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rap music posted:Awesome! The bathroom wallpaper is really the only I'm interested in preserving. I'd like to do a black and white nouveau theme in both restrooms. If you're having contractors come in and remove almost all the wallpaper, paint, etc. but there's one room or one area you want preserved, trust me on this: go and get a sticky pad, write "DO NOT REMOVE" on the sticky notes, and stick one or two to every single wall/surface you want to be left alone. Do not trust that telling your general contractor verbally "...and don't take down the wallpaper in this room" will trickle down to whichever group of hammer monkeys winds up working in the vicinity of that room on that day.
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Leperflesh posted:If you're having contractors come in and remove almost all the wallpaper, paint, etc. but there's one room or one area you want preserved, trust me on this: go and get a sticky pad, write "DO NOT REMOVE" on the sticky notes, and stick one or two to every single wall/surface you want to be left alone. Do not trust that telling your general contractor verbally "...and don't take down the wallpaper in this room" will trickle down to whichever group of hammer monkeys winds up working in the vicinity of that room on that day. Then they'll take it to mean they shouldn't remove the sticky note and will remove everything around it.
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Leperflesh posted:If you're having contractors come in and remove almost all the wallpaper, paint, etc. but there's one room or one area you want preserved, trust me on this: go and get a sticky pad, write "DO NOT REMOVE" on the sticky notes, and stick one or two to every single wall/surface you want to be left alone. Do not trust that telling your general contractor verbally "...and don't take down the wallpaper in this room" will trickle down to whichever group of hammer monkeys winds up working in the vicinity of that room on that day. That seems like really great advice, thanks!
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May 15, 2017 18:41
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Kaethela posted:Then they'll take it to mean they shouldn't remove the sticky note and will remove everything around it. They sure will.  I have a quick question about whether my builder has done some crappy construction or normal temporary work. There's an area of the house getting a new ceiling/floor via the help of some i-beams. The beams are fine and installed as per the engineer's spec, but the joists are framed up and holding onto the wall solely by some bolts, they're not sat on anything except the hangers on the steel. They've already levelled the joists so anything they do next won't involve removing them. Is this a) safe if it's final or b) normal temporary behaviour? What would you expect them to do next? http://imgur.com/a/OtAfN
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glynnenstein posted:We had a bit of LED chat a week or so ago, but I had to change out a few bulbs at work today and they all had the same interesting heat-based failure mode. i know this isn't actually a good metric for quality, but i've always had way way better luck with single-emitter lamps ...which gets spendy as poo poo at 18.5w
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May 16, 2017 01:53
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baFaEvBywGc&t=450s But it is not 400lbs worth for sure.
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May 16, 2017 17:19
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Collateral Damage posted:Seems McMansions aren't exclusive to the US of A: https://www.finn.no/realestate/homes/ad.html?finnkode=95843087 The shitter TV is in the wrong spot. Also, multiple kitchens?
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May 16, 2017 18:59
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kid sinister posted:The shitter TV is in the wrong spot. In-law suite, maybe. Imagine if you took the money spent on ... all ... that ... and it it into custom woodwork and furniture, and say you decorated in more than "marble tile with gold trim and accents." Nah, nevermind, just barf up some more bas relief faux marble panels, guys! (The drop-off in ornamentation is hilarious, too. "Just stick the washer next to the shower, don't bother trying to disguise all the hoses or anything. Let's get this loving thing done and leave." Lots of washers in that place.)
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May 16, 2017 20:02
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kid sinister posted:The shitter TV is in the wrong spot. If you get google to translate the page it turns out the house contains 4 separate apartments. 3 modest ~600 square feet 1 bedroom units, and one big one over 2000 square feet with 3 bedrooms. quote:The accommodation consists of 4 apartments, they consist of the following rooms division: So you can live in the large engraved abomination and rent out the other three to help with the mortgage. Or use them to house the full time staff you need to keep everything dusted. Or house 3 of your elderly relatives who don't get along with you or each other.
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May 16, 2017 20:20
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Platystemon posted:Crappy construction: everything about The Olivebridge Cottage. A year ago I posted about this cottage. I highly recommend reading those articles if you haven’t because it’s a tragicomedy masterpiece. For Mount Saint Helens Day, I present two updates. Olivebridge Cottage: 2.0! Designing Olivebridge Cottage 2.0: Part 1! Platystemon fucked around with this message at 20:21 on May 18, 2017 |
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May 18, 2017 11:49
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I don't believe this is correct:
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Phanatic posted:I don't believe this is correct: They are totally not stealing power in this picture. (There might even be a reward for narcing on them, not to mention the hilarious safety concern.)
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May 18, 2017 17:12
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Crappy construction aside, some places have the meter inside.
