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Home improvement - where to start?
- Thread starter Random Guy
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having to live in the space you're remodeling sucks. not even sure how you swing a bath remodel w/o another bath.Going to have to completely re do my bathroom in one bed/bath condo in which my wife works from home, cannot wait
Going to have to rent a place or stay with parents.
Rent a place. Your Dad will drive you nuts after two weeks.
Probably left him an upper deck and bailed
Probably left him an upper deck and bailed
After my home maintenance project of woe, I understand that.
Unfortunately selling our abode might have pushed us out of SF forever, and I like my bicycle commute to downtown too much to give that up.
Ripped out they botched and brand new install. Much better now.
So they started on the new shower.
Demo revealed a load bearing section of wood and concrete.
The shower designed won't fit.
So they're like, we'll just shrink the width.
I looked up the building code and shrinking the width will not meet code.
They only install showers, and at this point they can't install what I want.
So I want out of the contract.
Thots?
Demo revealed a load bearing section of wood and concrete.
The shower designed won't fit.
So they're like, we'll just shrink the width.
I looked up the building code and shrinking the width will not meet code.
They only install showers, and at this point they can't install what I want.
So I want out of the contract.
Thots?
Is this for a prefab insert or a custom tile shower ? what would the stall width be?
They should be able to make something custom work, it’ll just cost more.
They should be able to make something custom work, it’ll just cost more.
Holy fook!
Haven't looked at this thread for a while.
That is going on RIGHT NOW at our house.
Had a house sitter over last week while we were in Yosemite.
Get a call and the 2nd bath toilet is backed up and the wax seal is leaking while they were trying to plunge it.
$hit! (sorry for the pun)
Call our plumber to go over and root it.
Cleared it.
He then runs a scope to see what's happening.
Totally collapsed iron sewer pipe.
BIG BUCKS fix to the tune of $21,000+
Guys had to tunnel under the house (several yards of dirt sitting on a tarp in the backyard) and, as I type, they are running a new trenchless pipe.
Total nightmare, fortunately, they say we will have toilet/shower/sink back in one bathroom at end of day.
Am guessing this collapsed pipe is on your property....so yikes!He then runs a scope to see what's happening.
Totally collapsed iron sewer pipe.
BIG BUCKS fix to the tune of $21,000+
Guys had to tunnel under the house (several yards of dirt sitting on a tarp in the backyard) and, as I type, they are running a new trenchless pipe.
Total nightmare, fortunately, they say we will have toilet/shower/sink back in one bathroom at end of day.
We had a main break under the street up the hill from us. Water was coming up in my water meter junction box in front of the house.
When I called the city to report it, they said I was on the hook for repairs and did I still want to report it.
"Well, considering there will probably be a sinkhole on the street, sidewalk, and my home, yeah, I wanna report it."
Turns out, the break was under the street. Water has just flowed under the pavement/sidewalk but above the soil and was just coming up in my water meter box in an artesian well kind of display.
About a decade later, the city told me I had to replace the sidewalk in front of the house that had buckled.......sigh.
Anyway, I know it doesn't help, but much sympathy my fellow landed gentry.
Yea, it's under the house, fortunately, the clay pipe from the house out to the street is B+-A-, otherwise another 10K.
Going home tonight and downing a few of these.
happened to a friend. had root intrusion, i believe. they told me about $25k for them.Holy fook!
Haven't looked at this thread for a while.
That is going on RIGHT NOW at our house.
Had a house sitter over last week while we were in Yosemite.
Get a call and the 2nd bath toilet is backed up and the wax seal is leaking while they were trying to plunge it.
$hit! (sorry for the pun)
Call our plumber to go over and root it.
Cleared it.
He then runs a scope to see what's happening.
Totally collapsed iron sewer pipe.
BIG BUCKS fix to the tune of $21,000+
Guys had to tunnel under the house (several yards of dirt sitting on a tarp in the backyard) and, as I type, they are running a new trenchless pipe.
Total nightmare, fortunately, they say we will have toilet/shower/sink back in one bathroom at end of day.
it was one of those numbing life events that you kind of have to calmly wear on the chin and move on hoping the next doesnt hit you for at least a few years bc no way around it - it sucks.
said the work actually wasn't too bad and their crew got everything back together like it never happened.
Doesn't homeowner's insurance pay for this kin of crap?Holy fook!
Haven't looked at this thread for a while.
That is going on RIGHT NOW at our house.
Had a house sitter over last week while we were in Yosemite.
Get a call and the 2nd bath toilet is backed up and the wax seal is leaking while they were trying to plunge it.
$hit! (sorry for the pun)
Call our plumber to go over and root it.
Cleared it.
He then runs a scope to see what's happening.
Totally collapsed iron sewer pipe.
BIG BUCKS fix to the tune of $21,000+
Guys had to tunnel under the house (several yards of dirt sitting on a tarp in the backyard) and, as I type, they are running a new trenchless pipe.
Total nightmare, fortunately, they say we will have toilet/shower/sink back in one bathroom at end of day.