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Posted: Oct 5, 2012 - 8:50am

MsJudi wrote:

New living room carpet arrived last night. Electrician Brad helped me muscle it in and unroll it.

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Posted: Oct 5, 2012 - 8:49am

New living room carpet arrived last night. Electrician Brad helped me muscle it in and unroll it.

Posted: Oct 5, 2012 - 8:44am

JrzyTmata wrote:

ahh. probably the same stuff. I think it's oat grass. but ours doesn't last 6 weeks. might be lack of light for us.

A lot of the kits provide WAY too much seed in their mixes and the damned things get root-bound, that's usually the trouble we have with them.

Posted: Oct 5, 2012 - 7:38am

JrzyTmata wrote:

we have that. wallboard with a coat of plaster. my insurance agent gave us a discount for it. says it's very fire resistant.

Also warm, and sound absorbing. Still a pain to patch, and hanging pictures takes a bit of extra care.

Posted: Oct 5, 2012 - 7:37am

Lazy8 wrote:

"Rock lathe." Been there, done that. Awful stuff.

We have real lathe & plaster, vintage 1927. It's extremely solid, but can be a pita to work with. Also, the paint in this house is so thick now I think it's probably structural.

Posted: Oct 5, 2012 - 7:37am

MsJudi wrote:

I couldn't tell you... wheat grass, maybe? I buy it in a kit at the pet store. When it gets leggy and brown (after about 6 weeks), I toss it and start again.

ahh. probably the same stuff. I think it's oat grass. but ours doesn't last 6 weeks. might be lack of light for us.

Posted: Oct 5, 2012 - 7:35am

islander wrote:

Oh yeah.

Mine doesn't have the holes that the pictures I googled do. There are a couple of spots with them, mostly around outlets, but in general this stuff is solid. Makes me wonder how the plaster is sticking to it...

we have that. wallboard with a coat of plaster. my insurance agent gave us a discount for it. says it's very fire resistant.

Posted: Oct 5, 2012 - 7:30am

Lazy8 wrote:

islander wrote:

My current house has this weird gypsum board that was apparently only made a few years in the 50's. It's 18 inches by 40 inches, and then covered in plaster. It's a weird (and impossible to patch) finish.

"Rock lathe." Been there, done that. Awful stuff.

Oh yeah.

Mine doesn't have the holes that the pictures I googled do. There are a couple of spots with them, mostly around outlets, but in general this stuff is solid. Makes me wonder how the plaster is sticking to it...

Posted: Oct 4, 2012 - 10:49pm

The photos look fabulous Judi.

Posted: Oct 4, 2012 - 10:39pm

islander wrote:

My current house has this weird gypsum board that was apparently only made a few years in the 50's. It's 18 inches by 40 inches, and then covered in plaster. It's a weird (and impossible to patch) finish.

"Rock lathe." Been there, done that. Awful stuff.

Posted: Oct 4, 2012 - 9:54pm

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

It might not have been 4x8, I was just meaning to say how you could see the cracks following the seams all over, and where there weren't cracks you could see the joints anyway.

Not curved, just a tall box with windows and skylights etc. and a few odd intersections. Nothing really extraordinary except that that bank of windows next to that large expanse of wall made it easy to see every ripple, all the way from ground level to the top.

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Why no 4x8? Too small/too many joints?

I'm wondering this myself. Isn't that the 'standard' size? At work we bring in some 12 foot sheets I think to make it go faster and have fewer seems, but I don't think that makes sense in a house.

My current house has this weird gypsum board that was apparently only made a few years in the 50's. It's 18 inches by 40 inches, and then covered in plaster. It's a weird (and impossible to patch) finish.

Posted: Oct 4, 2012 - 9:32pm

MsJudi wrote:

I couldn't tell you... wheat grass, maybe? I buy it in a kit at the pet store. When it gets leggy and brown (after about 6 weeks), I toss it and start again.

Do you finally have ice cream in the house yet?

Posted: Oct 4, 2012 - 9:16pm

JrzyTmata wrote:

what kind of cat grass? the stuff I found only lasts 2 weeks.

I couldn't tell you... wheat grass, maybe? I buy it in a kit at the pet store. When it gets leggy and brown (after about 6 weeks), I toss it and start again.

Posted: Oct 4, 2012 - 9:04pm

KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:

No respectable Drywall Contractor uses 4x8 sheets.
Were the walls round?

It might not have been 4x8, I was just meaning to say how you could see the cracks following the seams all over, and where there weren't cracks you could see the joints anyway.

Not curved, just a tall box with windows and skylights etc. and a few odd intersections. Nothing really extraordinary except that that bank of windows next to that large expanse of wall made it easy to see every ripple, all the way from ground level to the top.

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Why no 4x8? Too small/too many joints?

Posted: Oct 4, 2012 - 7:54pm

KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:

I said to... AVOID THE CHEAP BID.

I'm not sure what Judi's contractor paid his subs.

And some of the homes I've worked on, the contractors were akin to rocket scientist.

The generals—or, for that matter, the project managers—on many of the things we work on are some of the most amazingly sharp, organized, responsible and generally brilliant folks you'd ever hope to meet. None of the trades are, in themselves, rocked surgery or brain science. (Including, for the record, cabinet making.) But orchestrating a whole house? Particularly a larger/higher-end house? Yeah, that's pretty close. . . .

Posted: Oct 4, 2012 - 7:37pm

ScottFromWyoming wrote:

It was only a few years old but had a big (30' high or so) entryway that had cracks running up it in a 4x8 pattern.

No respectable Drywall Contractor uses 4x8 sheets.
Were the walls round?

If they were, they probably used "Upson" Board.
A big no no.
I've repaired homes when they tried to use that stuff.

They developed a special bendable 1/4" rock, starting in this area, specifically for round walls.
It's expensive and you have to double layer it.
Back in the day, around here anyway, hangers were adept at soaking up to 5/8" x 12' with water gingerly, while bending it over 50 gallon drums.
Then letting it dry to shape.

This area was on the "cutting edge" of custom home building for years.

Posted: Oct 4, 2012 - 7:28pm

hippiechick wrote:

No excuses, sorry. In the business I was in, a typo could get us fired. It's not rocket science, a good contractor should know how to connect A-B.

And first you tell me that I should go easy on the guy, then you give me all the reasons why you shouldn't.

I said to... AVOID THE CHEAP BID.

I'm not sure what Judi's contractor paid his subs.

And some of the homes I've worked on, the contractors were akin to rocket scientist.

Posted: Oct 4, 2012 - 6:24pm

MsJudi wrote:

Not till the cats are gone, they love to chew on anything green... I have cat grass for them, and it's gorgeous, so I will probably plant more of that and put it around the space, in the meantime.

what kind of cat grass? the stuff I found only lasts 2 weeks.

Posted: Oct 4, 2012 - 6:18pm

JrzyTmata wrote:

you need some plants to fill all that space.

Not till the cats are gone, they love to chew on anything green... I have cat grass for them, and it's gorgeous, so I will probably plant more of that and put it around the space, in the meantime.

Posted: Oct 4, 2012 - 5:54pm

JrzyTmata wrote:

you need some plants to fill all that space.

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