nuxx
.Registered Member
I was thinking the same thing :eek2:
1000 Gallon Build- Here we go- Lots of Pictures
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I was thinking the same thing :eek2:
kirkaz
Jade
It's all about having fun.
Btw- Lots of activity at the house but I'm waiting for a bit more progress on the cabinets before I post more photos. My bar installation starts tomorrow.
Have you picked countertops yet? That a fun......but expensive. Amazing some of the stuff that comes out of the earth.
nuxx
.Registered Member
We're about to redo our kitchen and master bath and are thinking of Onyx. Seems like a really interesting stone.
kirkaz
Jade
A lot great options out there, we did mostly granite, some quartz, and even a travertine slab in the master bath and closet....we avoided marble as we were told it can stain more easily, and our kids are not so careful......about 2 weeks from install, anxious to see it.
dave.m
Active member
Do the glass jar test on countertop materials. Take a glass jar from the kitchen along with you to the show room. Put some weight on the glass jar and move the bottom of the jar across the surface, just like would happen at home. If the material's surface scratches you know that's not the stuff you want in your home. No matter how nice it looks in the showroom you don't want to be freaking out about scratching the counters for the next twenty years.
Dave.M
Dave.M
Yes. all the cabinet bottoms are in and they have already templated the countertops. We are doing a combination of granite, marble and Quartzite.
Marble is beautiful but very porous. It will stain like a mother so we are not using any marble in the kitchen. Marble is only being used in the bathroom countertops where you only have water to deal with and not red wine and mustard and ketchup.
Granite is going on my bar.
quartzite is going in the entire kitchen. Now there is Quartz- which is a man made product (a mixture or resin and stone). Quartz can look nice and is very durable. But we wanted a natural stone. Quartzite is actually gorgeous and its more durable than granite. Its more expensive for sure but the reason we are using it in the kitchen is that is for its durability.
Onyx is nice as it is somewhat translucent and you can backlight it. It gives a very nice glow. But do not use it in your kitchen. It is a very soft material and it will absolutely get destroyed in the kitchen. The other downsize to onyx is that it is very expensive. 3-4X the cost of granite and 10X softer.
We are using a small onyx slab in our powder room which we found as a remnant left over piece for about 500 bucks. This is a low traffic area so ideal use of onyx here.
We have all our lower cabinets in place and as I stated, they are fabricating all countertops now. I expect install next week. This week has been awesome at the house. 15-20 people working everyday. They have completed so much. Lighting is going in. Cabinets are going in. The thing that is going to go slow is tile. They have started tile but told me to expect 6 weeks before its complete.
Agree with this. Stay away from marble in high use areas. It stains and is porous. Granite is a great option. Quartzite is a great option but more expensive than granite.
I know. They warned me how long this was going to take. Tile laying starts Monday. All the prep work has been competed.
Lots of great work has been done. Very happy with the progress. Here are some shots:
This is our main hallway in the home. Lots of symmetry in the archway. The entire hallway and the columns of the arch will be covered in wainscoting.
Formal dining room: My wifes choice on the lighting. This room is being used as a staging room for the cabinetry.
Master bath chandelier -
gotta be honest. I feel like I have to turn in my man card for this but this is the choice of the wife. Happy wife= happy life
Man card redemption. This is my theater. The entire theater will be black. Black book, black walls, black carpet. The seats are red.
And the most important items- The tank. Tank is set to be delivered Wednesday. Hopefully the install goes smooth. 98 inches long, 48 inches deep, 40 inches high. Center overflow:
Side shot. I will be creatively covering the overflow box with rock work. Still lots of work to do obviously with the set up but we are getting closer and closer every day:
Thank you for allowing me to share our home and build with you all.
This is our main hallway in the home. Lots of symmetry in the archway. The entire hallway and the columns of the arch will be covered in wainscoting.
Formal dining room: My wifes choice on the lighting. This room is being used as a staging room for the cabinetry.
Master bath chandelier -
gotta be honest. I feel like I have to turn in my man card for this but this is the choice of the wife. Happy wife= happy life
Man card redemption. This is my theater. The entire theater will be black. Black book, black walls, black carpet. The seats are red.
And the most important items- The tank. Tank is set to be delivered Wednesday. Hopefully the install goes smooth. 98 inches long, 48 inches deep, 40 inches high. Center overflow:
Side shot. I will be creatively covering the overflow box with rock work. Still lots of work to do obviously with the set up but we are getting closer and closer every day:
Thank you for allowing me to share our home and build with you all.
