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Post by Liz n Dick the Halls on Aug 4, 2022 14:27:52 GMT -5
I wonder if that varies by state... hm. I did not know that, but ours took lots of pictures, I feel like he would have just sorta casually included a picture of obvious droppings in the report. Anyway. I'm sorry about the mice. Our inspectors also gave us a verbal report separate from the official written one. They pointed out things that weren't, like, "official" problems, but just sort of like a heads-up. So if an inspector's not officially licensed to identify pest issues with a house, they could at the very least relate it on a human being-to-human being level, you'd think. Regardless, none of this helps solve Powerthirteen's mouse problem! (Oh, and for the record, the inspectors on both of my home purchases missed reasonably big-deal things. My first house had a leaking hook-up in the gas fireplace, which the guy installing hardwood floors after we closed on the place discovered. I shudder to think what would have happened if we'd just moved straight in and tried to light that fireplace. And in my current house, the inspector missed a leaking toilet, which was causing a water stain on the ceiling immediately when you walk inside the back door. So, like, kinda pretty obvious. ::shrugs:: Even good inspectors are fallible!  ) |
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Aug 4, 2022 14:32:05 GMT -5
In other news, I am fascinated; I've received two estimates so far for the light fixture replacement, both national franchises.
The first was Ace Hardware's handyman service; they were confident it could be done in 2 hours or less (2 hrs is their minimum) for $330.
The second was Handyman Connection, which seems to be sort of a hub for local handypeople/craftsmen to be contracted out. They estimated 3-4 hours and $400-500.
Now, that's not a HUGE difference, but I'm still interested that one guy thinks it'll take twice as long as the other guy.
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Post by Baron von Costume on Aug 4, 2022 15:02:31 GMT -5
In other news, I am fascinated; I've received two estimates so far for the light fixture replacement, both national franchises. The first was Ace Hardware's handyman service; they were confident it could be done in 2 hours or less (2 hrs is their minimum) for $330. The second was Handyman Connection, which seems to be sort of a hub for local handypeople/craftsmen to be contracted out. They estimated 3-4 hours and $400-500. Now, that's not a HUGE difference, but I'm still interested that one guy thinks it'll take twice as long as the other guy. that seems crazy >< (the variation that is, unless you have some wacky cable fishing to do replacing a couple fixtures shouldn't take a pro 4 hours) I am lucky in that I found out a friend of my mom has a son just finishing up electrical trade school and I'm going to get him out for some rewiring. I'm happy doing fixtures myself but planning out a new line etc has me wanting backup |
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Aug 4, 2022 15:12:09 GMT -5
In other news, I am fascinated; I've received two estimates so far for the light fixture replacement, both national franchises. The first was Ace Hardware's handyman service; they were confident it could be done in 2 hours or less (2 hrs is their minimum) for $330. The second was Handyman Connection, which seems to be sort of a hub for local handypeople/craftsmen to be contracted out. They estimated 3-4 hours and $400-500. Now, that's not a HUGE difference, but I'm still interested that one guy thinks it'll take twice as long as the other guy. that seems crazy >< (the variation that is, unless you have some wacky cable fishing to do replacing a couple fixtures shouldn't take a pro 4 hours) I am lucky in that I found out a friend of my mom has a son just finishing up electrical trade school and I'm going to get him out for some rewiring. I'm happy doing fixtures myself but planning out a new line etc has me wanting backup They're all replacing existing fixtures, nothing elaborate or hugely heavy, I definitely find 4 hours a little crazy. |
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Post by Powerthirteen on Aug 4, 2022 15:44:43 GMT -5
I wonder if that varies by state... hm. I did not know that, but ours took lots of pictures, I feel like he would have just sorta casually included a picture of obvious droppings in the report. Anyway. I'm sorry about the mice. Our inspectors also gave us a verbal report separate from the official written one. They pointed out things that weren't, like, "official" problems, but just sort of like a heads-up. So if an inspector's not officially licensed to identify pest issues with a house, they could at the very least relate it on a human being-to-human being level, you'd think. Regardless, none of this helps solve Powerthirteen 's mouse problem! (Oh, and for the record, the inspectors on both of my home purchases missed reasonably big-deal things. My first house had a leaking hook-up in the gas fireplace, which the guy installing hardwood floors after we closed on the place discovered. I shudder to think what would have happened if we'd just moved straight in and tried to light that fireplace. And