The Home Improvement Thread
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My pops has been insistent that he was going to come help me, but we haven't been able to coordinate. Now he's down on his back and leg. I just talked to him and he said something about he hopes he gets better so he can get out here. I was like bro, don't even think about it i'm calling a plumber. He started talking about someone who works occasionally on the farm next to them who used to do plumbing work. I was thinking dude why haven't you mentioned him before! He's going to track down his number and see if he's interested. Could probably use some extra cash this time of the year so fingers crossed my partners!
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Oh god, I had a neighbor at the lakehouse who occasionally fixed stuff. Had him patch a hole in my ceiling, ended up costing $700 ffs.
My only defense is it was near impossible to get an actual handyman out to do such a small job, but that wouldn’t be an issue with a plumber.
My only defense is it was near impossible to get an actual handyman out to do such a small job, but that wouldn’t be an issue with a plumber.
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Holy crap. How big was the hole?spike wrote:Oh god, I had a neighbor at the lakehouse who occasionally fixed stuff. Had him patch a whole in my ceiling, ended up costing $700 ffs.
My only defense is it was near impossible to get an actual handyman out to do such a small job, but that wouldn’t be an issue with plumber.
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I'm not gonna stand here and wait
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A size 12.5 shoe. I was in the crawl space trying to sort out a leak, slipped, and put my foot through the drywall. Classic example of a basic home issue snowballing out of control.lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Holy crap. How big was the hole?spike wrote:Oh god, I had a neighbor at the lakehouse who occasionally fixed stuff. Had him patch a whole in my ceiling, ended up costing $700 ffs.
My only defense is it was near impossible to get an actual handyman out to do such a small job, but that wouldn’t be an issue with plumber.
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You got got.spike wrote:A size 12.5 shoe. I was in the crawl space trying to sort out a leak, slipped, and put my foot through the drywall. Classic example of a basic home issue snowballing out of control.lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Holy crap. How big was the hole?spike wrote:Oh god, I had a neighbor at the lakehouse who occasionally fixed stuff. Had him patch a whole in my ceiling, ended up costing $700 ffs.
My only defense is it was near impossible to get an actual handyman out to do such a small job, but that wouldn’t be an issue with plumber.
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I'm not gonna stand here and wait
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Kinda felt like it, but the dude helped me out with other stuff over the years, like pulling a tree out of the channel that a beaver took down. Also we had no time to mess around as we needed to get the place on the market.lennytheweedwhacker wrote:You got got.spike wrote:A size 12.5 shoe. I was in the crawl space trying to sort out a leak, slipped, and put my foot through the drywall. Classic example of a basic home issue snowballing out of control.lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Holy crap. How big was the hole?spike wrote:Oh god, I had a neighbor at the lakehouse who occasionally fixed stuff. Had him patch a whole in my ceiling, ended up costing $700 ffs.
My only defense is it was near impossible to get an actual handyman out to do such a small job, but that wouldn’t be an issue with plumber.
Moral of the story is these handy folks people know might not always be the best route. But I suppose if your own father is vouching, it’s pretty safe.
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I hear you. I'm bad about openly stating I don't know how to do things or other type comments that mos def set me up for some manipulation.spike wrote:Kinda felt like it, but the dude helped me out with other stuff over the years, like pulling a tree out of the channel that a beaver took down. Also we had no time to mess around as we needed to get the place on the market.lennytheweedwhacker wrote:You got got.spike wrote:A size 12.5 shoe. I was in the crawl space trying to sort out a leak, slipped, and put my foot through the drywall. Classic example of a basic home issue snowballing out of control.lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Holy crap. How big was the hole?spike wrote:Oh god, I had a neighbor at the lakehouse who occasionally fixed stuff. Had him patch a whole in my ceiling, ended up costing $700 ffs.
My only defense is it was near impossible to get an actual handyman out to do such a small job, but that wouldn’t be an issue with plumber.
Moral of the story is these handy folks people know might not always be the best route. But I suppose if your own father is vouching, it’s pretty safe.
And they say that a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
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I see you spike, out here peacocking us with your shoe size.
Bravo.
Bravo.
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I worked in the lakehouse and dropping $700 on a drywall patch like it was nothing too.
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My dad's guy is going to work the stuff huzzah...Turns out he's a cousin by marriage.
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'someone call for a plumber, cause i'm here to lay some pipe'
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It is nice out so at lunch my wife and I started some spring pool maintenance. She was cleaning out one of the skimmer boxes and I heard a loud scream. A giant frog jumped out of it and into the pool. The good news is, he swam right over to the frog log and climbed right out.
Clouuuuds Rolll byyy...BANG BANG BANG BANG
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classic
glad he was alive
i found a giant dead one in the filter 2-3 years ago at opening
was enormous
felt bad for him
glad he was alive
i found a giant dead one in the filter 2-3 years ago at opening
was enormous
felt bad for him
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I wish I would've met you96583UP wrote:classic
glad he was alive
i found a giant dead one in the filter 2-3 years ago at opening
was enormous
felt bad for him
Now it's a little late
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yeah he got like sucked through a huge pipe was worried for a moment there was gonna be a clog but managed to get through to an area where was removable
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there is a little guy that tends to visit me late summer which is charming
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Hey man, nice spot96583UP wrote:yeah he got like sucked through a huge pipe was worried for a moment there was gonna be a clog but managed to get through to an area where was removable
Nice spot, man
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Should I use my power washer on my cars covered in mud rain?
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Sure, just use the white tiptree_ wrote:Should I use my power washer on my cars covered in mud rain?
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