Thanks for joining our tour folks, Now.... if you look to the right you will see Spicy Chicken with his prize winning nuts on display; and yes before any of you ask .. they are real. 
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Spicy Chickens Barn Conversion. Extreme Makeover Farm Edition.
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Thanks for joining our tour folks, Now.... if you look to the right you will see Spicy Chicken with his prize winning nuts on display; and yes before any of you ask .. they are real. 
They're real and they're fabulous.
Scott's sauces are great. We've only had the orange one here and my son caries it around like he is just daring me to take it from him. Good stuff. I'll be geting black next time. Maybe that will keep him at bay.
Not even going to comment about the whole eating another man's spicy nuts...
Not even going to comment about the whole eating another man's spicy nuts...
Just a little more done, should have it complete tonight.
Scovie. is this the right stuff and enough to do 40 sqf. of tile?
Scovie. is this the right stuff and enough to do 40 sqf. of tile?
No Spicy Chicken, that is a topical paint/spray on sealer. You want this:
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This is a grout sealer additive that you add the grout to in lieu of water. No paint on stuff.
Here is a coverage chart, but basically a 70oz. Jug is for a 25lb bag of sanded grout, and a 24oz bottle is for a 7 lb box of sanded grout. Depending on your tile size, thickness, and grout joint size, that will tell you how much you need. I don't think 7 lbs will be enough, but that's just a guess.
http://www.miraclegroutshield.com/product.php
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http://www.custombuildingproducts.com/TDS/TDS-129.pdf
Here it is at Home Depot
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Miracle-Sealants-70-oz-Grout-Shield-GRT-SHD-2-1/202518470?N=25ecodZ5yc1vZc38t
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This is a grout sealer additive that you add the grout to in lieu of water. No paint on stuff.
Here is a coverage chart, but basically a 70oz. Jug is for a 25lb bag of sanded grout, and a 24oz bottle is for a 7 lb box of sanded grout. Depending on your tile size, thickness, and grout joint size, that will tell you how much you need. I don't think 7 lbs will be enough, but that's just a guess.
http://www.miraclegroutshield.com/product.php
(Page 6)
http://www.custombuildingproducts.com/TDS/TDS-129.pdf
Here it is at Home Depot
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Miracle-Sealants-70-oz-Grout-Shield-GRT-SHD-2-1/202518470?N=25ecodZ5yc1vZc38t
Thanks Scovie!! Products are on their way but estimated delivery is 9 days, go figure.
In case I haven't mentioned this in the last five minutes.........Tile work sucks!!
If anyone was wondering way we decided to cut all of our 3 - 3/4" tile out of 20" tile, well because of the price mainly. we priced out midrange quality 1/4 x 4 x 4 tile with borders and it came to over $350
The tile we purchased was 3/8 x 20 x 20 and originally cost just under $9 a square foot, we picked it up for $1.19 per tile not per sqft. Total tile with a 25lb of thinset less than $40 I can spend the 2 hours it took to cut em.
Cutting them square aside,.......... there is only 42 full 3.75 x 3.75 tile in the whole job out of 260 pieces, man thats a lot of trimming and cutting angles. did I mention Tile work Sucks!!
Total job complete with grout, caulk and sealer - less than $100
Panorama pic looks a little warped and funny but you get the idea. It's ready for grout.
Thanks for stopping by!!
Next:
One more smaller cabinet to build out of a big cabinet. ;-)
Cheers - Jeff
Man you work fast Jeff!
Nulle said:You're really getting there and fast
Lucky Dog Hot Sauce said:
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LUCKYDOG said:
Its hard to tell with this crowd, are you guys making fun of me? Scovie and Romy6 would have had this done in like 10 minutes.
Was going to do a formica top here but while in town yesterday I picked up some more tile, 1 18x18 dark and 6 20x20 of the lighter color.
Blank slate, any design ideas? will most likely go with a dark cherry wood [SIZE=18.18181800842285px]bullnose.[/SIZE]
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[/SIZE][SIZE=18.18181800842285px] [/SIZE]Spicy Chicken said:
Its hard to tell with this crowd, are you guys making fun of me? Scovie and Romy6 would have had this done in like 10 minutes.
I don't think anyone is poking fun. You work fast, and are always the overachiever. I never would have thought of cutting down 20" tiles. Of course, even if I thought about it, I never would have spent the energy to do it. Nice work Jeff.
Question for you. You clearly have quite an investment in tools and I'm sure it is extensive. Reading through your glogs, you don't give any indication of doing this type of work for a living. Was working in the trades something you did earlier in life and just collected the tools? What is the story. Surely you didn't spend 10K on tools for just the barn and property makeover.
I think an end grain butcher block with the Dark Cherry and Hard Maple in 2" squares like a checkerboard...not that that's a lot of work or anything.Spicy Chicken said:
Its hard to tell with this crowd, are you guys making fun of me? Scovie and Romy6 would have had this done in like 10 minutes.
Was going to do a formica top here but while in town yesterday I picked up some more tile, 1 18x18 dark and 6 20x20 of the lighter color.
Blank slate, any design ideas? will most likely go with a dark cherry wood [SIZE=18.18181800842285px]bullnose.[/SIZE]
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Fixin to start transplanting some peps in a few, here is what I came up with so far.
Maybe will tie the corners in with a thinner strip of the darker color and the rest light.
Will get around to the questions in a little while. ;-)
Cheers - Jeff
