The Home Improvement Thread

[photon]

We used Red Fox Exteriors and were pretty happy with them.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Twitchy15

anyone have a recommendation for roofing companies? Need to replace my roof this summer and possibly going to be doing spray foam insulation from the outside on half the house. SO kind of considering using the spray foam company for roofing as well as it might hopefully make communication and scheduling easier I would hope. beyond the foam is the company.

[Wormius]

We have some good experiences with Meerkat and Epic. Epic did a couple of repairs for us before we had the roof replaced by Meerkat as part of a hail claim a number of years ago.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

Beyond Foam does roofs now too.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Shazam

Beyond Foam does roofs now too.

I guess they finally found a meaning for the beyond, which Bed Bath and Beyond never did.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Need some advice about the bathroom... here's the vanity I ended up with (too good a deal not to take).

So what do I do about tile etc? First is style; is larger tile (24x48) cheaper to install? Because that seems like the easiest route, but it seems like 4x'8' starts to get unwieldy and if it cracks would be a huge pain to replace.

As far as colour goes I'm generally pretty good about interior decorating stuff but I'm lost for bathrooms apparently because I simply have no idea what will look good. I was thinking maybe a grey tile for contrast given that the walls will be painted some version of white or off white but... yeah. Advice welcomed.

[Erick Estrada]

Light grey is fine as long as you don't go too dark.

[photon]

We're doing some custom cabinets for our reach in and walk in closets and need some custom sized doors. I've used Richelieu for other stuff and like them but was wondering if there's someone else I should be considering.

Still trying to decide just a paint grade and painting to match the existing doors and baseboard or go with a thermofoil or similar type door.. real wood would probably be outside the budget.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by photon

We're doing some custom cabinets for our reach in and walk in closets and need some custom sized doors. I've used Richelieu for other stuff and like them but was wondering if there's someone else I should be considering.

Still trying to decide just a paint grade and painting to match the existing doors and baseboard or go with a thermofoil or similar type door.. real wood would probably be outside the budget.

Timbertown NE

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[Shazam]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

Need some advice about the bathroom... here's the vanity I ended up with (too good a deal not to take).

So what do I do about tile etc? First is style; is larger tile (24x48) cheaper to install? Because that seems like the easiest route, but it seems like 4x'8' starts to get unwieldy and if it cracks would be a huge pain to replace.

As far as colour goes I'm generally pretty good about interior decorating stuff but I'm lost for bathrooms apparently because I simply have no idea what will look good. I was thinking maybe a grey tile for contrast given that the walls will be painted some version of white or off white but... yeah. Advice welcomed.

Large format tile like 24X48 is much more expensive to install. A lot of tilers won't even lay them.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Huh. Strange. I would have thought fewer tiles would equal less work to lay out and less work to finish due to fewer edges. What's the simplest? 12x24? Seems like lots of that around.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by photon

We're doing some custom cabinets for our reach in and walk in closets and need some custom sized doors. I've used Richelieu for other stuff and like them but was wondering if there's someone else I should be considering.

Still trying to decide just a paint grade and painting to match the existing doors and baseboard or go with a thermofoil or similar type door.. real wood would probably be outside the budget.

Cupboards Express in Buffalo Run. They can make anything and they had great prices. You can install or you can ask them to install.

[Shazam]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

Huh. Strange. I would have thought fewer tiles would equal less work to lay out and less work to finish due to fewer edges. What's the simplest? 12x24? Seems like lots of that around.

All will lay up to 24x24. 12x24 is the simplest. If you do a staggered layout, that will cost more.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Well if you do 12x24 you'd kind of have to do a staggered layout or it would look stupid, it seems to me... maybe just something like this.



Since I have an alcove tub it seems like I would need to basically do the whole floor (10x14), the alcove surrounding the tub (8'x6'x3') and probably a baseboard tile around the room. Wondering what all that will cost to get a tiler to do if I supply the tiles. Couple thousand bucks?

[Fuzz]

I'd be tempted to just do a backsplash(which the vanity already has), sounds like the room is going to be tile heavy. Keep it plain with drywall.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Well the tub alcove has to have tile or something on the walls there because it's also a shower. So it seemed simplest just to do the same tile as the floor. But as I say I seem to just have no design instincts for bathrooms so maybe you can switch it up or use some other product for those walls.

[Fuzz]

I personally find bathrooms a bit overwhelming when they are primarily one material, like being in a cave. Even a darker tile on the floor vs walls is an improvement. The blue vanity will help, but if the surface is the same marbled looking stuff as the walls, I'd find that not great.

Many on this page look too much, but the ones with darker floors end up less, I dunno, cave like?

https://cocolapinedesign.com/2024/02...xurious-style/

[opendoor]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

Well the tub alcove has to have tile or something on the walls there because it's also a shower. So it seemed simplest just to do the same tile as the floor. But as I say I seem to just have no design instincts for bathrooms so maybe you can switch it up or use some other product for those walls.

I'd just try to find some pictures of bathrooms you like for inspiration and go from there. Generally tub/shower surrounds use different tiles than the floor, but that's not a hard and fast rule.

As for the cost, tiled tub surrounds can add up because of the time/materials for waterproofing and the finicky nature of it. And if the bathroom is the only tile in the house, the per square foot cost will go up. I haven't been quoted tile work recently enough to know the precise costs, but I wouldn't be surprised if just the tub/shower surround ate up that $2K budget.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Seriously? I wouldn't have thought it was much different for the tub surround, just using something like this instead of drywall and sealing all the seams and screws. I didn't realize it was more inolved.

https://thefloorbox.ca/products/hydr...BoCBDgQAvD_BwE