[elky] Re: A/C line
- From: Robert Adams <elcam84@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:51:05 -0500
On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 6:19 PM, Mary McCarthy <printces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> The tile floor we know all about. Yes, the tile was 99 cents each. All 31
> boxes with 15 in each. then there was the 4 $42 buckets of mastic. Then
> all those little buckets of grout (we're old, we like pre-mixed stuff).
Eww stinky mastic. I'm not a fan of it other than a few small
jobs or repairs. Premix is allot easier though.
> There was a gallon of sealant. the whole mess went over 24 sheets of
> hardiboard @ about $11 each. Then there were all the little tools and saw
> blades. Taking up the particle board and old vinyl floor was an unexpected
> expense. Who knew we'd need to buy a roofing shovel? There are 1500 nails
> holding the hardie board down. (like its going to go anywhere). We just
> blew $175 on oak baseboard, shoe and stain. (we had an open gallon of floor
> finish and used that to finish it). There was a mis-mixed gallon of touch
> up paint, spackle and patches where the $%^&%*& plastic baseboard was glued
> to the wallboard. We decided halfway through not to put the vanity back in
> the bathroom so that was an unforeseen granite and faucet expense.
>
Yup it adds up really quick. The laundry room floor alone
will cost around $500-800 or so depending on what deals I can find on
craigslist or on tile row (highway 121, lots of tile places and other
suppliers) Going to find a ceramic she can live with instead of the
travertine cause ceramic is allot more durable and it's in a very high
traffic and rough use area.
>
> and its still not done because we gave up over the weekend when the
> baseboard is being cranky about fitting along our non-straight walls.
>
Yeah I know I was checking how a piece of crown molding would look in
the living room... It's going to be interesting to try to put it up in
there. I have a couple left over pieces of cherry I was using and Geri liked
it... I get 8' lengths of cherry crown for $80 a pack of 5 IIRC. I won't use
it in the house cause I prefer 16' pieces and no joints.
>
> but the tile looks great! And they were only 99 cents each!
>
> Mary
>
>
The travertine we just did was $2 a sq ft. The lighter the
color the higher the price.
Robert Adams
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>
> Drove my elky a couple weeks ago. Will probably drive it
>> tomorrow to make a materials run to HD. Need to start getting hardie board
>> for the tile floor. Just finished putting down travertine in a project I
>> have been working on for a while and she now wants that in the laundry room.
>> Luckily I overbuild floors so it's stiff enough for natural stone. The
>> laundry room and toilet are about 120sq ft. People don't have a clue what it
>> really costs to put any tile down. They see 69 cent tile at HD and think
>> it's not an expensive job.... Figure floor reinforcement, thinset, then
>> hardie board, then more thin set, tile, tile sealer,grout, grout sealer and
>> tile shiny sealer. And then the $$$ screws to put the board down.. Easily
>> add $3-8 a sq foot to the cost of the tile then that'll get you a rough
>> number of actual cost but on the low end if structure has to be reinforced.
>>
>>
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