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Hi! Our kitchen is FINALLY almost done. I didn't think I'd ever say that I missed washing dishes in an actual kitchen sink, yet here I am saying it! lol We have a bit of trim work left on the cabinets and we have the all important backsplash to choose. Our granite isn't very "sparkly" so I wanted to bring in a "sparkly" BS. I don't want anything iridescent, just sophisticated and clean looking. The hubby and I think we've narrowed it down to a green glass tile and a blue glass tile. The green seems to bring out more gold in our granite, which I'm not really fond of, but it also "pops" next to our wall color, which is nice. The blue cools down the gold tones and almost blends with our wall color. I really like them both. The only thing that could make them better would be if they were beveled arabesque like Bee's old tile! HA HA. JK..But seriously..what do you guys think? I don't want to go with off-white ceramic - which was hubby's initial choice and is what he's leaning to if I don't make up my mind. I'm going to throw in a few pics but they were taken on my phone and the colors aren't exactly what we have. It should give everyone a decent idea about what our kitchen looks like though. HELP pretty please!! :) |
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- Posted by ShedTheChrysalis (My Page) on Sat, Jul 14, 12 at 23:36
The color in this picture is more true to our actual colors. Just ignore the white microwave. We had just had the OTR installed and hadn't gotten it out to the garage yet. Again, thanks for the help! :) |
- Posted by tartanhabit (My Page) on Sat, Jul 14, 12 at 23:50
I think I like the blue one - it's hard to tell from my screen. I just think it would look really nice with your dark cabinets too and I like what you said about it 'cooling' down the gold. Either way is going to be very pretty! |
Maybe it would help to put the Gtiles up again in the same lighting used for second picture so were looking at actual colors. |
I like the blue better with the cabinets too. I think taking the photo from the 2nd perspective with the tiles in place would help also. |
I"m not seeing how either color relates to your counter. Maybe I am not seeing the colors as true, but from what I see if you have a blue BS or a green one, it will look disconnected. IMHO I would pick up a color in the granite. If you don't want cream, why not one of the other beige tones or even a gray which would also blend with the black lower cabinets. Visually you will see white (or cream) upper cabinets, a blue or gree backsplash, black, cream and beige toned counter, black lowers. Again,IMHO, your eyes will go directly to the green or blue BS and it will circle around the room not focusing on your granite or cabinetry. |
I"m not seeing how either color relates to your counter. Maybe I am not seeing the colors as true, but from what I see if you have a blue BS or a green one, it will look disconnected. IMHO I would pick up a color in the granite. If you don't want cream, why not one of the other beige tones or even a gray which would also blend with the black lower cabinets. Visually you will see white (or cream) upper cabinets, a blue or gree backsplash, black, cream and beige toned counter, black lowers. Again,IMHO, your eyes will go directly to the green or blue BS and it will circle around the room not focusing on your granite or cabinetry. |
I really wanted glass - but ran into the same problem - just couldn't get it to talk to the counter top. Initially, I said, no subway, no white I am going with 5x5 in a cream color.... |
Maybe you could try a gray glass tile? I agree, you need something simple and I would definitely pull out one of the colors in your countertop so, as Bee says, they "wink" to each other. Otherwise, it will look disconnected. |
Both are lovely. I am a firm believer in keeping the permanent elements of a room neutral and coordinated and getting punches of color in paint and accessories that can be changed with little effort. Of the two, the green is more harmonious with the counter top, but I think beradmr's suggestion of a gray or even a taupe glass tile will give you more years of service with less potential for a dated look. FYI, pulling out glass tile in 10 years time is a ^%&*of a job (excuse my expletives). Ask me how I know. 10 stitches on my right middle finger. &%*$ glass tile. |
I love those tiles as well and am test driving the blue for our kitchen. Maybe the colors aren't coming through accurately in the photos, but I am not feeling the love for either the blue or he green with your lovely granite. I am considering 1x6 glass tiles for our backsplash. Wondering if any of these colors might work with your stone: celery green light celery yellow green |
Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.susanjablon.com/shop/glass-tiles-mosaic/tile-collections/bijou-glass-tiles/bijou-1x6-inch-subway-frosted-glass-tiles.html
- Posted by ShedTheChrysalis (My Page) on Sun, Jul 15, 12 at 13:00
Hmmm... You guys are right. I bought more tiles last night and mocked up the backsplash going up to the cream uppers. It was just too much color. I'm thinking that I'm going to try to find a glass subway to match the uppers. My hubby has thrown out the ceramic idea again but I just can't get over ceramic reminding me of what we just ripped out. 4x4 white counter and BS. Yuck. So does anybody know where I could find a good selection of cream or off white glass subways? I can find super white tiles easily, but my shade of creamy white is a bit more difficult. *sigh* |
Love your cabinets! I think you will find it very difficult to find a creamy white glass tile that matches your cabinets. I know this because I went through this same exercise a few months ago when doing my backsplash. I looked at every white glass tile out there and even ordered one. They all seem to have a bit of a green or blue tint to them that isn't that noticeable when you're just looking at one, but when you put it up next to your cabinets and put a bunch of them together, it becomes very noticeable. I ultimately chose a light grayish taupe that blends in with my granite. If you find that a creamy white becomes difficult, you might want to just pull that color out of your granite as well. I ended up in love with mine and I hope you'll find the perfect tile as well for your beautiful cabinets. |
- Posted by ShedTheChrysalis (My Page) on Sun, Jul 15, 12 at 15:39
Namarie - your kitchen is gorgeous! Your cab color looks similar to mine. By any chance, is it canvas from Kraftmaid? Where did you get your tile? I had a preconceived idea of taupe and had been rejecting it but seeing it in your kitchen might have changed my mind. Great job!! Thank you to everyone else for the taupe idea as well. I'm definitely going to look into it. |
This site has a big selection, and they were very quick to send samples. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Mosaic Tile Supplies
Thank you! My cabinets are original to our house (We bought it a year ago and just changed the counters and backsplash which, like you, was white 4x4 ceramic tile on both surfaces before. Ugh.) So I'm not sure who the cabinet maker was. I live in NC and got our tile at a local tile shop, but the maker of our tile was Terra Verre and the color is Glacier. The Terra Verre website shows their dealers nationwide though. The great thing was that the tile seems to be very good quality but was actually cheaper than a lot of the glass tiles I looked at. I believe it was around $13/sq. ft. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Terra Verre dealers
Namarie, What is your countertop material. It's beautiful! |
I have another selection for you to consider. I just ordered some samples from Ann Sacks and one looks like it could possibly work. It's called Sand, Lucian Glass series. I'm not sure of the price but it is in the list for AS basics under $14.00 on the Ann Sacks web site. http://www.annsacks.com/home.jsp Call them and they will UPS a sample to you, it took only a couple of days for me to receive mine. |
- Posted by ShedTheChrysalis (My Page) on Sun, Jul 15, 12 at 17:52
Ann Sacks has some really beautiful tile, but it might be a bit too expensive for me. It is an excuse to plan a short trip to San Fran though. That could be fun. :) Namarie - I looked up the locations for Terra Verre and to my surprise I'm only a 1/2 hour drive from one of their dealers. In fact, I used to live in El Dorado Hills where the dealer is located - what a coincidence! I think I'll swing by tomorrow to see their tile. I spent most of yesterday going to different tile stores. I saw a few Walker Zanger that were nice, but too pricey and a nice Oceanside glass tile, but nothing really hit me until I saw how crystal clear and beautiful AKDO glass tiles were so I may check those out again as well. I wonder if anybody has any experience with them? You guys are all so sweet and helpful. I really appreciate the advice and thanks for preventing my blue mistake. Oh well...maybe for one of the bathrooms.. lol |
Berardmr, it is leathered Minsk granite. Thanks! |
For the Ann Sacks, it is under $14.00 a sq ft. not that pricey compared to other glass tiles I have priced. BTW, the samples were free. |
- Posted by ShedTheChrysalis (My Page) on Sun, Jul 15, 12 at 20:10
Glo1751- that really isn't a bad price. I'll request a few samples. Thanks for your suggestion! |
- Posted by dfpotterri (My Page) on Sun, Jul 15, 12 at 20:21
I am waiting for my 1x1 glass tile to arrive on Monday. In the meantime I will say that I saw several neutral taupes and beiges at the tile place which would go beautifully with your counter and they weren't Ann Sacks prices either. Crystile Fog is really pretty |
Here is a link that might be useful: Mirage Crystile Fog
I think the silver metalic subway tiles would look fantastic with your kitchen. I think I saw them at Lowes but when I searched they seem to show up at Home Depot. Here is a link. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Metal wall tiles.
