The Home Improvement Thread

[Monkey_Driven]

In the past week we've had the following go wrong;

Kids' ceiling fan light stopped working (it's not the bulbs)
one of the bathroom fans stopped working
doorbell stopped working
kitchen sink having hot water issues
one of our front living room windows cracked

I know this is all relatively minor, but stuff adds up as far as the money. Other than the window, this is all stuff I will fix myself, but goodbye weekend!

Home ownership is fun!

Rodents chewing electrical wires?

I don't think so. The fan in the bathroom still runs but sounds like the motor is going out so it just needs replaced. The fan on the ceiling fan works, just not the light part of it, so who knows. Also, I hate doorbells anyway so I may not even try to fix that.

Doorbells are easy. Is it wired or wireless?

[Chris_H_2]

I just noticed two squirrels building a fucking nest in our attic fan escape on our roof. Our roof is incredibly steep, and the escape is on the top part of the roof (of a two-story house). The service call = $95. Setting the traps = $125. Retrieving the dead squirrels = $90. And sealing the escape = $225. $500 later, the squirrel problem is "solved."

Home ownership is fun!

[Norah]

You couldn't do that yourself? Pussy.

[knee tunes]

I just noticed two squirrels building a fucking nest in our attic fan escape on our roof. Our roof is incredibly steep, and the escape is on the top part of the roof (of a two-story house). The service call = $95. Setting the traps = $125. Retrieving the dead squirrels = $90. And sealing the escape = $225. $500 later, the squirrel problem is "solved."

Home ownership is fun!

dead squirrels

[Chris_H_2]

You couldn't do that yourself? Pussy.

How long do you think I would last before I finally succumbed to rabbies?

[Norah]

You couldn't do that yourself? Pussy.

How long do you think I would last before I finally succumbed to rabbies?

Like I said, pussy.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Dude, squirrels are mean.

[broken iris]

Doorbells are easy.

Except some of them have 12V transformers hidden in the walls or ceilings.

[Chris_H_2]

I wonder what the worse death is, a 30-foot fall onto a brick driveway or rabbies?

[Norah]

I used to do chimney work so high as fuck roof peaks never bothered me as long as I had ladder hooks.

[Monkey_Driven]

Getting 18 new windows installed next Friday. Should help a lot with utility costs and general attractiveness of the house.

[surfndestroy]

Getting 18 new windows installed next Friday. Should help a lot with utility costs and general attractiveness of the house.

Now that's how you do home improvements. I have way better/funner things to do with my time than home improvements. But then again I live in a condo because I can't stand the thought of yard work either.

[Chris_H_2]

Getting 18 new windows installed next Friday. Should help a lot with utility costs and general attractiveness of the house.

Now that's how you do home improvements. I have way better/funner things to do with my time than home improvements. But then again I live in a condo because I can't stand the thought of yard work either.

It's called "hired help."

[Monkey_Driven]

Getting 18 new windows installed next Friday. Should help a lot with utility costs and general attractiveness of the house.

Now that's how you do home improvements. I have way better/funner things to do with my time than home improvements. But then again I live in a condo because I can't stand the thought of yard work either.

It's called "hired help."

You can say it. Mexicans.

[Monkey_Driven]

This week I've fixed all of the squeaks in our hardwood floors. There were a lot of them.

[E.H. Ruddock]

I didn't do anything on my list last weekend.

[EJ]

This week I've fixed all of the squeaks in our hardwood floors. There were a lot of them.

I have many squeaky floorboards too. That seems like a pain in the ass job. Did you drill into the joists to tighten them?

[Chris_H_2]

I had a dead squirrel removed from my roof this morning. One down, one to go.

[bodysnatcher]

it just died on your roof? in mid-stride?

[Chris_H_2]

it just died on your roof? in mid-stride?

Ha. No. See above.