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Just a horizontal fin or two to guide the air like the stock vent, if possible. If it's open like that, to me at least, it just screams "Look at all these wires I'm running in my hvac duct!"

Needs fins, I think. Raise the gauges up a little bit so you have a way to make a "tunnel" for the wires through the trunk holding them up?

Laundry chute down to the basement is the hole towards the left a couple feet up. The one on the bottom is HVAC. I'm all about bang for buck. Considering in a couple years, I'll be renovating the upstairs (currently attic space with a rough bedroom) into a master suite by adding a bathroom, that'll be the nicer bathroom of the two full baths in the house. Kitchen will have some splurge-factor too... possibly quartz for the counter tops, slate tile floor, etc. I might go the modern route and do a cheaper concrete counter top... who knows at this point.

Thanks. Faux marble... it's got a very slight texture to it. Just a regular ol' Home Depot "porcelain" ceramic. My girlfriend refused real marble (only about twice as expensive) because she knew she would slip on it. Tiles are 6x24 plank. I think the Oh Shit moment was more because I painted at noon on a sunny day in a completely white (drywall primer everywhere) room... made the blue look darker than it was only having one brush stroke up in a corner. After I had the first couple walls painted, it came together and I knew it was the right color. I tried the light fixture with soft white bulbs (2700k) and hated the yellow glow because it kind of detracted from the clean, bright, neat feel of the room. Grabbed some daylight bulbs (6500k) for a whiter light and like it a lot more. The seem far brighter too, 60w vs 60w. I'm glad everyone can ignore the brown, 75 year old casement window. It's hideous but that's a project for next year maybe.

Good news: - Final coat of paint is on the walls and ceiling so I'm ready for baseboards. - I was able to get the drywall mud off the tile easily along with out of the grout lines... bit of water and a green/yellow scrubbing sponge worked A+ - Light fixture is up, ceiling fan is done (roof vent too) and all outlet/switch boxes are buttoned up Semi-good news: - Aside from the towel bars and some misc plumbing under the sink, I've bought the last of what I need, I think. Closing in on $1500 with WM/Bagster fees... - Baseboard and quarter round, toilet and sink, accessories, and I'm done. Oh and 30 miles of caulk. Not-so-good news: - Several spots never showed up with a coat of drywall primer coupled with a coat of ceiling paint... then showed up after the final coat. They could definitely could use another skim coat of drywall mud but if I don't point it out to people, they won't know and I'll eventually forget. I hope. - List is small but there's still a lot of time left... was hoping to be done by this weekend but that won't happen. The blue is slightly darker in person and looks fantastic with the white and grey... at least my girlfriend and I think so. First brush stroke of the blue on drywall primer got a solid "Oh.... shit...." out of me thinking it was too dark. Two coats up and I'm very happy with the color choice.

What about making a double without the angle? One where it could be set back into the cubby (to close the door) like the other ones but not two pieces of plastic glued together...

Spent a couple hours sanding and cleaning up the ensuing mess last night. I'm going to throw a coat or two of drywall primer on it today after work so I can see the high/low spots better, fill those tomorrow, and hopefully be done sanding and mudding Thursday sometime. Prime it Friday for the last time and paint the final color Saturday morning. I've got a pretty busy weekend ahead of me outside of this bathroom reno so sometime end of next week or weekend, everything should be done... trim, caulk, light fixture, new wall stuff (shelf above toilet, towel bars, etc), vanity and toilet back in... Home stretch for sure but damn, there's still a lot left.

Here's to hoping it was. It's buried in a landfill two weeks deep now so no worries. Problem was, I had roughly 20 bags before I went to buy the first Bagster and probably would've had 50 by the time it was full. Tile and this cement board-plaster combo is obscenely heavy.

One more post should do it. 1) Second Bagster filled and the last two buckets of demo debris. My debris is so heavy because the entire house is done with 3/8" cement board with 3/8" plaster over that. 2 - 3) Terminated the knob and tube in permanently accessible boxes per electrical code. I was able to terminate it all because one of the circuits was dead (disconnected at main panel) and everything downstream of the second circuit had been rewired already with romex run to the main panel. 4) Tile backer down. I love me some Hardie Board... stuff is great to work with. Easier than drywall IMO 5) Laying out tile. Went with a 6x24 with a marble look and a medium grey sanded grout, 3/16" spacing. 6) Tile down and grouted 7) Neat trick I learned for hanging ceiling drywall by yourself... screw a piece of scrap to the studs leaving space above it for the ceiling piece... use it as a rest to hold it up while screwing up the other end. 8-9) Drywall up and second coat of mud on. I hate mudding because it means sanding and cleaning that up.

