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I did major cleanup in the kitchen yesterday once my brother got out of my way. He was trying to cook/eat while I was trying to clean. I think there might be a water leak from the sink. The parquet next to the cabinets over there was all buckledup extremely and it's still damp. I only managed to get enough cleared to open one of the cabinet doors and I can see the oak trim on the front is separating from the bottom of the cabinet. Ugh. I do not need that. Too much stuff to clean up next to it and I ran out of space to put things. I need to get a bin to shove things in temporarily so I can sort, clean, and put stuff away. The counter over near the sink is absolutely disgusting. Formica is peeling up. The other day my brother snagged some of the formica on something and it pulled up and broke off the corner. I glued it back on with 3m spray adhesive. The whole thing of formica needs to be pulled up and replaced. I wish we could afford some sort of better surface.

Today my brother decided to start cleaning his room. He has it filled with empty bottles and trash so he was constantly tripping. I helped him by picking up a few things, holding the bag, moving the bag closer, shaking the bag to get stuff to settle down more, getting new bags out, etc. Last time we worked on his room, he held the bag while I did the picking up, but my back is not cooperating. I moved something and found dried cat crap all stuck to the carpet. Looks like some kitty had diarrhea. Any tips on the best way to clean dried cat diarrhea out of the carpet? It's actually fairly thick somehow.

I also need to fix the pantry door in my kitchen. The door has shelves on it and is fairly heavy. It also only has two hinges but only one screw in each hinge. So it sags & drags on the floor. It didn't used to do that, but over time it has shifted. It's a very tight fit in the doorway so I'll have to make sure it will still fit at the top and sides if I do any adjustment for the bottom. I think the floor buckling up didn't help with that either. Trying to find a good easy-to-clean waterproof clicklock stuff that is not as thick as the old flooring. I will probably have to use the Dremel tool to cut under the toekicks as I know the cabinets were put on top of the flooring. Not really enough clearance for me to get a chisel or oscillating attachment in there.

Is the stove pad for wood-burning stoves?
The oscillating tool blades can be installed at a 45° angle. I have an upcoming job maybe months from now but I may need to cut out, or cut through some Cortec Stone product.
I purchased a carbide blade for my Fein oscillating tool. I haven't tried it yet but I'm anxious to find out how well these carbide tipped blades hold up.
 
I can? Cool! 👍
You're the best!!! 😁
It would have to be flush mount trim. Depending on the material of choice it might only be a quarter inch thick.
I don't really have a setup for mitering the pieces of 1x4 into a curve that could be modified into a curve like that, especially doing some splining of the sides of each section to make the joints stronger.

I say 1x4 but it would likely be 1x6 or 1x8 depending on how many splices you want to have. Biscuits or dowels can be used for strength at the miters. Assemble the pieces with enough overhang to allow you to trim to size. Now you can use a Dutchman, or preacher board, depending on what you call it, to transfer the radius to your 1x pieces. Jigsaw the outside radius and smooth with a belt sander. Maybe even round over the nose. Using the outside profile and another jig of the width of your choosing, transfer the curve to the inside and jigsaw that cut as well. Smooth it out with a belt sander and bobs your uncle. Take your time with the jigsaw and it won’t look like a high school art project

Depending on how fancy you wanna get, you can have an overhang like a true stair nose to cover the riser or you can put the riser on first and use a bearing bit to route the outside arc to match the arc of the landing. It’s just wood so if you don’t like it you can cuss while smashing it to bits and start over.

If you want it thin, like 1/4” thin, get a sheet of 1/4” UL and use that to make it out of one solid piece. Stain it dark enough and nobody will see the plies on the exposed edge.

Or!!! How about putting the riser on first then install LVP on the landing with a lil overhang and route that flush with the riser. Touch up the raw edge with a colored sharpie and voila. Maybe even use an 1/8” or 1/16” round over bit to ease the edge.

