Do It Yourself'ers........Question(s)

[WhoDat]

1. I'm in the middle of several projects around the crib, one of which is to repaint the master bedroom for the current horrid dark red color the prior ower hooked up to a light beige. Is it REALLY necessary to add primer to the wall prior to applying the main color?

2. I'm going to redo the garden area, the prior owners wife had a thing for roses, them shyts all along the back side of the house, not to mention other fruity looking shyt I don't even kno wthe name of....none the less them bitches gone before tomorrow night. Anyway, is it better to lay the standard mulch or go with the red color mulch...I know mulch is mulch, but which will hold it's color (water) longer.....

She also has a garden area that's block off and had onions and tomatos growing in it, that shyt gone too...I'ma plant Watermelons!! Black man on the block!!

 

[pyramidbuilder]

Primining is a gurantee that you'll be able cover over one color with another, especially when trying to cover a lighter with a darker color.
Not to say that the paint you're getting ready to apply won't do the job. But primer is cheaper than paint, and some paints will require two coats if you don't prime. You can always test an area to see what the results will look like before you prime.
As for mulch, the colored stuff doesn't retain its color for too long a period of time anyway, so just go for it. I like the pine bark nuggets, some prefer the shreaded mulch, the shreaded stuff may retain the water a bit longer than the bark mulch but deteriorates a bit sooner in my opinion. Good luck.

 

[mawee]

General rule of painting is if you are going from light to dark colors you will

not need to do any primining but from dark to light colors you will need to apply primer to the walls. Hopefully this will give you a better idea. Good luck bro !​

 

[WhoDat]

^^ good sound advise gent's, thanks!


Now what you know about laying tile?.........Gona rip up the carpet in the basement and go stright tile from room to toom (1300sqft) and was told to not even think about hardwood (which I was) because of potential water damage or some other crazy shyt.

I'll try to do the tile next weekend, I recruited two gents from the office to help. Is it really that hard? My back up plan if I fuck up is to call a contractor to do labor.

 

[divine]

If youre going dark to light, its best to go ahead and prime...for obvious reason.. But for the not so obvious reason... youre light color may come out a different color if you don't prime. your beige may not look beige if you don't prime.

 

[pyramidbuilder]

^^ good sound advise gent's, thanks!


Now what you know about laying tile?.........Gona rip up the carpet in the basement and go stright tile from room to toom (1300sqft) and was told to not even think about hardwood (which I was) because of potential water damage or some other crazy shyt.

I'll try to do the tile next weekend, I recruited two gents from the office to help. Is it really that hard? My back up plan if I fuck up is to call a contractor to do labor.

MAJOR RULE: Don't do any basement work until you have completely solved any water issues!!! You'll wind up doing the job twice!Secondly what type of tile are you talking about ceramic, or peel and stick linoleum tiles?

 

[divine]

as anoher general rule, depending on where you live. Basements usually stay cooler in multi-level homes... because heat rises. So, keep in mind that if you go with tile in the basement, its going to make it even cooler than it already is.. which may be uncomfortable at best, and raise your energy bill at worst. carpet in the basement helps keep it a little warmer than tiled floor.

^^ good sound advise gent's, thanks!


Now what you know about laying tile?.........Gona rip up the carpet in the basement and go stright tile from room to toom (1300sqft) and was told to not even think about hardwood (which I was) because of potential water damage or some other crazy shyt.

I'll try to do the tile next weekend, I recruited two gents from the office to help. Is it really that hard? My back up plan if I fuck up is to call a contractor to do labor.

 

[Riddler]

for tiling make sure you start on a sound level surface and use a good quality thin-set like "flexbond" from home depot($25.00 a bag). also make sure you use the correct size trowel, and rent/buy a wet saw for nice clean cuts. you will need a paddle and drill to mix the thin-set. the thin-set has to be the right consistency , not to wet and not to dry kinda like thin peanut butter. and dont mix the whole bag at once it will dry up if you dont use it fast enough let me know if you have any qusetions. i've done a bunch of tile jobs for friends/family

 

[gameboy]

check these links out bra,,, almost everything you need to know about home improvement with vid tutorials,,,

http://www.easy2diy.com/index.asp
http://www.easy2diy.com/module_list.asp?parent1=Task&child1=Painting

 

[CybaCipha]

Yo Brahman you know I had to jump in on this thread!

Paint
ALWAYS Prime when making a drastic color change AND when going from Dark to light whether or not its drastic.

If you get your paint from Home Depot or Lowe's they will tint the primer to the new color you are switching to. That way your primer will be closer to the new color making it easier.

Tiles
If you go with tiles. Like dude said .... solve as much of your water problems as possible. If you live in a cold climate (North or NE) ... you might want to consider the under tile heating elements. You put them down when you lay your tile and you have heated floors!!!!!!!!!!

I did my bathroom 2 years ago and my wife loves me xtra for it.

 

[gameboy]

...I did my bathroom 2 years ago and my wife loves me xtra for it.

she was extra good to me that week too,,, please do more bathrooms soon bra,,,

 

[Brother Blues]

As for the mulch,stay away from red...I see that color around stores and business areas.

Think black...this year I did black mulch all around my property,makes things look
elegant.

As for painting,yeah...prime.Especially in an older home,years ago they use to put all kinds of additives in the paint.Stuff that if you just try to paint over it,the new paint won't adhere.In which case you would need something like,Kilz.

 

[WhoDat]

check these links out bra,,, almost everything you need to know about home improvement with vid tutorials,,,

http://www.easy2diy.com/index.asp
http://www.easy2diy.com/module_list.asp?parent1=Task&child1=Painting

Thanks for the links...damn good shyt.


Damn good advise from evryone. I don't have water problems, I was told that if hardwood were to be placed water could really screw it up big time. I'm going with a brown (damn near beige) looking marble style tile because I have a few rugs that will look tight on that shyt. It's also neutral enough that when I sell it wont be an eye sore to others. Hum....floor warmers you say....hmmmm.

I'll let ya'll know if that shyt worked out or if I caved in and paid da man!