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Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 6:49 pm
by Monkey_Driven
E.H. Ruddock wrote:cutuphalfdead wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote: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?
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 7:03 pm
by 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!
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 7:05 pm
by Norah
You couldn't do that yourself? Pussy.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 7:17 pm
by knee tunes
Chris_H_2 wrote: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
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 7:26 pm
by Chris_H_2
cutuphalfdead wrote:You couldn't do that yourself? Pussy.
How long do you think I would last before I finally succumbed to rabbies?
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 7:28 pm
by Norah
Chris_H_2 wrote:cutuphalfdead wrote: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.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 8:25 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
Dude, squirrels are mean.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 8:35 pm
by broken iris
Monkey_Driven wrote:
Doorbells are easy.
Except some of them have 12V transformers hidden in the walls or ceilings.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 9:21 pm
by Chris_H_2
I wonder what the worse death is, a 30-foot fall onto a brick driveway or rabbies?
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu May 30, 2013 9:41 pm
by Norah
I used to do chimney work so high as fuck roof peaks never bothered me as long as I had ladder hooks.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 9:12 pm
by Monkey_Driven
Getting 18 new windows installed next Friday. Should help a lot with utility costs and general attractiveness of the house.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 10:02 pm
by surfndestroy
Monkey_Driven wrote: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.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Fri May 31, 2013 10:13 pm
by Chris_H_2
surfndestroy wrote:Monkey_Driven wrote: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."
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Sat June 01, 2013 5:04 pm
by Monkey_Driven
Chris_H_2 wrote:surfndestroy wrote:Monkey_Driven wrote: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.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Tue June 04, 2013 4:33 pm
by Monkey_Driven
This week I've fixed all of the squeaks in our hardwood floors. There were a lot of them.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Tue June 04, 2013 4:49 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
I didn't do anything on my list last weekend.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Tue June 04, 2013 4:51 pm
by EJ
Monkey_Driven wrote: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?
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Tue June 04, 2013 6:06 pm
by Chris_H_2
I had a dead squirrel removed from my roof this morning. One down, one to go.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Tue June 04, 2013 6:41 pm
by bodysnatcher
it just died on your roof? in mid-stride?
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Tue June 04, 2013 11:13 pm
by Chris_H_2
bodysnatcher wrote:it just died on your roof? in mid-stride?
Ha. No. See above.