in my current house, the inspector missed a leaking toilet, which was causing a water stain on the ceiling immediately when you walk inside the back door. So, like, kinda pretty obvious. ::shrugs:: Even good inspectors are fallible! ) It's actually possible that there wasn't a significant mouse problem in the house when the inspection was done - we inherited a home inspection that had been done pursuant to a previous offer on our house that had fallen through as a result of the inspection report. So it was a week old when we got it, and then there were four weeks between our offer being made and us moving in. The previous owner swears up and down that she never had mice in the house in the six years she lived there, and that she had had pest control people set out traps multiple times with no results. She told us this after the deal had closed, so it's not like she had any motivation to lie. It's perfectly possible that the mice moved in during the closing process, when the house was vacant, although per the old traps that the exterminator and I found set out (amateurishly) in the crawl space some previous owner had felt the need to deal with rodent problems. What isn't up for debate is that we've sure as hell got them now - the crawl space stinks of mouse urine and is littered with droppings. We've killed two ourselves in the kitchen in the last two weeks. The exterminator and I pulled the fridge out of the built-in cabinet that surrounds it and there's a remarkable amount of mouse droppings back there too, which lines up nicely with how every mouse we've seen and/or killed has been next to the fridge. There are also a truly hair-raising number of easy access points around the outside of the house, thanks to it being old. We decided that half-measures are rarely a good idea and chose to go for the full extermination package - traps and bait stations around the perimeter, traps in the garage, thorough plugging of every visible access point from the inside and the outside, a complete cleanout and examination of the crawl space, and a decontamination fogging of the crawl space. Full thermo-nuclear anti-mouse warfare. If I didn't feel broke before I sure do now. |
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Post by Liz n Dick the Halls on Aug 4, 2022 15:52:04 GMT -5
It's actually possible that there wasn't a significant mouse problem in the house when the inspection was done - we inherited a home inspection that had been done pursuant to a previous offer on our house that had fallen through as a result of the inspection report. So it was a week old when we got it, and then there were four weeks between our offer being made and us moving in. The previous owner swears up and down that she never had mice in the house in the six years she lived there, and that she had had pest control people set out traps multiple times with no results. She told us this after the deal had closed, so it's not like she had any motivation to lie. It's perfectly possible that the mice moved in during the closing process, when the house was vacant, although per the old traps that the exterminator and I found set out (amateurishly) in the crawl space some previous owner had felt the need to deal with rodent problems. What isn't up for debate is that we've sure as hell got them now - the crawl space stinks of mouse urine and is littered with droppings. We've killed two ourselves in the kitchen in the last two weeks. The exterminator and I pulled the fridge out of the built-in cabinet that surrounds it and there's a remarkable amount of mouse droppings back there too, which lines up nicely with how every mouse we've seen and/or killed has been next to the fridge. There are also a truly hair-raising number of easy access points around the outside of the house, thanks to it being old. We decided that half-measures are rarely a good idea and chose to go for the full extermination package - traps and bait stations around the perimeter, traps in the garage, thorough plugging of every visible access point from the inside and the outside, a complete cleanout and examination of the crawl space, and a decontamination fogging of the crawl space. Full thermo-nuclear anti-mouse warfare. If I didn't feel broke before I sure do now. Oh man, what a nightmare! That's crazy to really start looking around and discover how porous a house is in the face of mouse infestation. Sounds like you're taking the best tack here, going in guns blazing. Of course, you know what I'm going to say next... Sounds like you need a cat or two! (My house had evidence of significant mouse activity when we moved in; plenty of droppings in all sorts of corners. But six cats moved in with us, and we've had no fresh droppings and exactly one mouse sighting -- it was in the process of being rounded up by a cat when we discovered it -- in 17 years since. Going Full Exterminator is a great move, but getting some cats for mop-up duty and regular maintenance can be a big help...) |
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Post by Powerthirteen on Aug 4, 2022 16:19:45 GMT -5
