Anyone here own a roomba? I own the 650 series (https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B008...mba+amazon&dpPl=1&dpID=417jcRAFBhL&ref=plSrch) and it has changed my life. Program it to run at 9 am on weekdays, come home from work and the whole house is vaccumed. Incredible little machine.
We are a Neato household. Received the XV-21 as a gift two years ago, and bought the D80 last year. I like that they map out your space and vacuum in a methodical pattern as opposed to a haphazard approach with the Roombas (as far as I have seen). It's great because we have dogs who are outside all day but sleep inside at night, yet their hair collects and it really helps to vacuum on a regular basis as opposed to just on weekends. Plus it's awesome to add vacuuming to the list of chores like washing clothes and washing dishes where you can outsource it to a machine and do something more productive with your time. https://www.amazon.com/Neato-Botvac...UTF8&qid=1469125528&sr=8-1&keywords=neato+d85
We have that. Looked like shit when our walls were dingy yellow but now that we're painting it all gray it's looking better.
That is actually the color we are planning on painting the interior here in the near future, so hopefully it fixes our problem as well.
My dog would destroy an automated vacuum. The stupid one I bought at WalMart when I first got my house died. Now I have to go buy a new one. Waiting till after the carpet cleaners come next week though.
Just had an offer accepted to purchase my first house. Really excited, also nervous to spend so much money. Spoiler
Love that style. Actually just saved that back porch picture. My porch is about 20 years old and all the boards are in pretty rough shape. That's going to be one of next years projects, use the same foundation and just replace all the boards and railings. I've been struggling with how I want to do the railing though and think this would look awesome.
It looks very nicely maintained and staged and that siding looks like fairly new cement board. Your house reminds me a lot of the houses in east Edina (which I mean as a compliment). Congrats on the house.
I have a roomba and hate it. I work from home 75% of the time so there's rarely a good time for it to run and not annoy the piss out of me. It also always gets stuck under the recliner, couch, in the bathroom, etc. Wife loves it because she doesn't have to deal with it.
When I was in Chicago either IL or Cook County was giving a monster incentive and you could get single bulbs for under $1. It never really registered that those incentives would end and/or other states might not have them. They're pricey.
Lowes has two packs of led bulbs for $3 or $4 all the time. 6 packs for $10, but they are limited to 40 and 60 watts only
If the main issue is deck appearance, a lot of times you can flip the boards and the side that hasn't been directly in the sun can look pretty good.
Anyone ever installed their own drainage system in their yard? Got a quote for about $1800 for a 18in rain basin and the piping to run it down the hill. Seems steep and after quick research into supplies/installation, I feel confident I can do it myself for about 20% of the cost.
I wish but these boards are in pretty bad condition. Plus, they're 2x4's and I would much prefer the appearance of 2x6's.
Thank you. This house is actually near Lake Johanna. I've lived in Minnesota my whole life so I apprieacte the Edina comment.
We're going to replace the laminate flooring that has been in our house since we bought it. Wife has decided on porcelain plank with a distressed wood look. We've had several quotes that all come between $13k-15k for approximately 1650 sq ft of flooring installed. The product is only around $3 a square foot, and the rest is all prep, install, moving furniture, taking up the old stuff, removing then reinstalling baseboards, etc. How big of an idiot am I for thinking I could do this myself and save more than half the cost?
I'm no expert but it definitely seems like at the minimum moving the furniture and taking up all the old stuff is something you should be able to do. No idea about reinstalling baseboards.
I grew up in the far out SW Metro and live in Edina now so I'm not as familiar with the northern metro but I do know where you're at and I like Barley John's. Spoiler I kept thinking your house reminded me of something specifically and then I remembered this house that sold last year. Obviously it is a bigger size but the front facade is very similar with the stone, siding color, portico, etc. There are still a fair number in the area that are closer in size to yours and were built at a similar time period.
Have you laid tile before? It's a pretty labor intensive process, and you're looking at a healthy square footage. Also, a more serious concern (in my opinion) is whether or not your floor is level. Is your house on a slab? You'll need to check the slab to ensure it is level, and may need to fill in low points or sand down high points before you lay the tile. Depending on what kind of shape the slab/subfloor is in, that could be an issue. That said, regardless of experience, if you're handy, confident, and have time to watch some youtube videos, you can do it it yourself. Just a question of the value of your time. You'll also need to factor the cost, if any, of what it will take for you to invest in whatever specialty tools you may need that you do not have. That might be fairly minimal here (i.e., tile cutter).
10 months - they were in my new construction. No issues. Seem to work great, but this is my first place of my own so I don't have much to compare them with.
We have the 880 roomba and love it. Most of our house is tile and it does a great job with cat hair and switches to the carpet very well. It does get stuck on the sliding glass doors but we've figured out where it gets hung up and block those sections on the days it cleans. On another note I'm looking at good sonos playbar. I'm sure someone here has it. Thoughts or suggestions on it or others. Not wanting to break the bank so sonos would be my high end.
Went and bought a 5 gallon bucket of natural cedar today. Will be brushing and rolling it on Monday. Will try and remember to get before and after pictures. Thanks for the help.
Laying tile is a sonofabitch... $14K sounds real steep, but there's no way I would undertake that much square footage, it would take me the better part of a year between work and whatnot...
So, a coil in our air handler apparently had a blowout, huge freon leak. The good news is that for $100, it's going to get fixed (home warranty), the bad news is that the earliest will be late next week and I chucked $800 on two portable air conditioners so we can sleep until it gets fixed.
Awesome. A couple things. I wouldn't use a brush or roller. I would recommend a pump sprayer like this one: https://www.amazon.com/Chapin-20002...9262421&sr=1-3&keywords=2+gallon+pump+sprayer It will go so much faster. With ready seal you don't have to worry about clumping or blotching, the seal penetrates so any excess will simply go into the wood. You just spray it on and you're good to go. Be careful though, it will leak through to the other side if you spray too heavy in one area for too long. This obviously could be an issue with your neighbors. So use smooth strokes with the pump sprayer and have an even way of going about it. Lastly, I don't know how big your fence is but you will likely need more than 5 gallons so be prepared for that. I live on a .25 acre lot and used 10 gallons. Good luck, can't wait to see the pics.
Yeah, hurts when they're the ones that costco/sam's doesn't have. Know what else sucks? Changing fucking light bulbs or paying for old ones to make a room hotter & jack up a/c use in summer.
I don't want to "install" anything, you can pretty much move portables from room to room without going through an entire rigmarole.... convenience for about the same price.