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lighter

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Adventures in renovations... again
« on: April 28, 2025, 12:35:39 PM »
I just left a message with the wife of a local contractor.  I dropped Christmas trees off, for her goats to eat, and we got along well.

Seems her husband is finishing up a project. 
I have 2 bathrooms and exterior issues requiring attention.

He'll call me tonight.

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Re: Adventures in renovations... again
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2025, 09:29:30 AM »
Spoke to contractor last night. Sent pics of current job.  Everything built in....bunks, stair drawers, book cases...very nice. 

He's 3 weeks out.  We meet next week to look at the job.

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Re: Adventures in renovations... again
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2025, 06:07:16 PM »
It's funny how projects start out, expand and contract down to manageable/logical parts.


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Re: Adventures in renovations... again
« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2025, 10:00:18 AM »
Contemplating tall toilets with built in bidets. Anyone done the research lately?

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Re: Adventures in renovations... again
« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2025, 06:34:49 PM »
Great, impassioned threads on NYTimes a few months back.
Bidet-converts are OVERJOYED.

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Re: Adventures in renovations... again
« Reply #5 on: Today at 09:08:47 AM »
Thanks for the lead, Hops.  My contractor has opinions....simple Kohler toilet
....Cimmarron....chair height. About $250. Was in sale for $99 in January...bc I'd hurricane.

Will call contractor "Biggie East" (BE) for short.  We located the 1 door available, for bathroom unto outdoor shower...Left hand, out swing, clear 2 lite, 2 panel venting 32"x80" sgl exterior door with narrow door jamb.  John, at Home Depot, took it up as a personal challenge and found it.
 It solves every challenge, provides more light and has drop down screened window, woo hoo! Requires a header bc 32"width....but nothing more narrow available. Drat. 

I notice zombie calculations popping up .....intruder calculations ...slow zombies....fast zombies.  Adding a working window, where there was a small fixed window, requires some calculating, apparently.  Will be a medium smallish working window.  Oh oh ... hummingbird.

Biggie will take out tub/shower, before deciding on shower pan.  Thinking a week before he's available, but will get things ordered now.  Door likely 4 weeks out.

Karma landed on my head yesterday..... sometimes having lovely days leads to frog touching.  I think kissing, in this case. That'll teach me..... you'd think.