The Home Improvement Thread

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Fri July 04, 2014 3:06 am

TwoAlarmFire wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Our AC unit went out last night. Can't find anyone to come look at it today...
That sucks. I have 2 units and about 2-3 years ago the main one went out. Of course it happened during the middle of summer and the house temp shot up to over 90*F. Had to wait a few days and found it it had bad, leaking pipes or something like that. A few weeks ago the smaller one went out (was blowing warm air). It needed a new fan and some other parts. I thought it was going to be over $1000. Thankfully I had previously signed up for a money saving plan and also the Technician didn't charge me for some of the parts. The bill was a little over $700...cheaper than I thought, but still a lot.

Good luck, I hope it's nothing major or expensive.

So far it was just the fan motor switch. About 200 bucks and we are cool for the fourth...

Rangi Guy · Post by **Rangi Guy** » Sun July 06, 2014 10:40 pm

So we have a huge concrete area out the back of our house and little lawn/garden area. Mrs Rangi wanted somewhere to plant vegetables and after semi-successfully building her two planter boxes for rose bushes - I decided to bang this together over the weekend

mookie · Post by **mookie** » Mon July 07, 2014 1:55 pm

We're moving to a bigger place. That's an improvement, right?

(I'm so happy - but everywhere I go there are white kitchen cabinets - whhhhhyyyyyyyy?

)

CopperTom · Post by **CopperTom** » Mon July 07, 2014 2:57 pm

mookie wrote:We're moving to a bigger place. That's an improvement, right?

(I'm so happy - but everywhere I go there are white kitchen cabinets - whhhhhyyyyyyyy? )

My house has the same disease. Each year I say I will replace them next year.

mookie · Post by **mookie** » Mon July 07, 2014 7:40 pm

CopperTom wrote:
mookie wrote:We're moving to a bigger place. That's an improvement, right?

(I'm so happy - but everywhere I go there are white kitchen cabinets - whhhhhyyyyyyyy? )
My house has the same disease. Each year I say I will replace them next year.

It's not that I can't keep them clean, it's just that I give up cleaning them. I know a few gals that wish they had white cabinets and I personally think they have a screw loose.

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Mon July 07, 2014 8:18 pm

You two, it's not that difficult to sand and stain them. Some new hardware and *poof* new cabinets!

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Mon July 07, 2014 8:19 pm

Poof?

doug rr · Post by **doug rr** » Mon July 07, 2014 8:21 pm

I prefer white kitchen cabinets

broken iris · Post by **broken iris** » Mon July 07, 2014 8:27 pm

mookie wrote:
CopperTom wrote:
mookie wrote:We're moving to a bigger place. That's an improvement, right?

(I'm so happy - but everywhere I go there are white kitchen cabinets - whhhhhyyyyyyyy? )
My house has the same disease. Each year I say I will replace them next year.
It's not that I can't keep them clean, it's just that I give up cleaning them. I know a few gals that wish they had white cabinets and I personally think they have a screw loose.

My wife is hell bent on getting white cabinets to replace what we have now.

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Mon July 07, 2014 8:38 pm

cutuphalfdead wrote:Poof?

I'm confident in my use of less-than-masculine terminology, Pete.

mookie · Post by **mookie** » Mon July 07, 2014 9:04 pm

broken iris wrote:
mookie wrote:
CopperTom wrote:
mookie wrote:We're moving to a bigger place. That's an improvement, right?

(I'm so happy - but everywhere I go there are white kitchen cabinets - whhhhhyyyyyyyy? )
My house has the same disease. Each year I say I will replace them next year.
It's not that I can't keep them clean, it's just that I give up cleaning them. I know a few gals that wish they had white cabinets and I personally think they have a screw loose.

My wife is hell bent on getting white cabinets to replace what we have now.

Clear coat white oak would be my choice. Maybe Ruddo can "poof" them for you, when she's tired of cleaning them.

We're renting from a friend and although he seems amenable to changes like carpets being ripped out, I doubt his wife would let me "poof" the kitchen cabinets.

Post by **Sgt. Crackpot** » Mon July 07, 2014 9:58 pm

We had white cabinets for 11 years, and they were the worst thing ever to keep clean. We now have lacquered timber, and they are loads better.

mookie · Post by **mookie** » Mon July 07, 2014 10:37 pm

I'm glad to be moving, so I'll just be a good sport about the cabinets. The dishwasher makes up for my lifetime of white cabinetry woes.

mookie · Post by **mookie** » Tue July 08, 2014 2:05 pm

I'm sure dust isn't just for white cabinets, but man it's awful seeing it. Still? Not as bad as seeing other people's crumbs inside the cabinets.

Self · Post by **Self** » Tue July 08, 2014 10:22 pm

Just because your cabinets aren't white doesn't mean they're not filthy, you guys.

mookie · Post by **mookie** » Thu July 10, 2014 7:57 pm

Wall to wall carpeting is nasty too.

CopperTom · Post by **CopperTom** » Fri July 11, 2014 12:55 am

mookie wrote:Wall to wall carpeting is nasty too.

I don't mind. I hate area rugs though.

mookie · Post by **mookie** » Fri July 11, 2014 9:04 pm

I love me some area rugs.

Post by **Bammer** » Sat July 12, 2014 4:22 pm

A lot of you guys are being pretty racist about your caninets and I think you need to cool it.

mookie · Post by **mookie** » Sat July 12, 2014 4:26 pm

The carpet (dog urine sponge) in my new studio was pulled out yesterday and the floor is being epoxied today. Weeeeeeee

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