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Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

Looking to have the garage floor epoxy coated (professionally). Does anyone have a epoxy/flake colour combo they like and can recommend? Walls are painted white, black cabinets, black garage doors exterior (white on inside).
Hard to decide as there’s a dozen black/grey combos.
 
Hardwrkr13 said:
Looking to have the garage floor epoxy coated (professionally). Does anyone have a epoxy/flake colour combo they like and can recommend? Walls are painted white, black cabinets, black garage doors exterior (white on inside).
Hard to decide as there’s a dozen black/grey combos.
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You should probably just go for food service white with no flake. The flake will drive your ocd nuts as you question whether it's clean or a flake in the floor. White will bring you the inner peace you desire.
 
crankcall said:
The whole continent is based on 16” centres saving $100 framing an entire basement perimeter makes no sense , you loose studs to attach receptacles. Drywall is unsupported, hanging stuff is harder , I don’t get it with guys and 24” centres


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I don't do 24oc myself, but I dont see anything wrong with it.

When 2x4s are $12, it might be a cost thing. Otherwise it's a bit faster and a bit cheaper to frame and insulate.
 
nobbie48 said:
I'm trying to understand the difference between adding 2X4's, FG, vapour barrier and DW on the inside of a masonry wall and building a wood framed house of the same wood stuff and adding a brick veneer.
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The above grade needs sheathing on the exterior as it's structural (sheer), and to resist the wild temp and humidity swings. Above grade brick veneer is ventilated on the insid, basement is not ONCE it's drywalled.

Also, the above grade sees wild temp and humidity swings,
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If keeping the brick warm is necessary 2X6's aren't a good idea.
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Masonry does not need to be kept warm.
nobbie48 said:
Re letting moist exhausts from furnaces, hot water tanks etc blow on the brick, it ate the crap out of mine. Fortunately a small area on the ugly side by all the utility connections.
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Bricks do not like warm wet vapors. If the brick us above zero, it will absorb moisture. When the temp drops, that moisture freezes and breaks the bricks internal structure. Clay bricks hurt more than cement bricks.
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Not all mortars are created equal. A stone church downtown had the place repointed after a century and the low bidder used a hard mortar. Weather conditions caused expansion and the stone took the brunt of the change, spalling off. All the hard mortar had to be chipped out and replaced.

Basement insulation: Frost adhesion is where the wet ground freezes to the exterior of the wall and lifts the block as the ground moves.
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Rare in a properly constructed foundation, they are backfield with granular fill that won't form a bond with that type of lifting strength. I've done a fair amount of foundation work on very old houses, I don't recall ever seeing frost adhesion (other than fence posts, that's very common)..
 
Anybody have suggestions of where one can buy thin bricks? Or some type of exterior stone veneer or stones to mount on the wall?

Wife has some crazy ideas that she doesn’t want the siding ALL the way to the bottom but once one section to be a reddish thin brick or some type of stone to let the house ‘pop’…

🤦🏻‍♂️
 
mimico_polak said:
Anybody have suggestions of where one can buy thin bricks? Or some type of exterior stone veneer or stones to mount on the wall?

Wife has some crazy ideas that she doesn’t want the siding ALL the way to the bottom but once one section to be a reddish thin brick or some type of stone to let the house ‘pop’…

🤦🏻‍♂️
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Go look at the display walls at Patenes (or similar). Take a deep breath when looking at price. Labour to install normally exceeds price of product by a fair amount.
 
mimico_polak said:
Anybody have suggestions of where one can buy thin bricks? Or some type of exterior stone veneer or stones to mount on the wall?

Wife has some crazy ideas that she doesn’t want the siding ALL the way to the bottom but once one section to be a reddish thin brick or some type of stone to let the house ‘pop’…

🤦🏻‍♂️
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Might have said this before.... just by the dam sportster and go riding... lol
seems your project is "evolving"
 
Where are materials and reno costs at right now? Still very expensive compared to 2019?

