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daggerdragon
Jan 22, 2006

My titan engine can kick your titan engine's ass.

kastein posted:

oh boy do I ever have stories for this thread. I just bought a fixer upper last year and I'm still going through it.

You sound like me with my house, right down to the lasagna-roof and daisy-chained leaky valves on pipes. Also, the pictures aren't showing up for me... :(

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daggerdragon
Jan 22, 2006

My titan engine can kick your titan engine's ass.

kastein posted:

A friend of mine from AI just sent me this link. It's pretty horrifying.

http://imgur.com/a/K7Xef

:stare: If I mis-cut a 2x4 (and I mis-cut quite a few 2x4's working on my house), I'd just junk that piece (or use it somewhere smaller) and start over. :stare:

daggerdragon
Jan 22, 2006

My titan engine can kick your titan engine's ass.

kastein posted:

Things I've found in my walls:
* multiple areas lacking chunks of studs where previous owners installed in-wall bathroom cabinets, removing whatever studs stood in their way.

This in particular bugged me when I reno'd my house. Whenever I found them, I'd sister them up with new 2x4's.

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