It's actually possible that there wasn't a significant mouse problem in the house when the inspection was done - we inherited a home inspection that had been done pursuant to a previous offer on our house that had fallen through as a result of the inspection report. So it was a week old when we got it, and then there were four weeks between our offer being made and us moving in. The previous owner swears up and down that she never had mice in the house in the six years she lived there, and that she had had pest control people set out traps multiple times with no results. She told us this after the deal had closed, so it's not like she had any motivation to lie. It's perfectly possible that the mice moved in during the closing process, when the house was vacant, although per the old traps that the exterminator and I found set out (amateurishly) in the crawl space some previous owner had felt the need to deal with rodent problems. What isn't up for debate is that we've sure as hell got them now - the crawl space stinks of mouse urine and is littered with droppings. We've killed two ourselves in the kitchen in the last two weeks. The exterminator and I pulled the fridge out of the built-in cabinet that surrounds it and there's a remarkable amount of mouse droppings back there too, which lines up nicely with how every mouse we've seen and/or killed has been next to the fridge. There are also a truly hair-raising number of easy access points around the outside of the house, thanks to it being old. We decided that half-measures are rarely a good idea and chose to go for the full extermination package - traps and bait stations around the perimeter, traps in the garage, thorough plugging of every visible access point from the inside and the outside, a complete cleanout and examination of the crawl space, and a decontamination fogging of the crawl space. Full thermo-nuclear anti-mouse warfare. If I didn't feel broke before I sure do now. Oh man, what a nightmare! That's crazy to really start looking around and discover how porous a house is in the face of mouse infestation. Sounds like you're taking the best tack here, going in guns blazing. Of course, you know what I'm going to say next... Sounds like you need a cat or two! (My house had evidence of significant mouse activity when we moved in; plenty of droppings in all sorts of corners. But six cats moved in with us, and we've had no fresh droppings and exactly one mouse sighting -- it was in the process of being rounded up by a cat when we discovered it -- in 17 years since. Going Full Exterminator is a great move, but getting some cats for mop-up duty and regular maintenance can be a big help...) Do not let my daughter hear you lol. Cats would get rid of the mice but cause me to be itchy all the time, which is not necessarily better. |
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Post by Floyd Dinnertime Barber on Aug 7, 2022 20:30:40 GMT -5
I have more plumbing fun coming up. The upstairs toilet is slowly leaking water from the tank into the bowl, and I just discovered that there is water dripping into the basement from around the six inch cast iron turd pipe. I believe at this point that it needs a new flapper and base seal thingy. That isn't too bad, it's lasted decades, except it means I will need to shut off the bathroom water and take the toilet completely apart. Every bit of hardware involved, and most of the pipes are over 65 years old, and due to the extremely corrosive hard well water we had for 40+ years, every turn of the wrench is an experience in suspense. We have a brand new, never installed toilet in the shed if we need it, so tomorrow is shaping up to be "interesting". I need to see if I have a "plumber's wrench" apparently. At least we have a working toilet in the basement, if this takes a while.
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Post by LazBro on Aug 8, 2022 13:52:42 GMT -5
OMG it's so big and empty I love it. The darker portion of floor cornered by the brick column was the entirety of the patio when we moved in. If you were to extrapolate that as a straight line to the right (toward the junk), making a long rectangle with that corner of the house, that's what it was after we expanded it 8 years ago. Enough room for a table and a couple grills, but pretty cramped, especially when you add the kids toys, bikes, etc.
Now I've got more than double that and a roof over the whole thing. Our former table, that red picnic bench style thing in the back, has taken its new place as my outdoor prep table, and I've started to line the grills up along the wall. I eventually plan to get a propane Loco griddle that will settle in between the pellet smoker and the ceramic cooker.
The contractors are still finishing out the electrical and finishing on the wood. This weekend we're going shopping for a new patio set, which I believe we plan to put in the quadrant nearest the camera, but I dunno. Plus I'll be putting the toy box back up here, etc., so it won't stay this empty for long. We will also eventually get retractable shades for the western side (where the sun is coming in in this photo), because around dinner time the sun comes in at a perfect horizontal. The new roof, nice as it is, is no protection. Finally, our backyard has a pretty severe downward slope, which was already noticeable when the patio was less than half this size, but now ... yeah, toward the corner, it's a bit of a hop.