bump! |
What did you decide? |
- Posted by ShedTheChrysalis (My Page) on Sun, Sep 2, 12 at 18:45
Hi kat_wa. We tried a few solid color glass tiles but they didn't work out for us. We then looked at the lantern tile at home depot but after I ordered it, our tile guy noticed how crooked they were on each sheet and I didn't want to pay extra to take each off and tile them individually. So we went with a linear glass tile we found at lowes. It has a lot of the granite colors in it. It took a bit of getting used to but we really like it. I'll post a pic later - I'm not sure how or if I can from the phone. But thanks for asking... :) |
- Posted by writersblock (My Page) on Sun, Sep 2, 12 at 18:56
Sorry for the OT, but what is your sink, ShedTheChrysalis? |
- Posted by ShedTheChrysalis (My Page) on Sun, Sep 2, 12 at 20:42
Hi again Kat_wa. Here's a pic of the almost complete kitchen with our backsplash. It wasn't quite what I wanted originally (creme colored) but to be honest, I just got tired of the whole project and couldn't find a glass tile with a lot of warmth in it. The glass tiles have most of the granite colors in them and the craziness of it seems to tie in with how busy the granite is. (The granite always looks more gold than it is in pictures...probably because the blinds are closed or you'd be blinded by the ton of light we get in!). We both really like it now though. lol Thanks again for asking :) |
- Posted by ShedTheChrysalis (My Page) on Sun, Sep 2, 12 at 20:45
Hi Writersblock. It's a 33" Kraus apron front sink. We had it flush mounted versus undermounted, so maybe that's why it looks a little different. I love it. It's actually my favorite part of the kitchen. Besides the dishwasher because I loathe washing dishes by hand again. ha ha |
- Posted by writersblock (My Page) on Sun, Sep 2, 12 at 20:47
Thanks! |
You did good! It looks great. Your kitchen is beautiful and wow did that backsplash really set it off! |
- Posted by ShedTheChrysalis (My Page) on Sun, Sep 2, 12 at 22:50
Awww... Thanks for the compliment! I got a lot of good advice on this board and our tiny kitchen needed every bit of it. :) |
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RE: Taking possession a week from Fri...any advice? (Follow-Up #1)
posted by: bevangel on 08.16.2011 at 12:33 pm in Building a Home Forum It is probably late for this advice but you need to spend at least a full day at your house looking for punch list issues and making a written list BEFORE you meet with your builder for your "pre-through." And you need to be able to do this while there are no workmen there so they are not making noise or getting in your way. There are just too many things to look for to try to do the checking WHILE walking thru the house with your builder. Even if your builder gives you a full three or four hours for the walk-through, that is simply not enough time...especially if builder is taking time to write notes about the things you mention. And it is possible your builder will attempt to rush you because the fewer things you mention, the less work he has to do. Better to go with a list in hand (with a copy for builder) so that your walk-thru with builder is just a chance for you to show him what each note on the list refers to.
On your list, for each issue indicate EXACTLY where the problem is located.... What room, what wall, Where on the wall, what the problem is, and what needs to be done. Eg., 1) Living room; on north wall, 4 ft from east wall & 18 inches above the floor; there are gaps in sheetrock around electrical outlet; need to patch gaps, smooth patch (or texture to match wall texture) and prime and painted to match wall. 2) 1st floor powderroom, floor 20 inches from west wall & 2 ft from south wall; cracked tile; remove and replace with good tile, regrout - make certain replacement tile is set level with surrounding tiles and that grout matches surrounding grout. The more detailed you are, the more likely the fixes are going to be done satisfactorily. So, a laptop with an excel program can be helpful for making your lists because you can copy and paste the correction instructions everytime you find yet another electrical outlet with gaps around it. Some things you need to check: Whole House Kitchen/Laundry Room/Pantry Bathrooms MISCELLANEOUS This is all just "off the top of my head." I'm sure if you think about it you can add dozens of other things to check for. And, no doubt other posters will chime in with other things to add to your check list. NOTES: <none>
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Some of the best advice from the braintrust on this forum
posted by: gsmama on 02.05.2011 at 11:25 am in Kitchens Forum I was googling gardenweb and advice last night and came across a great thread that is no longer open but that had been bumped up a few times since it was started by justadncr in 2007 by asking everyone to share the best advice they'd picked up on this forum.
There are a bunch of gems I hadn't run across and wouldn't have even thought to ask or google (...you don't know what you don't know). Plumgold? Never MT? All news to me from reading the thread. I consolidated the info so that I could print it (it would have been a breathtaking 41 pages had I tried to print it straight...) and thought I'd share for other newbies and to maybe get any other additions... The biggest tip I learned and did as a result was that lumberyards sometimes carry mainstream cabinet lines for less. The place I ordered for carries Dynasty Omega, Shiloh and Meridian and the bulk of their business goes to contractors which helped with the pricing in my case vs. going with a custom cabinet maker--I got a variety of quotes. With thanks to the OP and everyone who shared, here is their wisdom (please pardon the formatting...my bullets are reading as diamonds with question marks. Oh well.): Best advice I got from this forum: ďż˝ lay the kitchen out on the ground outside with all the measurements and walk around it to see if it felt right. I took my measurements and scraps of wood and laid them out in the various plans I had come up with.
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RE: LOOKING for: Crockpot beef stew with ginger ale (Follow-Up #1)
posted by: marigene on 09.08.2006 at 11:04 am in Recipe Exchange Forum This one isn't done in a crockpot but it does have ginger ale in it. It was posted by Angelaid.
