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Helped friends move in a new vanity earlier this week. To the second floor, of course. It was a six foot vanity. Of solid oak (white oak, rather fine looking). That thing was just fucking heavy. And then it had a solid stone top to go in as well. Which I believe was even heavier (sinks already in place). Heavy as shit.

However, this was the first time I used those straps you see people moving fridges with. They go over two people's shoulders and have a connecting strap. It's easy to adjust so you can change how high you're holding something (ideal for going up stairs) and then lower it again to get through doorways. I swear that countertop had to be 300 pounds, and just me and one other dude moved it. The vanity was a mere 169 pounds .

www.arielbath.com

Ariel hepburn 72 inch double sink base cabinet in white oak

The Ariel Hepburn 72 Inch Double Sink Base Cabinet In White Oak is an elegant and fancy looking vanity that brings the same style as Audrey Hepburn, one of the most famous actress of all times. The mixture of tradition and modern makes it stand out from the most vanity collections. Constructed...
www.arielbath.com www.arielbath.com

And we carried it, the two of us, on end up the stairs and through several doors. These straps are awesome! Don't have to fart around with multiple guys trying to get around corners and all that. I've already ordered me some, and if you're doing renovation, or planning a move, or anything that involves lifting stupid heavy things, I recommend them.

These are the ones:

 
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Skinner

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No idea where to put this, but does anyone know a place to get a half-decent bookshelf with glass doors that isn’t Ikea? I know about Litfad.

(thought this thread was about the TV show for the longest time wtf)
 
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Skinner said:
No idea where to put this, but does anyone know a place to get a half-decent bookshelf with glass doors that isn’t Ikea? I know about Litfad.

(thought this thread was about the TV show for the longest time wtf)
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Obviously hit or miss, but definitely check out your local consignment shops, thrift stores, and facebook marketplace. You can luck out on some stupidly low priced solid wood furniture that someone just doesn't want to deal with.
 
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Does anyone have ZipWall poles? Curious if they are worth the premium price vs generic ones. I need to start using some non-destructive dust barriers.
 
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lurkingdirk said:
Helped friends move in a new vanity earlier this week. To the second floor, of course. It was a six foot vanity. Of solid oak (white oak, rather fine looking). That thing was just fucking heavy. And then it had a solid stone top to go in as well. Which I believe was even heavier (sinks already in place). Heavy as shit.

However, this was the first time I used those straps you see people moving fridges with. They go over two people's shoulders and have a connecting strap. It's easy to adjust so you can change how high you're holding something (ideal for going up stairs) and then lower it again to get through doorways. I swear that countertop had to be 300 pounds, and just me and one other dude moved it. The vanity was a mere 169 pounds .

www.arielbath.com

Ariel hepburn 72 inch double sink base cabinet in white oak

The Ariel Hepburn 72 Inch Double Sink Base Cabinet In White Oak is an elegant and fancy looking vanity that brings the same style as Audrey Hepburn, one of the most famous actress of all times. The mixture of tradition and modern makes it stand out from the most vanity collections. Constructed...
www.arielbath.com www.arielbath.com

And we carried it, the two of us, on end up the stairs and through several doors. These straps are awesome! Don't have to fart around with multiple guys trying to get around corners and all that. I've already ordered me some, and if you're doing renovation, or planning a move, or anything that involves lifting stupid heavy things, I recommend them.

These are the ones:

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I'm generally a big fan of white oak but for some reason this vanity isn't resonating with me. It is very nice but just expected something else. Kind of throwing me off hah.
 
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Those strap dolly things are legit... when all my appliances were delivered, the fridge was like within 1/2 inch of the door opening - the dudes just hoisted the thing up with those strapps and shimmied on in, done.

Random update: Induction stove top still awesome, Ikea 365 ceramic non-stick pans still holding up better than teflon counterparts did - very surprised by that. Also the way induction works may contribute as it does not tend to over heat like my traditional stove top did..

I need to replace my bathroom vanity, but its like 58 inches...so nothing "standard" fits...
 
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Intrinsic said:
I'm generally a big fan of white oak but for some reason this vanity isn't resonating with me. It is very nice but just expected something else. Kind of throwing me off hah.
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Same, I think it's the finish. Looks almost raw.
 
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So for my second ceiling I decided to take a different approach. The first one I used a roller to apply mud, and I used ultralight. I did maybe 3 thinner coats with the 24" skimming blade. This took care of any sort of variances and built up fairly evenly, but it required a lot of sanding time due to being more 'airy', and I really wasn't happy with the ultralight generally because it was extremely easy to damage.

