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So we've been having one or two issues with out rental house in the last couple of weeks. It started out when the shower dumped a bunch of water through the downstairs ceiling. We started using the bath until that began leaking too and the landlord has now had British Gas' Homecare guys out like a half a dozen times to look at stuff. It's turning into a rabbit's nest of problems, aside from the water leaks we have: On the gas oven that's singed it's own power cord at the back. The electrician came round today to quote for moving the socket and replacing the cord. Whilst he was working in the fusebox he found that the wiring insulation behind the shower circuit breaker had melted, so:  (The red tape is over the hole sawzalled into the cover to fit the breaker in). At least the shower can't leak through the ceiling any more! Then this evening I get home and the kitchen smells like gas. We call up National Grid who come and cap off our gas supply:  The engineer that was here reckoned when the electrician moved the oven earlier today he fractured the gas pipe behind it. The pipe itself pokes directly out the wall, has a 90* elbow and then about 1.5" of straight pipe before the fitting and has fractured right on the corner. So now we have no shower, no hot water for a bath, and no oven. I'm putting the deposit down on a new flat tomorrow.  *E* If anyone remembers the kitchen socket I posted about in the wiring thread a couple of weeks ago, I now feel confident that it's one of the safest loving things in this place. 
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Aug 7, 2014 19:44
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jammyozzy posted:I'm putting the deposit down on a new flat tomorrow. All I can say to that is good luck with the move!
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Aug 7, 2014 22:06
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I always thought our apartment complex was set up weird and the other night I guess I was right. Stairways = second story apartments, the thing that is a lake = first story apartments. Everyone in the first story had their carpets taken out today and the whole place reeks of mildew. Oh, there was also this:  The parking lot was all sorts of hosed up and a bunch of cars got flooded. I guess that's what happens when you have a hill, then a parking lot at an incline next to it?
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Aug 12, 2014 12:17
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Basement guest room door where I'm staying this week: It's a rarely-used guest room so nobody really cares.
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Aug 12, 2014 13:50
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A little trim and paint and that doorway would be done, though. Why stop when you're 90% done?
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Aug 12, 2014 14:24
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I have to think they just got busy and missed that. And then proceeded to try and ignore it for the rest of their life every time they opened and closed the door.
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Aug 12, 2014 15:39
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Ran out of money, blew it all on over door towel hooks.
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Aug 12, 2014 15:50
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There was an episode of sweat equity where someone had left every door in their house like that, including the bathrooms.
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Aug 12, 2014 15:56
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Nightmare Zone posted:I always thought our apartment complex was set up weird and the other night I guess I was right. Sweet, bonus moat! Toss in a few gators or snapping turtles and you got yourself a home defense system. Need to figure out how to retract that drawbridge though.
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Aug 12, 2014 22:37
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I have to think they just got busy and missed that. And then proceeded to try and ignore it for the rest of their life every time they opened and closed the door. In doing this exact thing with a door right now, in my living room. It hasn't been a full year yet, so that's cool, right?
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Aug 13, 2014 00:25
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Raised by Hamsters posted:In doing this exact thing with a door right now, in my living room. It hasn't been a full year yet, so that's cool, right? Oh dude, if we had a thread for "poo poo you know is wrong in your house that you're loving ignoring" it would be twelve times the length of this thread and six times as scary.
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Aug 13, 2014 00:27
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Oh dude, if we had a thread for "poo poo you know is wrong in your house that you're loving ignoring" it would be twelve times the length of this thread and six times as scary. 
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Aug 13, 2014 00:41
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Oh dude, if we had a thread for "poo poo you know is wrong in your house that you're loving ignoring" it would be twelve times the length of this thread and six times as scary. I don't need the shower in the second bedroom
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Aug 13, 2014 00:42
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Oh dude, if we had a thread for "poo poo you know is wrong in your house that you're loving ignoring" it would be twelve times the length of this thread and six times as scary. My sun room's had a drippy roof for over a year now.
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Aug 13, 2014 00:45
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Raised by Hamsters posted:In doing this exact thing with a door right now, in my living room. It hasn't been a full year yet, so that's cool, right? I finally replaced the obviously wrong 25A and 30A fuses in my fusebox with 15A ones so, yeah. Haven't blown them with the same usage of high-ish wattage appliances so I probably haven't been cooking my wires.
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Aug 13, 2014 01:00
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You don't actually NEED a back splash in a kitchen. It's really just for looks, right? (We haven't had one in nearly a year now)
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Aug 13, 2014 02:27
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Powerlurker posted:In Rochester, NY? No way in hell would a house like that sell for 50k. My landlord offered me her 4 bedroom house with attic and unfinished basement, front & back yard for 20k. I miss Rochester.