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Post by ganews on Aug 8, 2022 15:04:12 GMT -5
After doing so much work with drainage in the backyard in 2020, it's is still possible for real deluges* of rain (like we've been getting this summer) to flood the back sliding-glass door. The only thing that saved this weekend was getting out and physically bailing the landing slab recess before water could breach the door seal. I guess it's time to look at getting some under-deck slats to flow the rain out to where the drainage is.
*really, flash flood type torrents. Rainwater flowing out my downspout to fast that the connector hose at the bottom can't conduct it away quickly enough.
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Post by Ben Grimm on Aug 8, 2022 15:22:21 GMT -5
We moved into our new house on Wednesday. The move went fine, for the most part, though there's a lot we're going to have to do to the old house to make it sellable. The new house is a little unfinished, in a few respects, but it's coming along.
My parents move was a complete and utter clusterfuck. While we got them to substantially cull down their furniture (they moved from an overstuffed large house to a smaller house), they still brought more furniture than they have room for. And they never came up with a plan for everything. Granted, a lot of this was due to my mother's stroke, but there was a lot they needed to do that they didn't do, and that we weren't in a position to do for them.
My mother's sisters also came with them to help her out, but their only real concern was helping take care of her needs, and that meant we had to spend a certain amount of time serving their needs - one doesn't drive, and the other has some sort of allergy or condition where she can't spend any length of time of a new building, that I assume is real but I'm not 100% sure is.
We returned to work today and it's actually less stressful than being at home. I knew we were signing up for this, and I think it will get better once we're all moved in and we've figured out boundaries a little better, but I've just been exhausted for the last week.
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Post by Liz n Dick the Halls on Aug 9, 2022 10:30:25 GMT -5
LazBro, that patio is AMAZING!
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Post by LazBro on Aug 10, 2022 6:59:20 GMT -5
LazBro , that patio is AMAZING! Thank you. What amazes me is that while it's taken several weeks in actual time, in terms of work days, they did this whole thing in, like, six days. Truly amazed. |
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Post by Powerthirteen on Aug 10, 2022 9:15:41 GMT -5
We haven't seen a mouse since the exterminator did his thing but last night as I was getting into bed I noticed three or four mouse turds under my nightstand, which I am *not* ok with. Did not sleep much last night. What's weird is I don't know what it would have even been doing down here, it's at the far end of the house from the kitchen and there's no food or anything here. No new turds this morning, thank God.
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Aug 11, 2022 8:43:17 GMT -5
Last week I ordered three light fixtures; they were all supposed to be in stock at the warehouse and just needed to be shipped to the store. Est. arrival, 2 weeks.
Then on Monday I get an email from the very nice saleslady telling me the main pendant light I wanted for the dining room is actually on backorder with an est. arrival of October, and do I want to wait, or do I want to order something else?
I would REALLY like to get this done sooner rather than later, so I went looking again. And I really appreciate this lady's help, she's trying to make sure I'm happy with my choice, but we've exchanged like a dozen emails in three days to pick out the replacement. Finally decided on one and she wanted to make sure I knew that the finish on the metal was not 100% identical to the other two. That's fine, it's going in a different room, I don't care, it will still be a huge improvement over the current one.
(Besides, they don't all 100% match already, I'm just trying to get CLOSER to a match in style.)
So, that's been ordered, might be another 2 weeks.
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Post by LazBro on Aug 11, 2022 8:53:01 GMT -5
OMG it's so big and empty I love it... #IrrationallyHappy
I know the novelty will wear off, but three times this week the kids have asked to go outside and play on the patio after dinner. This wouldn't seem special except that both of my children rarely ask to go outside, especially my daughter who more or less has to be forced out. Her big deal is that 1) she doesn't like wearing shoes and 2) she doesn't like touching grass, but now that she has a big wide space where she can walk around safely and comfortably barefoot, she says she really likes being out there. And the boy doesn't really have anything against being outside or playing in the yard, but he doesn't like to be alone, so no sister outside, no brother outside, effectively. |
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Post by Liz n Dick the Halls on Aug 11, 2022 12:53:27 GMT -5
It's official: I have begun the process of the septic replacement. Heard from the engineer that they got my deposit, and they sent an invoice ($0) to confirm the show is on the road. I've got the name of our project manager and the person coordinating with the township. First step is soil testing.
