Crown Molding Is Out
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Zee09
$200 Site Donor 2023
And orange peel everythingHere in FL it's more common to see popcorn ceilings!
Mine has sparkles!
Who needs crown molding when you've got that!
Popcorn hides a LOT of shoddy ceiling finishes.
Long Live the Avocado Refrigerator! (jk)
Also remember that cove/crown molding requires sufficient height.
Also never forget: "High work isn't eye work".
I utilized the aforementioned cheap, foam crown molding and 'other tricks', to mask cracks on a used, relocated double wide trailer a pal had installed on a pad.
Besides the obvious wall-to-ceiling gaps, the walls cracked where they wanted to. I used 1.25" wide strips of wood to mask cracks in the walls. I SWEAR the effected walls cracked at a regular pace such that the vertical strips looked even. Luck favors the BITOGer.
Also remember that cove/crown molding requires sufficient height.
Also never forget: "High work isn't eye work".
I utilized the aforementioned cheap, foam crown molding and 'other tricks', to mask cracks on a used, relocated double wide trailer a pal had installed on a pad.
Besides the obvious wall-to-ceiling gaps, the walls cracked where they wanted to. I used 1.25" wide strips of wood to mask cracks in the walls. I SWEAR the effected walls cracked at a regular pace such that the vertical strips looked even. Luck favors the BITOGer.
Zee09
$200 Site Donor 2023
My mom's house still has an avocado fridge upstairs.
I like to use large crown molding so it serves as a chair rail too
Even on a small house these days $5k is little more than a rounding error.
Zee09
$200 Site Donor 2023
Yeah in the builders favor of course.
Ehhh. I had some horribly dark stained cabinets in my house now. Oil primed and painted a nice lighter gray hue. Yea, gray is over-done now aday's, but I like grays, blues, and greens...
Zee09
$200 Site Donor 2023
Dems Florida colorsEhhh. I had some horribly dark stained cabinets in my house now. Oil primed and painted a nice lighter gray hue. Yea, gray is over-done now aday's, but I like grays, blues, and greens...
You have to mix it up some right.
That white cabinet trend was around in the early 80s. Practically every low-end townhouse in Northern VA built around that time had them.
Zee09
$200 Site Donor 2023
I just sold a house with a top grade natural wood cabinets and I didn't use a realtor. No way am I painting wood cabinets white just because it is a trend. Let the buyer do what they want to do. That's stupid especially if an amateur paints cabinets.
I can see an amateur slapping white ceiling paint on them because they got a deal . Yikes
You get it, LOL. They are available in the Home Depot and Lowes parking lots early every morning. Called "day labor" LOL.I like how you said that.
Clean and within the rules
One of the Home Depot's around here has the bilingual "no loitering" signs in the parking lot. 7-11 is where they hang out instead.
Do you know the Shaker Chair Rail? It's a strip of knobs on which you hang chairs off the floor by their back slats....extremely cool.
What is an 'average day's pay'? Is it by the hour?
Pick 'em up by....8 and drop 'em off by....? Or do they have their own cars?
Zee09
$200 Site Donor 2023
Watching YouTube now on Florida builders. The new buzz word is "Luxury Finishes"
I'm no snob but what I am seeing is a higher grade of low grade finishes...
I'm no snob but what I am seeing is a higher grade of low grade finishes...
It sure does, and if they blow it on thick enough many times all the tape and spackle guys do is just tape the ceiling, or tape and one coat of mud and call it good.Here in FL it's more common to see popcorn ceilings!
Mine has sparkles!
Who needs crown molding when you've got that!
Popcorn hides a LOT of shoddy ceiling finishes.
Zee09
$200 Site Donor 2023
A bit off topic but this community in Port St. Lucie
Is a 6 to 8 months build time and if you get a pool it's 19 months...
Is a 6 to 8 months build time and if you get a pool it's 19 months...
I have never used them, but I suspect contractors have for roofing, painting, etc. I see their company trucks drive through and pick up 3-4.
I would guess they work as long as needed. Pay? I have no idea. Maybe $20/hr?
Zee09
$200 Site Donor 2023
The thing that is so old because it's now overused is the trey ceiling. I'm over it ..
An attempt at elegance.
Nothing is more elegant than a well designed home of quality.
No tricks and gimmicks required...
An attempt at elegance.
Nothing is more elegant than a well designed home of quality.
No tricks and gimmicks required...
Even in the N.East, most of the bigger company roofing crews are non-English speaking these days. I have no issue with this other than the fact so few of our young people are interested in trades work these days.
We had an icemaker line break when we were on a trip for 10 days. Water company said 4000 gallons were used and did not charge me. When they drywall finisher came he wanted to hide the edges of his work with crown molding. My wife told him in no uncertain words "NO" He finished the work and it looks great. Without being sealed its a hiding place for bugs and spiders. We were out of our home for 5 months.
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