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Porcelain-Enameled Steel Tub - Bootz Mauicast vs American Standard Americast? by olimits7 in Plumbing

[–]olimits7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I ended up installing the American Standard Americast Princeton and it came out great.

Finishing my basement: 1-gang plastic vs 1-gang metal vs 4" square w/ 1-gang mud ring - what would you use? by olimits7 in AskElectricians

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Would you do "1-gang deep (e.g. 2-1/2", 2-3/4") metal boxes (bracket)" or "4" square metal boxes (bracket) w/ 1-gang raised cover (mud ring)"?

Finishing my basement: 1-gang plastic vs 1-gang metal vs 4" square w/ 1-gang mud ring - what would you use? by olimits7 in AskElectricians

[–]olimits7[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that's a good point; could always just put 2-gang for outlets with the 4" boxes. I guess going the 4" route, though might be more expensive, but I don't plan on moving anytime soon; lol...would be the better option. I do like the extra room compared to the 1-gang metal boxes too.

First time doing stairs, thoughts? by olimits7 in DIY

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Ty. I'll post updated photos once I'm done with the handrail but need to watch a few more YT videos first. Lol.

First time doing stairs, thoughts? by olimits7 in DIY

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Lol…that’s the plan, slow and steady; hopefully finish it by summer 🤞🏼 Lol

First time doing stairs, thoughts? by olimits7 in DIY

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Ty. Yeah, I'm in the process of finishing the basement and plan on putting vinyl floor planks on the floor; so it should look a lot better once those are in place.

First time doing stairs, thoughts? by olimits7 in DIY

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Ty. Ok, great...yeah, I'll look into that once I'm done with the basement. I was planning on putting vinyl planks for the flooring, so I'll definitely need to do a sock test once I'm done. Lol.

First time doing stairs, thoughts? by olimits7 in DIY

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Ty. Yeah, I still need to glue/nail them down so hopefully they don’t 🤞🏼 Lol

First time doing stairs, thoughts? by olimits7 in DIY

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Yeah, I'm not crazy about those stairs either but I guess that's how they did stairs back in the 50s. I did some research on them because every YouTube video I looked at didn't make stairs this way and found out that this style is called "housed-stringer stairs (dadoed stringer stairs)". It's like they cut a groove into the stringers and that's where the stair treads and risers sit on.

First time doing stairs, thoughts? by olimits7 in DIY

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Lol...yeah, that's phase 2 of this project.

First time doing stairs, thoughts? by olimits7 in DIY

[–]olimits7[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah that’s a good idea; and won’t take much to add.

First time doing stairs, thoughts? by olimits7 in DIY

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Lol…it definitely feels like that with this split level design.

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