Next week or so... 1) Bagster filled. It's not supposed to be on the sidewalk but because my tree lawn is 18" wide, front yard is a hill, and my driveway doesn't have the appropriate vertical clearance, it was my only choice. Luckily I didn't get popped by the police for it. 2) Toilet and vanity/sink out 3) Going to need a new closet flange... 4) Old floor. Opalescent vinyl, luan stapled to old floor every 2 inches , 1973 penny, old floor, 3/4 plywood, 1x8 planking. What a bitch to get up... 5) Old floor up 6) Four tubes at $3.47 each before putting down new OSB with 2-1/2" deck screws into the joists and 1" screws elsewhere. Worth every penny for the Liquid Nails... no squeaks and makes the 1x8 planking and OSB one solid slab. 7) Decided to finish demo at this point. Remove the mirror to find... an old medicine cabinet cutout and boxes for sconces and an outlet. The left sconce (all knob and tube) had been tied into romex and run to the light above the mirror. 8-9) F. Me.

Welp, here's my bathroom progress for the first two days. 1 - 4) What I started with 5) Water damage behind the handles for the shower after removing tile. The inset soap dish in the shower was the same way. 6 -7) Starting gut 8-9) New glue-up surround (I kind of wish I had done direct-to-stud) and Moen faucet By this point, I'd realized bagging it up in contractor bags isn't feasible. I went out and bought a Bagster and had it filled 3/4 full. $140 I wasn't budgeting...

"Dad built me a fort!"

Nah, open is good. If it were my house, I'd end up kicking shoes and boots under there to get them out of the way.

As "unfinished" as the stairs looked before the beadboard, I think it tied in with the rustic look of the stair treads. I do like the beadboard though. Nicely done. I've been meaning to post some pictures of my ongoing bathroom gut and remodel but I just haven't gotten around to it. It's two (shit, three) weeks deep and will need another week or so... first week was 12 hours a day ("vacation" days at work) and the last two weeks have only been 2-4 hours a day after work so progress has slowed considerably. Anyway, I was planning on doing the PVC trim as well just because the bathroom obviously will have some moisture to it even with the oversized exhaust fan I put in.

Yeah... bought F+R Stroker Trails, adapters, and rotors to convert from a rim brake setup some February a couple years ago. Installed them, rode the shite out of them that summer, and then put my bike in my basement for the winter. Before I got a chance to ride again, apparently they started leaking and I noticed in like, May, when I went to ride down my driveway (hill) and the levers went right to the bars. Emailed them, noted I was 3-4 months out of warranty but said I didn't have a reason to check them before the first ride, etc. They replied with an RMA number and said they'd be happy to rebuild and bleed them no problem. Even sent me a free bleed kit because the one I got from PricePoint was an old rev and didn't work with my master cylinders/reservoirs. Would definitely buy Hayes again just based on that service. If It weren't Hayes, it'd probably be Magura. Ain't nobody got time to deal with Avid turkey gobble.

Hayes took care of me when that happened as well, and they were out of warranty. I have nothing to knock Magura about other than price.

Agreed. I'd rather have an Emerald coated one to be honest, even if it is just for the color/marketing. Hell, give me pink anodized stanchions on a 40 and I wouldn't care.

Might need to tilt the pods up... they seem to be aimed at the driver's chest. Maybe set them back a bit... like more towards the windshield to allow a bigger vent opening?

Hopefully cheaper on the pods too... $130 or whatever they go for is steep.

Being an engineer, I find myself trying to figure out how rear suspension links and whatnot work. Sure, it might have a Kashima coated Fox 40, but I want to know how that Santa Cruz V10 (or is it an Intense M9? lolololo) frame works or have something cool (albeit sucks to maintain) Knolly Delirium frame with a bunch of links.

I really need to stop following stuff like Pinkbike and Downhill Memes on facebook... making me want to spend half my car's value on a bike I'll ride at its limit 2 times a year.

...which is why I haven't sent my Fox 80RL to Push Industries for some goodies and a rebuild.

Interested in (future) price for a single pod...

Anyone ever install a new shower/tub surround with an existing tub? I've got an old porcelain coated, cast iron tub that's great. I'd rather not rip it out because there's nothing wrong with it. I just want to make sure that the 3-piece direct-to-stud surrounds you can get at Home Depot and Lowe's will work with it... Most times I see people getting the matching tub to go with the surround but I'd imagine the surrounds have to be somewhat compatible with an existing tub for people doing what I'm trying to do. Planning on gutting and re-doing my bathroom during the week before 4th of July so expect some pictures.

Anyone follow Downhill Memes on facebook? I choked on my lunch reading this.