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Elviscat posted:Necroing this thread because I'm actually working on my house again. E/gently caress/quote/=edit
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Mar 31, 2024 08:35
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Project continues. GC did all the plumbing, since that's the trade he started in, looks pretty nice to my untrained eye.   In that second picture you can see the vents drilled through the wall, everything's being brought up to code re: venting and moisture control in the attic, eves will be vented, with baffles and foam board through the sloped parts of the roof, and R30 worth of blow-in over the ceiling. At the left, the blue painter's tape x marks the access hatch for this portion of the eves, which is cool because it'll allow for servicing a lot of the plumbing and some of the wiring after the drywall/hardi's up. I'm leaving that section of tile and old lovely mirror as an Easter egg for the next sucker who works on this house. Baffles:  I don't know how I managed to hit the firring strips on Every. Single. Hole. For the recessed lights. Broke the center drill on my hole saw on one of them. The anti-kickback feature on newer cordless drills is really nice for saving your wrists when using holesaws, btw.  Even with the move to a more fiscally viable remodel, I will not suffer a fan-light combo, or a fan-anything combo, or anything but a Panasonic fan, for that matter. I want a humidistat for the fan (not required here yet by code), fortunately HD has ones that you can hit the button on and manually turn the fan on for 30-60min. Earlier this year I was staying at a new house in CA that had humidity switches ONLY and it was really frustrating not being able to turn the fan on when you're on the toilet doing non-humidity-producing things.  Why electricians hate carpenters:  Ripping out the old wiring, I found the one and only wire staple used in the old wiring!  Please excuse the SE cable for my sub-panel hanging limp like that, I think the contractors pulled the clips for it out so they could drill the vent holes in the siding, because I'm 99.9% sure I had it all properly secured up here, though I won't rule out me rushing to finish the last job before I deployed. I'm finding a few dumbshit things I did, like I ran wiring for a smoke detector in the living room, and even left a coil of wire to connect it to the upstairs during this part of the remodel, but I completely forgot to put one in the bedroom somehow. Kitty:  Not pictured: I also hooked the laundry circuit, that I hacked out three years ago, back up to one of the old circuits from the upstairs, so I can run my washing machine without the 12 gauge extension cord running from the bathroom, which was the "temporary" fix.
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Apr 8, 2024 17:34
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I did not block the cats from getting into the remodeling so every once in a while you get one falling through the drop ceiling. I was planning on pulling it out eventually I guess.
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Apr 8, 2024 19:34
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At this point, how much of the original house is actually left?
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Apr 8, 2024 20:15
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The biggest original chunks are the beams (-1 that rotted into the ground), the second floor joists, and all the framing for the roof, including the original firring strips, (which is amazing to me, that the roof has always been upkept) most of the upstairs walls and flooring are also intact. I think about 90% of the framing for the first floor walls is new, which is kind of nuts. If I had burned it down 5 years ago I'd probably be done by now.
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Apr 8, 2024 20:27
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Elviscat posted:If I had burned it down 5 years ago I'd probably be done by now. lmao, I was gonna say, it would've been easier to flatten it and start over.
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Apr 8, 2024 20:28
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I got the upstairs tidied up for the contractors ok before I left on vacation (going on vacation for the heavy demo work was a pro move) but I forgot a few things. Like an empty gas can in the sink. Text from the contractor: 
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Apr 8, 2024 21:46
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SpeedFreek posted:I did not block the cats from getting into the remodeling so every once in a while you get one falling through the drop ceiling. I was planning on pulling it out eventually I guess.
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Apr 8, 2024 22:18
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Plumbing looks good to me too, I'm glad he used copper stubouts. PEX is great but I can't stand the stubouts flapping around.
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Apr 9, 2024 02:03
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They pressure tested the drain lines too, which impressed me. Night shift and having contractors working directly above your bed it's not compatible, it's been a tired couple weeks.
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Apr 10, 2024 02:16
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Hahaha, that thread title change is awesome, thank you! I love it. More progress, this is over about two weeks. Got these pictures between window installs, I don't know what it is about those lovely old sliders, maybe the tank-slit aspect ratio, but replacing them with casements is the biggest single upgrade to the bedrooms up here. The contractors opted to cut the flanges and glue the windows, rather then split the opening like I did on the south wall downstairs, looks cleaner tbh, and less trim work required. Big bedroom, old window.  Small bedroom/office, new windows.  This is... not how you install a window, better job than the downstairs windows, somehow.  View out the small bedroom, that cherry will have to go when the new porch goes on.  Big bedroom with new windows.  I wrapped up the electrical rough in last weekend, I realized I forgot to put a smoke detector in the bedroom we're currently in, and I stupidly waited until after the thin-set in the bathroom was poured (had direct access to the drywall in the ceiling below) so I drilled through the floor and into the new false/drop ceiling below, and what are the loving odds of this?  Fortunately the drill bit just got the metal bezel, and the light's fine. Bathroom with thinset poured:  Some teenage boy from the 90's treasures were discovered hidden in one of the eves, (nws/spoilered for extremely 90s scantily clad lady advertising phone sex)   I got woken up by music playing at about nine million decibels and rotozips Friday morning, but it's worth it.     My neighbor's been clearing land, had a real nice 72 hour slash pile bonfire over the last weekend, I hope they're not making this permanent derelict box truck and oil tank storage.  I've been housesitting my own cat for the last week, can't wait to get this construction done so I can get her back. 
