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Bro you just described my sister-in-laws house /neighborhood exactly. And they are still building them like crazy.
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There was this corner that had 1 house, it was on an intersection that I drove by every day to school growing up. Just a normal size house, but a big corner lot.
Drove by visiting my parents and WOW- it was town down, and 5 houses are now there, new construction listed each just over 1mill each asking price.
Insane.
Drove by visiting my parents and WOW- it was town down, and 5 houses are now there, new construction listed each just over 1mill each asking price.
Insane.
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So my first major room renovation is nearly complete. This was the largest and worst condition room in the house. I removed popcorn ceiling, skim coated and re taped the edge of the entire ceiling (assholes wallpapered directly onto the tape on the walls) and then installed 12 can lights, fishing the romex and patching the access holes and then had to prime and paint the ceiling. I removed old wallpaper and did 10 or so passes on all the walls with mud to fix damage from wallpaper removal, relevel, fixed nail pops, and re-taped a couple minor issues. I caulked all the door and two oversized double hung window casings. I sanded, deglossed, primed and painted all the casings. I then primed and painted the walls.
Because I decided to level up my painting skills and did all the cut ins by hand, there's a few tiny stray marks I have to touch up this weekend. Last painting step is baseboard. Then replacing all the old receptacles, buying some new blinds and massive cleanup.
I think I can finish this weekend. It's been far too long already, as I had to start and stop this project several times over the last year just because it wasn't the top priority. The end is almost in sight now.
After this room, there is one left in the house with wallpaper, a small office. Mercifully it's only like 14x14 so like 1/3 the size of the family room I'm finishing now. Everything else in the bottom floor is just minor drywall touch ups and paint, which should be one weekend per area without much fuss.
I was quoted 38-45k to do only part of this work (demo/replace the two popcorn ceilings and paint the bottom floor). Instead my all-in cost is less than 1k, mostly in tools that are reusable. That's including all new electrical, light fixtures, paint, cellular shades, etc. I've improved my drywall skills to the point where I feel highly competent, as I was able to achieve a level 5 finish on a ceiling and install 12 can lights to within a mm tolerance. I can also tape and level anything without much issue. I've ditched the pan and use a hawk without any mess.
This house wasn't really our first choice (thx COVID market), but the property was the best and while it's way too big the interior just needed some minor cosmetics to really make it nice. The difference is just night and day between the old and the new. The new room is thoroughly refreshed and classic, instead of dated and faded. It's going to be nice to eventually finish the first floor.
Because I decided to level up my painting skills and did all the cut ins by hand, there's a few tiny stray marks I have to touch up this weekend. Last painting step is baseboard. Then replacing all the old receptacles, buying some new blinds and massive cleanup.
I think I can finish this weekend. It's been far too long already, as I had to start and stop this project several times over the last year just because it wasn't the top priority. The end is almost in sight now.
After this room, there is one left in the house with wallpaper, a small office. Mercifully it's only like 14x14 so like 1/3 the size of the family room I'm finishing now. Everything else in the bottom floor is just minor drywall touch ups and paint, which should be one weekend per area without much fuss.
I was quoted 38-45k to do only part of this work (demo/replace the two popcorn ceilings and paint the bottom floor). Instead my all-in cost is less than 1k, mostly in tools that are reusable. That's including all new electrical, light fixtures, paint, cellular shades, etc. I've improved my drywall skills to the point where I feel highly competent, as I was able to achieve a level 5 finish on a ceiling and install 12 can lights to within a mm tolerance. I can also tape and level anything without much issue. I've ditched the pan and use a hawk without any mess.
This house wasn't really our first choice (thx COVID market), but the property was the best and while it's way too big the interior just needed some minor cosmetics to really make it nice. The difference is just night and day between the old and the new. The new room is thoroughly refreshed and classic, instead of dated and faded. It's going to be nice to eventually finish the first floor.
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i saw a tip to keep one of these touch up paints around, yea you basically syringe a bit in and as long aas you cap it off, it stays fresh
Slobproof Touch-Up Paint Pen - Refillable Paint Brush Pens - Touch-Up Paint Pens for Walls, Window, Wood - Fillable Paint Pens w/ Any Paint Types (Fill with Own Paint for a Precise Match), 2-in-1 Pack
i actually have it around for other purposes, keep round up in it and you can paint just 1 leaf on a weed instead of spray to kill everything
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Welp, bed guy ended up being totally shady and only had some used frames and ended up backing out.
