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Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?
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I chose a small local company to avoid this and so far his work has been excellent and in my opinion well worth the investment. Luckily this will finish our windows and doors replacement, so I don't have to deal with this again for at least a decade..
I learned long ago what I am able and willing to do and what I am willing to pay to have done. While I enjoy learning new things, learning to install windows at the end of October is not on my bucket list..
Mad Mike
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Just finished a quickie reno with my son on a 900sq' small rental house wayyy up north. 6 days to reno a 900'sq 2br house.
- reframed & re-drywalled 8' of an exterior wall on a small addition that had severe water damage (rot)
- replaced all inside and outside light fixtures
- replaced kitchen, bath, and tub faucets
- faired, primed, and painted all walls and ceilings (Behr paint - never again!)
- painted out kitchen and bathroom cabinets (Benjamin Moore - yeah!)
- tiled kitchen backsplash and bathtub tub surround
- replaced all door handles, knobs, and pulls
- removed and replaced 600sq of laminate flooring
- installed and painted 400' of base and casing
- scrubbed the place clean
- reframed & re-drywalled 8' of an exterior wall on a small addition that had severe water damage (rot)
- replaced all inside and outside light fixtures
- replaced kitchen, bath, and tub faucets
- faired, primed, and painted all walls and ceilings (Behr paint - never again!)
- painted out kitchen and bathroom cabinets (Benjamin Moore - yeah!)
- tiled kitchen backsplash and bathtub tub surround
- replaced all door handles, knobs, and pulls
- removed and replaced 600sq of laminate flooring
- installed and painted 400' of base and casing
- scrubbed the place clean
AllistonGT
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Removing the old window is the hard part. Installing windows is painfully easy once the opening is ready to receive.
daught
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Does anyone know what 12x8 rectangular duct costs per foot if you are in the industry?
Also, what exactly is "light residential" round duct? It's cheaper than 30ga so I assume it is thinner? https://productcatalog.sheret.com/D...ts&key=DS56ee0d6c-c28f-48cf-860f-721b900a049e
BTW, what happened to the funny sheet metal guy from Hamilton?
Also, what exactly is "light residential" round duct? It's cheaper than 30ga so I assume it is thinner? https://productcatalog.sheret.com/D...ts&key=DS56ee0d6c-c28f-48cf-860f-721b900a049e
BTW, what happened to the funny sheet metal guy from Hamilton?
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I want to expand 2 windows on our house. But I have a neighbour that’s a busy body so need the damn permit
I'll do windows on a ground floor or a bungalow, my second story days are over. Not having the window fall right through the hole is a key part of the install. I'm hitting the point where changing a door was a point of pride, now i just want to come home and see the new door in the hole.
I just did 26sqft of backsplash and my shoulders are still sore from grouting.
I just did 26sqft of backsplash and my shoulders are still sore from grouting.
Mad Mike
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When I do a window, I place a 2x4 diagonally across the opening on the outside. Once it's foamed in, open the window and remove 2 screws.
I just finished grouting a shower and backsplash, no shoulder pain. Buy my hands are messed, I had a tube of white silicone in one gun and a tube of DAP in the other, grabbed the silicone by accident when setting in a front door threshold. Used my fingers to push the stuff around, then rubbed my hands together to wipe it off not realizing it was silicone. Silicone doesn't come off hands.
The curse of being handy is that you don't price your labour at a shop rate unless you need parts for the bike. Let's see, a plumber would have charged $500 in labour but I did it myself. Therefore I can buy that $500 turbofibulator for the bike.
That sounds about right!
I do apply that logic , sort of . My contractor friend told me he would be about 2k plus materials to gut old backsplash and put in new one . So in my head I’m up 2k , but it wasn’t really money in hand . It’s that pretzel logic that keeps getting me in mischief.
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Keyboard is really simple. Turn upside down and bang to get most. Blast of compressed air to get rest. Alternatively get a new keyboard because they are cheap and most get really gross with time.
Printer is a little harder as I wouldn't want to drive things in further. I would vacuum what I could, then open every hatch/door and vacuum again. Blow from the inside out if there is some crap left). If it is a laser, do this outside. Toner everywhere is a worse problem.
Yes, put a drop cloth over a keyboard and printer before you start . Also good to cover add pianos and stereo equipment
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True but the advantage of making a mess is that in the extended clean up period one realizes that a lot of the stuff being cleaned up would be better off in the garbage.
Not to the house but for the house/yard. A while back I was given this old steel B&D, I wanted it because it has a flip handle (can't get those anymore). Body was rotted, cut out the rot, welded in new patches, Por15 the entire body and truck beadliner on the top side... Good for a couple more decades.
Lots of effort, very little cost to fix it. Likely not worth it, except for that flip handle....
Lots of effort, very little cost to fix it. Likely not worth it, except for that flip handle....
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I called on B&D in Brockville years back and asked the what the assembly time was for one of the mowers. IIRC it was under a minute. I assume it took you longer.
A lawn mower is a good starter project for an inexperienced person that wants to get a feel for the restoration world. If it goes totally sour it's not like you destroyed a classic Duesenberg.
A lawn mower is a good starter project for an inexperienced person that wants to get a feel for the restoration world. If it goes totally sour it's not like you destroyed a classic Duesenberg.
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