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Platystemon posted:A year ago I posted about this cottage. I highly recommend reading those articles if you haven’t because it’s a tagicomedy masterpiece. Oh god. They want to add a second story...
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May 18, 2017 20:04
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kid sinister posted:Oh god. They want to add a second story... "We have a small 25k budget for this project" *time passes* "What about a second story?" So much for the budget I guess.
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May 18, 2017 20:28
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On the other hand, if you are in the situation where you're pulling a main part of the structure all the way to the foundation and rebuilding it, that's probably the best time to decide you want to make fundamental changes, right? Better than rebuilding it and then deciding a couple years later you want to plop another level on top and start the whole terrible thing over again.
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May 18, 2017 20:30
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Guy Axlerod posted:Crappy construction aside, some places have the meter inside. Do they have the disconnect inside as well? That also doesn't look like a real service cable, just something someone rigged up.
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May 18, 2017 20:33
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Yeah, that's how it is in my Parent's neighborhood. Just a cable going into the wall, like in the photo but properly secured. Anyone who had service upgraded or remodeled has the meter outside.
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May 18, 2017 20:39
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Platystemon posted:A year ago I posted about this cottage. I highly recommend reading those articles if you haven’t because it’s a tragicomedy masterpiece. This was a wild ride from start to finish and I was definitely not expecting the twist ending.
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May 19, 2017 05:24
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:I knew I recognized that toile wallpaper from your bathroom...my grandmother had it in her bedroom. She also had curtains, lampshades, and bedding in the same pattern. At some point I'll have to make an album of my grandparents' house because the decor was just nuts. I don't care what anyone says, I love this wallpaper and this room is amazing.
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May 20, 2017 00:26
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Rotten Red Rod posted:I don't care what anyone says, I love this wallpaper and this room is amazing. The gorgeous wood helps.
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May 20, 2017 00:40
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Arachnamus posted:They sure will. I am a little curious about why all the joist hangars are sticking above the top of the the beam. They also do not have all the fasteners installed in any of them so they are clearly not done. Do the walls of the lower lever get new finishes on them, or is the plan for the brick to remain exposed? If you are getting new studs around the perimeter to attach new drywall to, then they will bear the load of the perimeter of the floor / ceiling. Or they could be using the perimeter 2x10 as a ledger, but that seems highly unlikely. Either way they are only about 3/4 done framing that floor.
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 This was one of the bathrooms in my grandparents' house built in 1976. Even after cleaning, it felt dirty. And claustrophobic. edit: This was a jack-and-jill bathroom - so there was another matching basin area and closet adjoining to a toilet area and a large garden tub. Actual size of the bath was 12x12 and it felt like a cave. Goober Peas fucked around with this message at 02:39 on May 20, 2017 |
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Good choice on bathroom wallpaper, no one would even notice if you threw up on those walls!
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Blue Footed Booby posted:The gorgeous wood helps. Random-width plank floors are beautiful when they're in good shape. I'm happy to have c.1925 oak floors, but my sister's house is from the 1850s and has some really, really nice floors. I think that room might look a bit better with some wainscotting to break up the walls, but overall I fall in the "not a bad room" camp. Man, I just looked up their house on Zillow to confirm the rough date, and they still haven't recovered original cost from the housing crash. That loving sucks. We took a hit after we bought in 2013 -- fourth-year anniversary in nine days! -- but we've recovered since then, and until I updated it a year or two back just to see what would happen Zillow's estimate ignored a good chunk of finished space. Of course, we also waterproofed the front of the house to the foundation, replaced one of the the A/C systems, etc. ... I try not to think about those costs.
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I get realtors sending me letters asking to buy my house every once in a while. The few times I've bothered to follow up they always offer less than what I paid for it at the height of the housing crash. I just laugh and hang up on them.
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Platystemon posted:A year ago I posted about this cottage. I highly recommend reading those articles if you haven’t because it’s a tragicomedy masterpiece. I almost missed this! Thanks for reposting.
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My friend is getting kicked out of his rent controlled apartment and is looking to buy a place in Vancouver (lol). This is the best thing he could find in his budget. (clicky for more) $335k for a 450 sq. ft. bachelor + 140 sq. ft. rape dungeon with a trap door you couldn't even fit a mattress down. It rubs the lotion on it's skin. It does this when it's told.