This one I decided to use USG Plus 3 which is sort of a all-in-one compound, thinned slightly. It is a bit harder and denser, but doesn't spread as nicely and I think generally slightly less working time which is something of a bitch when you're rolling out your own ceiling and skimming at the same time. However, putting 20-30 pounds of mud on a ceiling is a bitch regardless and the idea was if I could get it relatively flat with a decent build up, I would have an easier time just doing touch ups after the fact. There were a few scrapes and tear outs, but all were really quick to fix.

So far this seems to have worked out, did the skimcoat Saturday and sanded and did touch ups today. Will do final sand tomorrow night then start wall prep. One change I'm making is I had to finish the ceiling in the other room, because I needed to install all the electrical and put in can lights so I could actually see, which meant the walls I did prep after. I think that was annoying because of the extra sanding dust and all that. This time, doing all drywall first, then will clean thoroughly and prep all trim, then will do ceiling, trim, walls then baseboard pretty quickly after.
 
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Took down my shitbox of a fireplace, 12,000 LBS of bricks, that was a workout.

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What a fucking joke. I would guess that about 60% of them weren't even set in anything, I dunno if thats common or not. Literally behind the exterior bricks, bricks were layered usually about 3 bricks high without masonry at all for the chimney. When I got down to the firebox area it was about 10 bricks high of just stacked brick and no masonry. I thought about selling them but oh man, since there wasn't any masonry, AT ALL, about 90% of the bricks used as filler had roach eggs in them and as I got lower and lower most of the bricks had standing water in them. All of the studs adjacent to the fireplace were rotted so badly that I replaced them.

So many fucking roaches came out of this fireplace it was insane. We killed about 200 and, at points, I was just clearing and spraying as I was going. Place smelled like piss too, I was laughing a bit because I found part of a mouse jaw and several bones.

The gas line to the center of the fireplace was so rusted that I broke it in half with my hands. Someone had the amazing idea to put masonry compound AROUND that pipe but...you know...nowhere else. So water was sitting on it for the better part of 40 years more than likely. Cut it all out, up to the attic, and capped it, checked for leaks and waited an hour before restarting any gas appliances. The crazy part was the gas scent (Whatever mix they use to make that onion-y scent) saturated the wood, before I even was doing gas line work I was smelling gas and I grabbed one of the boards, the wood smelled like gas.

Replaced most everything on that wall including part of the top plates, mending plates are a mystery to me though:

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Daidraco

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This is your house? Omfg, man. You've been breathing in that shit for how long now? All this time probably just thought it was just normal and then you crack all that shit open to find out that. 🤮
 
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Anyone have one of those handheld moisture meter thingies (it’s like a video camera that lights up humid spots ) , have a type that they know well and can recommend? I want to get one but they’re costly so don’t want to pick a garbage one , I know nothing about these
 
Brahma

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Built my gym in the basement. Going to put up the horrible before pic...(My boiler blew up. This was stacking up the shit that wasn't soaked or rust covered)

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Took me a week...

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Skinner

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300Lane1 said:
Have you checked Wayfair?
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Yes.

The stuff from Wayfair and even Ikea aren't that bad and I considered using them as a temporary solution, but a lot of their stuff seems to have balance issues and needs to be bolted to the walls which I’m not going to do.

I was looking for more of a “real wood” solution or close as possible opposed to all the particle board, mdf, ect stuff. Found a few ”amish” shops and some speciality stores that offer what I’m looking for and of course the price is premium. I might actually hold off and get a carpenter to do a built-in library depending on quote and just get the entire room redone.

Some of the sites I ended up saving for reference:

Gothic Cabin (no glass)

Vermont Furniture Designs

Crafters and Weavers
 
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Brahma

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lurkingdirk said:
Respect man! That looks great. What did you do to the walls? You've got nice equipment.
(that's not a euphemism)
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Drilled some 2x4's into the cement walls. Then drilled ANOTHER set of 2x4's on top of that to give me like 4 inches away from the wall for the stud placement. Then some horrible drywalling/paint on my part. This biggest issue is that the floor is CRAZY uneven with dips and mounds. Lotta small mats under the big mats to make sure the equipment was even.

But I think it came out pretty nice :)
 
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Brahma said:
Drilled some 2x4's into the cement walls. Then drilled ANOTHER set of 2x4's on top of that to give me like 4 inches away from the wall for the stud placement. Then some horrible drywalling/paint on my part. This biggest issue is that the floor is CRAZY uneven with dips and mounds. Lotta small mats under the big mats to make sure the equipment was even.

But I think it came out pretty nice :)
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It came out fantastic. What more do you need for a basement weight room?

I look forward to the day you drop your deadlift and it rolls through your drywall. :D
 
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