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By: zen

zen — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 07:45:56 +0000

@bret: That’s awesome! I saved a lot of money buying the hardwood floor material from Costco believe it or not. I had my 1st floor done by professionals and cost upwards of $15,000. A year after, I opted to do my 2nd floor by myself for $1000 (That’s 4 bedrooms not including the bathrooms which I have recently replaced with tiles instead of linoleum).

By: Bret @ Hope to prosper

Bret @ Hope to prosper — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 06:07:36 +0000

We wanted to have our house painted and remove the cottage cheese from the ceiling. The painter recommended someone to do the removal. And, he quoted us $6,500 to remove the ceiling and re-texture. This seemed realy, realy high to me for a small job with no materials.

So, after my son and I did the first ceiling, I came home and found my wife had finished the rest. Since we already did all of the hard work with the texturing, we just went ahead and painted. We probably saved $10K for a couple of days of work.

I am definitely thinking about doing the hard-wood floors in a couple of months. I have a table saw and just need to man-up.
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By: zen

zen — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:26:20 +0000

@KateMTP: Hi! Removing ceiling vomit is actually really easy. All it requires is a spray bottle with water, putty’s knife/chiself (plastic recommended), ladder, and floor covering.

There are several ways to do it, but i found the above method is the most wallet friendly. I’ll have a post on it later in the future.

@visfor: But you can’t be cool without the stars!

By: visfor

visfor — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:33:50 +0000

you should see the ceiling popcorn in our home. It sparkles. There’s literally glitter everywhere. Totally beats having glow in the dark stars on our ceiling.

By: KateMTP

KateMTP — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:30:29 +0000

My parents did the hardwood floors in their house and I am surprised they are still married!

Very valid points you made about the contractors and Home Depot laborers. I know if I make any improvements to my home, I will want to try and do it myself for the sense of accomplishment.

How did you remove the ceiling popcorn? I have a friend who wants to get that done on the house she just bought.