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Aug 13, 2014 02:48
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Amykinz posted:You don't actually NEED a back splash in a kitchen. It's really just for looks, right? (We haven't had one in nearly a year now) If you do any serious cooking, it's really kind of necessary to keep your walls from getting stained from food/grease/etc. Unless you want to go immigrant asian and put up aluminum foil. *I'm defining serious cooking here as any sort of high heat/frying activities. You can probably get away with it if you only boil? Or braise? I don't know, accidents probably still happen. I've flung sauce across the room once or twice by accident.
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Aug 13, 2014 03:02
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Rurutia posted:If you do any serious cooking, it's really kind of necessary to keep your walls from getting stained from food/grease/etc. Unless you want to go immigrant asian and put up aluminum foil. Any open pan cooking will spatter something at one point. At least you don't live in my apartment where the countertops are literally painted wood 
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Aug 13, 2014 03:27
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Rurutia posted:If you do any serious cooking, it's really kind of necessary to keep your walls from getting stained from food/grease/etc. Unless you want to go immigrant asian and put up aluminum foil. Oh I know, but the wall behind the stove right now is at least painted, and I am going to clean it well and prime it before putting up the tile. We started this renovation last summer, have been doing bits and pieces when we can, and now I'm 37 weeks pregnant so I can't even reach/lean over the counters to do the tile right now.  So that will have to wait
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Aug 13, 2014 03:45
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Oh dude, if we had a thread for "poo poo you know is wrong in your house that you're loving ignoring" it would be twelve times the length of this thread and six times as scary. There's one tile in my shower that was cracked, then used anyway. Like, whoever installed it actually installed the two pieces separately and grouted around them. I don't know if it's because they didn't buy extra tile or if they were just that cheap, but it amuses me.
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Aug 13, 2014 06:12
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I dunno if there's anything wrong with my house (moved in on sunday), mostly just a buncha stuff that still needs doing: -Trim on the inside of the bathroom, need to get something water resistant like plastic, with a "heel" because the door frame is recessed into the tiled wall on this side. -Ditto on the sauna door, I got some plastic trim there already I can use though -Sauna needs to be treated with mineral oil or the wood will go bad -Put up a mailbox -Put up lights in the house -Silicone around sinks -Hook up the home network -Unpack shitloads of boxes, lack the room for all of our stuff, need to finish the wardrobes, garage and storage room asap. -Paint the garage -Build the terrace -Some floor and roof molding/trimming still needs putting up -Lots of logs I need to cut up, split and get organized. -Start laying the stone puzzle that'll become a retaining wall and separate the lowest part of the yard from the rest
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Aug 13, 2014 06:48
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His Divine Shadow posted:
You can scrub and sand the wood but do not oil or seal the inside surfaces or benches. If it's rotting, you have a drainage or venting problem that needs fixing.
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Aug 13, 2014 16:11
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Nitrox posted:My living room is fully gutted right now. And by right now I mean since fall I don't even know where to start on the list of poo poo I need to do to my house.
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Aug 13, 2014 16:32
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Don't worry, as you start going through the list you'll discover new things to add to the list (or discover tasks that must be done before you can get to the list items)
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Aug 13, 2014 17:03
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Well the list includes... repoint 75% of the foundation rebuild portions of the foundation, replace 24 feet more of rotted sill beams (already did 35 feet) completely rewire the first floor finish rewiring the second floor build a chimney (already knocked down the old one) put in new floor joists for the master bedroom, the old floor is already out gut two more rooms (house is almost completely gutted) insulate and sheetrock everything new flooring in every room except the living room new windows complete kitchen remodel install a furnace/whole heating system have the old heating system removed - it's all asbestos insulated or I'd do it myself remove two layers of old siding (one asbestos cement, one clapboard) from the outside, redo all trim and install vinyl siding, demolish and replace both porches So yeah, I think I'm a little ahead of you on that, I already know the whole place is hosed 
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Aug 13, 2014 17:09
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getting the phone line unwrapped from the well & properly run from the street resurfacing flagstone walkway as some of them may as well be soaked in Crisco when it rains widening the driveway gravel/asphalt driveway removing pine trees replace other half of house's light switches run ethernet to 2 bedrooms reinsulate ductwork Moving to a different house where the road is not dirt, the internet is not limited to lovely DSL and the neighbors aren't assholes/related to my wife.
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Aug 13, 2014 17:18
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kastein posted:Well the list includes... I think you're well beyond the scope of the spirit of "overlooking daily because I don't feel like fixing it". It makes me feel better about the disaster that I pay a mortgage on when you post though, so please continue. 
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Aug 13, 2014 18:03
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kastein posted:Well the list includes... You forgot the dozer rental. . . Or is that what the 5 ton is for? 