No Peek Casserole This is a recipe that my family literally will fight over. It makes a delicious gravy (what they fight over) and absolutely nothing to making it.I double the recipe and there is still none left at the end of the meal. Preheat oven to 300. Combine ALL ingredients (DO NOT brown meat and DO NOT dilute soup with water) together. Mix well. It will be lumpy before it's cooked. Pour into a casserole dish and cover. Bake 2 1/2 to 3 hours. DON'T PEEK!! Serve over pasta, rice or mashed potatoes. The smell as it's cooking is WONDERFUL NOTES: <none>
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Positano's Finished Costa Esmeralda Kitchen!!!
posted by: positano on 10.17.2010 at 02:33 pm in Kitchens Forum Hi Everyone!
I am so happy to finally post my finished pictures. We were done with mostly everything in spring of 2009, but it took me so long to pick out a backsplash.I am glad I waited and got to live with the kitchen a bit. I chose a very neutral tile, so I can spice it up with accessories. I love to change my colors with the seasons. This is my fall kitchen with orange as the accent. For Christmas I add red, and for spring turqouise and yellow. I make inexpensive window treatments with fabric so I can change that out too.I didn't have time to do an orange window treatment before I took these photos. And I have to work on that wall with the black frames...one just feel down so it looks a little off! I want to thank so many out there for your help!!! I couldn't have done it without you. If you can believe it I really wanted the marble, soapstone and white cabinets kitchen, but this one really goes with my home beautifully. Some of my inspirations were Mamadadapaige, GGLKS, Erikanh, blakey, and so many others!
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I have found my choice to be so easy to take care of. The granite hides things and doesn't show fingerprints. The stainless just needs a wipe with a wet microfiber every now and then followed by a dry one. And the wood floors have been fantastic...so much better than the white vinyl we had before. Thanks again!! Maybe I will post more pictures thru the seasons when I change it up. There are lots of pictures, I tried to add some befores so you can see the change!
Here is a link that might be useful: Positano's Finished Kitchen NOTES: <none>
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RE: Please show me your two story foyer lights (Follow-Up #2)
posted by: brickeyee on 11.15.2010 at 05:18 pm in Building a Home Forum If you have any pendant lights in a 2-story high room make sure you have a lift installed for them.
Lights on the wall can at least be reached with an extension ladder, but lights in the middle of the room will be an issue. A manual lift is just fine, the power ones are complete overkill. NOTES: Might need this on back stairwell if we cant reach lantern
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RE: What is your opinion on pocket doors? (Follow-Up #7)
posted by: brickeyee on 10.19.2010 at 09:36 am in Building a Home Forum I have been installing pocket doors for almost 30 years now.
The only hardware you want to look at is made by Johnson Hardware. You need to be aware of clearances for electrical boxes. Unless the wall is built thicker you cannot install any electrical boxes were the pocket is located without going to low voltage controls. The only other issue with Johnson Hardware is preventing door sway when the door is closed. A groove in the bottom of the door and a small piece of aluminum angle on the floor of the pocket work far better. Any minor scratching is inside the groove were it doe not show. For bathrooms stops can be placed opposite the pocket on the jamb. NOTES: <none>
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How not to build a pantry
posted by: bmorepanic on 09.24.2010 at 06:06 pm in Kitchens Forum First, always have a plan - this was mine.
1. Above all, don't transfer the marks for the studs onto your newly installed drywall. This enables you to make a cool home built tool from a wire coat hanger called a "stuff finder". Cut the straight piece of wire off, bend a triangle on one end leaving a longish piece of straight wire. 2. Take your photos of the framing and try to find something with your stuff finder. You'll use it to poke holes in the drywall to find your stuff in the walls. Try not to worry too much about electricity - after all, if you can't find the studs, the odds are just as good that you won't find the electric lines either. 3. When you find one thing, poke some extra holes to be sure of what you've found. 4. Draw the thing you found on the wall as shown in the photo.
5. Transfer your plan onto the wall and find out it won't fit. Change the plan at the last minute - always good for fun. 6. Do a test assembly of one wall. Haul it upstairs. Be brave and get out some test items - even tho its just put together with a couple of finish nails and not even attached to the wall. This doesn't have all of its parts yet, but you get the idea. 7. Test assemble the other wall and haul it upstairs.
9. Change the plans in mid-do. Thank the deity of your choice that its just put together with a couple of finish nails while you take it all apart, shorten all the shelves slightly and rip the unseen back corners off the long uprights so they will be able to twist into place. 10. Change the plans one last time for that one shelf spacing issue that was bugging you. Haul it all back upstairs 11. Retest the assembly of the two wall shelf units to each other. Haul it all back to the basement. 12. Take it all apart and screw it all back together. 13. Add the under shelf support trim and screw to shelves. 14. Haul it all back into place and make sure it still fits. 15. Pre drill the supports for the screws that will permanently attach the units to the walls. Haul it all downstairs. 16. Apply primer and wish you didn't have to now sand it all. 17. Realize that the piece of 1 x 8 you have left for the tippy top shelf is too short by 1 inch. 18. Quit for the day. NOTES: <none>
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RE: How to install a flat screen tv without showing the wire clut (Follow-Up #4)
posted by: david_cary on 09.24.2010 at 02:02 pm in Building a Home Forum Don't worry - your low voltage person will know how to deal with all this.
Smurf tube is far cheaper than other options. The more clean install is HDMI jacks in the wall. The really bad thing about what some LV guys do is 1 HDMI jack. Well - most people have DVD and cable box - you can switch it in the built in but that requires another piece and isn't as nice as changing the input on the TV. Everyone has different needs so I'd really recommend smurf tube (esp 1.5 in). Feeding the wire later is a bit of a pain however. You need IR repeating but that is a whole another can of worms. NOTES: <none>
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Poof! Marble etches gone! (pics)
posted by: niffy on 09.05.2010 at 12:17 pm in Kitchens Forum I have mentioned before that with our honed marble, I am able to remove etches with a green Scotchbrite pad (the plain, thin pad, not the back side of a sponge). Last night my daughter got lemonade on the marble and it etched, so I decided it was an opportunity for a "demo." Hopefully this will be helpful to people (like me!) who hesitate about marble due to the etching issues. The general consensus seems to be that the sealers prevent stainining (ours does) but that etching remains an issue that you have to be able to live with. I don't live with them - I remove them. Voila!
Below you should be able to spot 2 circular etches, with the second one being far fainter, just above the first.
I used a little spray of granite cleaner and my green Scotchbrite pad and... gone. I am a 100% happy marble owner:) NOTES: <none>
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RE: Show me your soap/shampoo niches! (Follow-Up #5)
posted by: rookie_2010 on 09.10.2010 at 04:47 pm in Bathrooms Forum Hi,
I went to a local fabricator's yard with my tile and scoured the yard for remnants that matched. The fabricator made the niche insert and delivered it in one piece ready for the tile installer to set. Here's it is: NOTES: <none>
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RE: Do you Grill on your Range Top? (Follow-Up #11)
posted by: amcook on 08.25.2010 at 06:59 pm in Appliances Forum Personally, I would say 600cfm over a 36" range with grill is a bit under powered. I'd go 1200cfm but you can probably get away with around 900cfm. If you only grill veggies, then maybe 600 would be enough but with meat especially nicely marbled steak you'll have more smoke than a 600cfm blower can handle I think.
