RL Player Housing and Tradeskills Thread

[SamwiseRed]

bought a new house and remodeling it myself. some faggot offered to tile the diningroom, living room, kitchen, and hallway for 5k on top of material costs. fuck dat. I think i leveled multiple tradeskills from 0 to 200 in the past 2 days.

so far:
before
http://i.imgur.com/pt2D2QN.jpg

after (still need to grout)
http://i.imgur.com/oCgXQsl.jpg

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i have no friends therefore I must share with fellow eq nerd scum.

[Kimm Bare|y]

https://iinparlina.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/dear-diary.jpg

[krazyGlue]

Does your new home have wheels ?

[FoxxHound]

goog work sir

[SamwiseRed]

Does your new home have wheels ?

naw i wish

[SamwiseRed]

https://iinparlina.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/dear-diary.jpg

http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120107205421/nation/images/f/fd/...oh_you!.jpg

[krazyGlue]

I got 22inch rims on my home

[SamwiseRed]

no wheels attached :(

you couldnt believe how hard it was to find a house with a fuckin backyard. i hate NM.
http://i.imgur.com/CHd17FP.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/VnApMCO.jpg

[Slathar]

what country do you live in

[SamwiseRed]

Mexico. Por que?

[Kergan]

haha

[Jimmybones]

bought a new house and remodeling it myself. some faggot offered to tile the diningroom, living room, kitchen, and hallway for 5k on top of material costs. fuck dat. I think i leveled multiple tradeskills from 0 to 200 in the past 2 days.

so far:
before
http://i.imgur.com/pt2D2QN.jpg

after (still need to grout)
http://i.imgur.com/oCgXQsl.jpg

nb4 livejournal.com

i have no friends therefore I must share with fellow eq nerd scum.

Why would you need to grout a hardwood floor? Those look like the inter-locking laminate floorboards that are pretty easy to install by just snapping them in place. I do like the color although scratches might show easily.

[Slathar]

how many innocent children did you gun down in order to reach this level of prosperity, imperialist?

[Kimm Bare|y]

millions of dead children at least

[Potus]

I hope you and Walt patch things up.

[Glenzig]

Why would you need to grout a hardwood floor? Those look like the inter-locking laminate floorboards that are pretty easy to install by just snapping them in place. I do like the color although scratches might show easily.

That is tile sir. They have had tile that looks like hardwood floor for like 50 years now. It has made a big comeback within the last 5 years or so. Some of it looks really good if don't properly.

[SamwiseRed]

Ye it's tile.

[SamwiseRed]

I tried to go the lamina wood shit but the wife said naw. Would have been a lot easier and cheaper

[Tiglie]

You should play less p1999 and upgrade that resume to get out of BK you poor fuck. Nice trailer.

[cockscythe]

your house looks like a Mexican restaurant.

3/10 mudbutts

[SamwiseRed]

You should play less p1999 and upgrade that resume to get out of BK you poor fuck. Nice trailer.

i am honored to be your first post especially since you registered in 2011. pras dat.

[Jimmybones]

Have never seen tile that looks like wood before and I worked for my dad's general contracting company for 3 years. Is that a southwest thing? Tile work can be frustrating if you don't have a wet saw depending on the layout of your floor. I really don't like using the hand held snap tile cutters because if you need to make a small incision it can break the tile p easily. Looks good though.

[Nirgon]

pras dat pueblo

[Jimmybones]

How does wood flooring hold up in NM? Does it crack/buckle with the heat?

[SamwiseRed]

not sure, NM is an odd place. never heard of swamp coolers and other shit til i moved here. The only reason I tolerate this place is because I can wear shorts all year round. I hate wearing pants.

tile is a fuckin BITCH to install. my knees and Back are fuckin killing me atm. hence why im on here and not working. the lady who lived here before us Carpeted the living shit out of the place. there was even carpet in the dining room and bathrooms. eventually we will probably get rid of all of it. i hate carpet more than anything but for now just doing kitchen/dining/living rooms and bathrooms next week.

[SamwiseRed]

def worth tho especially since i have a kid and a dog who sheds. fuck carpet.

[Ezalor]

thread reeks of humblebrag

[SamwiseRed]

thread reeks of humblebrag

i had a disclosure at the beginning that i have no RL friends to share with. u mad? im a 30 year old going to school for a cs degree. i am surrounded by 19 year olds that talk about league of legends all day and ask to see my code. think they give a fuck about some tile?

[Glenzig]

Have never seen tile that looks like wood before and I worked for my dad's general contracting company for 3 years. Is that a southwest thing? Tile work can be frustrating if you don't have a wet saw depending on the layout of your floor. I really don't like using the hand held snap tile cutters because if you need to make a small incision it can break the tile p easily. Looks good though.

No. Its just a thing. Go to a Lowes or Home Depot and you'll see it.

[Jimmybones]

No. Its just a thing. Go to a Lowes or Home Depot and you'll see it.

No

[Glenzig]

No

Where do you live?

[sealer]

Congratulations on your new house and the flooring looks good bro


GL

[Jimmybones]

Where do you live?

Brooklyn. Lots of mom and pops stores here that offer way better service then home depot. Lumber yards and tool shops abound - only have been to home depot a few times .

[Sacha]

Nice job on the flooring. Did you rent the tile cutter? Doing my kitchen soon, not looking forward to the prep. What's your plan for the baseboards?

[Squire]

good lookin house bru

[Glenzig]

Brooklyn. Lots of mom and pops stores here that offer way better service then home depot. Lumber yards and tool shops abound - only have been to home depot a few times .

Even the locally owned tile supply stores have it in abundance in Georgia. Not sure why it wouldn't be around your area. But, yeah I pretty much agree on the service.

[Glenzig]

Nice job on the flooring. Did you rent the tile cutter? Doing my kitchen soon, not looking forward to the prep. What's your plan for the baseboards?

There are really only two options for that.
1. Rip the baseboard up and replace after tiling. Which almost always results in broken boards and messed up paint. So expect to buy more baseboard afterward and repaint your kitchen.

2. Rent or buy one of these. http://www6.homedepot.com/tool-truck-rental/mobile/Jamb_Saw/10-55/

If you have standard 4" base I would honestly just rip it out and buy all new base to replace it. Cutting 3/4"-1" off such short baseboard just ends up looking rediculous. If you have taller base, option 2 is very quick and easy.

[fred schnarf]

not going to pretend i love where i live, but new mexico is a fucking shithole and you should spend the next 6 months fixing what you got, including that lawn, flip and move

[FoxxHound]

10/10 wood Samwises

[Varren]

Well done samwise. Feels so good to do it yourself

[Malone88]

Nice work, Sam. Looks awesome and I bet it feels good!
Your family, your casa, will be around long after the pixels are gone...

Enjoy it, bro!