I got all kinds of ideas and I don’t even smoke anymore🤪
 
I say 1x4 but it would likely be 1x6 or 1x8 depending on how many splices you want to have. Biscuits or dowels can be used for strength at the miters. Assemble the pieces with enough overhang to allow you to trim to size. Now you can use a Dutchman, or preacher board, depending on what you call it, to transfer the radius to your 1x pieces. Jigsaw the outside radius and smooth with a belt sander. Maybe even round over the nose. Using the outside profile and another jig of the width of your choosing, transfer the curve to the inside and jigsaw that cut as well. Smooth it out with a belt sander and bobs your uncle. Take your time with the jigsaw and it won’t look like a high school art project

Depending on how fancy you wanna get, you can have an overhang like a true stair nose to cover the riser or you can put the riser on first and use a bearing bit to route the outside arc to match the arc of the landing. It’s just wood so if you don’t like it you can cuss while smashing it to bits and start over.

If you want it thin, like 1/4” thin, get a sheet of 1/4” UL and use that to make it out of one solid piece. Stain it dark enough and nobody will see the plies on the exposed edge.

Or!!! How about putting the riser on first then install LVP on the landing with a lil overhang and route that flush with the riser. Touch up the raw edge with a colored sharpie and voila. Maybe even use an 1/8” or 1/16” round over bit to ease the edge.

I got all kinds of ideas and I don’t even smoke anymore🤪
Personally I was thinking of steaming it with the steamer that I never built, then ripping it to 3/8 inch thick with the band saw that I don't own.
I wish somebody made something like a tubing bender for metal stairnose.
Currently, there isn't really much time to experiment making a wood nose. After sanding the plywood edge I put a small radius on the edge with my router.
I glued the plywood to the step. Maybe I can just back out the screws, fill the holes, and put some stain on it. 😁
 
It's hard to get people to understand flooring and how temperature relates to it.
it really really is. If I hear one more idiot tell me "bit I'm sweating" I'm gonna lose my ****. My vinyl does not care that you are an put of shape pre-diabetic and sweat sitting down. If I say it's cold.... its cold.
 
Personally I was thinking of steaming it with the steamer that I never built, then ripping it to 3/8 inch thick with the band saw that I don't own.
I wish somebody made something like a tubing bender for metal stairnose.
Currently, there isn't really much time to experiment making a wood nose. After sanding the plywood edge I put a small radius on the edge with my router.
I glued the plywood to the step. Maybe I can just back out the screws, fill the holes, and put some stain on it. 😁

I’ve made radius stair nose as I’ve described. Takes time but steaming and bending is for the birds… or Roy Underhill on PBS. You ain’t no dummy, I know you’ll come up with something.
 
I measured some carpet a couple months back and my drawing and my measurements didn't coordinate correctly. Unrolling the carpet the length of the room was "supposed to" be wide enough that when connected to the balance make part of a side seam. Turns out I need 19 in and the cutout from the curved part of the step is 13 so that part is just scrap.
The carpet is supposed to be upholstered 10 inches up the cement foundation at both ends of the room.
The customer is totally open to options. I put a provenza plank in their kitchen so this would look nice if that product was put on this tiny step/landing. If I carpet The landing just like it was done before, I probably won't have enough to do all the foundation areas.
Have any of you figured out a way to make a molding or trim out an edge with a curve like this in a vinyl plank floor? I'm just curious what my options are.
I thought I took a second picture at an angle to show you more of what this step looks like. This plywood platform is about 6 in above the carpet.
In other words, the tackstrip that you see is 6 inches below this little landing..... I don't know how to show an image in 3D.
StairRods, company from England. I have never used these products, but they look like a problem solver. They make metal trims with a spot to insert plank into it. Curved or bullnose. Depend on the thickness of the material. Or I could be totally misreading what you need.
 
StairRods, company from England. I have never used these products, but they look like a problem solver. They make metal trims with a spot to insert plank into it. Curved or bullnose. Depend on the thickness of the material. Or I could be totally misreading what you need.
It would have helped if I took a better picture. 😁
I found a carton of the exact same material that I put in their kitchen and bathrooms so I'm heading over there to esperiment.
 
This is what it looks like.
 

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Mark, one of the best decisions I've ever made was to build my wood stove hearth up about 2ft. You wouldn't believe how much easier it is to clean/load.View attachment 13364
This isn't mine but one I did for a customer. Crazy effin angles right?
They designed it, I built it...
But you get the idea. This one's up about 16". Mine is up about 20". Makes all the difference in the world!

