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Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Fri June 11, 2021 1:18 pm
by Self
spike wrote:doug rr wrote:is it street legal to take to the store?
i was thinking i could take it to the pub. can you get a DUI on a riding mower?
Used to work with this guy:
https://www.telegram.com/article/201107 ... 19816/1116
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Fri June 11, 2021 1:41 pm
by doug rr
how is 'ol fred these days?
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Fri June 11, 2021 1:50 pm
by Self
doug rr wrote:
how is 'ol fred these days?
Not sure. He left a while ago. He was an oddball, as you might have gathered.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Fri June 25, 2021 2:35 pm
by daft twat
We’re doing our kitchen right now. What an expense!
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Fri June 25, 2021 4:49 pm
by doug rr
daft twat wrote:We’re doing our kitchen right now. What an expense!
figure on adding another 30 percent as well to what you thought it was going to be
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Fri June 25, 2021 5:02 pm
by Monkey_Driven
Looks like our basement remodel got a kickstart today. Basement is filled with water. Started carpet removal immediately.
We apparently got about 5 inches of rain in 6-7 hours.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Fri June 25, 2021 5:10 pm
by JuanHamm
Monkey_Driven wrote:Looks like our basement remodel got a kickstart today. Basement is filled with water. Started carpet removal immediately.
We apparently got about 5 inches of rain in 6-7 hours.
Are you going to have to tear out any drywall?
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Fri June 25, 2021 5:12 pm
by Monkey_Driven
JuanHamm wrote:Monkey_Driven wrote:Looks like our basement remodel got a kickstart today. Basement is filled with water. Started carpet removal immediately.
We apparently got about 5 inches of rain in 6-7 hours.
Are you going to have to tear out any drywall?
Eventually yes, but not due to water. The carpet mostly contained it. What a mess.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Fri June 25, 2021 6:11 pm
by Chris_H_2
Monkey_Driven wrote:JuanHamm wrote:Monkey_Driven wrote:Looks like our basement remodel got a kickstart today. Basement is filled with water. Started carpet removal immediately.
We apparently got about 5 inches of rain in 6-7 hours.
Are you going to have to tear out any drywall?
Eventually yes, but not due to water. The carpet mostly contained it. What a mess.
so maybe this is a good way to have your insurer pay for whatever you guys were thinking about doing in the first place
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Fri June 25, 2021 7:23 pm
by wease
Chris_H_2 wrote:Monkey_Driven wrote:JuanHamm wrote:Monkey_Driven wrote:Looks like our basement remodel got a kickstart today. Basement is filled with water. Started carpet removal immediately.
We apparently got about 5 inches of rain in 6-7 hours.
Are you going to have to tear out any drywall?
Eventually yes, but not due to water. The carpet mostly contained it. What a mess.
so maybe this is a good way to have your insurer pay for whatever you guys were thinking about doing in the first place
Ding-ding
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Fri June 25, 2021 7:36 pm
by Monkey_Driven
Chris_H_2 wrote:Monkey_Driven wrote:JuanHamm wrote:Monkey_Driven wrote:Looks like our basement remodel got a kickstart today. Basement is filled with water. Started carpet removal immediately.
We apparently got about 5 inches of rain in 6-7 hours.
Are you going to have to tear out any drywall?
Eventually yes, but not due to water. The carpet mostly contained it. What a mess.
so maybe this is a good way to have your insurer pay for whatever you guys were thinking about doing in the first place
Took plenty of pictures. Called a claims adjustor and we are looking at a 2-3 week wait. Got to get this shit cleaned up before the mold.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Fri June 25, 2021 8:13 pm
by spike
Monkey_Driven wrote:Chris_H_2 wrote:Monkey_Driven wrote:JuanHamm wrote:Monkey_Driven wrote:Looks like our basement remodel got a kickstart today. Basement is filled with water. Started carpet removal immediately.
We apparently got about 5 inches of rain in 6-7 hours.
Are you going to have to tear out any drywall?
