Duke's home improvement show

Post by **Donut** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 3:53 am

If anyone needs to scrub a floor, let me know... I spent 2 summers doin it. I got to where I could run that spinny machine one handed pretty good.

Donut

Post by **Duke** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 2:20 pm

It takes that long since you need to sit and wait for cement to get hard before you put on the next layer. Add to that the fact of a full time job, two kids and a friends birthday and you can see why I have found myself putting on watersealer in the buttcrack of dawn.

Oh, and Donut. I sell and educate cleaning contractors on single disc scrubbers. Anything you need to know

Underdog · Post by **Underdog** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 10:32 pm

Duke wrote:
I sell and educate cleaning contractors on single disc scrubbers. Anything you need to know

OK, that explains why the floor in that bathroom looks so dirty.

Post by **Duke** » Sat Feb 26, 2005 11:25 am

Hey, give a guy a break here. Ever seen a hard hat area before? The cleaning comes AFTER the construction.

Temujin · Post by **Temujin** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:31 pm

Duke-
How did your bathroom end up?
I just remodled one of our batherooms. Took every thing out down to the studs and moved every thing around.
Temujin

ps Gotta love those wives.

Saladin · Post by **Saladin** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:42 pm

Donut wrote:If anyone needs to scrub a floor, let me know... I spent 2 summers doin it. I got to where I could run that spinny machine one handed pretty good.

Donut

Spinning machine???

What happened to the good old mop and bucket!

Post by **Donut** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 3:02 pm

We used a mop and bucket to put the water/cleaner on the floor... well... the bucket anyway. By cleaning I meant stripping wax off of the floor, then putting it back on... Hoorahhh...

Donut

Post by **Duke** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 7:26 pm

Temujin:

I just finished it yesterday. It takes that long when you have to drill a thousand holes to put up all those usless fancy thing the mrs wants to make it "cosy". Maybe we could move in together and make our own manly bathroom? .......that sounded different in my head.

Dumbnut:

Wax? We use polish in the western world.

Post by **Duke** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 7:35 pm

Noticed a typo in my post. It is meant to say "Donut".

And we too use wax on some floors but mainly because the people putting it on the floor isnt educated enough to understand that floorpolish is superior in 99% of the cases.

Post by **Duke** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 7:39 pm

Before:

Post by **Duke** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 7:41 pm

After: (And I have put in a tub on top of the drain and a thousand "thingys" to make it nice)

Post by **Duke** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 7:43 pm

Oh, and I have fixed the waterpipes underneath the sink. They are paralell now.

A box of treats to the first one who can tell why I have tp on the connections on the pipes. (Temujin may not answer. You seem too good at it

)

Calidus · Post by **Calidus** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 10:49 pm

Duke,

Usually, around here, when someone tp's your house, they manage to get it into all of your trees and bushes.......Somehow, tping the pipes just isn't as dramatic as strands of tp swinging in the morning breeze.....

(Were you not 100% sure of your soldering job, and used it looking for leaks???)

Post by **Donut** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 10:51 pm

We used polished our stone floors but put wax on the tiled floors. I really don't know why we did anything there... and yes the people were morons. But I was paid to do what they told me, not ask questions.

Donut

Stop SPAMing and let me pass you.

Post by **Duke** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 6:17 am

Donut wrote: But I was paid to do what they told me, not ask questions.

Right now Tbert is saying those exact words in a court marsal (sp?)

lol @ Calidus and he is the one to win the treats. However, he is a zillion years old so he has to know things like this. He was raised at the time when parents tought their children usful things. Not like today where the children teach their parents how to download plugins to get free cable.

Calidus · Post by **Calidus** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 4:10 am

Ok, have you been talking to my wife???

I am not THAT old. There are many many players here that are older than me, thank you very much. (Bjorn, Underdog, umm, err...Egbert...)

Actually, I have done just about every type of construction work you can think of, and it just seemed like the logical answer to your potential problem. I am very interested to finally see your finished project. So far, so good. (especially if it makes mrs. duke happy!!) Keep us posted!

Post by **Duke** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 7:42 am

It is finished. I am just too lazy to take the pics and post them. I'll do it eventually but I am leaving for a business trip within 20 hours and when I get back I'll go on a holiday so I guess you'll have to wait.

PS. I know you're not the oldest guy here. I just picture you to be

Post by **Duke** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 12:01 pm

Ok then. I fixed the pictures so it is time to spam the boards.

Facing where the two sinks used to be:

Post by **Duke** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 12:02 pm

Facing where the shower cabin used to be:

Post by **Duke** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 12:03 pm

Special bonus pic. The castle in the kids room: