What home improvement work did you do today?

I've started a new criteria for buying items, I don't by an appliance from a cell phone manufacturer and I don't by a cell phone from an appliance manufacturer.
We had a NICE LG Fridge but the compressor kept failing, had it replaced once and the warranty ended and that was it. Sporting a Frigidaire now.

 

Floor tiling over the moved toilet drain. I suck at precise work like this. Wife says no toe catchers is good enough.

 

I have similar cabinet doors. Going to sandblast prime and repaint. First time didnt know what I was doing (almost 20 years ago) lots of paint chipping away. Any suggestions or types of primer paint, maybe clear coat/hardener?
Did put in led under cabinet lighting kit. $20 works nicely

 

Further work done on rolling workbench. Must have measured right, it fits under main workbench lol.
Fitted the tools in. Setting up vacuum ports next.

 

Yea, probably better than my mark 1 eyeball, 4 ft level and 2 ft square ... ah well, it's done ... another entry in my list of not perfect but good enough

 

Nice! Dig the LEDs. Our company uses a lacquer based primer and finish coat. We only clear coat if we’re staining. It’s sprayed with a lacquer sprayer, but can be sprayed with a cup gun. My cabinets I did myself, but stayed relatively inexpensive because I’m a renter. I used Behr Ultra paint, and went with Swiss Coffee to match the doors, trim, and ceiling.

 

That's neat... my first time seeing those!

 

Definitely on my list for next tiling project!!!

Is there any equivalent for vertical projects?

 

Nothing major but we moved from a custom home with oversized 2.5 car garage to a home built in 1994 so needles to say we needed some storage. Built some shelves over the last few days (forgive the mess as I still need to clean and organize better).

 

Cleaned gutters and took down Christmas lights.

 

We have one and it's so quiet you don't know it's on (it has a red light it shines on the floor to let you know it's running). Things come out of it spotless.

 

Been seeing some mold pop up in our master bathroom. Really dusty in there too. I never could figure out the dust. The bathroom exhaust fan vents to an unfinished part of our attic (built in 1895). I found a steal on a bathroom fan at Lowes and thought about switching it out with the existing fan. I went up into the attic yesterday to see what size vent it had. Turns out it had no vent. Whomever installed it, basically cut a hole in the ceiling, attached the fan, and called it a day. The exhaust port was blowing into insulation.

I'm going to replace the entire unit and run the exhaust hose to a vent I'm going to cut into the soffit. Tonight though, I put a hose on it and ran it out of the insulation - it's running better than ever.

I also found a dead rat. Today was a good day.

 

Small lil changes. Had a full motion mount that we didn't really use anymore to its full effect. So flat on the wall with slight tilt. Also put slightly higher to be able to put picture frames on the mantle and all. (Outlet will be covered/hidden). @Outbound pointed out what I already knew on the last mount, and that the TV was crooked....so this pushed me to straighten it out.

We also picked up a small 32" TV and new organizers by our area. The TV will be setup to display our shared calendars for us and the kids. We use timetree on our phone now. But it's not compatible so we'll be switching to Google calendar. With 4 kids and both of us working busy/demanding jobs, organization is important. This will help I'm sure for all of us as a family.

 

Hung some lights in the garage. Old one was a flourescent bulbs that also had an issue with the ballasts. I got these:

$43 hykolity 4 Pack Linkable LED Shop Light, 4FT 42W [250W Equivalent], 4400lm, 5000K Daylight, with Plug, Utility Light Fixture, Hanging or Surface Mount, Black

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07TM97LWY?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1 Just a 4 pack and that is plenty for my garage.

 

Save that hide, you could fashion up the wife a custom makeup pouch.

 

FYI for you guys looking at new dishwashers. Be mindful the schemes they use. When it lists the db level that rating is a reading of the AVERAGE db over a cycle, which is probably the quick or half load cycle. Just an fyi.

 

That bastard’s been dead for a while…

 

Noted - I’ll go retrieve it off of the neighbors windshield.

 

Yeah, I guess it was leftover from when I had a rat infestation in 2020 or 21. They never breached the living area, fortunately. This one was behind the air handler. Thought there was a funk in the air in there…

 

Looking for high quality universal door latch internals.
Apparently my kids like to swing from the door handles and deform the mild steel.
Existing hardware is Baldwin.
TIA

 

Good to know my kids are not the only ones that do this!

 

I'm glad to see kids are doing the same dumb stuff I used to do

 

Cleaned up the tile job, set the toilet flange and installed new toilet in master bath. Its a corner style, makes better use of space in long skinny master bath.

Still have drywall to do, ran out of days off. Not ideal to jump ahead but wanted to get back to functional crapper for nightime visits.

 

1/2 bath is functional again! Just needs trim. Oh, and a round mirror, wifey is on the lookout for one, the rectangle won’t do she says.

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