This is kinda what I’m thinking. included in the 9% is stuff like picking finishes and choosing a contractor. I know my wife, she’s going to be picking all the finishes. All this person will be doing is saving me a trip to the flooring and paint stores with her- something I’d like to avoid but not for 9%. As for picking a contractor, our last project I interviewed 8 different contractors and they ranged from $20k to $50k…with that kind of discrepancy in pricing, there is no way I’m letting someone whose being paid a percentage of the construction costs pick the contractor.
As a GC, I wouldn't touch a small job like a remodel for less than 15% As an engineer, I agree that architects are pretty much worth nothing but a waste of your money in a home remodel
We’re paying our GC 20% on job that’s relatively small in scope but has a number of moving parts. She’s excellent, has very good subcontractors who are doing very good work, and we approve every bid before moving forward. She also gets discounts at all of the best materials vendors in town (lighting, fixtures, etc.) which helps offset some of the fee. Very much worth it and I’m only dealing with one person (her) instead of having to keep every sub in line, let alone know the good ones to engage in the first place. I expect clients to trust me in my line of work, I don’t have any problem trusting other people who are experts in theirs.
We are paying 25% to our contractor but he is also top notch and has been awesome to work with. A good contractor is well worth the higher percentage.
Replaced a valve on the toilet in our camper and was outside about to turn the water on to the camper to test it out. fucker startled me good
This was my dryer at 4pm ET. Thanks to YouTube, $20 in parts, two trips to Home Depot, and a million cuts on my hands/arms…the drum belt has been replaced and we are back in business.
The dryer was a fucking mess because multiple seals broke down. There was probably 2” of dirt and lint encasing the entire inside. I cleaned it up and did my best to seal the gaps. I also tried cleaning the vent/hose but couldn’t get too far back. I think I made it worse because now clothes aren’t drying as fast and my wife is complaining. I think replacing the flexible hose and venting in the crawl space is coming for me this weekend.
In terms of a visceral reaction, “in the crawlspace” rivals phrases such as Needle in eye Hair in sandwich Kicked in balls I really hate my crawlspace
aight i have a Liebher fridge/freezer that has been giving me problems and I'm trying to avoid calling an appliance tech. We went out of town over the weekend and came home to the freezer door behind slightly cracked open. Either my wife left it open slightly as she occasionally does, or it somehow got propped open slightly because it's always jam packed with stuff. Either way we had to toss all our shit out and it resulted in the back of the freezer freezing over and now it won't get cold enough. The back fan and coils are encased in ice. I knocked it all off yesterday morning trying to free the fan but that doesn't seem to work as it's all encased again. Should I just empty it out and unplug it and let is all melt out? then dry the water out and restart it? or is there a chance there is a part that is completely damaged that I need to replace? Currently the fridge sits around 40-50 degrees and the freezer is around 30-40. they are set at 37 and -2 respectively and aren't getting close to that.
Anybody ever ordered and self-installed plantation shutters? My wife has decided this is of the utmost importance all the sudden after 7 years in our house, but the $4K price for just our downstairs windows has me ready to leave her and start over new. Looking for cheaper options
Three year old Samsung dishwasher isn’t cleaning the top drawer. How many YouTube videos do I have to watch before giving up and calling a repair person or just buy new?
I don’t know how large your downstairs is, but $4,000 sounds like a bargain. We received a quote recently to replace plantation shutters on French doors in our bedroom and I believe the quote was $2,400.
I think I can create a few fake influencers accounts on TikTok to come up with some other idea for about $2k.
When we bought the house we immediately finished the basement and added w/d expecting the ones there to go at any time. Now she's complaining because both washers are running all the time.
Having a garage door issue when my door gets about 2 inches above the floor, it reverses like it’s tripped by the sensor. I have to do it a time or two to get it closed. Nothing is on the door that seems to be tripping it. I haven’t really trouble shot too much but my sensor seems lined up and I’ve tweaked it a time or two to no avail. Any secrets for me to try before calling someone?
Had that and had to call someone out. Something happened in the motherboard. Ended up being cheaper just to get a new one
Sometimes I think the sun will hit the sensor just right at a certain time of day and screw mine up. We've also been really hard on our door so there's no telling
Look on the opener motor thing itself Lots of times they have an adjustment for not only power but sensitivity of reverse Adjust those and see what happens
Yea, get all your wrenches and stuff out and blindly figure out the springs We will pray for your widow
I’ve watched at least 40 and still not confident I’m all that close to a solution. Took apart the filter to clean it out, scrubbed away soap build up, and cleaned out debris from the spray arms. The top spray arm (sprays down from the top) never spins. The middle spay arm (sprays up from the middle drawer) spins. The bottom spray arm also spins. I put bowls in the middle shelf to catch water and only the bowl in the lower right quadrant ever catches water, the other three have just a few drops.
Dammit I’ve been drinking and this garage door is pissing me off. the error code is due to a blocked sensor. I’ve cleaned and aligned them and somehow made it worse. did some other trouble shooting and it’s not a door travel issue. maybe I’ll fuck around with it some more tomorrow. I can get it closed but it’s just a pain in the ass
It's 5 am and I'm considering entering the world of plumbing. Google tells me that I need to replace a toilet fill valve. I see kits with and without a flapper. Any need to replace the flapper if there are no apparent issues with it? Trying to balance going the extra mile vs. adding another layer I might fuck up.
When I flush, it's making a low "foghorn" noise described here. Although my fill valve doesn't have a floaty ball, so I'm just kind of guessing. Everything still works as it should.
that is a very straightforward fix. i would replace the flapper because why not. it's not that expensive and might as well get everything new.
you do you but I prefer to maximize my number of plumbing projects, time in the toilet tank, and trips to Home Depot good sir
I do see that the price difference is negligible. I guess my main question was whether a flapper replacement is likely to create new issues (bad seal, running toilet, etc.) when installed by an FSU man
FSU man reporting. Only thing I can add is I replaced my valve and it was super easy. My wife was very impressed that I was able to adjust how much water filled the toilet bowl after flushing (I did not know how to do this prior but naturally I acted like it was common knowledge for a pro home repair man like myself)
Always replace the flapper. That is the part that will cost you the most money in the long run. The seal on flappers will go bad much faster than most of the other part, leading to a small leak. If you hear the toilet refilling a small amount regularly, that’s a bad flapper.
Siblings and I listed our parent's house for sale this morning. Guess we'll find out what the market is like in SoCal in the next week or so.
This. Flapper and whatever is connecting your flushing handle to the flapper are the things that fail most in my experience.
I ignored a bad flapper for a month and got a notice from the water company that my house might have a leak and my water bill was $100+ more than the prior month. Replace the flapper.
Bought a new house and the gas water heater is original. Manufactured date of 1996. It’s a 75 gallon tank. I’m going to go ahead and replace but unsure what direction to go in. Is tankless the better option and stick with gas or convert to electric? Four person household with a 3 year old and 1 year old so not a lot of consecutive showers being taken at this point.