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As someone else mentioned, maybe a flower pot filled with sand and a pole in it, plant flowers in the top layer of the sand with some dirt.
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As of right now this is the winner. Just seeing other options.As someone else mentioned, maybe a flower pot filled with sand and a pole in it, plant flowers in the top layer of the sand with some dirt.
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Be careful with the 3M command strips and aluminum. They absolutely will leave marks on it after a few years.
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Cover it with a command strip.
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How high do you want them? Maybe something like this?Just seeing other options.
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nothing is loading for me, @Willie Kool but probably 7 feet high or so, since I am over 6 feet tall.
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It was a $25 Amazon free standing metal coat racknothing is loading for me, @Willie Kool but probably 7 feet high or so, since I am over 6 feet tall.
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We’re thinking about remodeling both bathrooms in our 70 year old ranch.. I did a full remodel on the upstairs and a floor in the downstairs and they both look like an amateur did it because- well an amateur did it. Hopefully they can just fix the crappy drywall job and not have to take down to the studs. Toilet and tub are good, needs either tile or tub surround, a new ceiling and floor and ventilation, which nobody has ever bothered to put in resulting in anything metal lasting about 6 months.
Downstairs is easier, mainly needs flooring and new shower stall.
Both fairly small, maybe 50 sq feet each.
Has anyone hired out a job like this and what did it run you?
Downstairs is easier, mainly needs flooring and new shower stall.
Both fairly small, maybe 50 sq feet each.
Has anyone hired out a job like this and what did it run you?
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Bathrooms are usually expensive as hell...
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What's are some inexpensive and relatively DIY-able basement floor coverings for around 800sf?
LVP?
Epoxy?
Anyone ever have Nature Stone?
LVP?
Epoxy?
Anyone ever have Nature Stone?
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From what neighbors have relayed to us, nature stone is most definitely not inexpensive.
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Yeah I kinda figured it's like 5 bucks a SF. I feel like Epoxy, while the least expensive, won't look that great.
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I was recently quoted for about $5k to have Lumber liquidators install 400 sq ft in my basement.
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That's nuts, what's the cost per SF of the flooring?
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Epoxy paint is definitely a DIY project (ventilate the **** out of the area, though), but what are you going to be using the space for? I'd only consider that if you're keeping it unfinished and just want something that you can wipe up spills easily on, etc.What's are some inexpensive and relatively DIY-able basement floor coverings for around 800sf?
LVP?
Epoxy?
Anyone ever have Nature Stone?
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About $3 for just the flooring. Installation costs are almost half the cost.That's nuts, what's the cost per SF of the flooring?
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That’s the “I don’t want to send a guy out to floor a closet” price
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The other thing I've seen is that good drywall guys won't just come in to just mud and tape, because they don't want to fix your problems.I’m hesitant with drywall because it can turn into a time sink for me. I value my time very high, so things like drywall often get me to write a check. I can do it, but I’m just so damn slow and have to come back to it three or four times.
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Probably doesn't lean towards the inexpensive end, but we put down karndean loose lay flooring last year on our basement floor and we are thrilled with how nice it is a year later. Made in Pittsburgh as well.What's are some inexpensive and relatively DIY-able basement floor coverings for around 800sf?
LVP?
Epoxy?
Anyone ever have Nature Stone?
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This is where I got lucky. Have a friend who does this as part of his living, so $100 and a dinner and I was set. He did it all in under an hour's worth of work (it was just finishing a header I had to lower)The other thing I've seen is that good drywall guys won't just come in to just mud and tape, because they don't want to fix your problems.I’m hesitant with drywall because it can turn into a time sink for me. I value my time very high, so things like drywall often get me to write a check. I can do it, but I’m just so damn slow and have to come back to it three or four times.
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Game room/kids play area/bar.Epoxy paint is definitely a DIY project (ventilate the **** out of the area, though), but what are you going to be using the space for? I'd only consider that if you're keeping it unfinished and just want something that you can wipe up spills easily on, etc.What's are some inexpensive and relatively DIY-able basement floor coverings for around 800sf?
LVP?
Epoxy?
Anyone ever have Nature Stone?
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Checking them out now, thanks!Probably doesn't lean towards the inexpensive end, but we put down karndean loose lay flooring last year on our basement floor and we are thrilled with how nice it is a year later. Made in Pittsburgh as well.What's are some inexpensive and relatively DIY-able basement floor coverings for around 800sf?
LVP?
Epoxy?
Anyone ever have Nature Stone?
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I put down Lifeproof vinyl planks from Home Depot in my basement. About a year after I did, my sump pump crapped out and I got like an inch of water down there. I took the whole thing up, dried everything out, and put it back down. It was a pain to do, but nothing was ruined.
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I have those foam squares in our basement right now for the area where my daughter's gymnastics bar and trampoline are. I'd cover the entire damn floor with them if my wife asked me to. Nice and comfy to walk on.
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My wife wants a workout area so I may do that in one corner. She's been doing a lot of "off the bike" workouts on her Echelon AppI have those foam squares in our basement right now for the area where my daughter's gymnastics bar and trampoline are. I'd cover the entire damn floor with them if my wife asked me to. Nice and comfy to walk on.
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