All Forum Posts by: Dylan Long

You'd have to check local code. Some places there isn't a required gap for airflow, and in some it goes as high as an inch. 1" gets a bit high IMO, though will provide more airflow. Noise insulation will be somewhat shot though. Check the code and just ensure you meet it.

IMO the sink cut should be a fixed price, and shouldn't affect the sq.ft cost of the granite + installation. It makes no sense for it to affect the price you pay for all the other sq.ft of non sink counter space.

As mentioned, I'd take a look at a rectangular floor tile. Done properly, you can use the length of the tile to almost "stretch" the room and give it a longer look. They have some neat wood-pattern rectangular tiles now. HGTV seems to use them a lot with good results.

I still don't understand why you need both to cancel. Shouldn't the contract be void now under it's own origination conditions, which both parties agreed to?

Time IS money Christina, so you have to count his 15k labor investment equally. Not doing so sends him the signal that his time isn't valued the same as others, assuming 15k in labor IS approximately what it would have cost to have it all done.

You have 30k into the house purchase, he has 30k in renovations (labor AND parts). The split should be 50/50 of the total sales price. The fact that 15k of his came from labor shouldn't be rationale for him to get less. What if he decided to pay someone else 15k to do the labor?

I'm guessing you already know all of this, and the problem is that you're questioning whether or not his labor was really worth 15k. If he did a good job, eat whatever you think should have come back to you, and in the future work out a more equitable deal. If the work was shoddy, take what you think is fair, cut ties, and move on.

Chances are you're okay. If it was coming from an interior wall leak, you'd see the mold there first. It's probably a result of moisture from the bathroom sink, or external plumbing. Make sure that's sound when it's all buttoned back up.

How big are the rooms? If they're on the small to average side, I don't see it happening in the space given, without making two rooms tiny.

The floorplan seems typical of a town home more so than a standalone house.

Thanks for pointing this out K. This was a cause I was trying to convey on page one, but perhaps poorly so :).

People go either way. Sometimes local code mandates green board though. A lot of people say regular drywall with a good primer and paint provides the same level of protection as green board. Green board won't help with mold though unless it's paperless.

Nope, and the best way to learn is practice a bit. Black and Decker has a great book on dry-walling, with lots of pictures. Good investment for 15-16 bucks.