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I found a good general contractor over the winter! he got in a motorcycle wreck and isn't working now that it's warm out while he's on the mend
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My injured contractor contacted me today to say he has a rototiller I can borrow at any time to start on my garden 
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May 6, 2016 01:00
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Now if only he could get better and start working on my sun porch before the leaky roof completely destroys it. I think I might start removing the 1970s-era paneling from the interior this weekend.
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May 6, 2016 01:02
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oh my god gently caress bamboo and gently caress the previous owner for planting that poo poo it never loving dies no matter how many times we try to dig it all up
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May 8, 2016 06:11
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Bozart posted:Cover it with black plastic sheets for a couple weeks, everything dies. It's a running species of bamboo, I'd have to cover my entire yard. Plus I have no doubt that it can shoot through it. Bamboo is the worst.
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May 8, 2016 17:54
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All I got was a note that said that the pipes tend to freeze when the temperature drops below 20F and to leave them dripping to try to fend that off. She was right.
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May 9, 2016 00:12
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Do I need to worry about cleaning out my gutters if there aren't any trees over them, and I have a taller house than the ones on either side? What's going to get stuck up there?
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May 9, 2016 03:59
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Nah, buy a Kwikset Smart Key and https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sR-h64WwfW8 . It'll be fun!
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May 15, 2016 22:50
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I'm really surprised the plumbers didn't opt to run a home-run back to the sewer main and instead went with that weirdo setup you've got there. I'm surprised that the city didn't require them to fix that once they discovered it. Also there's nothing "thankful" about the break being under your sidewalk instead of in the street-if it was in the street it would be the city's problem (and at least in Chicago they're pretty prompt about fixing broken sewer lines).
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May 16, 2016 23:49
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I have a little covered porch. It's finally not falling down and leaking, so I can use it for things.
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May 20, 2016 18:51
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That cat seems very upset about being euthanized.
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Jun 2, 2016 00:16
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Used cat litter or fresh? I like to think that the fact that our garbage cans perpetually smell like a catbox help keep rats away.
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Jun 2, 2016 04:38
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I still need to go rip out the miles of cable choking my little Chicago 2-story cottage from all the abandoned AT&T/DirectTV/Comcast installs.
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Jun 6, 2016 23:57
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Get a cat.
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Jun 7, 2016 17:00
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I want to mount a hose hanger over some Insul-Brick. How the hell do I find a stud behind that stuff? For extra fun, the insul-brick is probably covering century-old clapboard.
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Jun 13, 2016 00:28
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It's in a protected area, everything else was covered with aluminum siding probably 50+ years ago.
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Jun 13, 2016 03:00
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minivanmegafun posted:I want to mount a hose hanger over some Insul-Brick. That wasn't so bad. Found the stud indoors and then just measured from the door. 
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Jun 18, 2016 01:53
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if you have too much lawn to cover with a 20" reel lower you have too much lawn, plant wildflowers.
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Jun 22, 2016 04:37
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Y'all lazy. 
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Jun 24, 2016 14:02
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Eh, I bought a $190k 1200 sq ft, 130 year old house that needs $70k+ worth of work, though I plan to spread that out over five years. This year so far is $8k in replacing the roof on the covered back porch and replacing a dilapidated front wood stairway/porch/wheelchair lift combo with a nice solid steel one, as well as replacing the breaker box and painting the front aluminum siding. We're trying to decide what else we want to try to get done this year, most likely will be adding a couple baseboard heaters to try to prevent pipe freezing next winter, insulate the attic, and maybe add a stairway between the two floors (historically this place was a 2-unit cottage, we're turning it into an SFH). The big expensive things are going to be adding traditional HVAC ducting, a modern furnace and AC, and tearing all the walls down and redoing all the infra. In other news it's in a nice quiet neighborhood across from a church and minutes from the Chicago Loop and close to the ‘L’ so I think the garage might be a loss, I really need to get someone in to look at it. do not consider doing this unless you have another person on board willing to pick up a paintbrush/hammer/drill/saw, have a good general contractor, and do not have kids my GC is the smart one, he refuses to buy a house and continues to rent
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Jun 29, 2016 01:29
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Just buy a 19th century home, they put down a floor up there back then.
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Jul 19, 2016 14:03
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Nessa posted:I seriously underestimated the sheer amount of apples a single tree could have. I have a sick and lopped many, many times nectarine tree and a small pear tree in my tiny Chicago backyard. The nectarine tree dumped all of its fruit in June and that is a hell of a mess to clean up. The pear tree seems really healthy so I hope my friends like Asian pears because I'm gonna have a ton of them. Now if only someone had the sense to plant a tree in the parkway before the sun baked all of the paint off of my south-facing aluminum siding. I think we're gonna cut the nectarine tree down, it's just too much space taken up in our yard. One tree is plenty in the city.
