I'm only partly serious, but it would really depend of the level of inconvenience that I'd be suffering for those 4 months. For example, if I wouldn't have a kitchen or if I'd be sharing a room with one of my young kids, I'm keeping the recurring meeting with my realtor on the books.
We moved like three blocks from our old house and from a smaller bungalow (was still 4br/2ba) to a larger foursquare (technically a 3br/2ba, but has a now enclosed sleeping porch that would be fine as a bedroom). Arguably the bungalow was on a better lot and street. A reno would've been insanely impractical (and expensive) because we'd be undoing 70-80 years of half-assed electrical work, renos, doing a crawlspace/basement project, and putting in some insane (28, I think?) number of new windows because they put in crappy stuff in the 70s. I didn't have the stomach for it, as much as I loved the house and neighbors. Not to mention, when we reno'd the kitchen before moving in the first house, I had a fairly bad experience with the contractor. The work quality wasn't terrible, but lots of poor communication and poor sub oversight. As an architect friend (who does his own house renos) said, "If they are working projects as inexpensive as yours, there's usually a reason." New foursquare was mostly restored, partially reno'd (kitchen) in the late 90s, and new plumbing and electrical (this Square D box could run a small city, no idea why they put it in). The attic is huge, so if it came to that, we could reframe up there for a bonus room of 15x30 or do something similar. It's had its frustrations, but was the right move...for us...and a lot cheaper than reno.
Update to this saga: apparently p/o replaced relay (for compressor I guess) with a switch so that it was basically always running. Would explain why it gave up. Condensor was fucked up, too, and what I thought smelled like refrigerant draining was, indeed, refrigerant. So, it's fucked. Got a good 18 years out of it, though, and it's good when the old dude appliance guy says you did all the troubleshooting correctly, etc. Got one of these for $1100 from Mazer (local scratch and dent factory place): https://www.geappliances.com/applia...Resistant-French-Door-Refrigerator-GFE26JYMFS FWIW he said they've had bad experiences with the more recent LG and Samsungs in particular.
We've had pretty good luck with GE, and have four kids, so really wanted something with an external ice/water dispenser and a lot of fridge space. Now I have to figure out what to do about the cabinet doors that will surely need to be moved up about .5" since this thing is gonna be a tight fit...
Fuck home inspectors. Got an inspection back by a guy who seems to think he's a master plumber and master electrician.
Thanks to all the females in my house, my shower drain is slow. Shower is tiled so the drain cover is caulked in with color matching caulk. This is our forever home so trying to not fuck anything up but what are everyone's thoughts on Drano? I've heard it can eat at pvc plumbing as well as the clog, but assuming I don't use it on a regular basis, is it probably fine?
Are you saying you can't unscrew the drain cover then? Try finding something like this, although if there's enough hair maybe you couldn't pull it out easily. I did this at my last house and got needle nose pliers to fish the hair out.
This worked marvelously for the issue in my shower. I have used Draino and it might cause temporary relief but ultimately it is not getting to the root of the problem. this sucker should allow you to rip all that shit out. very satisfying experience.
While we are on the topic, what's the best way to clear a bathroom sink if it's draining slow? Normally I'll just take apart the plumbing underneath the sink to clear the line, but that's a pain in the ass.
Thanks for the rec. Yeah I could unscrew it but it's caulked in as well so I'd have to cut it out and then get color matched caulk to reinstall. Looking for lazier solutions basically.
Zep gel + boiling water chaser. But in that sink it's mostly shave residue, etc, and a very fucked up installation of turns, etc.
Further update: I got the 300# french door fucker that died out pretty easily to the street on an appliance dolly. Picked up the other one in a rented Uhaul because (of course) our van is in the shop. Got it out by myself easily enough, but no way I was getting its 350# corpse up the stairs by myself unless I was a corpse. So...we wait until I'm off the hook at 8 tonight!
Don’t you live by One Two or something. Give him a couple tons of Zyn and he’d probably put it on his back and walk it in for you.
It would be easier on both of us if he used the zyns to lure unsupervised children from the brewery down the street to his house to carry it in like ants.
My neighbor and son can help pretty easily. I have a broken finger or otherwise it'd be an easy two person job. I'm just about 50% on that hand. Plus OneTwo would have to walk a lot of hills, that'd be rude.
Drain cleaner sticks work well for hairy stuff close to the drain. Vinegar and baking soda can work on lesser clogs, and soaking with Nair then agitating with a lot of water and a plunger can also work.
Using vinegar and baking soda to fix anything always makes me very confused. Take an acid, neutralize it with a base, then use something with a pH closer to neutral as a miracle cure all.
Helped my uncle move a huge safe. He pulls up with two metal pipes to roll it on/change directions. No one broke a sweat it was impressive as hell. Or maybe I’m just an idiot who has never seen that in action.