Good luck. NOTES: <none>
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RE: Finished! White, Statuary, and Aqua Grantique (Follow-Up #60)
posted by: niffy on 06.11.2010 at 11:22 pm in Kitchens Forum Wow- everyone is so complimentary! We are still doing some behind the scenes tweaking with our cabinetry (some doors and drawer fronts being repainted or remade - so currently missing!) - so it is nice to see the big picture again through your kind eyes.
To answer a few of your questions: lynnhb3 and irishcreamgirl - counter stools (yes they are counter height) are the "Laura" stools by Little Bird Furniture. You can find them online. We just got our side chairs from Little Bird also - the "Anna". They aren't in the photos. NOT inexpensive, but honestly, the most comfortable counter stools you ever could imagine. LOVE them! kellykath- my perimeter countertops are just shy of 25" deep total (1" shallower at the X cabinet, as that area is slightly recessed to make it stand out from the rest). 24" cabs with a 1" overhang. aokat - the fridge/freezer columns are each 30", plus the bookshelf/drawer area between them is 24". There is a 3" area of cabinetry on either side of fridge and freezer, so total area is about 90". OK, more photos of kitchen and nearby areas.... View of kitchen from family room (ignore the missing "feet" on the fridge freezer area. They're coming!): kitchen office desk area (actually just around corner, and attached to mudroom, so as to avoid the Junk-on-the-Island syndrome that has plagued us our whole lives). Middle of the upper cabinet has AWESOME mail and magazine slots that we designed to organize incoming and outgoing personal and business mail etc. Color in here is SW Sea Salt btw...: Opposite wall of kitchen/mudroom office. Contains file drawers, garbage pullout, second garbage pullout with built in shredder, 4 charging drawers for each family member, and then lots of places to organize the kids school papers, etc behind those big doors: And.... the mudroom. One locker per family member, plus a big closet (not visible - on opposite wall). Almost forgot to design a sink in here- that would've been a disaster! NOTES: <none>
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Finished! White, Statuary, and Aqua Grantique
posted by: niffy on 05.22.2010 at 02:09 am in Kitchens Forum Egad, I think it is done - well except for the dinette chairs that are on a container somewhere in the Pacific, and the base moulding for the fridge/freezer. Done enough, anyway....
I owe GW a great debt for many things, but a special thanks to all the marble lovers out there whose kitchens convinced me to go for it. I almost became a Virginia Mist convert, too, until I happened upon this brushed Aqua Grantique which fulfilled all my soapstone/marble/but low maintenance fantasies.... Margieb2- if you are still around, thank you for your arch! We had the half walls/columns on our plans, and once I saw yours, I knew EXACTLY how ours needed to be trimmed. We owe you big time. So details....
Sink wall (well, part of it anyway):
Perspective on location of pantry/butler's pantry:
Breakfast room and Family room:
Built-in Pantry (across from butler's pantry cabinets/counter)
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RE: Am I missing anything? meeting with electrician tomorrow (Follow-Up #6)
posted by: sis3 on 08.18.2010 at 09:31 am in Building a Home Forum "a lot of 4 light switches/switch plates for almost all my rooms so I could add something!" _ I don't really understand this one. The wiring would already have to be inside the walls to the 'thing' you would be wanting to add. Just having a switch/switchplate with extra capacity would not enable you to do this. Am I misunderstanding here?
mythreesonsnc - we buried a pvc pipe beneath our drive so that we would be able to wire anything we wanted to add in the future. We ran lengths of string through the pipe (to help us pull wire through in the future)and capped both ends. NOTES: <none>
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Am I missing anything? meeting with electrician tomorrow
posted by: robinson622 on 08.17.2010 at 11:38 pm in Building a Home Forum I've compiled a list of ideas from this forum over the years for electrical wants/needs. Forgive me if some don't make sense, they were copied directly from previous posts. Add any ideas you may have & let me know if there are any in the list that you find really unnecessary. Sorry for the repeats, there are quite a few.
-Attic fan & whole house fan
My kids have closets with bifold doors...do I need a light in those closets? Rope lights under vanity? How do you feel about them? Just for the kids' bathroom if at all?
Thanks in advance!
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RE: Foaming roof rafters or higher SEER A/C (Follow-Up #14)
posted by: david_cary on 08.17.2010 at 05:49 am in Building a Home Forum Athens - 2 things.
If you rarely get below freezing then you don't really need NG at all. My NG is locked out to come on below 35 degrees. So if you rarely get there, you probably don't need it. What I find is that if you are heat pump only, then you want a good system with at least a variable speed fan. You also want a good install so that you never know the system is on. I'd recommend returns in all bedrooms for instance (I think that is good either way) so that you never have issues with air flow under doors. This usually isn't an issue downstairs since there are much less doors in a typical open plan. 2nd - ok I have 2000 sq per floor (roughly). Foamed windows, doors; R-40 in attic; Energy star (which has a couple extra small requirements); and my total was $4k - I only put this because I saw your number in another thread. That included basement walls, interior sound for powder and master bath. I highly recommend foaming the plumbing runs for sound proofing. We have cast iron downpipes (the quieter option) but with modern good toilets (low water use but enough force to not get plugged), the water rushes really fast. You will want to quiet that rush. It is one of those regrets that my builder never brought up. I may even retrofit it and Ill do it in the basement. NOTES: <none>
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RE: Anyone doing brick pavers? (Follow-Up #2)
posted by: nutherokie on 07.31.2010 at 03:29 pm in Building a Home Forum Hi stayin2busy!
I'm doing pavers in my entry, dining room, kitchen, mudroom/laundry, and back hall bath. I can't say I've had a lot of encouragement. At first all the naysayers made me really nervous and I considered doing something else. Finally my rebellious streak kicked in and dang it, I'm doing brick floors come Hades or high water! There are two or three folks on the decorating forum that have them and love them. From one of them I learned about Ring Brick Floor Sealer and I plan to seal my floors with that. I'm also planning to do a mortarless install so there shouldn't be a "grout" issue. I'm going with full-sized, tumbled pavers that I hope will have a soft, vintage look. I say, stick to your guns -- but, of course, I don't have mine yet! NOTES: <none>
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RE: How deep are your mudroom lockers? (Follow-Up #13)
posted by: bigkahuna on 07.30.2010 at 11:52 pm in Building a Home Forum Width should be as wide as you can get them LOL. 24" is good. But as you plan the dividers you may consider 16" plus any frame. They are usually made of plywood and a 48" wide sheet will yield 3 dividers and keep waste to a minimum. Good luck
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RE: Consumer Reports and Cabinets (Follow-Up #1)
posted by: bluekitobsessed on 04.26.2008 at 07:23 pm in Kitchens Forum August 2004. To save you some time & trouble, Omega was rated very, very high, then Fieldstone 1/2 inch, then Diamond Platinum and Ikea, then Thomasville and Shenandoah...Kitchen Classics (not Select) was ranked far, far lower than anyone else. Also, CR has a brand new kitchens specialty issue available right now on the shelves.