Meanwhile, the across-the-street neighbor (the one who is so nosy and awful) is moving out, and they're having to replace their septic for the sale. The tanks were delivered last week, and this week they started excavating. Looking at the enormous dump trucks hauling away the dirt, my heart is sinking so hard. I can't imagine there's any way to for the excavating equipment to get into our backyard without having to do EXTREME and traumatic tree removal.
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Post by Baron von Costume on Aug 15, 2022 9:45:18 GMT -5
So as part of the fire remediation my kitchen ceiling is currently pulled apart. When I bought the new a/c unit a few weeks back part of my agreement was that they'd come put in a new cold air return for my office since the second floor air setup is horribly designed and that should make circulation better. I am hoping they will come while the kitchen ceiling is open and at least see if they can use that to get it connected since the alternative is me ripping out my ground floor shower. (This is something I plan to do at some point and the subject of a future post in here, but also something that definitely would not be in the cards for this VERY expensive year if I don't have to do it)
No doubt you experienced homeowners know where I'm going with this... Today is the third time I've been promised these folks are coming to have a look/maybe do it "in the morning" but it's almost 10 and I haven't gotten a "hey we'll be there at 11" phone call or text and I very much assume they aren't coming.
I am going to be VERY pissed if this doesn't happen.
FWIW I have no idea when the kitchen ceiling will be rebuilt, they are waiting until the open space registers as completely dry, but I'm also heading out of town for a week and a half to two weeks in a bit and don't really want to leave this in the hands of my mother lest I come back to something completely wrong and no recourse for repairing it without $$$
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Post by Baron von Costume on Aug 15, 2022 13:49:35 GMT -5
update:
New hvac guy says what the other two guys promised isn't possible and the only way around this is to create a new wall...
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Post by chalkdevil 😈 on Aug 15, 2022 16:25:57 GMT -5
Under the Skin
This had the reputation of being a modern sci-fi classic (or on the pervier end, a movie with naked Scarlet Johansen) and I'd never seen it so, you know, I watched it. It definitely had some interesting ideas. And occasionally some pretty cool imagery that eventually got aped by Stranger Things and Annihilation (Annihilation even seems to ape the score some what). Other than that it's kind of a lot of Scarlet Johansen driving around in a van trying to lure Scottish men to their deaths. She is presumably an alien, but it's not totally explicit or anything. Actually, without already having an idea of what the premise was, I feel like you'd be 30 minutes in before you have any idea what's supposed to be going on. Anyway, it was interesting, but not amazing. I can see how it's influential without actually being something I'd ever consider a classic.
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Post by Floyd Dinnertime Barber on Aug 15, 2022 22:59:51 GMT -5
Under the SkinThis had the reputation of being a modern sci-fi classic (or on the pervier end, a movie with naked Scarlet Johansen) and I'd never seen it so, you know, I watched it. It definitely had some interesting ideas. And occasionally some pretty cool imagery that eventually got aped by Stranger Things and Annihilation (Annihilation even seems to ape the score some what). Other than that it's kind of a lot of Scarlet Johansen driving around in a van trying to lure Scottish men to their deaths. She is presumably an alien, but it's not totally explicit or anything. Actually, without already having an idea of what the premise was, I feel like you'd be 30 minutes in before you have any idea what's supposed to be going on. Anyway, it was interesting, but not amazing. I can see how it's influential without actually being something I'd ever consider a classic. Yeah, it is a pretty good movie, and Scarlet Johansen does get noticeably naked in it, but how does this relate to home ownership? Are you planning a basement pool filled with that ectopmastic goo or whatever it was she dragged her victims into?  |
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Post by chalkdevil 😈 on Aug 16, 2022 8:06:21 GMT -5
Under the SkinThis had the reputation of being a modern sci-fi classic (or on the pervier end, a movie with naked Scarlet Johansen) and I'd never seen it so, you know, I watched it. It definitely had some interesting ideas. And occasionally some pretty cool imagery that eventually got aped by Stranger Things and Annihilation (Annihilation even seems to ape the score some what). Other than that it's kind of a lot of Scarlet Johansen driving around in a van trying to lure Scottish men to their deaths. She is presumably an alien, but it's not totally explicit or anything. Actually, without already having an idea of what the premise was, I feel like you'd be 30 minutes in before you have any idea what's supposed to be going on. Anyway, it was interesting, but not amazing. I can see how it's influential without actually being something I'd ever consider a classic. Yeah, it is a pretty good movie, and Scarlet Johansen does get noticeably naked in it, but how does this relate to home ownership? Are you planning a basement pool filled with that ectopmastic goo or whatever it was she dragged her victims into? Yes, but getting the proper permits is proving to be a real shit show. |
