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Postby erod550 » Fri Jan 04, 2013 9:14

House looks great, Chris. And congrats on the future Mazda-lover.
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Postby speedjunkie » Fri Jan 04, 2013 9:14

Yeah it definitely looks good, Chris. But I'll be honest, most of what I read was blah blah stringers blah blah stairs. LOL

Congrats again on the kid. I forgot she was pregnant lol.
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Postby RX-7 Chris » Mon Jan 07, 2013 9:14

I have other projects starting soon. I'm almost done with the stairs, lol. It is one of the biggest projects I have planned.
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Postby RX-7 Chris » Mon Jan 07, 2013 9:14

last set of stairs are installed (finish will go on at the same time as the floors):
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Newel post installed in entry:
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Postby kingtut » Mon Jan 07, 2013 9:14

I've got newel-wood...
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Postby RX-7 Chris » Mon Jan 14, 2013 9:14

Since Eric (junkie) was complaining that all I talk about is the stairs, I would like to say that we are staring on the floors haha.

Our initial plan on the floors was to have our neighbor (flooring guy) install unfinished red oak and finish it to match the stain we picked for the stairs (early american). Saturday early afternoon we talked to my dad and decided to get prefinished floor and have him install it. Doing it this way saves us about $400 and he makes about $800. Wife and I went to HD, Lowes, and Lumber Liquidators shortly after and decided we liked Red Oak Gunstock. We orded the prefinished flooring at Lumber Liquidators because they were 30c cheaper a SF.

Sunday I had to drive to Lumber Liquidators in north denver to pick it up. Once I got back to the springs, we started pulling up the carpet and prepping the subfloor.

I took pics of how it is looking now and will get those posted tomorrow (forgot cam).
1984 RX-7 GSL-SE [size=84]My restomod project[/SIZE]


1964 Ford Galaxie 500XL flat black w/ white interior, 2 dr fastback, 390 thunderbird, C6 auto, 2500 rpm high stall converter, shift kit, AC, Holley 750 cfm

[size=100]RIP 1983 RX-7[/SIZE]

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Postby speedjunkie » Mon Jan 14, 2013 9:14

I wasn't complaining, I was just saying all I understood was the word "stairs" and MAYBE a couple others LOL.
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Postby RX-7 Chris » Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:14

Dining room:
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1984 RX-7 GSL-SE [size=84]My restomod project[/SIZE]


1964 Ford Galaxie 500XL flat black w/ white interior, 2 dr fastback, 390 thunderbird, C6 auto, 2500 rpm high stall converter, shift kit, AC, Holley 750 cfm

[size=100]RIP 1983 RX-7[/SIZE]

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Postby Shadowden » Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:14

That will be nice. We need to pull carpet at our place and <> wants to put hardwood floors in place of a lot of the carpet.

Nice work on the stairs chris.

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Postby RX-7 Chris » Tue Jan 15, 2013 9:14

Thanks

My dad has half the first floor done. He'll be done installing the floors by the end of the week.
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[size=100]RIP 1983 RX-7[/SIZE]

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Postby RX-7 Chris » Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:14

The flooring is all installed, today he needs to install the nosing and he is done.
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1964 Ford Galaxie 500XL flat black w/ white interior, 2 dr fastback, 390 thunderbird, C6 auto, 2500 rpm high stall converter, shift kit, AC, Holley 750 cfm

[size=100]RIP 1983 RX-7[/SIZE]

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Postby RX-7 Chris » Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:14

Shadowden wrote:That will be nice. We need to pull carpet at our place and <> wants to put hardwood floors in place of a lot of the carpet.

Nice work on the stairs chris.

I now own a flooring nailer and have a half of a box of staples left over.
1984 RX-7 GSL-SE [size=84]My restomod project[/SIZE]


1964 Ford Galaxie 500XL flat black w/ white interior, 2 dr fastback, 390 thunderbird, C6 auto, 2500 rpm high stall converter, shift kit, AC, Holley 750 cfm

[size=100]RIP 1983 RX-7[/SIZE]

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Postby erod550 » Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:14

Looks nice, it's just a bitch to maintain. My brother-in-law replaced all the carpet in his entire house with hardwood and with dogs and kids it's a nightmare to keep clean. You're constantly sweeping/mopping or it looks bad, plus our house is generally a little cold anyway and with all hardwood floors it would be even colder to walk around in.

But if that's what you guys wanted and you're happy with it then more power to you. I would have wanted it too until I saw how much work goes into keeping it looking nice.
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1990 Crystal White Miata - Beater - Bignose 1.6L Swap, Robbins Top w/Glass Window, E-Codes, Air Horns, Brembo Rotors



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2009 True Red Mazdaspeed3 GT

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Postby RX-7 Chris » Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:14

erod550 wrote:Looks nice, it's just a bitch to maintain. My brother-in-law replaced all the carpet in his entire house with hardwood and with dogs and kids it's a nightmare to keep clean. You're constantly sweeping/mopping or it looks bad, plus our house is generally a little cold anyway and with all hardwood floors it would be even colder to walk around in.

But if that's what you guys wanted and you're happy with it then more power to you. I would have wanted it too until I saw how much work goes into keeping it looking nice.

It is a lot of work to keep clean compaired to carpet but carpet just hides everything. I have really bad alergies and the carpets was not a good thing for me.

We did put carpet in the bedrooms so the floors would be warm getting out of bed.
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[size=100]RIP 1983 RX-7[/SIZE]

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Postby kingtut » Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:14

erod550 wrote:Looks nice, it's just a bitch to maintain. My brother-in-law replaced all the carpet in his entire house with hardwood and with dogs and kids it's a nightmare to keep clean. You're constantly sweeping/mopping or it looks bad, plus our house is generally a little cold anyway and with all hardwood floors it would be even colder to walk around in.

But if that's what you guys wanted and you're happy with it then more power to you. I would have wanted it too until I saw how much work goes into keeping it looking nice.


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