We redid the main / upper floors & exterior about 4-5 years ago and are now thinking about gutting and redoing the basement. Floating the ideas of adding a bedroom, a bathroom and redoing the walls, insulation and floors. Most importantly we need to build a custom DJ booth.
 
shanekingsley said:
Where are materials and reno costs at right now? Still very expensive compared to 2019?

We redid the main / upper floors & exterior about 4-5 years ago and are now thinking about gutting and redoing the basement. Floating the ideas of adding a bedroom, a bathroom and redoing the walls, insulation and floors. Most importantly we need to build a custom DJ booth.
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Materials are up a lot, I'm sure contractors are too.
 
mimico_polak said:
Anybody have suggestions of where one can buy thin bricks? Or some type of exterior stone veneer or stones to mount on the wall?

Wife has some crazy ideas that she doesn’t want the siding ALL the way to the bottom but once one section to be a reddish thin brick or some type of stone to let the house ‘pop’…

🤦🏻‍♂️
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Not sure of pricing but there are several brands of thin fake stone as well as real sliced stuff.

I assume the facing would be buttered and stuck to the original surface. If the surface is in rough shape it may be necessary to chisel away the deteriorated brick to get to solid material. There is a house in our area that has done something similar.

The only advantage of soft brick is it's easier to chisel than the hard stuff.
 
Have a look at Fusion stone , it’s a man made “stone” that applies with stainless clips . Starter strip goes down and the stones have a formed groove that sit on it , each other , then stainless clips are screwed into the wall to hold them on. It’s not cheap but very popular .


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nobbie48 said:
Not sure of pricing but there are several brands of thin fake stone as well as real sliced stuff.

I assume the facing would be buttered and stuck to the original surface. If the surface is in rough shape it may be necessary to chisel away the deteriorated brick to get to solid material. There is a house in our area that has done something similar.

The only advantage of soft brick is it's easier to chisel than the hard stuff.
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No. Plan is to insulate the walls in their entirety. Then where the brick/stone/stucco is going I'll lay in a solid plywood sheet or some type of backing that's suitable to be on the exterior and use that as my base.

Put in some type of strip above it, and then the siding.

Plan is to have the stone on the front of the house near the garage up to height of X, and a corner where the big window is (you've seen it) where we currently have some stucco.

Behind the house we will have a 2-3ft high 'stucco' trim all the way to the ground, and then siding above that.

I currently can't find an electrician that's interested in pulling the mast away 3in from the wall.
 
Fake stone, who knew! Isn't Canada full of stone, Canadian shield and all. I always see these flatbed trucks around Buckhorn transporting what looks like stone blocks. 🤷‍♂️
 
sburns said:
Fake stone, who knew! Isn't Canada full of stone, Canadian shield and all. I always see these flatbed trucks around Buckhorn transporting what looks like stone blocks. 🤷‍♂️
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It is, and it is stupidly expensive!

LOWES also tried to tell me the plastic will go good with the JH siding…..🤦🏻‍♂️
 
Scuba Steve said:
Better plan, strap the outside with 2x4 on edge then spray foam. Put brick veneer on top and you have a nice looking well insulated brick house.

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Haven't considered that one in all honesty. I'm still trying to convince my wife to just let me stain the damn brick.

How do you strap the 2x4 on edge to the brick though?
 
mimico_polak said:
Haven't considered that one in all honesty. I'm still trying to convince my wife to just let me stain the damn brick.

How do you strap the 2x4 on edge to the brick though?
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Might be worth looking at Realtor.ca again.

Some nice renos have been lingering on the market, at least in the areas I watch.

If I was committing to a big reno, particularly one that may reduce your equity, I'd spend a few grand on an architect. If you're really cheap, call an architectural school, see if they'll make a contest for students in exchange for a $2000 scholarship - thst might get you several renderings.

I say this because my hood is close to the age of yours. When I walk the local streets, there are some expensive renos with expensive finishing materials. The ones designed by homeowners and well constructed by contractors always seem to look a little off. Walk your hood, look at the face-lift and see if you come to the same conclusion.
 
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