my baby - I'm going to do it. Had a guy install new kitchen windows, put in stair rails and a new stove hood. He made it clear twice that he wanted to work on the tank and get it finished. His helper must be blind in one eye and is a slovenly painter and does not know how to do finish work. I had to finish and paint the ceiling around the stove hood. I had him rip out his horrible job around the kitchen windows and had to finish and paint the sills and trim myself. There were about a thousand nail holes to fill in the beautiful redwood after he ripped out his shoddy work. Didn't know what to use to fill in the gap where the one window post had been, so used Polygem epoxy putty that I use on my fish tank backgrounds and painted it. I can at least live with the results now. Still need to have one window taken out and put in straight. Still need to do the finish painting around the stair rails. His working in my tank is NEVER going to happen. I'm stuck with me, myself and I on that project.
Ancient single pane windows
new windows - have acrophobia and hated standing on the kitchen counter to work. Repeated resanding and painting to get the results I wanted. Yeah, I know, you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, but I gave it my best effort. All these unexpected projects took away time from working in the tank
I will consider hiring someone to do all the plumbing on the tank when the backgrounds and floor are finished.