Eventually yes, but not due to water. The carpet mostly contained it. What a mess.
so maybe this is a good way to have your insurer pay for whatever you guys were thinking about doing in the first place
Took plenty of pictures. Called a claims adjustor and we are looking at a 2-3 week wait. Got to get this shit cleaned up before the mold.
Unless you have flood insurance, you’re probably out of luck. Home insurance would cover it if it was a busted pipe or something.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Fri June 25, 2021 8:17 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Fri June 25, 2021 8:30 pm
by Chris_H_2
spike wrote:Monkey_Driven wrote:Chris_H_2 wrote:Monkey_Driven wrote:JuanHamm wrote:Monkey_Driven wrote:Looks like our basement remodel got a kickstart today. Basement is filled with water. Started carpet removal immediately.
We apparently got about 5 inches of rain in 6-7 hours.
Are you going to have to tear out any drywall?
Eventually yes, but not due to water. The carpet mostly contained it. What a mess.
so maybe this is a good way to have your insurer pay for whatever you guys were thinking about doing in the first place
Took plenty of pictures. Called a claims adjustor and we are looking at a 2-3 week wait. Got to get this shit cleaned up before the mold.
Unless you have flood insurance, you’re probably out of luck. Home insurance would cover it if it was a busted pipe or something.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Sat June 26, 2021 2:47 am
by Bammer
Damn MD. That is a shit ton of rain. Wow.
I completely agree you gotta get the work started now (to prevent mold) and ask questions later. Photos to support your insurance claim.
I had a water issue years ago. Neighbor’s fault. She wouldn’t admit it. I didn’t wait around to argue, I got the shit done then argued with her when I got the bill.
Not waiting made that bill much lower than it would have been if waiting around.
- Spoiler: show
- My first time in small claims court!!
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Sat June 26, 2021 2:49 am
by Bammer
Moral: Be a good neighbor like me.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Sat June 26, 2021 2:52 am
by Strat
What did she do, bambam?
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Sat June 26, 2021 3:00 am
by spike
Chris_H_2 wrote:spike wrote:Monkey_Driven wrote:Chris_H_2 wrote:Monkey_Driven wrote:JuanHamm wrote:Monkey_Driven wrote:Looks like our basement remodel got a kickstart today. Basement is filled with water. Started carpet removal immediately.
We apparently got about 5 inches of rain in 6-7 hours.
Are you going to have to tear out any drywall?
Eventually yes, but not due to water. The carpet mostly contained it. What a mess.
so maybe this is a good way to have your insurer pay for whatever you guys were thinking about doing in the first place
Took plenty of pictures. Called a claims adjustor and we are looking at a 2-3 week wait. Got to get this shit cleaned up before the mold.
Unless you have flood insurance, you’re probably out of luck. Home insurance would cover it if it was a busted pipe or something.
hey man, just giving MD a head's up. maybe he gets it covered, but when my basement flooded a few years ago due to excessive rainfall, i was SOL. home insurance only covers what's within the walls.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Sat June 26, 2021 3:02 am
by spike
i can't find a 3.5" pvc piping cap to save my life.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Sat June 26, 2021 3:05 am
by daft twat
doug rr wrote:daft twat wrote:We’re doing our kitchen right now. What an expense!
figure on adding another 30 percent as well to what you thought it was going to be
My friend paid $70k to have his kitchen done last summer, but that involved moving plumbing and shit.
Here is my rundown:
Things done and paid for:
New stainless steel appliances - $7k
Wall removed, electrical moved, new lights added, island installed - $3.5k
Farmhouse sink, new faucet, and install $1k
Things not done but paid for:
Quartz countertops - $3.5k
Things not done and financed:
Cabinets - $28k
Cabinets won’t be ready until September. Once that is done, we’ll have a backsplash installed. I’m guessing that is $3k.
So around $46k, but a couple new lights, stools, and dining table will push it close to $50k. Isn’t it crazy how Tarek and Christina can do a full kitchen gut for under $20k?