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Apr 20, 2024 22:28
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Elviscat posted:
I like that the buckets are having a lovely little picnic in the backyard.
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Apr 20, 2024 22:34
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Shame about the neighbour clearing land, the wilderness in the area looked nice.
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Apr 21, 2024 00:48
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Facebook Aunt posted:I like that the buckets are having a lovely little picnic in the backyard. Lol PurpleXVI posted:Shame about the neighbour clearing land, the wilderness in the area looked nice. The upshot is, the more trees they clear, the better my view of the water.
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Apr 21, 2024 01:09
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I'm pretty unimpressed with the drywallers. -They oversprayed texture all over the new downstairs drywall, forming huge gross looking masses of texture. -Visible seams all over the upstairs. -Texture is generally patchy and awful. -They left garbage bags on top of 2 of the like 10 plants in my yard I care about. -My lawn is full of drywall chunks now -They hosed up my zipwall and ripped down all the masking (so they could spray over the brand new painted drywall downstairs more? IDGI) without making an effort to fix it, so I had to take PTO to come home and deal with it. I know drywallers are gonna be drywallers, and I could do it myself if I really wanted, and they didn't rotozip half my wires off or bury and boxes, which is better then like 50% of drywall outifits, but..... I didn't snap any pictures of the messed up work, but I do have this picture of my idiot cat trying to chew his way through the ramboard.  His eye has been bothering him. 
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Apr 30, 2024 11:20
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That sounds pretty much like par for the course with drywaller crews out here. I have never seen drywall work I was pleased with in this timezone unfortunately. I dunno why. East Coast I've seen plenty of awful drywall but also plenty of good work too.
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May 1, 2024 06:39
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My drywall work is super buttery smooth. 
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May 1, 2024 06:42
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The last crew was really good, everything's seamless and nice with a nice light texture, despite my hosed up framing and a house where nothings level or square. Unfortunately they stick to the city nowadays and don't want to come back out here.
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May 1, 2024 10:33
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Elviscat posted:The last crew was really good, everything's seamless and nice with a nice light texture, despite my hosed up framing and a house where nothings level or square. Dangle cash if you have good people. They're worth it to avoid the hassles of lovely work.
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May 2, 2024 22:40
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Paint's in progress, tile and stairs are done. The bedroom is alarmingly green, lol, doesn't look like the paint chip I picked out at all. Here's the Northern Lights over the house, from the bucket picnic area. 
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May 11, 2024 09:39
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Actual house stuff. I swear this doesn't look this green irl.  Top of the stairs, this door looks better in blue. Stairs looking much less lethal  Laying out the lights in a room where nothing is square, even, the same size, level or plumb is a PITA. Lasers help a little.  Not too bad.  Small bedroom:  I'm caked in drywall dust.  This round of lights sucks worse than the last ones I got, smaller lit area, no wagos pre-installed. I did two with nuts before I got sick of it and bought Wagos. What I get for going with the economy option.  Spaghetti is my favorite meal.  Crams in the box fine. That's a humidity switch that you can slap to turn the fan on for a selectable period of time. Most of these the button just changes the on interval, doesn't turn the fan on. It has the cheapest-feeling housing of any electrical device I've ever installed, so hopefully it doesn't burn my house down or something.  Bathroom w/tile, some fancy Italian tile I picked up somewhere for free, it's going to match the LVT really well. Went cheap with a shower surround, but it's a nice one. Figuring out a shower curtain is going to be rough.  One of my least favorite tools, the articulating ladder, I got two of my holes drilled on this sketchy PoS, failed to find the wire on one, and basically rage quit for the night. 
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May 13, 2024 06:51
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Those pictures are making me think maybe I should paint things actually that green next time. Also those ladders always make me think I'm going to destroy a knee trying to use them. Flexy device housings always make me wonder if I should pigtail them with stranded wire just to hedge my bets.
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May 13, 2024 07:24
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Random thought: I'm kinda surprised* the NEC hasn't allowed for 10A/16ga circuits/wire for lighting yet with the switch to LED, copper as expensive as it is, you could cram 96 of those little 4" recessed fixtures on one 10A circuit, that's enough to light a 1500sqft house really well. *not really Also, a picture of my recessed "treasure maps" which I managed not to lose this time. Frog  It's been warm here and Boots' been enjoying the sunshine. 
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May 13, 2024 07:25
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kastein posted:Those pictures are making me think maybe I should paint things actually that green next time. K called it "a little too 'Kermit the Frog' for me", which I thought was polite of her. E: fortunately this one had flex leads already. Elviscat fucked around with this message at 07:35 on May 13, 2024 |
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