Talking about fireplaces I wondered why someone would go to all sorts of trouble to put in a fireplace downstairs in a rumpus room as there is a Visor fireplace is in the lounge besides the TV
When we lit the lounge fireplace all the cold air rushed up from downstairs as due to the way the stairs are built from downstairs, garage behind the door so the stairs cant be blocked off. The cat likes the top steps
 

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Got the word last week about how much they will be paying me for leftover vacation and sick leave. Let’s just say I will clear my credit card bill and have enough to build a new deck. And maybe buy a small camper.

The state system is paying double for sick leave, so they made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. Where have I heard that before?
 
This is what it looks like.
Too bad you glued the plywood down. Another solution is a flexible square edge tile schluter installed under the plywood to match the curve. Sticking up enough to match the flooring on top and hanging over 3/16 to cover the edge of carpet or plank on the riser. Scribe the flooring tight to the schluter. You could install it on top of the plywood, but the you patch it till the height matched. It is a pain in the butt anyway you look at it.
 
Too bad you glued the plywood down. Another solution is a flexible square edge tile schluter installed under the plywood to match the curve. Sticking up enough to match the flooring on top and hanging over 3/16 to cover the edge of carpet or plank on the riser. Scribe the flooring tight to the schluter. You could install it on top of the plywood, but the you patch it till the height matched. It is a pain in the butt anyway you look at it.
Well we solved the problem. By using a pattern to cut the piece out and not hack out an additional 4 inches around it to be safe, that little bit extra helped a lot.
Anyhow it's done dead and turned out good. The riser is glued with contact cement and liquid nails and then I kicked it back under the door area. Previously the old carpet was glued in and I decided the pad would feel a little better. It's a thin 28 Oz pad so it came out super.
 

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I was not aware that people could hit waterlines while installing baseboard but that's good to know. I don't think any of my waterlines are near the walls where they could get hit, but its something to keep in mind. I don't have baseboards in most of the rooms though.

I regret having carpet now because it gets torn up too easily & is a pain to clean. CJ, thanks for the info on the cleaning with hot water & bissel spot cleaner. I'll have to try that. First I'm going to use a plastic putty knife to try to pry up as much of the dried crud as I can. It's like pancakes on top of the carpet sticking to the fibers. I think the cat responsible for it is the one sitting on me right now- but she's our best mouser so I can't be mad. Ok, she's too adorable for me to stay mad at her. She has the most adorable face & eyes and makes the most adorable sounds. She's licking my face now.

Highup, I'll have to see if I can get the blades on my Matrix oscillating attachment on at a 45° angle.
I was not aware that people could hit waterlines while installing baseboard but that's good to know. I don't think any of my waterlines are near the walls where they could get hit, but its something to keep in mind. I don't have baseboards in most of the rooms though.

We used to have a very nice wood stove that my father had in the workshop but the deadbeat tenants stole it. They lied & claimed my dad said they could sell it & keep the $. Absolute BS. It was the only way of heating the workshop. I'm still salty about that.

I regret having carpet now because it gets torn up too easily & is a pain to clean. CJ, thanks for the info on the cleaning with hot water & bissel spot cleaner. I'll have to try that. First I'm going to use a plastic putty knife to try to pry up as much of the dried crud as I can. It's like pancakes on top of the carpet sticking to the fibers. I think the cat responsible for it is the one sitting on me right now- but she's our best mouser so I can't be mad. Ok, she's too adorable for me to stay mad at her. She has the most adorable face & eyes and makes the most adorable sounds. She's licking my face now.

We ran out of rotisserie chicken and the deli has been closed for the past few days. I called today & found they were open and the rotisserie chickens were being cooked. So I headed in to grab a few things and the chickens were being put in their packaging as I arrived. I was able to make mom a chicken & cheese burrito.

LOL. I'm a pre-diabetic who sweats a lot but I like to keep the house above 17°C. But I do complain about sweating. I'm insulin resistant so that causes some problems. I also have hypothyroid so it makes me sweat more.

Highup, the step carpeting job looks great!

Sorry for the random order of this message. LOL. It's cold in this room & my fingers are freezing. Kitties have decided that I'm their heater. Aminatu is clinging to my arm. I'm about to try to hit the sack for the night.

I've never smoked and never used marijuana. Never had any interest. I do know people who use it. Some are fine with it, but others are so focused on it they don't do anything else.
 

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