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The Home Improvement Thread. Successes and Failures

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Yeah I’m pretty much stuck on Behr. It’s spectacular stuff.

I’m not sure this is exclusive to Behr, but you just really need to be careful how you apply the paint. Even with eggshell if you don’t put it on all in one go and in one direction, you get a really ****ty looking finish where the zones overlap.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
This may be an impossibly insane question, but does anyone know if Home Depot does order online, pickup in store for paint? Or do you have to haul your *** in and brave the maskless hordes?


Edit: finally got through right as I was typing after being hung up on twice and then hung up on mid sentence. :rolleyes: I was being obnoxiously polite and still got hung up on as I started to thank the guy for his time. So disconnected from two stores and then hung up on. Nice.

Either way. Sounds like you have to go in or have it shipped. Guess I’m having it shipped. June 10th. Oh well.
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Don't count on that date if you get it shipped. I had one gallon shipped and it took a month. Wear a mask and go get it. Go at opening and avoid the crowds. I've painted 5 rooms in my house since social distance has become a thing. Not done yet but I'm taking time to do other stuff like garden and replacing some doors. Behr is good quality paint in my experience.
 
dxmnkd316 said:
This may be an impossibly insane question, but does anyone know if Home Depot does order online, pickup in store for paint? Or do you have to haul your *** in and brave the maskless hordes?


Edit: finally got through right as I was typing after being hung up on twice and then hung up on mid sentence. :rolleyes: I was being obnoxiously polite and still got hung up on as I started to thank the guy for his time. So disconnected from two stores and then hung up on. Nice.

Either way. Sounds like you have to go in or have it shipped. Guess I’m having it shipped. June 10th. Oh well.
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I’ve got a local building supply / lumberyard a couple miles from my house that does free next day local delivery on any size order (they did before the pandemic) and they also do curbside now. They sell Ben Moore paint, which is my preference.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
I’m not sure this is exclusive to Behr, but you just really need to be careful how you apply the paint. Even with eggshell if you don’t put it on all in one go and in one direction, you get a really ****ty looking finish where the zones overlap.
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The first rule of painting: keep a wet edge. And make sure you keep your roller/brush loaded with paint.
 
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Thanks!

I think the wet edge thing is where we screwed the pooch. I feel like I should have known this but whatever. Live and learn. It’s probably why the paint job I did when I bought the house looked liked **** on some of the bigger walls but fine on the smaller ones. Especially the edge work.

Now that there are two of us it will be easier to edge and paint at the same time.
 
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walrus said:
Don't count on that date if you get it shipped. I had one gallon shipped and it took a month. Wear a mask and go get it. Go at opening and avoid the crowds. I've painted 5 rooms in my house since social distance has become a thing. Not done yet but I'm taking time to do other stuff like garden and replacing some doors. Behr is good quality paint in my experience.
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We couldn’t get a sample shipped so we went with two quarts figuring that we could use the extra of whichever color we liked less as a base layer primer or for another room in the house. It was definitely smart. Even if we throw away that extra paint, we’re out like eight bucks. Plus it helped us decide whether we really liked the color on a wider area. Sometimes a two-foot square just isn’t enough to decide.

We might just go down on Tuesday morning since Mrs. 316 is off that day.

BassAle said:
I’ve got a local building supply / lumberyard a couple miles from my house that does free next day local delivery on any size order (they did before the pandemic) and they also do curbside now. They sell Ben Moore paint, which is my preference.
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Yeah, I’ve been tempted to go a different route. I’m sure a lot of these paints have finally started to catch up to Behr.
 
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I’ve used both Ben Moore and sherwin. Both have gone downhill in my opinion...I know some realtors and stagers stuck on them from being familiar with their colors but I know multiple contractors and design firms who will only use behr.

It’s really hard to know what a color will look like til the wall is painted. I had to ask my realtor for the list of grays that won’t look purple or pink.
 
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Deutsche Gopher Fan said:
I’ve used both Ben Moore and sherwin. Both have gone downhill in my opinion...I know some realtors and stagers stuck on them from being familiar with their colors but I know multiple contractors and design firms who will only use behr.

