Thanks! After I was getting impatient waiting for things to dry I had the bright idea to get a box fan and blow it on the recently stained door and recently spray painted iron guards. Little did I know the fan had accumulated a lot of debris and dust sitting idle for so long. When I turned the fan on it spread everywhere. I about died.
Looks great lechnerd Pro tip: sanding is the worst home maintenance job you will ever try. This door is about as far as you’ll want to go on your own. I only stopped doing one project to hire professionals, and that was on my hardwood floors. It takes experience with the right equipment. You can only sand some things so many times(I.e. floors). You have to start at 80 grit and go down to 180 or 220 like lechnerd stated, but you also should wet the wood before staining to open the wood pores as much as possible. You also need to stain shortly after sanding. Sanding on one weekend and trying to stain the following one will lead to a very unprofessional looking job. Just hire somebody. Trust me.
Dad stopped over to help me finish up our bonus rooms. He had the choice of sanding a finished room to be painted or applying joint compound to the bigger room. He chose sanding and I’m not sure if that was the better choice or not. Can’t wait to be painting. All trim, flooring and door are ready to go. Going to be a busy week between Christmas and New Years to see if I can get it all done.
My nest is on the second floor and I find myself messing with the temperature all the time from my couch just because I can
How much should I be looking at for an electrician to convert a 240v outlet to 120v? Last step needed to hook up my gas stove.
That depends. If nothing else is on the circuit it is as easy as replacing the breaker, outlet and labeling the wire as common that was once the 2nd leg of the 240v. If it is on a shared circuit, then running a new romex from the breaker or from an existing circuit that is capable of handling the additional ampload will be required. I would be hoping for the former.
Just my personal thought, but I believe it is a load bearing post. As it continues to bow, the load capacity will be less and less. Not saying the entire roof comes down because of it, but I think it should still be fixed. Additionally, my OCD just cant stand looking at it anymore.
If you’ve got some sort of a jack, you should be able to rig a 4x4 and hold the structure up while you replace the existing support.
House is hitting the market the first week of January... I feel pretty optimistic that our minor improvements will pay off.
Looking to buy a big dinning room table. Like 8’ x 4’. Living edge wood would be cool. Any suggestions?
When she says, "Which one do you like more?" Just own it. Stick to your decision because you're in for a ride fucker. Thoughts and prayers.
Sounds cool to me. I would consider what, if any types of wood exist in the space already (flooring/trim), and keep in mind you don't want your chairs to clash with it either. We have a canadian fuckton of clear finished wood in our house, which makes buying wood furniture a real chore. The live edge stuff is very cool to look at, and don't think it would be impractical if done well. Good luck and post pics.
Painted the entire interior of our house, dug up and replanted two large flower beds, mulched around all bushes and beds. Now we have contractors coming to pressure wash the driveway, front and back porch and to paint the front and side exterior. Realtor wants to ask 50k more than what we paid 14 months ago. I just want it sold ASAP because we’re living with my in laws until it does. My EOY bonus and whatever profit from this house should make a pretty nice deposit in our next one.
Yeah I've never understood that. I just started shopping for our mortgage, and granted I work in the industry, but I'm putting as little down as possible to keep my assets liquid, and paying what amounts to $2500 for lender paid PMI at the same interest rate pricing as if I had put 20% down. I'm getting a pretty decent discount b/c my friend is doing my loan and got a pricing exception, but the point remains that I'd rather have investment flexibility than having money sunk into equity that could vanish at a moment's notice.
We had to put way more than 20% down on the house we just bought because I was qualifying alone and my income is all self-employed so it fucked us there. As soon as we can we’ll re-fi it down to 20% or so and take that cash back out. I’m all about borrowing as much as you can at low interest rates.
Wife and I are debating about remodeling our kitchen as it is so fucking weird. We have no dining space due to the strange setup. Has anyone on here bought cabinets online? Thoughts?
It’s almost like not everyone is in the same situation and some situations make sense for some, while other situations work better for others.
Under 10 years to go. Fuck interest. Wouldn't be here without a nice chunk down and some interest rate trickery.
Not every lender gives that option, and people don't realize that they can get another lender who does Edit: and if their realtor tries to make them go with someone who they claim is the best, yet doesn't do stuff like that, then they need to possibly get a new realtor.
anyone have experience in foundations? the house we're about to sign on contract on has a few small cracks around the tile and what not, but my realtor is not too worried about it because the area of town is on black cotton soil. he said as long as we took care of the grass appropriately then it shouldn't worsen. the sellers also provided us with a copy of an inspection that said this: should we have any cause for concern at this point?
I would reply with something about "'estimated' variances will not be considered"...... finished floor elevation survey's are not very hard to do and IMO should be required to be included in anyones "estimate" of settling.
It's typically people just being under informed & not knowing their options. Realtors typically just refer to a lender that provides them some kind of incentive in return. Who your financing is with has no impact on them, so long as the loan closes
So my main heat pump for the house has a heater unit that will kick on if I put my simple Honeywell thermostat to emergency heat. I live in PA and these temps are kicking my ass with a heat pump. At my old house the thermostat could kick on the electric heater to supplement the heat pump when it’s too cold. Do Nest or Ecobee have this feature? I thought I read something about Nest having a More Savings or More Comfort setting which would possibly do what I’m looking for.
Why the hell would any house in the north have a heat pump? Do you not have access to gas or anything?
I have a heat pump for my upstairs, it was a bit cheaper and I only have like 800 square feet up there. This week is almost too much for it though here in North Carolina.