The Home Improvement Thread

[bodysnatcher]

In the key of Alicia Keys:

"Bam's house is on FI-YAAAAAAA!"

[Bammer]

I'm going with this

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[Bammer]

How much would y'all spend to have a tile backsplash installed in your kitchen?

Average size kitchen, maybe 25-30 linear feet of backsplash. 15" tall roughly all the way around.

12"x12" sheets of like a mosaic tile pattern.

[dpupenya]

Nothing, it's easy to do

[Bammer]

Normally I would agree with you but after tiling an entire bathroom myself, I'm over it.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Built a brick wall today around a drainage pipe coming out from underneath our driveway.

[Norah]

Built a brick wall today around a drainage pipe coming out from underneath our driveway.

Ugh, I couldn't even handle drywall anchors today.

[Bammer]

Installed a new toilet today but have yet to annoint it with the celebratory first crap.

[Monkey_Driven]

Bathroom remodel is done. We hired out the plumbing, wall moving/framing, and subfloor work but did the rest ourselves. I'm still married, so I consider it a success!

[Bammer]

Bathroom remodel is done. We hired out the plumbing, wall moving/framing, and subfloor work but did the rest ourselves. I'm still married, so I consider it a success!

AT is fulfilling work.

[Monkey_Driven]

Bathroom remodel is done. We hired out the plumbing, wall moving/framing, and subfloor work but did the rest ourselves. I'm still married, so I consider it a success!

AT is fulfilling work.

It was touch and go there for a few moments.

[doug rr]

Bathroom remodel is done. We hired out the plumbing, wall moving/framing, and subfloor work but did the rest ourselves. I'm still married, so I consider it a success!

AT is fulfilling work.

It was touch and go there for a few moments.

did it cost about 30% more than you thought?

[Monkey_Driven]

Bathroom remodel is done. We hired out the plumbing, wall moving/framing, and subfloor work but did the rest ourselves. I'm still married, so I consider it a success!

AT is fulfilling work.

It was touch and go there for a few moments.

did it cost about 30% more than you thought?

Yeah, but we budgeted for it. These things always cost about 30% more and take about 100% more time than you think.

[Bammer]

Bathroom remodel is done. We hired out the plumbing, wall moving/framing, and subfloor work but did the rest ourselves. I'm still married, so I consider it a success!

AT is fulfilling work.

It was touch and go there for a few moments.

did it cost about 30% more than you thought?

Yeah, but we budgeted for it. These things always cost about 30% more and take about 100% more time than you think.

We hired out the plumbing, drywall, and vanity cabinets/counters. Did all the framing, tile, flooring, fixtures, shelves, electrical, and paint ourselves. It was grueling but very satisfying. Took probably 25-30 Saturdays. Not sure how the budget ended up but we saved at least $15k by not hiring a contractor.

[Monkey_Driven]

Bathroom remodel is done. We hired out the plumbing, wall moving/framing, and subfloor work but did the rest ourselves. I'm still married, so I consider it a success!

AT is fulfilling work.

It was touch and go there for a few moments.

did it cost about 30% more than you thought?

Yeah, but we budgeted for it. These things always cost about 30% more and take about 100% more time than you think.

We hired out the plumbing, drywall, and vanity cabinets/counters. Did all the framing, tile, flooring, fixtures, shelves, electrical, and paint ourselves. It was grueling but very satisfying. Took probably 25-30 Saturdays. Not sure how the budget ended up but we saved at least $15k by not hiring a contractor.

Good on you!

I think we saved $1,500-2,000 by doing a lot ourselves too (it was a really small bathroom).

[Chris_H_2]

i think it's great that you guys all did stuff like this yourselves. but do you not also put a money value on time and build that into the equation?

[Monkey_Driven]

i think it's great that you guys all did stuff like this yourselves. but do you not also put a money value on time and build that into the equation?

We did. That's why we hired out the most difficult stuff.

[E.H. Ruddock]

i think it's great that you guys all did stuff like this yourselves. but do you not also put a money value on time and build that into the equation?

I have to move 4 heavy-as-shit railroad ties from our backyard to a side yard, but have to go around the house due to the fence. I'm seriously thinking about paying some of the neighborhood teens 20 bucks to move them for me.

[Chris_H_2]

i think it's great that you guys all did stuff like this yourselves. but do you not also put a money value on time and build that into the equation?

We did. That's why we hired out the most difficult stuff.

yeah. i guess i was seizing on bammer's comment about how many saturday's he had invested into it.

[Chris_H_2]

i think it's great that you guys all did stuff like this yourselves. but do you not also put a money value on time and build that into the equation?

I have to move 4 heavy-as-shit railroad ties from our backyard to a side yard, but have to go around the house due to the fence. I'm seriously thinking about paying some of the neighborhood teens 20 bucks to move them for me.

shake a cane at them when they're trampling your gardenias