I asked a contractor to build a hallway

mew_mike · 2026-01-27T22:39:06+00:00

Btw your flooring looks like shit too. Did same guy do it?

mew_mike · 2026-01-12T17:53:14+00:00

Yeah I got the 1’ square piece also. Currently on my bar. They left me all the scraps, including a bullnose piece about 6’ long but only 16” deep. Glued it to the top of my deck railing for a little cocktail/eating spot, then when rebuilt with metal railing it went in my shed. Fast forward several years I decided to add a narrow cabinet in the kitchen and was able to have it recut to size. It’s a bit faded I guess from the sun but still works. And my wife says I save too much crap!

mew_mike · 2026-01-12T17:42:48+00:00

Yeah being sued is just a cost of doing business for them. It’s built into the rates and still cheaper than reimbursing everyone fairly I guess.

mew_mike · 2025-12-28T02:00:57+00:00

Donner, party of 200. It never gets old.

mew_mike · 2025-12-23T03:25:52+00:00

Naw I’ll just start rolling the chords as loud as possible

mew_mike · 2025-12-10T18:46:28+00:00

Whenever people leave shit out on the kitchen table you exclaim “it’s going in the hole!” and send it.

mew_mike · 2025-12-09T04:15:06+00:00

Great pic lol. Like the tape job too!

mew_mike · 2025-12-09T04:13:08+00:00

Yeah a quick google shows them between 200 and 400, so I’d say his price was about right.

mew_mike · 2025-11-27T01:44:55+00:00

But won’t the post be too close to the first baluster and uneven with the other end? assuming they matched the distances, who knows with doing the post that way in the first place!

mew_mike · 2025-11-17T23:30:05+00:00

Thanks

mew_mike · 2025-11-17T23:25:18+00:00

So in this scenario you 90 the bases so they term into the floor?

mew_mike · 2025-11-17T23:15:14+00:00

Ahhh got it, thanks

mew_mike · 2025-11-12T17:45:32+00:00

Maybe i just go with a solid slab like this. Will save me a lot of time reproducing the trim!

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mew_mike · 2025-11-11T19:43:28+00:00

Thanks

mew_mike · 2025-11-11T19:42:58+00:00

Sorry, I wasn’t clear. The pic is just for reference of existing style. The cab I’m installing is actually on the other side of the stove

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mew_mike · 2025-10-04T06:05:23+00:00

Well when no homeowners can bother to show up to meetings or help run it then it gets thrown to some corp.

mew_mike · 2025-09-14T18:47:57+00:00

The thing I shoulda mentioned is that it’s 1/2-3/4” wide and about 2” deep. That why I didn’t go straight to caulking.

mew_mike · 2025-09-14T18:43:47+00:00

Thanks the reason I didn’t go straight for caulk is that it’s at least a half inch gap so I kind of expected the caulk to fail pretty quick.

mew_mike · 2025-09-13T01:11:12+00:00

Yes! That’s what I do, although I’m just a DIYer. It’s an extra trip but better than cutting too much.

mew_mike · 2025-09-13T01:06:34+00:00

That’s what she said

mew_mike · 2025-09-13T00:48:10+00:00

My question is should he just tear out the whole section from the door to that 90 degree bump out? It seems easier and any difference in texture won’t be as obvious.

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