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RE: Explain the Point of Dish Soap Dispenser at Sink (Follow-Up #6)
posted by: cat_mom on 07.22.2010 at 10:10 am in Kitchens Forum One absolute for me when we did our kitchen was having a soap dispenser. No more moving a bottle of dish soap out of the way, or knocking it over, or trying to balance it on it's cap when the bottle got low--hooray!!! Would never go back to not having one.
We got the Never M-T (thank you GW!!!) so I never have to refill a little bottle with dish soap. Using a big bottle (or warehouse store sized jug) of dish soap means I don't have to replace that more than a few times a year. NOTES: <none>
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RE: how strong an exhaust fan for Wolf (or any) cooktop? (Follow-Up #1)
posted by: amcook on 07.16.2010 at 02:13 pm in Appliances Forum
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RE: Not-so-smart fireplace question (Follow-Up #2)
posted by: macv on 07.07.2010 at 08:02 am in Building a Home Forum An fireplace insert is a factory built metal fireplace that fits into a pre-existing masonry fireplace.
An open gas fireplace has a single walled B-Vent flue through the roof and takes it's combustion air from the room or through an optional outside air duct to the side of the firebox. A direct vent fireplace has a double walled flue, takes its combustion air from outside, has a fixed glass front, and can vent through a wall or a roof. An Isokern fireplace is a field assembled fire box of factory built modular masonry elements. It can have a masonry or metal chimney for wood burning fireplaces or a metal B-Vent flue (to the roof) for an open gas fireplace (model IBV). It can have an outside air duct to the firebox side wall. The unit can sit on a combustible floor (reinforced for the weight) but the bottom of the firebox will be 4.5 inches higher than the structural subfloor. For a flush hearth the firebox must be recessed into the floor structure and the required clearance must be met at the perimeter of the unit. I am not sure of the advantage of building a modular masonry firebox for a gas fireplace. It would be virtually indistinguishable from a metal factory-built gas fireplace. NOTES: <none>
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RE: Do I go tankless water heater or wait for 75-gal gas heater? (Follow-Up #3)
posted by: chisue on 06.25.2010 at 02:52 pm in Building a Home Forum How about two water heaters? (We have two 50-gal. Unlikely both would quit at the same time.) If you want instant hot water, get a circulator. I LOVE not standing around waiting for the hot water to reach whatever sink I'm using.
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RE: Brickmould by window manufacturer? (Follow-Up #3)
posted by: macv on 06.02.2010 at 04:22 pm in Building a Home Forum Here is a link that might be useful: ATW PVC sill nosing NOTES: <none>
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RE: How deep are your mudroom lockers? (Follow-Up #7)
posted by: hollyh3kids on 05.23.2010 at 01:59 pm in Building a Home Forum I LOVE LOVE LOVE our mudroom cubbies! They are 26in wide and 20in deep. We have a hook on the back and hooks on each side. So each cubby has three spots to hang stuff. You need to really think about the width because in the winter you have thick puffy coats that need room to hang. We have no problems with room. We also love NO 'bins' underneath for shoes. We are a family that loves to kick off our shoes rather than have to 'pick' them up to place them on a ledge or in a basket. Works great for us and keeps them out of the walkway. Here is a pic:
NOTES: mud room hook placement
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RE: doing whole house audio (Follow-Up #36)
posted by: tracey_b on 05.18.2010 at 10:14 am in Building a Home Forum I'm about to order my audio stuff and had a few more questions:
David--which of the intermediate htd.com's controllers did you get? "Watts" don't mean that much to me--a non-audiophile, so if I go with the MCA-66 amp/controller w/ 60 watts/zone do you think that'd be good enough? Those w/ external amps offer more watts per, but at a higher price. Don't know if I'd miss the extra or not? Also, which Monoprice speakers can you recommend? And, anyone know how you hook together 2 amp/controllers? We're going to end up with more than 6 zones eventually. I know I can use 2 amp/controllers, but how do they share the same audio sources? Splitters from the sources out to the 2 controllers? Many, many thanks! NOTES: <none>
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RE: doing whole house audio (Follow-Up #37)
posted by: david_cary on 05.18.2010 at 02:10 pm in Building a Home Forum Tb. Just get the cheaper intermediate unit. You're right, you don't need the power. You can buy splitters for the audio sources, I think the manual explains hooking up 2 amps.
I just got the cheapest monoprice speakers. There are 2 channel speakers that are more expensive and used when you have one speaker in a room (usually a hall or bath). They also have other more expensive options that you don't need. I went with 6.5 inches inside and 8 inches on a high ceiling screened in porch. NOTES: <none>
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RE: Whole house LED recessed lighting (Follow-Up #12)
posted by: thull on 05.16.2010 at 09:19 pm in Building a Home Forum I'm all about supporting new "green" technology to build demand and reduce prices for the future. But, for just your lighting, $6k is some serious opportunity cost.
I also agree that the payback is probably longer than you're coming up with. The Energy Star website has some calculators, but I spent a minute looking at one and had a hard time believing the 2-year payback it was calculating (http://www.energystar.gov/ia/business/bulk_purchasing/bpsavings_calc/CalculatorCFLsBulk.xls). The little bit I know from my experience- I haven't looked at the LED downlights at all. We replaced MR16 halogens at my office in accent lights with LED bulbs. We were able to get good light color with these, but the light output isn't comparable. In my house, we put in insulation contact airtight (ICAT) recessed cans and used off-the-shelf CFLs in them. My conservative guess is that the cost for these is about $20 each w/ bulb. We finished the remodel 4 years ago, and I can count the number that I've replaced out of ~25 fixtures on one hand (IIRC, it's 2). I think making sure the cans are sealed up is more important to your energy bill by a long shot. The money you're contemplating spending would go a long way toward upgrading some combination of your HVAC, insulation, and/or air sealing of the building envelope. NOTES: USE ICAT cans
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RE: doing whole house audio (Follow-Up #30)
posted by: david_cary on 04.04.2010 at 07:48 am in Building a Home Forum I don't think I realized you were local.