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Aug 14, 2014 02:13
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Crotch Fruit posted:You forgot the dozer rental. . . Or is that what the 5 ton is for? No kidding. That's not a fixer-upper, that's a blower-upper.
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Aug 14, 2014 02:39
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jailbait#3 posted:You can scrub and sand the wood but do not oil or seal the inside surfaces or benches. If it's rotting, you have a drainage or venting problem that needs fixing. This is how everyone has treated their saunas for ages in Finland, the product even says sauna bench treatment.
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Aug 14, 2014 04:48
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kid sinister posted:No kidding. That's not a fixer-upper, that's a blower-upper. I would have, and in fact would love to have a proper poured foundation... but I can't build from scratch while living in it or pull permits for that kind of thing without having an architect/engineer on board. Building a house of theseus, I can. The next house I build (this is only to build equity, get an idea of how I want a house to be set up, and practice my construction skills) will be done from scratch so I know an idiot built it. I might have the cement work done by a contractor but that's it.
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Aug 14, 2014 14:23
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Oh dude, if we had a thread for "poo poo you know is wrong in your house that you're loving ignoring" it would be twelve times the length of this thread and six times as scary. My living room and main bathroom floor are bare concrete. I've had the bamboo flooring for the living room sitting there for like 2 years. The bathroom also needs the tile and backer board replaced - it's trying to come down by itself. Tub looks lovely, too, so... I try not to look at my wavy roof.
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Aug 14, 2014 20:03
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I made a big long list a few years ago but I lost it. Just the very basics though: -remove the roof from the patio, repair/replace all the joists coming out of the garage under the edge of the patio roof that are rotted, possibly change the angle of the patio roof, replace various joists/beams in the patio structure, replace the patio roof, properly seal it. -Remove or replace or do something about the uneven concrete slabs of the patio floor -Add screens and paint the patio -replace all the ironwork inside the chimney and fireplace, re-seal the fireplace -strip the red paint off the hearth/chimney brickwork in the LR, or maybe just repaint it or put something over it -add edging to the wood floor around the hearth where it is all missing -gut & completely remodel both bathrooms -gut & remodel the kitchen, including the floor -tear out the leaking in-ground sprinkler system and the lawn front & back and put in native plants and in-ground trickle/drip watering system -repair the big dent in the side of the house where we had the tree removed because it was mashing into the house -replace all the window screens, half of which are missing and the other half of which aren't sized properly -oh yeah and the cracked bathroom window -rewire the whole house at some point, including 220 to the garage -redo most of the drywall because the idiots that did it originally did an incredibly lovely job at every drywall join -paint the exterior of the house -probably within the next 5 years or so replace the roof -replace the sewer line, possibly doing trenchless replacement or possibly tearing out the unhealthy sycamore in the front yard that is directly on top of the sewer line -new blinds or curtains for every window in the house -new bathroom doors, new closet doors, they're all hosed, oh and a proper fire door between the dining area and the garage -insulate & finish the garage -suck out all the old blown-in insulation in the attic space, put in good insulation, possibly put in flooring to create a storage area up there, put in much better ventilation or a big fan or something? Maybe do this when the roof is replaced -sell the place and let someone enjoy all the nice work we put into it while we move into another house with just as many new problems and start the cycle all over again argh gently caress
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Aug 14, 2014 20:38
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Darchangel posted:My living room and main bathroom floor are bare concrete. I stayed in a hotel recently where the floor, walls, and ceiling were bare concrete. They were trying to play it off as an aesthetic decision but I can't help but think it was an aesthetic decision made on the basis of cost.
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Aug 15, 2014 00:11
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:I stayed in a hotel recently where the floor, walls, and ceiling were bare concrete. How long did it take to make bail?
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Aug 15, 2014 02:08
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:I stayed in a hotel recently where the floor, walls, and ceiling were bare concrete. They were trying to play it off as an aesthetic decision but I can't help but think it was an aesthetic decision made on the basis of cost. So how was Sochi?
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Aug 15, 2014 06:09
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Darchangel posted:My living room and main bathroom floor are bare concrete. I've had the bamboo flooring for the living room sitting there for like 2 years. The bathroom also needs the tile and backer board replaced - it's trying to come down by itself. Tub looks lovely, too, so... Concrete nothing, we just had the bare plywood sub floor in our bathroom growing up. Sometime around 1991, my father remodeled the bathroom and never got around to tiling it for another 13(!) years. It would probably still be lacking tile to this day if my mother hadn't insisted it be finished before my wedding. He finished with 2 days to spare.
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Aug 15, 2014 06:31
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The Glumslinger posted:So how was Sochi? Lmao
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Aug 15, 2014 10:59
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If you really must know, it was Hotel Red in Madison, WI.
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