The condo association is 100% asshole in terms of micromanaging what you can do in terms of flooring, which makes the prices insane. Turns out the amount of flooring I actually want to put vinyl in for is 330 sq ft. The company that uses the expensive underlayment gave me two quotes. $6k and $8k. So that's a no for now. I will get my loft bed though. They don't have rules about that, and if they do they can get fucked. High quality aluminum kit + bookshelf stairs that can hold my fat ass + installers will end up being about $5k, which I can cover.
I will save up this year and when next year's bonus rolls around I should be able to get flooring.
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So nearly done after a heart attack. Primed the baseboard and sanded it. Came back and found tiny black specks all over the walls. Looked like black mold, which was crazy because there was no mold and suddenly after painting with brand new top of the line paint it appeared? Ended up finally finding a spec big enough to zoom in on, turns out the 3M sanding sponges I just bought for the baseboard shed these little foam specks. Crazy that the 'cheap' sanding sponges I've been using for years don't do this but the 3M ones leave shit everywhere. They floated up and stuck to the walls EVERYWHERE. Just had to wipe them all down with a swiffer but wtf.
So finished painting baseboards, finished all my touch ups, redid all the outlets in the room and put fresh plates on. Threw out all the trash. Just need to do a deep cleaning now once everything cures a bit more, then I can install the shades and tidy up.
So finished painting baseboards, finished all my touch ups, redid all the outlets in the room and put fresh plates on. Threw out all the trash. Just need to do a deep cleaning now once everything cures a bit more, then I can install the shades and tidy up.
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so i've been using my ryobi mower for a few years, since i moved here it was the first purchase i did (cuz i wanted to try it over the gas mower), now ryobi sends me a letter that it could overheat and kill me, only 5 ppl affected, but if i snip a few wires they'll send me a new one, so that's what i'll do i haven't had tech get back to me yet, a few ppl have done it and gotten the full kit, meaning mower and battery and chargers, so thats why i'mma do this, mo free batteries is always a good thing.
heres the reddit thread
Koushirou
, it might affect you or not, i know you got a ryobi mower
lift up the battery lid and it's there to see
heres the reddit thread
Koushirou
, it might affect you or not, i know you got a ryobi mowerlift up the battery lid and it's there to see
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So this is the completed room for now. Everything ultimately turned out pretty good. The room was popcorn ceilings with only one switched outlet for a floor lamp, 40 year old wallpaper, stained wood trim, beige metal baseboards and ivory outlets/switches. Thankfully the windows themselves are all new high end vinyl replacements. The carpet is staying in for now until I finish the rest of the bottom floor. I need to have the hardwood in the rest of the house refinished so will have it carried into this room as well. It will be bittersweet since I will have to redo all the baseboards at that point since its down to the subfloor. We did carpet clean it after this so it cleaned up a bit nicer. For right now it's become storage of what was in the office and my tools for the projects since we weren't using this room anyway yet.
Really like the low profile LED 'can' lights. I got ones with night/warm light feature. Both modes dim, and there's enough of them that it is actually nice in there with the night light mode on full blast. Paint isn't perfect, but since I did it by hand with no masking I think it came out OK. I wanted the practice.
Started on the next room, this is what it feels like to have the wallpaper simply come off the wall in sheets after the bastard of the previous room where it took like two weeks of picking everything apart since it shredded into multiple layers when trying to remove it:
Literally removed half the room's wallpaper in one tank of the steamer, and barely any tear out.
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Did Saferacks, they’ve held up well. Installing them was a pain in the ass because my stud finder kept giving me false positives. There are some companies around here who install them for pretty cheap, I should’ve just done that.
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Ahh, those sweet words every man wants to hear as a pick-me-up when it's raining outside and spirits are down: "Dad? Is there supposed to be water coming from that light fixture?"
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Well why isn't there a 'rustled' reaction in this thread? Grr. Anyhow yeah that does truly suck.
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is it something easy like a secondfloor w/ attic access or is this shit coming out your kitchen and you already have a second floor
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Kitchen, but single floor. Got up in the attic and crawled around, found an offending half-round vent with water pooling inside and dripping in. Went up on the roof, removed some debris between the vent and neighboring tile that was causing water to puddle, drilled a couple strategic weep holes, and it seems ok. It might not be the root problem but the roof is cement tile and I don't want to go trying to pull those out in the rain to see what's happening underneath.
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The sibling to: "What's going on with this giant bubble in the ceiling?"
It's amazing how much latex paint can stretch.
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