When I was living in an apartment the heat (natural gas) wasn’t coming on. I could hear the unit start to turn on but it would shut off after a few minutes. Maintenance guy couldn’t come out for a day or two so I went into the closet where the unit was and noticed that the little ignitor was getting hot but the gas wasn’t catching. So I got some pliers and adjusted it so that it was closer to the gas and boom it worked. Was very proud of myself
Work starts today. Roof, seamless gutters, vents, flashings, trim painti g, shed roof, fence refinishing, and any other incidentals & majors they find while doing this work. Sometimes I do win apparently.
First quote for approx 1,000 ft of radiant heating in a polished concrete slab on the first floor: $38K Am now looking at wood flooring Funshot Residue that seems crazy high?
Need more info brother. This is turnkey from dirt including aggregate, insulation, piping, heat source, manifold, concrete, finish work, and sealer? Does the concrete have to be pumped in?
Oh yeah. Tonight will probably be a debacle, but no noticeable damage. I did chuckle at the 2 cybertrucks I saw outside because they probably can't fit in a garage though
The news was broadcasting at a gas station and there were two cybertrucks under the awning because their tough as nails nazi trucks might melt in the rain
had to be somewhere in the southeast. the wind was crazy last night and it was a large band that came through.
yall SEC folks like to pretend you're the only part of the country but it was plenty windy (60mph gusts) in other regions last night
We had 50 mph wind with 4-9 inches of snow. The lack of snow in that pic is a good indicator it wasn’t MN though.
Got two offers on our current house over the weekend. Took the one that was full price but has a contingency that the buyers have to sell their house. We’re not in a huge rush so it works. New house should be fully done by Friday, Need glass for showers, touch up cosmetic stuff, and asphalt to be poured which is all scheduled. We’re supposed to close a week from Monday, but underwriting needed more documents. I am a little nervous on that. I think I mentioned in here, but in early January our builder told us we had 50k of overages that he was willing to split with us 50/50. I asked for documentation of those because the numbers didn’t make sense. He never got it to us, and then apologized and told us not to worry about it saying his numbers were wrong. Yesterday he brought up overages again and said he “hoped we could work it out.” I was shocked, and told him he never got us what we asked for. He said that he did and that he has accrued 2 additional months of holding costs (those aren’t our fault). I’m torn on whether to tell him to kick rocks or try and help some since I really don’t want him fucking anything in the house up. Tl, dr: current house under contract, new house is supposed to close in a week, builder is trying to extort us at the last minute.
Yeah if the overages are real he should have documentation to back that up. Like receipts and invoices. And maybe should've mentioned that way sooner.
as part of the contract we were supposed to get the budget for finishes. We never got that despite repeatedly asking. We have our receipts for the finishes we chose, but there is nothing stopping him from making that budget up now and saying we were xx over.
How is this supposed to work? Does the contract have line items for foundation, framing, insulation, finishes, etc. then if costs change the builder and homeowner have to negotiate who is responsible for what? The builder shows the contract includes 10k for framing but after waiting a year to start the project lumber costs change so the homeowner is now responsible for a higher cost despite the contract?
Our quotes are valid for 30 days and we have a volatility clause in the terms and conditions of our contract. All change orders are brought to the owners attention and discussed prior to performing them.
I work with underground drilling GCs regularly at work and they always try this change order bullshit no matter what I tell them ahead of time. Thankfully our contracts make it a quick discussion.
Noticed a wasp's nest in my attic. Like any man, I stood on a squatty potty and filmed what I couldn't see. How should I fill this gap from the outside? Silicone sealant? It won't be visible, so I don't care how it looks.
I have wood plank exterior and caulked where they were getting in from the outside. Is your attic vented? You could put a fine mesh screen over any large vents too.
I don't see any vents that aren't screened off, but my roof is steep and I almost got trapped once by doing a little alex honnolding. But I can reach this guy, so the wasp at the end of the video better abort mission in there
Builder is moving along. Kids got into the new school for next year. Now we just need someone to buy the current house and we’re good.
Welp, my builder just told me the cost study has increased 15% based on possibly breaking ground in May. My lender informed me they're tightening their lending requirements based on [everything], so they can't approve me at the previous budget, much less 15% more. Basically, I'd need to come up with about $500K - $600K down. I'm going back to Mexico. I'll always have plans of a conversation pit, at least.