YoungBuck95
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Was not expecting it to be hard to find a 30x80 exterior door. Woof.
This is gonna be me knocking down (paying someone to knock down) my shitty detached 70 year old garage/shed (cinderblock construction?) sometime next spring. Hope it's not too expensive but I would be thrilled with that pace of work lol.Well, garages aren't that permanent. At 7:30 this morning there was a two car garage at the house across the street from my Dad's place. As of this posting, the last parts of it are being put into a rolloff construction waste container. Garage this morning. Container of waste before noon.
Im sure the neighbors are wondering, "what's next?"
The door to our bedroom is a bookshelf (1900s bungalow, basement master) and looks pretty cool when closed.Would look great imo
My comment was in jest since it is an exterior door. Not sure LadyYB would be down for thatThe door to our bedroom is a bookshelf (1900s bungalow, basement master) and looks pretty cool when closed.
Drafty windows can cost you lots of heat.Last couple of days we’ve added window insulation kits to all of the (assumed) original windows. Single pane, wood, gappy trim windows let a lot of cold air in. Hoping these are an effective solution. We love the look of the windows but do not enjoy the drafts & cold air.
Last couple of days we’ve added window insulation kits to all of the (assumed) original windows. Single pane, wood, gappy trim windows let a lot of cold air in. Hoping these are an effective solution. We love the look of the windows but do not enjoy the drafts & cold air.
Sounds like on the job training.We are having two exterior doors replaced today and these dudes have been here for more than 7.5 hours so far. I've heard that hanging doors is hard, but fuck.
That is always a potential issue with doors. If the wall holding the door isn't stout, the door will sag sooner or later.To be fair, it looked like they had to do some significant work on the interior of the wall behind the jamb for one of the doors. some of the 1870s brick didn't seem to be holding up super well so they constructed some reinforcements.
Sounds like biofilm. We would also pour some oxyclean down the drain and scrub with a long-handled bottle cleaner. Repeat every 90-ish days.Plumbing question:
- the shower drain in our son's room has a foul odor when hot water runs.
- We've checked the water and it's the drain, not the water
- We done all the cleaning tips for the drain (drill brush, vinegar/baking soda, bleach and boiling water, bioclean - this helped some, but not much)
- P-trap is not dry
had a plumber out once and he said to try the biocleen, but didn't really know what to do. We do have cast iron pipes in that bathroom, so he said maybe the biofilm has sunk into those pipes and they need to be replaced (but suggested the biocleen first b/c that's a lot less expensive)
Any thoughts here, or recommendations for triad plumbers?
Mold is a bitch. Don't fall for his BS.so....we just moved into our new house. Still some things on the list to finish but it's mostly done.
We hired a guy to clean out the ducts- it seems builders dump copious amounts of random things down duct lines. So we decided to pay for a good clean out. Anyway, he noted mold on our floor joists in the crawl space. I also noticed this months ago. The crawl space is fully encapsulated and there is a dehumidifier (which we don't need in western NC this time of year). We brought the mold finding to the attention of the builder and he says this is "standard" and not worth worrying about. I understand how the wood got wet during building/framing but it seems a little dismissive to call it standard. I would have assumed he'd spray it with bleach and say ya'll are good to go now because the space is humidity controlled. Anyone have thoughts or opinions? Should i burn his house down? lol