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morethanjake32 posted:I am a little curious about why all the joist hangars are sticking above the top of the the beam. They also do not have all the fasteners installed in any of them so they are clearly not done. Do the walls of the lower lever get new finishes on them, or is the plan for the brick to remain exposed? If you are getting new studs around the perimeter to attach new drywall to, then they will bear the load of the perimeter of the floor / ceiling. Or they could be using the perimeter 2x10 as a ledger, but that seems highly unlikely. I asked the builder about it shortly after posting, they are indeed relying solely on those bolts to hold up the perimeter. They're fixed in with resin, fine, but it's the sheer strength I'm concerned about. They've since added hangers all the way round so that part's done, I'm presuming they're going to trim or fold the tops of the hangers when they fit the floor. The ground floor will be getting new plaster but here we don't usually plasterboard (drywall) on brick, it's more common to use a sand/cement render as a scratch coat. But I've not confirmed what their plans are. Edit: also when using plasterboard on brick it tends to be via dot and dab rather than studwork, so no support there either. Jaded Burnout fucked around with this message at 09:15 on May 20, 2017 |
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Rotten Red Rod posted:I don't care what anyone says, I love this wallpaper and this room is amazing. I posted way more pictures in the Interior Design thread, along with pics of other rooms in the house.
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there wolf posted:I get realtors sending me letters asking to buy my house every once in a while. The few times I've bothered to follow up they always offer less than what I paid for it at the height of the housing crash. I just laugh and hang up on them. I got one of those three months after moving in from the realtor who did the sale. Unfortunately my house is in pretty good shape other than need some aesthetic updates, so not fodder for this thread.
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Dillbag posted:My friend is getting kicked out of his rent controlled apartment and is looking to buy a place in Vancouver (lol). This is the best thing he could find in his budget. (clicky for more) The decorator that put up the "don't leave us here" painting has a good sense of humor.
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Dillbag posted:My friend is getting kicked out of his rent controlled apartment and is looking to buy a place in Vancouver (lol). This is the best thing he could find in his budget. (clicky for more) The
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Dillbag posted:$335k for a 450 sq. ft. bachelor + 140 sq. ft. rape dungeon with a trap door you couldn't even fit a mattress down. I like how the floor plan has a drumkit down there, implying that it's soundproofed. Why, I bet you could scream your lungs out and and nobody would hear a thing!
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Do scratch marks from human nails provide a good gripping surface for a skim coat?
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Arachnamus posted:I asked the builder about it shortly after posting, they are indeed relying solely on those bolts to hold up the perimeter. They're fixed in with resin, fine, but it's the sheer strength I'm concerned about. Ok, so I took another look at the photos and is looks like there is a bolt though the perimeter ledger into the block wall about every 2'-0", which is fairly common. I just didn't see them all from the angle that the pictures were taken. Does this work have to be inspected by the local government or a 3rd party inspector at certain stages ( I assume you are not in the US). While they may not catch 100% of any screwup or omission by your builder, they do usually keep everything in line with what the engineers plans call for.
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Arachnamus posted:Do scratch marks from human nails provide a good gripping surface for a skim coat? If they are: inside the coffin buried alive scratch marks yes, might want to fill in the deeper gouges and get any blood off first. Just general scratch marks probably still need sanding.
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HERAK posted:If they are: inside the coffin buried alive scratch marks yes, might want to fill in the deeper gouges and get any blood off first. Just general scratch marks probably still need sanding. reclaimed coffin wood seems like the next hipster thing
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morethanjake32 posted:Ok, so I took another look at the photos and is looks like there is a bolt though the perimeter ledger into the block wall about every 2'-0", which is fairly common. I just didn't see them all from the angle that the pictures were taken. Does this work have to be inspected by the local government or a 3rd party inspector at certain stages ( I assume you are not in the US). While they may not catch 100% of any screwup or omission by your builder, they do usually keep everything in line with what the engineers plans call for. Yeah the guy from the local building regulations has been inspecting it on the regular, though I've not been around for any of his visits yet. The engineer's plans don't discuss this part which is why I don't have a frame of reference for "correct", but if the approach sounds right I trust them to have done the details right. They've filled in almost all of the hanger fixings and I'll make sure they're all there before the floor goes on. I'm not sure I have photos for everything but this house was a wonder of shoddy work, mostly electrical. Things like running mains cables diagonally across the floor from one socket to another, on top of the carpet. Or IP?? light box on the wall at the foot of the bath which contains a shower. And the pull string for the electric shower installed inside the shower. The kitchen with 5 layers of lino on top of tiles is a microcosm of everything else in the house.
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Arachnamus posted:I'm not sure I have photos for everything but this house was a wonder of shoddy work, mostly electrical. Things like running mains cables diagonally across the floor from one socket to another, on top of the carpet. Or IP?? light box on the wall at the foot of the bath which contains a shower. And the pull string for the electric shower installed inside the shower. That electrical is potentially terrifying and you should take plenty of pictures both for this thread and your insurance. Also make sure you have a copy of your builders insurance, then google the number for the agency to make sure it's a legit policy. 5 layers of lino on top of tiles is sort of par for the course, but you forgot that those tiles are probably asbestos. 
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