FLOODING Pt-5
When was the last time you bought lumber, etc., at Lowes? Did you notice that a lot of it was crap? Ok, so now we got everything ripped out of the house that needed to be and it's time to start putting things back together. Talking about Lowes "crap" lumber, well you can't really put all the blame on Lowes, there just selling it, most of the fault should fall on the manufacture who makes it.
So replacing the sink base we bought the wooden sink base they had in stock. We looked at what they had and all were banged up, broken, etc., but one, which is the one we bought. When we got it home and took off the cardboard that heled the drawers and doors shut and sat it where it was going to go, something was really wrong. Turns out the unit wasn't "square" and the one end of one drawer when closed still had about a 3/4" to 1" gap on the one end of it. There was no way to make any adjustments because the whole sink base wasn't square, so we had to take it back.
When we got back to Lowes with the defective sink base it turns out all were bad in one way or another. If I'm paying good money for something even if it is lower end stuff, I still want what I'm paying for. We did get kind of lucky being there was one sink base we diden't see way up on the very top shelf sitting. We got them to take it down and even before they got it down I seen a problem with it, it was missing the toe kick board. Shit! But the good news they said they would take $90.00 of the price. Ok, I can live with that and make my own toe kick board, which I did.
Then there are the doors which I hate installing and I had to replace 7 of them, prehung doors. The bad thing about installing doors here is the everything for the door openings are crooked and or lean. I know, just make the door straight in the opening, well, it's not that easy. First you can't life up the one end to make it straight because there isn't enough room to lift it, one or two doors I had to cut off the bootom of the jamb so it would fit in the door opening. Then the leaning walls... how bad was the orst wall? Well, from the top of the door to the bottom, with the door straight, there is a 1" difference between the top and bottom of the door. But in the end we got eveything together so it looks at least half decent.
The one door we bought at Lowes and was trying to get it installed I had a hell of a problem, nothing was working. I'd try this or that, and no matter what I tried, something was wrong. The one way the door did work right but I forget what was wrong doing it that way. The other way the way I wanted it, the top of the door frame kept hitting or rubbing the door, just couldn't get things straight. Turns out the top of the door frame was bowed causing the door to rub or hit the door frame. I could have pulled it up when driving nails in it, but remember I had no room, the door was tight in its opening. So we took that door back and got another one which went in correctly and worked fine.
Then there is the molding.... what the hell is wrong with all of there molding? You put stain on it and it looks like a lepard, all spotty and not very nice looking. So we ended up using both wood molding and that fake shit molding. They really don't have a good selection of the fake stuff and some of the stuff we needed they didn't have and had to use something else. We would have rather went with wood, but after seeing the molding getting all spotty we decided not to.
Then there was the ceiling in the dining room which was tile what I put up many years ago and looked good, but after 35 years it wasn't looking to good any more plus we had a leak that made a water make in two place so we had the roof replaced about three years ago and since we were redoing things we figured we my as well replace the ceiling tile with new tile.
We bought enough ceiling tile we needed but guess what, Lowes don't even sell "ceil-tile" staples, made for putting up ceiling tile. We did find some at another store though. Putting up the ceiling tile was a nightmare!!! What the hell is going on? I couldn't remember how I put the old tile up being it was so many years ago, but I did the measuring, made the chalk lines etc., but every time I started putting up the tile things would seem to go crooked. I think part of the problem was the walls ain't square and they run out from each other making it hard to know just how to put up the first tile. After putting tiles up twice and things going wrong, we switch plans and abandoned the tiles and took back what we didn't open. which was all but for one box.
What we ended up using was tongue and groove planks. Not the thick 3/4" stuff, but the stuff that's 1/4" think and 8-foot long. Probably the hardest part was staining it after putting it up, you get tired looking up doing a 12x17 foot room and putting two coats on it. In the end we got the new ceiling up and it looks pretty good!
The first work we did was on the bathroom being it would be the hardest and most expensive room to do. The toilet I had to cut a 2x12 in an angle through it's width, that's through the 2" side of the board going from 1.5" down to about 3/4". That was a lot of fun but we finally got it. The reason for that was so the toilet set level on the floor insted of leaning.
We then put in a new tub and shower surround. If you notice the faucets, I don't think that is what is suppose to go on these types of shower surrounds, but rather the kind that you take the handle and turn it all the way on and try adjusting it between the cold and hot until you get it set at the tempture you want. We both hate those things so we went with a cold and hot water faucet. Of course that to turned into a nightmare but we finally got it.
The vanity and sink also turned into a nightmare being I couldn't get the tail piece going through the sink to quit leaking under the sink. I think I had it as tight as you could screw the nut on the bottom but it wouldn't quit leaking (seeping). I don't know how many time I took it off and put it back on before I finally got it to stop leaking water.
The bottom and back of the vanity we had to butcher because of the water lines, though you can't see it. Also had to butcher the shelf inside the vanity for the drain line and trap. But it all worked out also. In the one picture you see a big white cabinet on the left side? We had to cut about 6" off the bottom of it because it was to tall to fit in the bathroom! So we ended up buying brand new stuff, bringing it home then butchering it! lol!!
TO BE CONTINUED....
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