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Aug 7, 2016 23:26
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life is killing me posted:How can I tell which mine is? It's probably ionization given the problem, but how would I know for sure? Flip it over and look for a warning that it contains Americium - if it does, its ionization (or dual-sensor).
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Oct 12, 2016 22:47
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Elysium posted:So I just bought a house, and it did not come with a washer/dryer. It is set up for an electric dryer, but there is a gas line close by in the same room that could be run over to where the dryer would be. 1) Maybe, check your local utility costs. 2) Maybe, check if that installation is required to be permitted. 3) Possibly, see 2. 4) I don't know, how long do you plan to stay at this house?
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Nov 23, 2016 15:51
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at some depth of wallpaper layering the correct action is to tear the drywall down and try again
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Nov 25, 2016 04:47
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In that case, yes, definitely. If you have the option to drain out the line independently of the rest of your house you can do that, otherwise, keep the heat on.
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Dec 15, 2016 22:51
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I do love only having 25' of sidewalk to clear of snow. Y'all yokels in the burbs don't know what you're missing.
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Feb 15, 2017 00:49
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DrBouvenstein posted:Do you mean the actual sidewalk, or just your walkways? Actual sidewalk. DrBouvenstein posted:I think it's absurd some cities make people shovel the sidewalks just because it happens to be in front of their house. You invariably end up with lovely people who won't shovel, people who can't shovel because their old or disabled, and patches of sidewalk that are in front of a property that's not owned by anyone/abandoned. It's absurd in that I'd rather the city did it itself, but the resources for that would be rather high. I'm fortunate enough to live in a city with stiff fines for not shoveling, a really easy web form for filing a complaint, and live on a street full of people who walk everywhere and file said complaints.
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Feb 15, 2017 16:32
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Grill status: some old red Weber kettle from the 50s that belonged to my grandpa. Needs some new wheels and the wood handles are rotted out but otherwise still makes a mean burg.
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Feb 20, 2017 04:39
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It's not that bad, gay couples did it all the time, but talk to a drat attorney. Actually talk to an attorney regardless, house purchases are expensive complicated transactions.
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Feb 20, 2017 14:44
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A lot of my neighbors on my south side Chicago street have cameras, which means I don't have to, particularly if my house continues to look like a dump. It just gets left alone.
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Mar 11, 2017 04:53
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Do you people not have windows in your kitchens?
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Apr 2, 2017 23:15
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I actually have a good restaurant-grade hood in my kitchen that's appropriately vented to the roof, but it was wired by a literal moron (spliced some lamp cord into the original wiring and plugged it into the wall) so I've never had a chance to use it. It was one of the first things I unplugged when I bought this house, along with the extension cord going from the back porch up to the attic and tacked in with nails between the conductors.
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Apr 2, 2017 23:31
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I've lived in the Great Lakes region my entire life. I don't understand what anyone's talking about when they're complaining about hard water, soft water, wells, water softeners...I just give my municipality money and I get water.
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Apr 14, 2017 03:59
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brugroffil posted:I too live in the great lakes region. Municipal water where I'm at is extremely hard. If you're not actually getting water from the lakes, you're probably drawing from a limestone aquifer, which means lots of dissolved calcium. I guess Great Lakes region is a little broad. I've lived in municipalities with a coast on the lake, so, yeah. Love that fresh water 
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Apr 14, 2017 13:38
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baquerd posted:If you homebrew, moving from a lake sourced water supply to an ultra-hard limestone supply is incredibly painful. Chicago city water is actually amazing for brewing. My circle of friends includes a few people from the south side brewclub, their Oktoberfest is off the chain
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Apr 15, 2017 17:08
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I live in the Midwest (Chicago proper) and am looking really hard at clover. Also just tearing the grass out and replacing it with gravel and pavers. That might happen too.
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Apr 17, 2017 00:49
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Motronic posted:General question here.....what exactly is the aversion people have to proper gas powered small tools? I have a 25' wide Chicago lot, I'd spend more time squeezing a lawnmower through the gangway than I would mowing. Manual push reel mower for me!
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Apr 18, 2017 01:20
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devicenull posted:Do you want to remove all of the existing insulation? Because that's what you need to do to install spray foam. I have no insulation, and I'm tearing the walls down to the studs and clapboard, so yes this is what I plan to do. 
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My tiny yard (around 625 sq ft) drains for poo poo, the ground is almost always moist. What should I start with? Core aerator?
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