Room renovation photo montage.

BEETROOT · 07-21-2005, 1:56 AM

not completely done, still needs trim and I need to finish off the 'hole', but almost there.

oh yeah need to figure out how to get rid of that 50 year old ac stuck in the wall too

teg_to_bike · 07-21-2005, 2:01 AM

whats that stuff you put on the floor?!?

amisconception · 07-21-2005, 2:02 AM

that's cool dude, i'm diggin the floor and that green paint. and your dog looks great.

BEETROOT · 07-21-2005, 2:07 AM

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Originally Posted by teg_to_bike

whats that stuff you put on the floor?!?

I tore up the carpet and the pad, down to the original concrete floor. I stripped all the gunk off that, then stained it with semi transparent concrete stain, then a couple coats of sealer to make it shiny and protect it.

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Originally Posted by amisconception

that's cool dude, i'm diggin the floor and that green paint. and your dog looks great.

thanks man.

I wanted to make it darker...its so damn hot and bright outside I was sick of all the glossy white paint in my house. I got a bunch of blackout curtains and blackout fabric today too, I'm working on getting those up on every window in this section.

AztecRol · 07-21-2005, 3:35 AM

Looking good!!!

JJ4Short · 07-21-2005, 6:00 AM

The hours approaching, just give it your best
You got to reach your prime.
That’s when you need to put yourself to the test,
And show us a passage of time,
Were going to need a montage (montage)
Oh it takes a montage (montage)

Sure a lot of things happing at once,
With mind, everyone what’s going on (what’s going on?)
And when every shot you show a little improvement
Just Show it or it will take to long
that’s called a montage (montage)
Oh we want montage (montage)

**GreenMonster** · 07-21-2005, 6:46 AM

Did you move the safe ?? That thing looked heavy

Looks Great !!

BEETROOT · 07-21-2005, 7:20 AM

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Originally Posted by AztecRol

BEETROOT · 07-21-2005, 7:20 AM

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Originally Posted by JesusJuice

The hours approaching, just give it your best
You got to reach your prime.
That’s when you need to put yourself to the test,
And show us a passage of time,
Were going to need a montage (montage)
Oh it takes a montage (montage)

Sure a lot of things happing at once,
With mind, everyone what’s going on (what’s going on?)
And when every shot you show a little improvement
Just Show it or it will take to long
that’s called a montage (montage)
Oh we want montage (montage)

was wondering if anyone would pick up on the reference

BEETROOT · 07-21-2005, 7:21 AM

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Originally Posted by GreenMonster

Did you move the safe ?? That thing looked heavy

Looks Great !!

thanks! and yep its in my bedroom now... I moved it myself

its on wheels

For some reason my cut/paste won't work so these had to be three seperate posts....

**ric** · 07-21-2005, 7:27 AM

When I first started scrolling through, I thought the sword in the wall was just a nice decorating touch.......

Nice work. Polished concrete is a great flooring material. Wish it were more common. Cool under foot, clean, simple, slight variation in color and texture, takes any kind of rug on top.

And pure white is terrible for the eyes......

**Scrib** · 07-21-2005, 7:27 AM

For some reason I thought you lived in an apartment, which would make no sense considering the changes you made...

Anyway... Congrats. It takes a lot of balls to rip out walls, etc. like that.

BEETROOT · 07-21-2005, 7:34 AM

ric, I love the concrete. another HUGE benefit is the fact that I can mop it, instead of the carpets which I had to steam clean.... with two dogs (and me) running around it gets pretty messy. and yeah, the sterile white was awful.

my plan is to tear down that entire wall at some point, and extend the concrete floor into the adjoining room, making one master suite. I just need to figure out if it is a load bearing wall (which I'd imagine it is). I guess I'd have to put a couple pillars in there instead.

**ric** · 07-21-2005, 7:42 AM

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Originally Posted by BEETROOT

ric, I love the concrete. another HUGE benefit is the fact that I can mop it, instead of the carpets which I had to steam clean.... with two dogs (and me) running around it gets pretty messy. and yeah, the sterile white was awful.

my plan is to tear down that entire wall at some point, and extend the concrete floor into the adjoining room, making one master suite. I just need to figure out if it is a load bearing wall (which I'd imagine it is). I guess I'd have to put a couple pillars in there instead.

Even if it is load bearing you can pull the wall out. You could put in a couple of interstitial columns, as you note - probably relatively small pipe columns - or you could run a new beam across to two new columns that are flush with the two opposing walls, so that the space is more open. In any case, the distance you're spanning is not great..... nothing more fun than using your house as a laboratory

Rock2534 · 07-21-2005, 7:52 AM

looks good, how long did it take from start to finish?

BEETROOT · 07-21-2005, 7:59 AM

The floor took a month. Mostly because I could only work on weekends really, and I had to make a ton of trips to Home Depot, had to rent equipment, etc. It was basically 3 solid weekends of 2 10 hour days.

and most of that was scrubbing the floor. For some reason it was painted orange under the carpet, so I had to get that up. It took 4 gallons of industrial strength stripper, a huge floor scrubber machine, and about 20 hours on my hands and knees with steel wool

**cTLgo** · 07-21-2005, 8:15 AM

You do realize you didn't need to remove all drywall to make that hole... but I guess for the sake of using 1 full piece of drywall you had to. I would have done it differently.

zeroday · 07-21-2005, 8:45 AM

elderberry would be proud

phipark · 07-21-2005, 9:16 AM

When I saw the thread title, I was hoping to see every every room change you've done. Haven't you changed your room about 6 times?

zeroday · 07-21-2005, 9:19 AM

good job beet...got any pics of the rest of your house?

