Restoring the Double Deck Facade
I will admit it: my house is ugly. Really ugly. But that's all about to change. The weirdest thing about the face of my house is the illegal sunroom built over the upper deck. See it here:
Projects
Kitchen Backsplash
Hello all, I thought I would document this kitchen backsplash process because there are a lot of different ways to do it. Some of your options... -use thin-set mortar to tile on painted drywall - not...
Reinhardt Master Bath Update
The floor tiles have arrived! You might think I'm crazy, but I found the perfect polished black slate tiles at home depot for $3/s.f. - the only problem is they're 12" square tiles and I need 3" for the...
Reinhardt Lower Level Progress
Hello, As you may know, I'm living in the upper level (3rd floor above garage and 2nd level) of Reinhardt which is coming along nicely... finally got the right furniture arranged in a way that makes the...
4223 Reinhardt Master Bath Update
The plumbing, rough inspection and hanging of drywall and cement board are finished in the master bathroom. The plubming was easy as we basically just put in new shower valve and set the showerhead to...
Clean Pool!
Cleaned and refilled the pool! Want to swim sooo baaad but no chlorine yet (plus it's real cold out).
Pool Drain
We drained the pool with a sewage ejector (like a sump pump) into the sewer. It was our only option for cleaning the thing as no amount of chlorine was going to be able to neutralize that swamp muck in...
Reinhardt Pool Progress
I know it doesn't look like much, but we're making progress on the 30,000 gallon in ground pool at...
Reinhardt Kitchen Progress
Kitchen is coming along. We had our rough inspection, which means the plumbing, electrical, framing and insulation all check out. The kitchen is being sheetrocked at the moment, but here are a couple...