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Xequecal
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That's definitely an interior wall. If it's water damage coming from something on the roof I might be able to get my homeowner's association to fix it, they're responsible for stuff on the outside. Going to be interesting to see if they agree with that assessment or try to weasel out of it.
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Yeah, there's no doubt in my mind that is wide drywall tape that was poorly done. You may have to tear it out and remud the corners. It's probably something like this, which might work good on a perfectly straight, square wall. So, no where will it work properly, really.
Strait-Flex 4 in. x 100 ft. Wide-Flex 400 Laminated Composite Drywall Corner Tape-WF-100S at The Home Depot
I hate inside corners. Sorry, bro.
Strait-Flex 4 in. x 100 ft. Wide-Flex 400 Laminated Composite Drywall Corner Tape-WF-100S at The Home Depot
I hate inside corners. Sorry, bro.
Oldbased
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Ya, what I mean is a wall that is on the exterior of the house or a interior wall which is not connected to the exterior of the house. A lot of times when water pools into a corner like that, if not a bathroom upstairs, it is coming from a vent pipe that is going down the wall or eves that are directing water due to gutter/drip edge issues.
Normally drywall is installed on ceiling first then the wall sheet up to it with tape over the seams. It appears the leak/water is coming in on framing corner then running down the seams both ways( and the gap where the 2 corner sheets meet down the wall ) That is not a small amount of water either, but it isn't a massive gusher, the thing you need to remember is that due to where it is, much of the water is not being seen( going down the framing ).
Oldbased
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Most people always end up asking how in the hell do I install the medallion, as it has no holes, screws or anything.
First thing is avoid the really decorative ones as they usually don't have a big enough inset for a ceiling fan cover so get one with a flat area around center hole. Take the ceiling fan mounting cover and see how much it overlaps between box cutout and where it covers and screw it up so that the cover covers the screws. I didn't see any heavy texture so no need to worry about that part.
And you probably know but spray it outside.
You can also spray door handles/hinges and even bathroom towel bars this way too and they will hold up many years using the really good rustoleum paints. Been doing that to peoples home lately changing from ugly worn brass to satin nickles and oil rubbed bronze at a fraction of new handles/hinges.
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Oldbased
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Have had to use companies whom do that for many many years. Every fire/water damage job it has to be done to clean out soot and molds. It is effective and the good companies who do it will 100% remove the smell of smoke which means anything else will be removed/sealed as well. They will put cloths over each vent to catch debris and run unit to vent, vent to unit with a machine then spray a sealer into the duct to seal it.
Tiny leaks will be sealed such as metal to metal seams and whatnot due to pressure pushing the sealant to that point, but in the last several houses I've done work in I found gaping holes/busted ducts under the house no sealant would fix.
Thankfully the company who does it can also test pressure in ducts/vents for a fee and determine if you have a massive hole someplace due to rot/rodents and whatnot.
Aside from ditching carpet one of the healthiest and energy savings projects you can have done.
Tiny leaks will be sealed such as metal to metal seams and whatnot due to pressure pushing the sealant to that point, but in the last several houses I've done work in I found gaping holes/busted ducts under the house no sealant would fix.
Thankfully the company who does it can also test pressure in ducts/vents for a fee and determine if you have a massive hole someplace due to rot/rodents and whatnot.
Aside from ditching carpet one of the healthiest and energy savings projects you can have done.
Noodleface
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Fence guys are here. I said "I don't think we can do the 9 feet man theres that stump and rock in the way." He said he'd figure something out. Just looked outside and stump and rock were removed.
Nice dudes. Saved me having a fence 4 feet more in my yard and now it's at the 9 feet mark.
Nice dudes. Saved me having a fence 4 feet more in my yard and now it's at the 9 feet mark.
Oldbased
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I use perfect 90 brand for corners now due to being 2 coats and done, with paper tape I always have to mud each side and let dry and it just took to damn long. Same thing on ceiling repairs, perfect 90 when repairing, cut out, coat, imbed, coat again and let dry sand and done usually. Shit is expensive but worth it for me when I value my time over my well my time.
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holy shit.. The dude wanted 2k.. Before he gave me price he asked me what I was expecting to pay. I told him around $500? He was like oh no! Thats real low. He asked me where I came up with that number. I told him in the This Old House video they said it runs around 1500-2k for a house over 2000sqft. My house is like 1200 tops. It's a rancher and the systems run across the basement. He said square footage isn't how the get the price. I have 6 rooms that get a vent and only 3 have a return. He was like well give me a number and maybe we can work on it with the company.. I told him I didn't want to insult him because I was only expecting to pay around $500. Think I should ask another company?
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yes ask another company, it does cost more on vents than sq footage but both play a role due to length of lines.At your house size you SHOULD be looking at $800 to $1100 unless you live in a place where money is worthless compared to rest of US ( Cali/NY so forth).
I should add that price is if you are having them sealed as well. If they are just cleaning them and sanitizing them it would be half that.
I'm curious the company name that gave you that price. I bet they do NOT have a good record. It should take 2-3 guys 2-3 hours to complete the work, including cleaning the coil/blower and inspection. The materials for it is a tiny fraction.
I should add that price is if you are having them sealed as well. If they are just cleaning them and sanitizing them it would be half that.
I'm curious the company name that gave you that price. I bet they do NOT have a good record. It should take 2-3 guys 2-3 hours to complete the work, including cleaning the coil/blower and inspection. The materials for it is a tiny fraction.
I have, I love it. I have a lower power bill than literally any of my neighbors... and I haven't even gotten insulation reinstalled yet from vacuuming it out of the attic so I could redo the electrical, that'll cut it down even more. Also it is used all over Asia and Europe, America is the only country where ducted is common and it is way less efficient. The "zonal" aspect can be a downside, because you go into a room and turn on a unit it'll be hot/cold for a few minutes (literally only a few) before the unit can do its magic. The newer ones have a programmed in min/max temp that it won't let the room go under/over, so it is never unbearable. The fact that my bathroom is hotter/colder is a bit of a downside. Any specific questions? I did a lot of research on this when I decided to go ductless.
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Welp. Was going to redo my roof but that's pretty much been nixed by the wife who feels that for something this important we should get it professionally done. I'm not interested in arguing over the privilege of doing it so I got 4 estimators coming out this weekend. I'm guessing somewhere in the $11-$13k range, especially because we have some fun dry rot to get dealt with. We'll see what they come up with. Wish me luck on not being a noob and getting screwed!
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