On 4/20/2017 11:53 AM, -MIKE- wrote:
On 4/20/17 10:40 AM, Leon wrote:
On 4/18/2017 12:04 PM, -MIKE- wrote:
Ever since the TV home shows have been installing barn doors in all
remodels, the big box stores have started carrying them and the
requests for installations have been pouring in to every carpenter in
suburbia.
I figured I would wait out the fad and in 10 years I'd make a fortune
taking them out after people's frustration in using them overcomes their
overwhelming urge to be trendy. After all, they aren't really any
different than pocket doors other than the fact that they are much
easier to put back on the tracks when they slip off.
Well, I resisted as long as I could but finally had a client who really
wanted them in a closet build-out I was doing in her basement
converted-bedroom.
https://goo.gl/photos/5XhKykF8cVmz9cR68
The client enjoys finishing, so she's going do the stain or faded paint
finish of her choice, and pick out handles.
BTW, the yellow spot on the ceiling behind the left can light is the
reason I never use power tools to cut holes in ceilings. There is a
water line resting on the drywall going straight through the center of
that spot. :-)
I had to move the cans further out in the room, which turned out better
anyway.
I have a customer now that wants to put a small sliding barn door in
front of her laundry room so that she will not see the open laundry door.
I am wondering if she realizes what she wants. She could simply close
the existing laundry door. And the existing laundry door is going to be
much easier to open and close than a sliding barn door.
For some reason I started picturing the opening montage from "Get
Smart." :-)
I was under the cone of silence!
Some people just want the look rather than some thing that actually
works well.
You just explained every set of shutters in suburbia!
Equally strange, new down sized home, the one I was describing above.
This home is 4,100 sq ft. Old home was 5K+ sq ft. They have not even
fully moved in yet and have had the floors, probably carpeting, replaced
with a vinyl product that looks like wood planks. Ok looking but not
IMHO in a house of this price range.