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^ That's not bad at all. Pretty reasonable actually. You could get away with less high end finishes and stuff to save some money but if you're going to go, might as well get exactly what you want.
Yup. I spent way too much time finding good deals on marble tiles, bathroom fixtures, vanity, cast iron tub, etc. if i had let a designer pick out everything i ordered, at the average cost, it would have added at least 5k, plus fees. And i did my own architecturals.
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What else would they be using? Reusing the hundreds years old wood planks again? Houses are either built of stone/brick/concrete or wood/OSB these days. The OSB is better at keeping the cold and moisture out, as opposed to wood planks with gaps between them. Plus, you'll never see any of the OSB again.. so I ask... what's wrong with it? what should they have used instead?
I've never seen a home built with plywood. Not in Canada, at least. Plywood is used under tiled floors. Exterior of homes, at least here, is literally always OSB. Roofs and walls. There is no inherent benefit using plywood over osb, in such a case.
I've never seen a home built with plywood. Not in Canada, at least. Plywood is used under tiled floors. Exterior of homes, at least here, is literally always OSB. Roofs and walls. There is no inherent benefit using plywood over osb, in such a case.
What else would they be using? Reusing the hundreds years old wood planks again? Houses are either built of stone/brick/concrete or wood/OSB these days. The OSB is better at keeping the cold and moisture out, as opposed to wood planks with gaps between them. Plus, you'll never see any of the OSB again.. so I ask... what's wrong with it? what should they have used instead?
OSB is no different from insulative properties than plywood. It is, however, quite a lot cheaper and can be had in any length you want (within reason) which is why many builders use it.
Originally Posted by brian2
plywood
Unless used in a potentially wet environment (at which point I question the use of plywood as well), there is literally no reason to use plywood over OSB. It's a lot more expensive and you don't get much out of it. OSB with a good moisture barrier over the top is far more cost effective than plywood.
Originally Posted by TacoBello
Yes, pay more for plywood and the literal zero advantage to it, over OSB
For these applications, absolutely. There's no reason to go plywood unless it's a visible surface.
Originally Posted by rockstar143
I think they only use OSB here for if your'e doing siding over it...with a moisture barrier...
OSB is just the scraps pressed and glued together, no?
Yup, which is why it's cheaper and can be made in almost any size. Moisture barrier should be used no matter what the substrate is. All wood products are going to suck when they get wet.
Originally Posted by rockstar143
Not the type I use...solid mahogany!
You use solid mahogany for sheathing and stucco over it? That explains why you drive a Vagon.
dark stairwell so you're skylighting of sorts?
gf hates her entry way for that reason...we'll probably end up putting in a new glass insert door to let some light in.
thanks. i almost dont want to install the fixtures since it would hide half of the tile goodness. we found a really good deal at Floor & Decor, which had White Carrara polished wall tile for $4.59 PSF, and matching loose honed carrara floor tile ($0.75 ea, for 6x3). I had to make 3 trips back to the store to weed out some of the yellows and darker grays.
The tile guy was just plain nasty. He meticulously spent 4 full days with a helper to layout out the individual tiles.
I dont think my wife is going to use our master bath after this is all done...
thanks. i almost dont want to install the fixtures since it would hide half of the tile goodness. we found a really good deal at Floor & Decor, which had White Carrara polished wall tile for $4.59 PSF, and matching loose honed carrara floor tile ($0.75 ea, for 6x3). I had to make 3 trips back to the store to weed out some of the yellows and darker grays.
The tile guy was just plain nasty. He meticulously spent 4 full days with a helper to layout out the individual tiles.
I dont think my wife is going to use our master bath after this is all done...
I would be honored to take a shit in that bathroom.
Skylights in. Do you think I should add some beveled window trim around the inner part of each quadrant? I feel the current look is too mismatched to the window. Not sure. Maybe just keep it simple.
The bathroom looks great. We are planning to gut ours in a few years and tile it. I was thinking about tiling halfway up the wall also. Our master bath is 8x12 so it'll take a bit to do.
Bathroom looks amazing. Hopefully you can come up with a way to make the skylight not look so modern. The light it gives is great but seems out of place with the rest of the windows right now.
The finished skylight glass openings are 21x28. I would lose 1.5 inches around all sides. Although this would make the aperture closer in width to the existing windows at the landing. And the skylights would be better scaled down in size.
i don’t want to glue the trim to the inner skylight housing itself. So there will be a recessed cove around the skylight housing which I think is about 3 inches deep. This may look odd particularly when full daylight hitting the back of the trim.
11-02-2017, 09:56 AM
we found a really good deal at Floor & Decor, which had White Carrara polished wall tile for $4.59 PSF, and matching loose honed carrara floor tile ($0.75 ea, for 6x3). I had to make 3 trips back to the store to weed out some of the yellows and darker grays.
we don't have trim on ours.