Slick but annoying website - don't know anything about them. Look high dollar. The pics are a good reminder that you have to plan for wall mounted flat screens if that is what you want. Not slick to have a wall mounted tv and then a visible cable box or wires. This is where a whole house video system comes in handy. I got monoprice's speakers despite decent reviews from HTD and the discount if you got them at the time of the system. I can't remember why monoprice but I suspect it was because of 100s of good reviews and they are super cheap. Templating.... What drywall people want is brackets - which are not always available and are ridiculously expensive for what they are (like $20+ for a piece of plastic). I really think they are more than the speakers sometimes. Why an 8 inch round speaker is not an 8 inch round speaker, I'll never know. I guess there is 7 15/16 and 8 1/8. But either way, you are supposed to use matched brackets. A quick check of prices showed from $5 to $50 a piece for the brackets. Check out monoprice.com for some cheap good speakers (and really good prices on everything related to LV). I personally don't think a ceiling is a place for $350 a pair speakers. It is a fantastic place for $50 a pair speakers. We have some 8 in monoprice on our screened in porch with the HTD system and they are plenty loud and sound really good. 6.5 inside with 9-11 ft ceilings NOTES: <none>
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RE: Extra Insulation (Follow-Up #1)
posted by: worthy on 03.25.2010 at 01:37 am in Building a Home Forum Yep, no chemicals, in cellulose insulation from recycled newspapers. LOL
Water-blown polyethyelene foam contains no HFCs, VOCs or CFCs and, were money no object, would be my first choice. Still, the conclusive answer on safety is not in yet on spray foam either. So make sure either type of insulation is well-sealed off from living spaces. And those people with special sensitivities should maybe look to other types of insulation. As for insulating a garage in a warm zone. Unless you plan on cooling or heating your garage, don't bother. What you should insulate is the ceiling of the garage if there is conditioned living space above it. The best choice for that is cc spray foam. NOTES: <none>
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RE: doing whole house audio (Follow-Up #10)
posted by: david_cary on 03.28.2010 at 09:09 am in Building a Home Forum Yes - you do need cat-5 to all control locations. It may not mention it on the surface but you absolutely need it.
Internet radio - best solution is logitech squeezebox duet. My non techie wife uses it daily. You control the station, can fast forward (and rewind depending on source), change volume. I use Pandora and the interface is awesome. It uses wi-fi which for me works in all 5,000 sq feet and in the yard/porches/decks. It has an LCD screen with song and artist info. Sonos is a more expensive competitor. Check the logitech site and you will be impressed - it is about $350. You can just do straight computer to receiver location but the logitech interface is sweet and you don't have to have the computer on. The device uses 5 watts total.... NOTES: <none>
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RE: confused about aluminum-clad windows (Follow-Up #12)
posted by: mcsbldr on 07.29.2008 at 08:55 pm in Windows Forum Mrs. FLGALVR,
Please be sure to check your local resources, as there are extruded aluminum, clad-wood, window manufacturers that build double hung type windows within your dimensions, as standard product. These standard products also conform to hurricane codes, which may be prevalent in your area. Contrary to your inital post, the Pella product is not all extruded, as the sash are roll-formed aluminum, and thus are a weak point in the product. This may be a reason why the unit size is not avalable for you, as the structural rating would be downgraded from that of a company that produces a much stronger window with all extruded aluminum. Therein lies the problem with roll-formed aluminum clad windows, and the reason we do not use them for our building material requirements. Regardless, I believe some other manufacturers also provide the dust-less blind system. Check with Andersen, Eagle, Kolbe or Marvin. Although Andersen does not provide an extruded aluminum product, the others do and certainly would be able to provide the size you are requesting without manipulating the opening or using a different type of window assembly. NOTES: Window manufacturers with extruded aluminum
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RE: windows -- Pella, Anderson, or other??? (Follow-Up #3)
posted by: pps7 on 03.21.2010 at 05:25 pm in Building a Home Forum ooops sorry for the typos. Was on my iphone.
We only looked at extruded aluminum clad and if I remember correctly Pella is a rolled aluminum, not extruded. Others we looked at: Marvin Ultimate casement and Kolbe were the nicest and most expensive. Jeldwen has 3 lines. Custom Wood (formerly Pozzi)-was too expensive. Premium (formerly Norco) was cheaper, but not that much cheaper than Marvin and I felt the Marvin was far better. Jeldwen Builder's series is rolled aluminum cladding. The Windsor was cheaper than all the above. We felt it was good enough. My husband and son have bad allergies so we don't open windows that often. May want to look at Marvin Integrity as well. I would get quotes from all of these. Here's the house so far, obviously we haven't moved in yet, so can't comment on quality yet. My SIL used Windsor for her build 6 years ago and doesn't have any complaints. NOTES: Also BiltBest
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RE: Please help.... we have closed and now the issues start (Follow-Up #7)
posted by: jimandanne_mi on 03.14.2010 at 10:54 pm in Building a Home Forum We sealed our bonus room (over the 3-car garage) floor, knee walls, and ceiling with foam, and then insulated with cellulose. My daughter and grandson sleep there, and it's the warmest room on the 2nd floor. Be sure they seal EVERY crack between the garage ceiling and the MBR/bath floor with the foam.
In my previous home (a condo), I had a long wall crack and some tie rod form holes that had popped leaks sealed with some kind of soft white goop--done by a company called Mr. Sponge. Their web site is mrsponge.com, but they are only in Michigan. They have some kind of proprietary sealer that they inject, but maybe if you look at the Fox News explanation posted on their web site, you can figure out what to ask someone in your area about for your leaks. 25 years later, when we had to take out the finished wall paneling to fix a different leak, these patches were still as dry as a bone, and the goop was just as resilient as the day it was put in. The walls are repaired from the INSIDE. Our present master bath is on 2 NW facing outside walls plus a garage wall, has a 9' ceiling, and is too cool for me--it's also at the far end of the heating run from the furnace. We just use a small space heater sometimes in Nov-Mar, and it is fine. However, with your "HUGE bathroom with very, very high cathedral ceilings", if a space heater doesn't solve the problem, you may have to make a choice between tearing up the floor tile and putting in radiant, or dropping the ceiling down quite a few feet. We put radiant in our lower level bathroom, since my mother was supposed to spend several months down there. As it turned out my daughter uses that bath to shower, but even though it can be cool during the winter (we're still in the process of adjusting our ducts throughout the house, since when we use the woodstove it throws off the house thermostat), she doesn't use the radiant since it takes a while to warm the floor, and she doesn't pre-set it. We got a Brookstone sleep therapy machine similar to the one linked below to block out the noise of our 3 very young grandchildren (early risers) who live with us during the week. Maybe something like this might help you adjust to the noise from your garage door opening under you. You don't have to spend this much--DH likes his gadgets! We chose a New Age sounding music from the 12 choices, and like that it goes all night. I can empathize with how tired and discouraged you are right now. We were owner-builders, so when we moved in, there were quite a few things that still needed to be finished, and we certainly had our share of unexpected things to be fixed as we went along. We've been in for over 2 years, and our list is getting shorter. Life is finally getting to be more enjoyable now that we're past our major hassles and most of the extra little jobs! The unexpectedness of your need for some major fixes, plus having to spend more money after saving for so long, when you thought you'd move in and love it must be a real downer. I'm sorry you're having to go through this. Part of the difficulty and discouraging part is not knowing how to fix everything. Good luck with it all--they are fixable problems, and I hope some of these suggestions will work for you. Anne Here is a link that might be useful: Brookstone sleep therapy machine NOTES: <none>
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RE: Foam insulation is saving us a bundle in heating $$ (Follow-Up #4)
posted by: emilynewhome on 03.12.2010 at 03:34 pm in Building a Home Forum We are in S.E. Louisiana, we installed foam also. The winters are usually mild, a bit colder this year, although nothing like you folks up north! Summers are very hot and humid. Our heating and A/C bill averages just under $100 month for 3000 sq ft home
Yes expensive initially, but well worth the monthly savings! NOTES: <none>
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RE: Cost-Plus or Fixed Price? (Follow-Up #4)
posted by: macv on 03.04.2010 at 12:20 pm in Building a Home Forum A clarification of contract terms may help. A Cost of the Work contact should always have a Fixed Fee but that Fee can be based on a fixed percentage of the billed Cost or it can be a fixed Lump Sum amount paid in installments. Both fees are considered "fixed" to distinguish them from the Cost of the Work or the Budget prepared by the builder.