It’s really hard to know what a color will look like til the wall is painted. I had to ask my realtor for the list of grays that won’t look purple or pink.
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I've done a lot of remodeling to my victorian era home (not fancy, just old), and I chose to continue using the wood lap siding because I prefer wood over vinyl or aluminum. Foolish, maybe, since it requires a lot more maintenance, but wood offers quality and esthetic advantages, IMO. As a result, I've had quite a bit of experience with exterior paint in this climate. Sherwin Williams still holds up better over time, IMO, and I will still be willing to pay more for it next time around unless I find something better. Painting a two story house with a lot of high gable ends and painted eves is just too much work, even if you spray where possible, to use anything but the best you can find. Paint technology changes too, though, so maybe other mfrs will step up. Inside? Not as choosy. Behr is good.
 
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Interesting. I’ve been in some remodeled homes in Edina in the last year and owners were remarking on how SW wasn’t holding up as well anymore.
Consumer reports also had behr at the top the last time I looked
 
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Deutsche Gopher Fan said:
Interesting. I’ve been in some remodeled homes in Edina in the last year and owners were remarking on how SW wasn’t holding up as well anymore.
Consumer reports also had behr at the top the last time I looked
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That could very well be. It's been about 7 years since I painted the whole house and, as I said, technology evolves. Enough time passes between house paintings that the quality competition among mfrs is constantly changing.

I realize the OP here raised an interior paint question, but when it comes to exterior paint, whichever brand name a person uses, buy quality first, price second. Talking latex here, not oil, for environmental reasons.
 
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My dad’s old rule of thumb was every $10/gal buys you a year. Not sure that holds up after all these years.
 
dxmnkd316 said:
Yeah I’m pretty much stuck on Behr. It’s spectacular stuff.

I’m not sure this is exclusive to Behr, but you just really need to be careful how you apply the paint. Even with eggshell if you don’t put it on all in one go and in one direction, you get a really ****ty looking finish where the zones overlap.
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We used to use behr all the time. Eventually went to Sherwin Williams for one project and it was worth the extra money. Better coverage, less streaks, consistent finish.
 
HGTV are a bunch of lying liars. I was under the assumption that a deck could be assembled In a three minute commercial break.

My backyard says that isn't the case.
 
I have an insane sounding question.

Any idea what would cause a loud, deep thud every four hours on the dot at 4, 8, 12, 4, 8, and 12 again every day?

It’s been happening for a couple months now, and I thought it was the house settling during the hot weather. But I just recognized yesterday it was literally every four hours. I went downstairs to watch because I thought it sounded like water hammer type frequency. When I was watching it, like clockwork, the whole piping supply line shook. We noticed some sand around it but figured that was just a small ant colony or something that came in. Now I’m wondering if the shaking is causing the sand to come up around the piping.

I assume this is something I need to call the city about. So I’m going to do that Monday. Not sure who to call or what to even ask without sounding like an insane person.

i figure it’s some sort of valve cycling or pump kicking on. I just can’t imagine a natural thing like settling to be that regular. Like, within a dozen seconds each time. I’d also be surprised if it was something citywide without reports. Either way, I’m very confused.
 
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Could you get video/audio of it? That would help lay out the idea to whomever you talk to with the city...
 
That’s a good idea.

Just happened again five minutes ago. Like clockwork. Also happened at 6 pm this time. It sounds like someone dropping a 20lb weight and hitting flat on the ground like a book would.
 
I went on to Lowe's site and bought a shed kit, a 10 x 12 x 7 Gambrel-roofed shed. They send all the wood pre-cut, the nails, etc., too. I figure there's about a $500 premium paid for them to take care of the cutting. I need a flat place to set it, and didn't just want to put down a pad of landscaping rock, so I've started building a wooden base (all green treated/pressure treated). First, I placed down the 4x4 posts, and set them in concrete. They're about 0.5" off square, when measuring the one hypotenuse, but the other is almost dead-on balls accurate. I still have to set the 2x6 joists, and then the plywood flooring over them. I'm starting to think that I should have just paid a guy to put down a concrete pad back when I had my driveway replaced in July. Getting the posts to square was a much bigger task than I expected, and I was expecting easy. The shed kit comes on two weeks from today, so then we'll see how well I can follow instructions.

And yes, the posts are all in 3" from the 10'x12' dimensions to account for the width of the 2x6 joist wrapping. I thinked before I done.
 
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