Those boards averaged 14" wide. Some were 18".
It was a stack of money, even back then.

 

We ordered some mahogany in 8/4 (2"). They sent us a 22" wide board 17' long.

 

That's a heavy board.

 

We were pretty upset with them. Nearly impossible to handle. It was in the rough so just the initial cut was brutal.

 

Theater room we did in a house.

 

Theater room we did in a house.

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How did the acoustics work out?

 

Smallest project for 2023, done until she picks some real door hardware and cabinet hardware.

Not my taste but doesn't have to be

Been a while for remodeling, good practice for the steady diet of them in sure we will be in in the upcoming crash, need to do an AAR



This the old

 

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Smallest project for 2023, done until she picks some real door hardware and cabinet hardware.

Not my taste but doesn't have to be

Been a while for remodeling, good practice for the steady diet of them in sure we will be in in the upcoming crash, need to do an AAR



This the old

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So what's with the mismatch in color in that first pic?

Let me guess, that's what the designer wanted.

Is it a dead flat finish or just no clear on them?

I like that big arch cab with all the glass doors.

 

New, simple Simon

 

The island cabinet in my kitchen has MinWax stain on it with no clear. Been that way for quite some time with no wear or tear.

No liquids spilled on them so far so all is good until.

 

Hell on earth rentals almost done, cabinets (built on house, all soft close etc) are being installed. Pouring parking (5800 sq ft) Friday and then covered parking

@Big Johnson will like the next 4 in Kingsland better, my wife won out and I think talked my brother into putting board and batten and some rock wainscoting on those. They are bigger too, two 2/2s and 2 3/2s. I stomped my foot down on cutting up the roof though lol

 

I love that you admit it's hell on earth. Is the whole front of that going to be concrete? At least they are separate units, I lived in an apartment once, never again.

 

I personally don't mind them, if I was renting this would be my ideal situation - in fact if my wife kicks me out ill move in one lol

When my wife says my house would "spartan" at best if not for her, she's not playing. I build nice chit but couldn't care less to live in it. We werent trying to make them ugly, my dad's the same way I am. My brother - likes more curb appeal lol

Anyway they rent fast, people waiting on these. Comes with everything paid including mowing, bulbs and filters, trash, internet, sewer and water. They pay the light bill because the EC can turn it off, I can't lol. It's 55 a month on average in summer, the spray foam and 18 seer variable speed hvac helps alot

Yeah that's all parking, will have covered parking across the front. Back is individual irrigated yards

 

Which is why my island has no finish on it. LOL

 

My wife's smart, she knows it may be hard to drag a promise out of me but I won't break it if I do. Before we got married she, seeing my parents house always in rehab/unfinished stage, said two things

1) I know your going to be a contractor (I was a hand then) and I don't want your shop or employees at my house everyday

2) if you start a project on our (her lol) house, please finish it like you would anyone else's.

I said sure

So - she wouldnt move in our house until the last base board was in and everything was painted and touched up lol.

But it takes a while to get me started. She had to threaten to hire my best friend to build her house, I said next month for - 5.5 years lol

That was back when I thought I was going to be "caught up" at some point lol

 

I want to fab up a new vanity for the bath I’m doing the floor in, I know me it will never happen, 23 year old box store vanity I took out will go back in (maybe).

Keep threatening to do an island, thinking about installing a pantry cabinet where the pantry closet is, hopes and dreams—who the he!! am I kidding…

Worst part is, I could do all 3 of the above finished in 2 days.

Tom

 

You alone?

 

Theater room we did in a house.

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Is that a flat screen in a round wall? Looks b****'n by the way.

 

Yes, flat screen.

 

You alone?

My beautiful bride returned from back home on the 7th.

Tom

 

Not what I meant. But I know what being a bachelor is like lately with the wife disappearing for a week at a time up at the kids.

I meant you could make, finish and install those 3 items in 2 days?

It would take me nearly 2 weeks to do all that. Vanity with doors and drawers. Pantry with doors and pullouts and an island?

 

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I was asking about the dirt for a lot in that area, I wouldn't ask a clients budget on here

Would assume because of location and access to downtown it's probably more than open water here

https://www.redfin.com/TX/Hitchcock/Carter-Brown-77563/home/171529824

 

Not what I meant. But I know what being a bachelor is like lately with the wife disappearing for a week at a time up at the kids.

I meant you could make, finish and install those 3 items in 2 days?

It would take me nearly 2 weeks to do all that. Vanity with doors and drawers. Pantry with doors and pullouts and an island?

My wife was gone just under a month. In that month I bake a wedding cake and all the desserts for an employees wedding, finished replacing the floor and trim on the main level of the house.

The CNC will cut all of the sheet goods while I’m working on doors, drawer faces and drawer boxes. We have on the shelf, all of the machined pieces needed for face frames, door and drawer rails and stiles in hard maple, RSWO, Walnut and Alder. The hard maple for the drawer box material is already sized to 5/8”, the dovetail machine is ready to go. The pantry will have adjustable rollouts, we now keep the X-Series clips in bulk, the CNC drills all of the holes for the standards.

Doors/drawer faces would be simple Shaker or bevel Shaker, the vanity would be 30 x21x 34-3/4 pair doors w/rollout, the island is a simple 4 door one access side w/ rollouts 60 x 24 x 34-3/4, the pantry would be 4 door 36 x 26 x 103, with rollouts, probably start with 6, add as needed. All of the hardware is on the shelf also.

Having others working on the customers jobs helps free up time for things like this.

Having everything on the shelf ready to go makes the process pretty quick.

One of my suppliers has some solid surface material on closeout, $100.00 a sheet. Would love to go with one of the offerings but my wife does not like any of the colors.

Tom

 

Drone shots of a recent slab going in, downtown Houston in the background. I put the pool shell in before the slab.

 

Drone shots of a recent slab going in, downtown Houston in the background. I put the pool shell in before the slab.

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Not that site particularly as I'm not trying to get into your clients business - but curious what's roundabout a lot like that go for in that part of Houston?

 

Day 12 of framing on a 12,000 ft house framing with 12' ceilings. 136 sheets of 1-1/8" subfloor delivered today.

 

Church is moving along, compaction text Monday. Septic contractor met the super and I and we planned it out, going to be some work to get the 1750 gal tank underground, solid limestone, 8 ft deep is a *****. My septic guy has a massive excavator with a hammer on it permanently so he doesn't care

Figured out existing fresh water and will trench/this in soon.

 

I sold the lot for 2.6 million$.

That's what I figured. Sell that by the sq inch I imagine like shower glass lol

 

Last week I had a realtor call me about a River Oaks lot coming available, 11,400 sq ft for $2.5 million. $220/sq ft. Pretty pricey.

 

Gets Aluminum rails.

 

13th day of framing on a 12,000 sq ft house, all 1st floor walls (12’ ceilings) completed, floor trusses installed, rear building roof framed and braced, 1-1/8”plywood subfloor being installed yesterday.

 

Are you a 1"thick floor guy?

 

For subfloor? 1-1/8" is pretty standard here in the custom world.

 

Modular house 64 m2

 

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Factory?

 

Factory?

I ordered a modular home 😅