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Post by Crash Test Dumbass on Aug 16, 2022 10:30:49 GMT -5
Under the SkinThis had the reputation of being a modern sci-fi classic (or on the pervier end, a movie with naked Scarlet Johansen) and I'd never seen it so, you know, I watched it. It definitely had some interesting ideas. And occasionally some pretty cool imagery that eventually got aped by Stranger Things and Annihilation (Annihilation even seems to ape the score some what). Other than that it's kind of a lot of Scarlet Johansen driving around in a van trying to lure Scottish men to their deaths. She is presumably an alien, but it's not totally explicit or anything. Actually, without already having an idea of what the premise was, I feel like you'd be 30 minutes in before you have any idea what's supposed to be going on. Anyway, it was interesting, but not amazing. I can see how it's influential without actually being something I'd ever consider a classic. Yeah, it is a pretty good movie, and Scarlet Johansen does get noticeably naked in it, but how does this relate to home ownership? Are you planning a basement pool filled with that ectopmastic goo or whatever it was she dragged her victims into? "Awright, but y'see, this here naked Scarlett Johansson ain't up to code. You're gonna need to strengthen up the joists, and I think I see some asbestos lining? Gonna run you a good couple-three thou to bring that up to spec." |
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Post by Liz n Dick the Halls on Aug 19, 2022 11:00:38 GMT -5
Oh, I see! All those dead little bees/wasps that keep appearing in the gym over the garage are coming from that hole in the masonry at the foot of the stairs! And wow, it looks like they've really managed to get a huge piece of that masonry crumbled out of the wall, haven't they? Gosh, that's just great news!
Sigh.
Remind me again why I like owning a house?
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Aug 23, 2022 13:51:14 GMT -5
The new light fixtures are in! Gotta go pick them up ... probably tomorrow. And schedule the handyman. Hooray!
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Post by Baron von Costume on Aug 23, 2022 13:58:50 GMT -5
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Post by LazBro on Aug 23, 2022 14:05:13 GMT -5
Contractors are here for the first time in two weeks. The framers are closing up the structure. So, it's fully built, but they had to leave some bits open for inspection reasons. That was done and now they're finally closing it up. That good, because we needed this to happen before the project could forward. What's left:
- Staining
- Gutters
- Finishing the electrical
And that's it for the contractors. We're also going to install scrollable sun shades one the Western side of the patio, but that has to be done after the stain. We've already got a new patio set and have been treating it as finished. We're out there a lot, and I can't wait for the weather to cool off and it's actually comfortable to be so.
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Post by Powerthirteen on Aug 23, 2022 14:42:15 GMT -5
I'm still going back and forth in my head about what I want to do with the patio/deck corner of our yard. This is in large part because I'm feeling very poor right now and everything feels like it will cost craploads of money, money which if I had it I should probably use toward, y'know, important things, like replacing rotten wood siding and making sure the plumbing works and fixing the windows that don't open. But at the same time I don't want to spend an indefinite future living with a useless bug and weed-infested deck outside my family room/kitchen. Bah humbug.
At least I've got siding guys coming next week to give me a quote on fixing the rotten siding and the saggy soffit and the fascia that needs replacing. Once I've got that I'll be one step closer to choosing a kidney to sell and moving towards making the house useable.
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Post by Liz n Dick the Halls on Aug 25, 2022 14:24:43 GMT -5
My gym full of bees has been upgraded (?) now to a gym full of angry bees. Progress!
(We're to leave the area around the nest alone for a few days, and if there are still any bees then, the exterminator will come back. Aw, gee. No working out for me!)
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Post by Crash Test Dumbass on Aug 25, 2022 15:24:22 GMT -5
My gym full of bees has been upgraded (?) now to a gym full of angry bees. Progress! (We're to leave the area around the nest alone for a few days, and if there are still any bees then, the exterminator will come back. Aw, gee. No working out for me!) How many Scarletts Johansson? |
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