A Cost of the Work contract should have a well itemized Budget established by the contractor and the contractor should frequently update it as the work is bought-out, performed and paid for so you can know how you are doing (you can do this yourself but it's quite a bit harder since you have to get the information from the contractor in a timely fashion) Without that management service, a Cost of the Work contract can lead to serious cost overruns without sufficient warning for you to do something about it especially if the Budget was not accurate or the documents incomplete. It is possible to receive competitive bids for the Fixed Fee or a Guaranteed Maximum Price along with proposals for management services and to then award the contract on that basis, but not on the basis of the proposed Budget since that price is not binding. Guaranteed Maximum Prices are rare in home building because there is no upside profit possibility if he keeps the cost down. Cost of the Work contracts are not for inexperienced owners or builders unskilled in project management unless, of course, there is no project cost limit. NOTES: <none>
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RE: Calling all serious cooks! (Follow-Up #5)
posted by: loves2cook4six on 02.03.2010 at 08:04 pm in Kitchens Forum 1. Zones
2. Storage, in some cases like salt, having it in the baking and prep zones 3. Appliances for efficiency not design 4. TWO Dishwashers but we're a big family who entertain a lot. 5. PLANNING. Cannot stress this enough. Take inventory of what you will want to have in your kitchen and plan where it will all go when you are done. There shouldn't be any surprises. 6. PLANNING. When you have a working layout, label where you will be storing everything from pantry staples, to pots and pans and then walk through a couple of your favorite recipes and see if it still works. Tweak as necessary. 7.PLANNING. When you are walking through all those recipes, think about small appliances. Where will they be stored? What about electrical outlets? If you're using plugmold, what will be "permanently" plugged in? You may want to consider a few strategic outlets to hide those dangling cords. Honestly, I don't think you can overplan a kitchen. Make conscious decisions based on an informed basis means that even where you make choices that aren't optimal, they have been done with thought. Ours was choosing form over fnction in locating the DW/prep sink. We didn't want the sink visible from the front door. NOTES: Plug mold vs. a couple of standard outlets for cords.
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Weber Braai Competition & Recipes
November 14, 2012 in Beef, Braaing, chicken, Pork, ribs, Weber
I entered my first braai competition the other weekend (3rd November), it was first time I have ever done this. Thought it was a good time to see how my food racked up.
The event was organised to find some new "Braai Masters" to represent South Africa, one of the first events of its kind. As In Oct 2013 there will be a team of South African "Braaibassadors" going to the 25th Jack Daniel's World BBQ Invitational an annual event in Lynchburg,Tennessee,USA. With braais and prizes sponsored by Weber.
Well we arrived in Alberton Jackson Dam, expecting a lovely summers day and all we got was this cold wind blowing off the dam. Not good for braaing at all. The day started nice and early 7am, As we needed 6 hours cooking time to cook my ribs "low and slow" style. But this cold wind wasn't doing me any favours.
We were also spoilt to have a local celebrity there, that being Braaiboy – the man who made the guinness book of records for braaing the longest ever of 60 hours! Who was one of the judges
But just some rules for the competition.
Category 1: Meat – Pork Ribs; Chicken and Beef Ribs / Steak
- Each team is encouraged to prepare all 3 meat dishes, but may opt to prepare only 1
- Points from a team's best dish will be taken into consideration for prizes
- Weber will be providing braais for each team
- Teams to provide their own (uncooked) meat and other braai requirements
- Using wood chips to include a smoke element is encouraged
Category 2: Basting/Marinade
- A homemade marinade or basting sauce
- The recipe may include any ingredients, but must contains at least either Jack Daniel's or Mrs. Ball's Chutney (or both)
Judging will start at 13h00 for Chicken 13h30 for beef and 14h00 for pork
Being Organised is Essential
My 3 meats were the following:
- Smoked Dry rubbed Pork Ribs, cooked low and slow
- Smoked Marinated Prime Rib off the bone
- Asian style chicken thighs
Pork Ribs Recipe
- 4 racks of Pork Ribs
- Yellow Mustard hot dog style
- apple juice
- apple vinegar
- 1 Cup UNSOAKED wood chips – I like to use hickory for pork
Pork Rub
Ingredients – Can be used on ribs or any other pork cuts
- 1/2 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup paprika
- 1/4 cup kosher salt
- 1/4 cup garlic powder
- 2 tablespoons ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons ground ginger powder
- 2 tablespoons onion powder
- 2 tablespoons chipotle powder
- 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
- 1 tablespoon curry powder
- 2 tablespoon dried thyme
- 1 tablespoon chickens stock powder ( I use Ina Paarman's)
- 1 tablespoon beef stock powder
- 2 cups Apple Juice
- 1 Cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup yellow mustard
- 1/4 cup dry rub
- Trim off any excess fat on ribs, then coat in yellow mustard and then generously add dry rub all over pork ribs
- keep over night in the fridge for 12-24 hours to marinate with dry rub. Wrap tight in cling film
- You can also make your mop the day before as well. Mix all ingredients and stir well
When cooking these ribs you want to cook them between 100 – 140 degrees Celsius. Thus its known as "low and slow" cooking. So you want to prepare an indirect fire and method to make you cook for 6 hours without needing to add more charcoal is called the "Minion Method". The process is pretty easy, as you can see by the pictures. Firstly you want to get 8-10 briquettes lit. Once these are getting to that whitish colour, you can prepare Weber with your briquettes. You want to lay out 2 briquettes next to each other in a semi circle. Then add large pieces of lumpwood on top, for a pyramid affect. Then you want to add dry smoking chips (dont need to be soaked in water) on top of the coals, but only on the first half of the circle. As you only want to smoke in the beginning of the cooking process. Once this is ready and your briquettes are lit you are ready, add to one side of the circle of charcoal to get the fire going.
Minnion Method
Drip Pan
Then you want to add your drip pan filled with water. Put the grid on and let the fire to get going – 10 – 15mins. Then you are ready to put the ribs on, over the drip pan.
Ribs on
The key to keeping your temperature correctly is by controlling the bottom vent and NOT the top vent. I find using a wire hanger as the right gap of the air vents to be open in the bottom. But this is something you have to experiement with as it will be different for other people and depending on the weather. I had to keep the vents open wider due to the cold wind.
- After the first hour of cooking, you now want to put the mop on to the ribs and rotate the ribs around. Taking the one closest to the fire and moving it the coldest point.
