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ToolMeister t1_j1zcde6 wrote

Not uncommon, as you said it's called a farmhouse sink, full countertop depth. The sink would have a cutout for a faucet in the back typically.

Edit: Many farmhouse sinks are white porcelain. While they certainly look nice, I would personally recommend to stay away from porcelain. Stains too easily and you have to be careful not to drop a heavy pot or pan.

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aZamaryk t1_j1zbh58 wrote

There should be no transition between rooms when doing same floating floor throughout. Since you have a transition the best you can do now is to clean up all the caulk and fasten the transition directly to your subfloor. I would recommend finishing nails in center, so that nails don't hit the actual floor planks. You want that transition to be fastened without nailing the floor. There is no need to caulk any floating floor, so i would clean off as much if the caulk as i can. The second picture you should just trim out using a baseboard or even a 1x4 primed finish board then you can install quarter round or shoe moulding against the floor. Again, only nail trim to walls not the floor to keep the floating aspect. If you nail down floor with trim you might see some buckling/separation of planks as they expand/contract.

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elvis_snake t1_j1zaic8 wrote

EVERY ROOM in our 1994 constructed house was treated this way (AKA stippling, and yes, even inside the closets). We had some renovations done two years ago, and found it was cheaper to drywall over than to scrape or sand it off. Sanding creates a huge mess, and is labor intensive. And scraping not only creates a mess, but you can accidentally gouge the drywall, even when the scraper edges are rounded off. So add those repair costs into the scraping labor, and the price and time increase. Two drywall professionals installed 1/4" gypsum board, mudded, and sanded the areas we had done in less than two days.

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Big-Spend-2915 t1_j1z9lmr wrote

It's how it is done. You take drywall mud, and you mix it with water. Take a mop looking device and put it into the bucket, then put it onto the ceiling. Then pull down.
Another way is to use a sponge. Another way is to use a tile grout float. It was a fairly common texture technique.

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Environmental-Sock52 t1_j1z97o6 wrote

Gosh that's high. I honestly still prefer tv stands and use them because I don't want to hurt my neck looking up. Also that wire would drive me insane. The speaker looks fine from here relative to the tv.

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