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Postby mac5155 » Sun Nov 19, 2017 9:36 pm

We decided on wood look ceramic tile. Should hold up better to the dogs

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Postby shmenguin » Sun Nov 19, 2017 10:36 pm

Speaking of flooring - hardwood or engineered hardwood?
Hardwood. Because it can be refinished a boatload of times.

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Postby columbia » Sun Nov 19, 2017 10:39 pm

Yeah, the hardwood in my place is from the '40s.

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Postby columbia » Sun Nov 19, 2017 10:42 pm

Also: a friend grew up in a house in PA from 1870s; original floors still on fine shape.

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Postby NTP66 » Mon Nov 20, 2017 7:27 am

White vinegar for cleaning hardwood floors?

Yes or no?
Absolutely not, IMO. The vinegar will eat away at the coating, regardless of how much you cut the solution with water. I highly recommend Bona's hardwood cleaner.

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Postby meow » Mon Nov 20, 2017 8:45 am

+1 for Bona

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Postby LITT » Mon Nov 20, 2017 10:29 am

+2 for bona

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Postby columbia » Mon Nov 20, 2017 10:29 am

Danke

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Postby shmenguin » Mon Nov 20, 2017 10:45 am

TIL about Bona...good timing. just replaced about 1,200 sq feet of floors last month, and i hope to be walking on these planks in 30 years.

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Postby NTP66 » Mon Nov 20, 2017 10:48 am

I also recommend the Bona hardwood floor spray mop. Does a much better job than the Swiffer (even with Bona's cleaner in the Swiffer container).

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Postby robbiestoupe » Mon Nov 20, 2017 10:59 am

I didn't think it would be so hard to install a pedestal sink, but after 4+ hours over the weekend, I'm tearing it down and starting over. Why the manufacturer decided to put the mounting holes on the underside of the sink right next to the faucet lines is a mystery to me. As if that wasn't hard enough, the pedestal doesn't sit right on the sink itself, making it nearly impossible to level the sink. What a cluster.

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Postby dodint » Mon Nov 20, 2017 11:04 am

Yup. Had to get an earring out of my wife's pedestal sink drain and it was a dodint trying to get a pipe wrench into the 'hidden' area. Good riddance.

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Postby meow » Mon Nov 20, 2017 12:14 pm

Gotta get you a basin wrench.

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Postby shmenguin » Mon Nov 20, 2017 12:41 pm

if we started over from scratch with how we do electric and plumbing, knowing what we know now, applying new technology, using new parts that may have never existed...would we do things at all similarly to how we do it now?

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Postby Silentom » Mon Nov 20, 2017 12:44 pm

Pex.

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Postby NTP66 » Mon Nov 20, 2017 12:55 pm

Source of the post Gotta get you a basin wrench.

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Postby meow » Mon Nov 20, 2017 1:23 pm

When we redid out kitchen at our old house. I plumped out entire kitchen (sink hot and cold and a supply line to the dishwasher) in Pex in the same amount of time my father in law sweated and capped one copper pipe. Pex is the bee knees.

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Postby NTP66 » Mon Nov 20, 2017 1:25 pm

Pex + SharkBite. A winning combination.

I don't think much at all has changed with electric. Romex is romex.

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Postby robbiestoupe » Mon Nov 20, 2017 2:51 pm

Source of the post Gotta get you a basin wrench.
Both miss the point. I had no issues putting the faucet in. I did that before I put the sink in place. My issues were with the mounting holes to affix the basin to the wall, and their proximity to the faucet stub ins. I'm not even sure a right angle drill could work in my situation. A stubby screwdriver was too long to fit into the space allowed. I ended up using a tool that looks like a half-dollar with 4 flat blades at 90 degree intervals around the circumference.

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Postby NTP66 » Mon Nov 20, 2017 2:56 pm

Source of the post Gotta get you a basin wrench.
Both miss the point. I had no issues putting the faucet in. I did that before I put the sink in place. My issues were with the mounting holes to affix the basin to the wall, and their proximity to the faucet stub ins. I'm not even sure a right angle drill could work in my situation. A stubby screwdriver was too long to fit into the space allowed. I ended up using a tool that looks like a half-dollar with 4 flat blades at 90 degree intervals around the circumference.
I'd be interested in seeing a picture of the area you're referring to, because I've used a basin wrench to do precisely what you're trying to do in the past.

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Postby meow » Mon Nov 20, 2017 3:06 pm

Source of the post Gotta get you a basin wrench.
Both miss the point. I had no issues putting the faucet in. I did that before I put the sink in place. My issues were with the mounting holes to affix the basin to the wall, and their proximity to the faucet stub ins. I'm not even sure a right angle drill could work in my situation. A stubby screwdriver was too long to fit into the space allowed. I ended up using a tool that looks like a half-dollar with 4 flat blades at 90 degree intervals around the circumference.
I was replying to dodint.

I think I put a screwdriver head on a ratchet wrench to do this. I think...
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Postby robbiestoupe » Mon Nov 20, 2017 3:07 pm

Can't post the image for whatever reason, so just see Step 8 in following link: https://www.lowes.com/projects/bed-and- ... nk/project

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Postby robbiestoupe » Mon Nov 20, 2017 3:08 pm

Source of the post Gotta get you a basin wrench.
Both miss the point. I had no issues putting the faucet in. I did that before I put the sink in place. My issues were with the mounting holes to affix the basin to the wall, and their proximity to the faucet stub ins. I'm not even sure a right angle drill could work in my situation. A stubby screwdriver was too long to fit into the space allowed. I ended up using a tool that looks like a half-dollar with 4 flat blades at 90 degree intervals around the circumference.
I think I put a screwdriver head on a ratchet wrench to do this. I think...
I thought that, but I'm going to end up scrapping the anchor bolt and replace with a hex head. Why it came with a flat head screw is beyond me. Why anybody uses a flat head screw is beyond me.

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Postby meow » Mon Nov 20, 2017 3:20 pm

Yes

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Postby Silentom » Wed Nov 22, 2017 1:00 pm

Square drive is the optimal screw head.

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