- Then every 30 mins you will be mopping and rotating the ribs
- After a total of 3 hours of cooking, you then want to wrap the ribs in foil with 1/4 cup of apple juice. Don't pour apple juice on top of ribs as will take off dry rub crust. Cooking in foil for 30-45 mins. This method is known as the "Texas Crutch"
- Once finished cooking in the foil, take out foil and keep cooking. You can take the apple juice and add to your mop.
- You will now keep mopping every 30mins for another 1 – 2 hours, depending on how cooked they are.
- The best way to tell if ribs are ready is to grab ribs on the end and jiggle them, if they are cooked they will crack
- Now rest ribs in foil for at least 30 mins to them soften and get juices back into the meat. Best way to do this, wrap ribs in foil into a towel and place into a cooler-box.
- Cut ribs and serve! Yummy
Ribs after 3 Hours of Cooking
Texas Crutch – Apple Juice onto Ribs in foil
Final Product
Smoked Marinated Prime Rib
3/4 Bone prime rib, ask butcher to remove bone or can do it yourself. Make sure roast is tied up properly, so meat is uniform shape and will then cook evenly.
1 Cup unsoaked wood chips, mixed 50/50 hickory and pecan.
- 1 Cup worcester sauce
- 1/4 cup low salt soy sauce
- 2 tablespoon Rosemary
- 4 garlic bulbs crushed
- 1 tsp rock salt
- 1 tablespoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon powder beef stock
- 2 tablespoon brown sugar
Mix all ingredient's together and marinate beef in a zip lock bag for 24 hours, turning after 12 hours.
Cooking temperatures and times
Once again prepare fire indirect, with coals on one side and drip pan on other side, also place your mix . Place the meat in the indirect zone above the drip pan where it is surrounded by 165°c air. Also now put in your meat thermometer into thicket part of the prime rib, this will be your guide to when the meat is ready. You don't want to read the air temp in the dome, you need to read the air temp on the grate next to the meat. So what I do is place a thermometer on the grate, so I know the temperature is correct. If you don't want to do this, I have found the thermostat in the dome is about 10-15 degrees higher then where the grid temperature is.
After first 45 mins of cooking, you should take remaining marinade and re-baste meat. Then do this every 15mins, until you have reached 55 degrees. You now want to brown the meat to place meat directly over coals and get the meat nice and browned for about 10 minutes. By this time your meat should be at the right temperature, you now want to rest it for at least 30mins. Once again wrap in foil, wrap in a towel and place in a cooler-box. Meat will come out steaming hot.
Basting the Meat
Once ready, slice meat into 5mm thick slices. It will be so tender and juicy! Enjoy
Asian style chicken thighs
8 Chicken Thighs
- 4 chopped garlic cloves
- 1/2 cup soy sauce
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 to 3 tablespoons fresh ginger grated
- 1/2 cup whiskey
Mix all together and cover chicken thighs
Once again we are cooking these indirect for about 40-50 mins (temperature of fire around 180-200 degrees Celsius). so prepare fire for indirect cooking. You wont need a drip pan for these. Place chicken thighs on grid, close lid and cook for 30mins before you baste them every 10mins. After about 40mins, you can now brown directly over the coals and re-baste them at the same time. Once ready wrap in foil and let rest for 10-15mins
I came 2nd overall for the competition, with the judges loving the prime rib! The winner of the day for the beef.
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A free Harry Potter Party in the Community Room at the library, 702 E. Front, will celebrate the 15th anniversary of the publication of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone."
The book, which is J.K. Rowling's debut novel, was published on 26 June 1997 by Bloomsbury in London under the title of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone." In 1998 Scholastic Corp. published an edition for the United States using the "Sorcerer's Stone" title. The novel won most of the British book awards that were judged by children, and other awards in the U.S. The book reached the top of the New York Times list of best-selling fiction in August 1999, and stayed near the top of that list for much of 1999 and 2000. It has been translated into several other languages and has been made into a feature-length film of the same name.
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A jihadist organization calling itself the Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem (MSC) has claimed responsibility for yesterday's cross border attack in Israel, according to the SITE Intel Group.
The attack was launched near a security fence that Israel is constructing along its border with Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. One Israeli civilian was killed after the attackers detonated an improvised explosive device and then opened fire on two vehicles carrying construction workers. At least two terrorists were killed during the raid.
In videos released by the Ibn Taymiyyah Media Center, MSC members stand in front of al Qaeda-style flags. And, in a statement, the MSC dedicated the attack to slain al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. "We present this blessed invasion ... to the soul of the lion of Islam, the reviver of jihad, and the raiser of the banner, Sheikh Mujahid Osama bin Muhammad bin Laden," the MSC says, according to a translation by SITE.
The MSC also dedicates the attack to "the Syrian Muslim jihadi people," to "all the mujahideen and their commanders and emirs in all the battlefields of jihad," and to the "Salafi Jihadi oppressed lions in the land of the Gaza glory."
The MSC repeats common jihadist talking points, saying it is waging jihad "to become a building block in the global project aiming for the return of the rightly-guided Caliphate and the institution of the pure Shariah."
The MSC identified the two fighters who led the raid in Israel as an Egyptian named Khalid Salah Abdul Hadi Jadullah (a.k.a. Abu Salah al Masri) and a Saudi named Adi Saleh Abdullah al Fudhayli al Hadhli (a.k.a Abu Hudhayfa al Hudhali).
Al Qaeda presence in the Sinai
The Sinai has been an increasing cause of concern for Israeli officials since the onset of Egypt's revolution. The MSC is not the first Sinai-based terrorist organization to claim ideological affinity for, if not organizational ties to, al Qaeda. Numerous jihadist groups, including others linked to al Qaeda, reportedly operate there.
In December 2011, a group named Ansar al Jihad in the Sinai Peninsula announced its formation and pledged to "fulfill the oath" of Osama bin Laden.
Then in January of this year, Ansar al Jihad swore allegiance to al Qaeda emir Ayman al Zawahiri.
"To our beloved emir and honorable sheikh, Abu Muhammad Ayman al Zawahiri ... from your soldiers in the beloved Sinai in the Land of the Quiver [Egypt], we give you allegiance for obedience in good and bad, in difficulty and ease, and altruism," Ansar al Jihad said in a statement that was also translated by SITE. "So, throw us wherever you wish.... We will never quit or surrender until the last drop of our blood [is spilled] in the Cause of Allah and until Islam rules by the help of Allah the Almighty."
Ansar al Jihad is the military arm of al Qaeda in the Sinai Peninsula, which announced its existence in the summer of 2011 when it released pamphlets in the town of Al Arish in the northern Sinai. Al Qaeda in the Sinai Peninsula has been establishing ties with Gaza-based Salafist groups and is seeking to coordinate operations, a US intelligence official told The Long War Journal in late December 2011. There are at least four al Qaeda-linked organizations operating in Gaza. [See LWJ report, Israel kills 'Global Jihad affiliated-terrorists' in Gaza airstrikes.]
It is not clear how the newly-announced MSC fits into the matrix of al Qaeda-linked organizations operating in the Sinai and Gaza. Given its first successful raid, and open allegiance to Osama bin Laden's jihad, this is likely not the last time the group will make itself known.


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