered in Hardy Panel. Let's see the li'l buggers eat THAT! I've been playin' framer/plumber/electrician for a couple months now. <sigh>
 
That's were you've been. I feel some of the blame has to go my way as after we tore the siding. When I resided that section about 4 years ago I installed the Tyvec instead of the tar paper and like a dummy I cut the tar paper at the bottom wrap and Tyveced up to it instead of leaving a 6: section and putting the Tyvec under it.Even though the siding to the window wrap was caulked tight some how it got in

Oh, quick not on the granite install. The island, which measures 4'6' X 7' came out and installed and we measured the slab. It was an inch out of square. Can't tell really but I think I will get a little back on that.
 
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