I had Rob out on Saturday for an hour. We agreed to a plan and to a price. He will remove the existing closet completely, hauling away all the debris. He will build a closet into the side wall toward the back. This closet will project into the garage, where currently there is (was) nothing but junk (cleared mostly on Sunday afternoon). The closet will have a folding door. He will remove the carpet and repair the ceiling and sheetrock, but not do any painting. He will also remove the sheetrock from the door wall and replace with double sheetrock with Green Glue between the sheets to improve the sound absorbing. (He has never done that, but is very interested in learning how.) The light switch will be relocated from the existing closet wall back to the door wall, so it will be right next to the door. When it arrives, he will replace the horrible existing window with a Don Young double hung window with lifetime warranty. And he will fix the broken plaster around the corner in front of the Queen's Room. He will start on Tuesday at 9am and install the window about 3 weeks later when it arrives from the factory. He will do the major work himself with two assistants.
He suggested he could float the crack in the ceiling, or cover up around the ceiling with a moulding. I didn't want him to do that at first, but now I've decided it looks beyond my capabilities to easily caulk, so I'll ask him to float it as he suggests.
I think this will transform the Queen's Room. It now has a prison-cell character, barely fit for a dog, due to the small space and closet which blocks the view of 1/3 of the room as you enter. It will be (only) 10 square feet larger, but the increase in space is just at the most important part of the room, where the bed headboard should be, and also precisely where it can open up the entire vista of the room as you open the door, making the room appear as much as 60% larger for the important first impression. The leaky and foggy window will be replaced, giving a nice view and no cold draft and easy to clean tilt in system. The bed now being toward the back of the room will face out through the window, just as it should.
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After he left, I first worried about this Don Young Window. I checked out the company on the web, and they appear to make premium quality windows, at least as good as national brands like Simonton and Milgard. They are a regional company who only makes windows for climates like Texas, with strong sun. They use a patented vinyl and a polymer spacer. They also make thermal break aluminum windows. The window lock is a secure cam lock. I decided the window looked fine, as good as it gets for vinyl. And it what this builder has been successfully using for 20 years in remodeling, so no surprises as in Lyndhurst where the window is underperforming due to faulty installation. He has 2 year warranty on installation. He recommended against the glass break warranty, but on second though I've decided I want that to go along with the lifetime product warranty.
Then I pondered the sound absorbing wall some more.
I finally decided to use real Green Glue and their companion sealing product, which I ordered for delivery in 1-3 days. I advised him of this and asked about a few other things on Monday morning.
He suggested he could float the crack in the ceiling, or cover up around the ceiling with a moulding. I didn't want him to do that at first, but now I've decided it looks beyond my capabilities to easily caulk, so I'll ask him to float it as he suggests.
I think this will transform the Queen's Room. It now has a prison-cell character, barely fit for a dog, due to the small space and closet which blocks the view of 1/3 of the room as you enter. It will be (only) 10 square feet larger, but the increase in space is just at the most important part of the room, where the bed headboard should be, and also precisely where it can open up the entire vista of the room as you open the door, making the room appear as much as 60% larger for the important first impression. The leaky and foggy window will be replaced, giving a nice view and no cold draft and easy to clean tilt in system. The bed now being toward the back of the room will face out through the window, just as it should.
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After he left, I first worried about this Don Young Window. I checked out the company on the web, and they appear to make premium quality windows, at least as good as national brands like Simonton and Milgard. They are a regional company who only makes windows for climates like Texas, with strong sun. They use a patented vinyl and a polymer spacer. They also make thermal break aluminum windows. The window lock is a secure cam lock. I decided the window looked fine, as good as it gets for vinyl. And it what this builder has been successfully using for 20 years in remodeling, so no surprises as in Lyndhurst where the window is underperforming due to faulty installation. He has 2 year warranty on installation. He recommended against the glass break warranty, but on second though I've decided I want that to go along with the lifetime product warranty.
Then I pondered the sound absorbing wall some more.
I finally decided to use real Green Glue and their companion sealing product, which I ordered for delivery in 1-3 days. I advised him of this and asked about a few other things on Monday morning.
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