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Kathleen Boyd
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Comments (48)Wow, a body dryer! That sounds so nice. Off to google... Yeah, I'm pretty excited about that. We are almost empty nesters /close to retirement, and we are planning a house that'll be elder-friendly -- the body dryer plays into that. But it's also just cool. JR, what you're doing is similar to getting an awful haircut and then pulling a few strands into a rubber band, covering it with a bow and thinking no one will notice the bad haircut. Yeah, that's a good analogy. You may cover it up for the day and at first glance it looks okay, but underneath you still have a bad haircut. It doesn't function: you aren't able to style your hair in whatever way you please; you've become a one-trick pony and all you can do is pull your hair back ... or pay more money and get someone to "clean up" the bad haircut ... yet you're limited in what you can do 'cause your hair's now short. Mine has a sliding bar with a shower that can be handheld so that I could have a very low shower (which I wanted) but have it be adjustable for "some day". Yes, that's what I'm planning too. With a handheld model on a bar, you have options. You can shower standing up, or -- if you're sick, elderly, or just lazy today -- you can sit down and still use the same shower head. While we're on the topic of showers, be sure of these basics: - Place the controls in such a location that you can reach your hand in to turn on the water ... without walking in /putting yourself in the path of the spray. - If you're not building in grab bars today, spend the pennies necessary to put solid plywood behind the spot(s) where you would place a grab bar. It might one day save you from ripping out all your expensive tile. - Consider where your towels are going to hang. How many Houzz pix have you seen of lovely bathrooms ... yet the towels are hanging across the room or behind a swinging shower door?...See MoreCan scuffed up floors be fixed with Streetshoe?
Comments (11)In THEORY....this fix should be between the Builder and his flooring guy. The BUILDER allowed YOUR FLOORS to get disturbed. His CREW scuffed them, he deals with it. For this VERY REASON, flooring PROFESSIONALS (ahem....professional being the operative word here) will finish the floors MINUS the FINAL COAT. Then the CREW comes in and beats up that layer (second to last coat). Once the build has been FINISHED (and the floors "look" trashed) the flooring professional comes BACK IN (as scheduled....because he KNOWS the industry and KNOWS this is SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN) and does a FINAL clean, FINAL buff and then FINAL COAT!!!! That's how this is *supposed to work. It is up to the BUILDER to SOURCE his flooring professionals. The builder is going to bring in "his guy" to do what should have been SCHEDULED for in the first place = final clean, final buff and final coat. And no, the finish isn't "soft". That's what happens to FRESH FINISH that is NOT FULLY CURED/hardened. Water based finishes are known to be fast drying/fast curing. A THREE COAT system will need 10 - 21 DAYS to cure to perfection. A "4 coat" system (sounds like a coat of primer and three coats of finish) is going to take LONGER TO HARDEN then the three coat finish. The rule of thumb is "after 3 coats, you add another 7 DAYS for each coat". I'm going to guess that timing was not allowed. So long as you have proper adhesion, the BEST OPTION is to put down ONE MORE COAT of the ORIGINAL finish used. That way you are not "mixing and matching" your finishes. When you 'mix and match' you run the MASSIVE risk of FULL ADHESION FAILURE. A buff and recoat of the thing that is already on there is really all that is needed. And PLEASE let the POOR THING CURE properly before moving in. No boots. No ladders. No hammers. No painters. No NOTHING for another 7 - 10 DAYS after the recoat. This poor finish needs TIME. Time will harden it. It has never had TIME to do anything but get beaten up. Good luck. Stick to what is already there....See MoreNew build flooring dilemma - LVP vs engineered hardwood
Comments (6)@John Creek do you have any installation photo of the Regretta? I'm actually thinking of intalling the Hallmark Leeward Regretta in our kitchen and then the Hallmark Organic 567 in Gunpowder in the rest of the house. The colors and look are almost identical (I have sample boards of each), although the texture is a little different since the Organic 567 has more scrapes and texture. But the Regretta being waterproof, seemed a better fit in our kitchen. The living room is a step down, so the transition is not a big deal in there, but we do have to other rooms (dining and office) that I would like to keep the Oragancic 567 as well, but it flows into the kitchen via a doorway, so I might just keep it all the Regretta, even though I love the look of the Orangic 567. The 567 will go up the stairs as well (off the dining room). I'd love to see photos of the Regretta in a real house. There are very few photos out there. Post some if you have any. Any info would be helpful. Thanks!...See MoreNew build main floor = engineered wood + ???
Comments (10)I wasn't aware being on a concrete slab precludes actual hardwood??? Engineered wood is wood you know. But I'm sure a pro will chime in on that. I have limestone tile in our kitchen, tile in laundry area, and engineered wood (on concrete slab) throughout the downstairs. Thank goodness for the tile, because we have 7 people living here now (including some un-careful teens) plus all their friends, and dogs. I absolutely needed the tile floor to have water bowls for the dogs (a couple of whom slobber when drinking). To top it off, I'm not the most meticulous when it comes to cleaning floors, and thank goodness I don't have to be. My last thought is that I have always liked the look of wood kitchen cabinets. Sometimes (not always) wood floors and wood cabinets looks like too much wood, and I'd rather have the tile there. By the way, it is possible, with excellent workmanship, to have no threshold strip at the junctions of wood and tile. It is completely level in our house and I love that....See MoreG & S Floor Service
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