Blog der Familie Brown

Microwave Cabinet Refurb

jeremy — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:34:38 +0000

Microwaves don’t seem to be quite as large as they used to be. We inherited a microwave that matched our single wall oven. It came with a nice black bezel, and it didn’t work. We had a Sharp microwave that …

Stick it with a fork

jeremy — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:18:09 +0000

I finally wired up the Jacuzzi this afternoon. So there’s a little caulking left to do, and a light bulb has burnt out already, but everything is now fully functional. I made a quick walkthrough video to show it off, …

Almost done!

jeremy — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 01:59:53 +0000

Rebecca and I spent most of the last two days in the bathroom trying to finish it up, and we’ve made some pretty good progress. After getting the plumbing set up and patching the resulting holes on Friday, I got …

It’s a bathroom!

jeremy — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 17:44:49 +0000

The shower’s in, the tub is in, and now we have a toilet. (We are in the south, eh?) I also have the trim in all over the bathroom. We’ve still got some texturing, and I need to actually install the …

Plumbing

jeremy — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:39:16 +0000

It stinks when you find out that your plumbing is all wrong, but only by a little…

Tub tiled!

jeremy — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:32:33 +0000

I’ve gotten the last of the tile up on the walls. The idea on the surround was to put a double layer of 1/4″ hardiboard in, with our darker shade of tile surrounding it. I’d then add texture to the …

Last weekend’s bathroom progress

jeremy — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 23:28:38 +0000

I got the shower caulked. The caulk turned out to be almost a perfect match for the corner pieces that we chose. Yay! I also made the tub surround. This entailed 1/4″ Hardiboard, and some framing. The manufacturer suggests two service …

Watershed Moment

jeremy — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:59:17 +0000

The shower floor has now been grouted. We chose a shade of gray instead of the (Winter’s) bone shade that we are using everywhere else. I made a second pass over yesterday’s grout joints to remove any haze from the epoxy. …

First Grouting

jeremy — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:29:21 +0000

With all the tiles in place (except for around the tub), it’s finally time to grout the tiles. We decided to go with the epoxy grout. Even though it’s more trouble to put down, and I had to work pretty …

Last Weekend’s Progress

jeremy — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 15:36:08 +0000

Had to cut a bunch of tile, so the going has been slow, but I’ve made some great progress. I learned my lesson about using the trowel with the correct notch size… My notches were a bit too big for the …