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| Matatk | Saturday Chat 01.23.10 | ||
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Good Morning CGs!
Well, I got stuck a little late at work last night. Not bad to add a couple hours to the paycheck, but still wasn't number 1 on my agenda. As such, I missed my workout because I didn't get home until 7. So instead of working out I ate a hamburger and drank beer and watched Burn Notice (best show!). Quite the polar opposite of working out. Ah well. I'll get back into the swing of things tonight. On a side note, I did end up with 400 sq ft of prefinished oak flooring in my dining room last night. It will be there until next Friday when the BIL and I will be putting it down in the living room and family room. Exciting, huh? Funny how when my wife wants something it happens overnight..... Hope everyone has a great day! Matthew |
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| teebee | Re: Saturday Chat 01.23.10 | ||
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Have you read the instructions on putting the flooring down,Matt? They used to say spread the flooring out to allow it to acclimate to the surrounding. Just thought I'd suggest that.
We are headed out to middle grandson's b-ball game today. An hour and a half drive, play for 40 minutes and then another hour and half home. Oh well. I worked on my cabinets until 10:30 last night, I'm making headway on them. Need to get the last six doors glued up and then sand, stain and finish. |
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| BillH | Re: Saturday Chat 01.23.10 | ||
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2ond on what Tom said about letting it acclimate. How are you putting it down? Glue, staple, clicklock? The only problem I had with my oak was mix/match on the large & small grain patterns and varying colors. |
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| pianoguy | Re: Saturday Chat 01.23.10 | ||
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Instructions? Bah, they're for losers. Or for reference when in the middle of the install, you can't figure out why nothing is working, or why you have parts left over ;-)
Tom, you sound like my late father-in-law - he was always making cabinets for someone, and did beautiful work. Takes patience that most of us don't have. As for the game, hopefully the 3-hour commute will be worth some good memories. The roads here (and my driveway) were an ice rink last night, just awful. I was lucky that I had half a bag of salt laying around in the garage, just enough to spread some so that we could get my sons cars into the driveway. I was glad to look out the window this morning and see that they didn't slide back out into the street. More freezing rain supposedly on the way, should be delightful. Have a great weekend, everyone! Looking forward to the Vikings/Saints game tomorrow night. Some local fan put together a pretty cool video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5Vl8YakINc |
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| vetteblondie | Re: Saturday Chat 01.23.10 | ||
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Ugh.... Just got up. Got home at 3am from a girlflriend's birthday party in Memphis. Dreary and cool outside. Thought I might take a 3mile walk around the local track but I've bout talked myself out of it. Good day to just go back to bed.
I also agree with the others on the acclamation of the flooring. Have some beer on hand, it goes pretty fast. I did the living/dining room in my previous house in no time. Doofus husband just stood there  He also didn't help me with the carpet either, or much else for that matter. Hope everyone has a good day! |
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| BillH | Re: Saturday Chat 01.23.10 | ||
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People like that drive me insane, its better if they just leave. I had a friend like that where I used to live that had a knack for getting people to help him then, just watching. He caught me one time, switching a 4 speed for a 5 speed in his car. He said we'll change this trans then just watched the whole time. I didn't "help" him again. 6 months later, his story was "We changed it", a year later it was "I changed it"  |
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| itlgo2 | Re: Saturday Chat 01.23.10 | ||
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Happy Saturday Guru's:
All is well in Miwest Missouri, NO Sun, i think it moved away. Gonna clean up the garage a little today after a couple months of winter abuse. Watching the squirrel's on the bird feeders, man i wish i was that limber. All is well at the bar n grill, wifey works today i go in later, early evening. Cleanin garage, hour in hot tub. gearing up for playoff football tomorrow. |
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| biggrizzly | Re: Saturday Chat 01.23.10 | ||
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Hey guys. I been bustin' my tail for two days trying to get ready for our Corvette Club Awards Dinner tonight. It should be a lot of fun. As President of the club I will get very little goof off time or be able to partake in the open bar!! Damn.
I'm looking forward to taking it easy tomorrow after this past me by. I hope your flooring is better than the stuff they put in my house. I moved in here and someone had it installed prior to our move-in and I'm not that crazy about this stuff. It still seems kind of fake to me. Not like the hardwood floors I grew up with. Anyhow - Good luck with the project Matt |
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| teebee | Re: Saturday Chat 01.23.10 | ||
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Yup...happens all over I guess. VB...you must have been married to the same guy that one of my co-workers was married to....she calls him "doofus" too. With a name like that it has to be the same person.  Back from the three hour drive. Not much of a game our boys ran into a buss saw. There are memories, but not the kind you want...... |
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| Matatk | Re: Saturday Chat 01.23.10 | ||
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Thanks for the tips. I'm familiar with the procedure. I'll let it breath for a day or two before install. Biggest problem is removing all the furniture from the two rooms! After that I have to tear up the carpet and get that all cleared out. We'll be using a pneumatic nailer and obviously and electric miter saw. Still have to pick up the underlayment and haven't decided if I'm using bullnose, t-molding, or nothing for the joint between the tile and hardwood. Depends on height of subfloor/tile and how straight it is. Matthew |
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| vetteblondie | Re: Saturday Chat 01.23.10 | ||
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Ain't they all named 'doofus' ?????
LOL well, my two were anyway... Guess that's why I learned to do stuff. They stood there like idiots and I was not gonna, nor could afford to pay for something I figured if I tried hard enough I could do. Well, one could fix the vette, but then after his full grown rottweiler getting on the hood of it and he did nothing, he wasn't allowed near it, either. |
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| BillH | Re: Saturday Chat 01.23.10 | ||
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Ha, wait until you pull the padding under the carpet and find a million staples that won't come up with the padding. I used 15 lb roof felt for the underlayment (per instructions), very cost effective. I couldn't stand the crappy tile to wood molding at HD, hate the way it overlaps. |
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| TommyT-Bone | Re: Saturday Chat 01.23.10 | ||
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A home is what you make it. Sounds like Matt is turning his house into a home. I'll be waiting for pics. Bill H did wonders with his.
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| vetteblondie | Re: Saturday Chat 01.23.10 | ||
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Yes, Pics!
I enjoy working on old houses. My last one was a 1920's house. Sad my ex was 'doofus' and I had to leave him with it after all my hard work.... |
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