I have an idea but till I get the tank in place I dont want to commit to anything. Im planning on cutting live rock and gluing it to the sides of the overflow- will have plenty of powerheads, tunzes, vortex etc on the overflow for flow. The rock will hide the overflow and hide the powerheads.
Thats the plan right now but I reserve the right to change my mind. :twitch:
Looks great man. Love the hallway and for what it's worth, you don't lose your man card when you can fit that behemoth chandelier in "your" master bathroom. Hell, may as well throw a basketball hoop up in there and get a pick up game going. :lmao:
For some reason, I thought this tank was going to be glass, so I went back to the first page and saw this is going to be fish only for now. Is this still the intention? Also, I see your builder has some coral insets in another tank. Maybe it would be wise to have them do an insert but stick some rock in/on it rather than fake corals. Would be a lot easier to do it now rather than trying to do it when the tank is in place and when/if you want to add corals you'll already have the structure. Just a thought.
If not and you want to DIY it, this product may be of interest to you.
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For some reason, I thought this tank was going to be glass, so I went back to the first page and saw this is going to be fish only for now. Is this still the intention? Also, I see your builder has some coral insets in another tank. Maybe it would be wise to have them do an insert but stick some rock in/on it rather than fake corals. Would be a lot easier to do it now rather than trying to do it when the tank is in place and when/if you want to add corals you'll already have the structure. Just a thought.
If not and you want to DIY it, this product may be of interest to you.
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dave.m
Active member
Epic home. Epic tank. Epic build.
If I may, I'd suggest you NOT glue stuff to the central overflow. Give yourself leeway to change things over time. A better way might be to create a frame of black eggcrate (light fixture diffuser) that fits around the central overflow and attach your rocks to that. That way you can cut holes out for returns/powerheads, and modify the equipment in the future.
Dave.M
If I may, I'd suggest you NOT glue stuff to the central overflow. Give yourself leeway to change things over time. A better way might be to create a frame of black eggcrate (light fixture diffuser) that fits around the central overflow and attach your rocks to that. That way you can cut holes out for returns/powerheads, and modify the equipment in the future.
Dave.M
I may not get the basketball hoop but I did get my bar and my private courtyard. Ill have to post photos later when the cabinetry is finished there. I had gone back and forth between glass and acrylic and I just like the clean look of acrylic. With regards to fish only, Ive gone back and forth and have done tons of reading - Im not going to do a full reef because frankly I like a lot of fish that wont be compatible with a full reef. I love blueface and french angels and they will destroy a reef. Ill do lots of live rock and try to slowly add a few pieces and see how the angels. Really my kids have been begging for nemo so if I can get some clowns, some anemones and some angels life will be good. I have lots of time to plan it out.
And no fake corals or anything. The fake stuff I dont like and frankly they were charging an arm and a leg for it. I have a healthy budget for my house and this build but Im not stupid and going to throw money away.
Regardless, ill post some photos of the final plan on how I end up doing it.
Thank you Dave for the kind words. I like the eggcrate idea. Very good thinking on your part for that. Next week Ill post some photos of the tank going into the house.
Very anxious to see that part happen.
A_CoupleClowns
New member
WOW that tank is so massive!!! Seeing actual photos of it does it a little justice, I couldn't imagine standing next to that thing in person. How tall is it including the stand height?
Stuff is coming along quickly, and going together very nicely . Before you know it you will be feeding the fish in that bad boy.
Stuff is coming along quickly, and going together very nicely . Before you know it you will be feeding the fish in that bad boy.
carlos danger
New member
Wow! Subscribed.
nuxx
.Registered Member
House (and tank) look amazing!
Makes me want to build!
Our house is about 5-6 years old and we are just starting to redo the kitchen (appliances/countertops), master bath (tile / shower redo) and adding wood to our upstairs office and master bedroom.
Hopefully will keep us happy with the house for a few more years. Did the pool 2 years ago.
Makes me want to build!
Our house is about 5-6 years old and we are just starting to redo the kitchen (appliances/countertops), master bath (tile / shower redo) and adding wood to our upstairs office and master bedroom.
Hopefully will keep us happy with the house for a few more years. Did the pool 2 years ago.
