My Home remodeling thread.

[Bouncer]

That patio does look cool.

Yea keep the comments and pics coming, will come in handy when I really get into it all.

Rocket I will have to look into that thing about bacteria and soapstone.

[auri]

Right after it was poured. No landscaping yet.

[auri]

Oops, cant find it.

[auri]

Bouncer, we're redoing our entire basement right now, bathroom, bar, cabinetry, porcelain tile, entertainment area.... should be completely done by April. I'll post some pictures and maybe something will catch your eye. Also had a 500+sf concrete patio poured last summer, sorta cool. I think I have a picture of that.

[lipripper]

For the floors, I would go with big tile. I had 20x20 porcelain tile in my kitchen and it looked so much better than the standard 12". Make sure you don't go with a really light grout either. It ends up getting dirty and frustrating since you can't "clean" it.

yep!:thumup:

[ROCKETW19]

nah dont want concrete. nothing wrong with it, just love the look of soapstone.

again last house i had granite and left it un polished so it looked like soap stone. My new house has polished granite and i liked the dull look better.
I belive soap stone needs to be cleaned better than granite or tile something about it be pours and bacteria gets in the stone its self. Not 100% on that as I dont remember exactly

[ROCKETW19]

yea that grout part is exactly what puts me off about tile and slate. the tile themselves are easy to clean but the shit in the middle seems to absorb dirt and stain no matter what.

My last house I put in 20 x 20 on the angle and had them make small grout lines. looked super clean almost like a solid floor.

new house has hard wood. hard wood looks better IMO but tile is durable

[Mr I]

I would look into subfloor heating with non carpet floors. If I had to do my house over again I'll put it in for sure.

On that point I would do say that so long as you have insulation laid under, then in the case of laminate or vynl then UFH is unnecessary and very expensive to run in electric form.

Not sure about stone floors but if you think it needs it I would first explore running you central heating water filled pipes under, this would save lots of dollar just by piggybacking off your existing system instead of buying a separate electric one.

[Scrumhalf]

I would look into subfloor heating with non carpet floors. If I had to do my house over again I'll put it in for sure.

[Turbo3000]

Not really looking for style ideas etc.. More about any lessons you learned along the way that I should know about. Anything you would change etc..

He isn't getting it.

[Bouncer]

Not really looking for style ideas etc.. More about any lessons you learned along the way that I should know about. Anything you would change etc..

[Mr I]

Really, that's all the input you have for me after all the experience you have just going through it all?

I don't want to tel you how you should have your home me ole mucker, I think your ideas are tasteful, it's about personal choice.

[Bouncer]

I like those options, looks similar to ours

Really, that's all the input you have for me after all the experience you have just going through it all?

[Mr I]

I like those options, looks similar to ours

[Bouncer]

nah dont want concrete. nothing wrong with it, just love the look of soapstone.