**fsttyms1** · 07-21-2005, 9:25 AM

nice!

soopa · 07-21-2005, 9:29 AM

Moving to new Home & Garden forum...

VTEC11 · 07-21-2005, 10:58 AM

Are those polk audio towers? If so which ones.

BEETROOT · 07-21-2005, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by cTLgo

You do realize you didn't need to remove all drywall to make that hole... but I guess for the sake of using 1 full piece of drywall you had to. I would have done it differently.

Dude I was drunk and smashing the wall down with a baseball bat and a ninja sword...it wasn't exactly a well planned thing

soopa · 07-21-2005, 12:10 PM

Should I ever need to tear down a wall, how am I going to beat doing it with a FUCKING SAMURAI SWORD in my photos? LOL

Priceless.

BEETROOT · 07-21-2005, 12:11 PM

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Originally Posted by zeroday

good job beet...got any pics of the rest of your house?

http://www.acurazine.com/forums/show...ght=pics+house

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Originally Posted by soopa

Moving to new Home & Garden forum...

sweet.

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Originally Posted by VTEC11

Are those polk audio towers? If so which ones.

No, Infinity.

07-21-2005, 1:56 AM	#1
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07-21-2005, 2:01 AM	#2
teg_to_bike I'm back, biatch. Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Sunnyvale, CA Age: 27 Posts: 5,797	whats that stuff you put on the floor?!?

07-21-2005, 2:02 AM	#3
amisconception werd Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 12,850	that's cool dude, i'm diggin the floor and that green paint. and your dog looks great.

07-21-2005, 3:35 AM	#5
AztecRol The Screeching Toyo's Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Bay Area, CA Age: 40 Posts: 5,953	Looking good!!!

07-21-2005, 6:00 AM	#6
JJ4Short LOLZ McCain Sux Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Tampa Age: 24 Posts: 13,511	The hours approaching, just give it your best You got to reach your prime. That’s when you need to put yourself to the test, And show us a passage of time, Were going to need a montage (montage) Oh it takes a montage (montage) Sure a lot of things happing at once, With mind, everyone what’s going on (what’s going on?) And when every shot you show a little improvement Just Show it or it will take to long that’s called a montage (montage) Oh we want montage (montage)

07-21-2005, 6:46 AM	#7
GreenMonster Mega Moderator Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Swansea, MA Age: 42 Posts: 32,285	Did you move the safe ?? That thing looked heavy Looks Great !!

07-21-2005, 7:27 AM	#11
ric Moderator Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Philadelphia, PA USA Age: 59 Posts: 4,227	When I first started scrolling through, I thought the sword in the wall was just a nice decorating touch....... Nice work. Polished concrete is a great flooring material. Wish it were more common. Cool under foot, clean, simple, slight variation in color and texture, takes any kind of rug on top. And pure white is terrible for the eyes......

07-21-2005, 7:27 AM	#12
Scrib Administrator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Northwest IN Age: 31 Posts: 23,240	For some reason I thought you lived in an apartment, which would make no sense considering the changes you made... Anyway... Congrats. It takes a lot of balls to rip out walls, etc. like that.

07-21-2005, 7:34 AM	#13
BEETROOT Goddidit Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: az Age: 28 Posts: 21,157	ric, I love the concrete. another HUGE benefit is the fact that I can mop it, instead of the carpets which I had to steam clean.... with two dogs (and me) running around it gets pretty messy. and yeah, the sterile white was awful. my plan is to tear down that entire wall at some point, and extend the concrete floor into the adjoining room, making one master suite. I just need to figure out if it is a load bearing wall (which I'd imagine it is). I guess I'd have to put a couple pillars in there instead.

07-21-2005, 7:52 AM	#15
Rock2534 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Lehigh Valley, PA Age: 33 Posts: 1,884	looks good, how long did it take from start to finish?

07-21-2005, 7:59 AM	#16
BEETROOT Goddidit Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: az Age: 28 Posts: 21,157	The floor took a month. Mostly because I could only work on weekends really, and I had to make a ton of trips to Home Depot, had to rent equipment, etc. It was basically 3 solid weekends of 2 10 hour days. and most of that was scrubbing the floor. For some reason it was painted orange under the carpet, so I had to get that up. It took 4 gallons of industrial strength stripper, a huge floor scrubber machine, and about 20 hours on my hands and knees with steel wool

07-21-2005, 8:15 AM	#17
cTLgo Moderator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: IL Posts: 12,525	You do realize you didn't need to remove all drywall to make that hole... but I guess for the sake of using 1 full piece of drywall you had to. I would have done it differently.

07-21-2005, 8:45 AM	#18
zeroday Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: DE Posts: 16,935	elderberry would be proud

07-21-2005, 9:16 AM	#19
phipark Not Asian Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: St. Louis Age: 29 Posts: 12,793	When I saw the thread title, I was hoping to see every every room change you've done. Haven't you changed your room about 6 times?

07-21-2005, 9:19 AM	#20
zeroday Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: DE Posts: 16,935	good job beet...got any pics of the rest of your house?

07-21-2005, 9:25 AM	#21
fsttyms1 Mega Moderator Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Appleton WI Age: 33 Posts: 41,866	nice!

07-21-2005, 9:29 AM	#22
soopa Alumni Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Albany, NY Age: 26 Posts: 137,694	Moving to new Home & Garden forum...

07-21-2005, 10:58 AM	#23
VTEC11 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: NJ Posts: 2,078	Are those polk audio towers? If so which ones.

07-21-2005, 12:10 PM	#25
soopa Alumni Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Albany, NY Age: 26 Posts: 137,694	Should I ever need to tear down a wall, how am I going to beat doing it with a FUCKING SAMURAI SWORD in my photos? LOL Priceless.