{"id":103,"date":"2011-08-23T17:54:51","date_gmt":"2011-08-23T23:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.guammie.com\/donovan\/2011\/08\/23\/adventures-in-home-improvement\/"},"modified":"2011-08-23T17:56:15","modified_gmt":"2011-08-23T23:56:15","slug":"adventures-in-home-improvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guammie.com\/donovan\/2011\/08\/23\/adventures-in-home-improvement\/","title":{"rendered":"Adventures in home improvement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just bought a house, so expect to see more details about how I delve into home automation.&#160; Here\u2019s one of the first bits of improvement we\u2019re doing though.<\/p>\n<p>This is a patch of carpet in the master bath.&#160; I don\u2019t understand what carpet is doing in the middle of such a humid\/wet room.&#160; I think the original intent of the builder was to put a tub there, but the homeowner didn\u2019t want one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guammie.com\/donovan\/files\/2011\/08\/01_resize.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px;border-left: 0px;margin: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border-top: 0px;border-right: 0px;padding-top: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"01_resize\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guammie.com\/donovan\/files\/2011\/08\/01_resize_thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Out with the old.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guammie.com\/donovan\/files\/2011\/08\/02_resize.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border-top-width: 0px;border-bottom-width: 0px;border-left-width: 0px;padding-top: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"02_resize\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guammie.com\/donovan\/files\/2011\/08\/02_resize_thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My father-in-law and I ripping up the carpet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guammie.com\/donovan\/files\/2011\/08\/03_resize.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px;border-left: 0px;margin: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border-top: 0px;border-right: 0px;padding-top: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"03_resize\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guammie.com\/donovan\/files\/2011\/08\/03_resize_thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Originally we were just going to put regular tile in the middle and cut as needed.&#160; Then the idea morphed into doing something with mosaic.&#160; Then we thought to just get some rounded tile and put it in.&#160; Then we came across this while at the tile store.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guammie.com\/donovan\/files\/2011\/08\/04_resize.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px;border-left: 0px;margin: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border-top: 0px;border-right: 0px;padding-top: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"04_resize\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guammie.com\/donovan\/files\/2011\/08\/04_resize_thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Getting it all centered.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guammie.com\/donovan\/files\/2011\/08\/05_resize.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px;border-left: 0px;margin: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border-top: 0px;border-right: 0px;padding-top: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"05_resize\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guammie.com\/donovan\/files\/2011\/08\/05_resize_thumb.jpg\" width=\"163\" height=\"244\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Proof of concept.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guammie.com\/donovan\/files\/2011\/08\/06_resize.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px;border-left: 0px;margin: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border-top: 0px;border-right: 0px;padding-top: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"06_resize\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guammie.com\/donovan\/files\/2011\/08\/06_resize_thumb.jpg\" width=\"163\" height=\"244\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bam.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.guammie.com\/donovan\/files\/2011\/08\/07_resize.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px;border-left: 0px;margin: 0px 0px 10px;padding-left: 0px;padding-right: 0px;border-top: 0px;border-right: 0px;padding-top: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"07_resize\" src=\"https:\/\/www.guammie.com\/donovan\/files\/2011\/08\/07_resize_thumb.jpg\" width=\"244\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My father in law did about 90% of the work.&#160; I\u2019d come home from work and more and more would be done.<\/p>\n<p>I do plan on taking care of the home automation on my own though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just bought a house, so expect to see more details about how I delve into home automation.&#160; Here\u2019s one of the first bits of improvement we\u2019re doing though. 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