Worm
slimy ninja
Too bad his landscaper stole his PS3.
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Otis in the Suburbs (2 Viewers)
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belljr
Footballguy
My house is only 13 years old and the dryer vent size is no longer standard ....I've lived in an old house before. I can't wait for the first 'Home Depot doesn't even make ____ anymore' update.just wait until you start looking over the wiring in the light switches..
I used to live in an old house where the plumbing fixtures dated back to the 1940s. There was one shower in the house that we could never find the right parts for. Replacing the valves/cartridges/pipes etc for it would have been a huge job and very expensive. Vice grip pliers worked well enough to turn the water on and off.
bostonfred
Footballguy
I think he saw it, but it sounds like he hated it.
The_Man
Footballguy
BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
cant wait until the power goes out for more than a few hours....fun times country living!!!:cantwaitforthefirst6inchsnowfall:
JerseyToughGuys
Tough Guy
back to the landscaping issue, two words: Controlled Burn
Garrett
Footballguy
Dunno if you want to cut all those down, Peens might be living back there somewhere.
Sarnoff
Footballguy
See this was the perfect thing for you and a buddy to do. Could have bought the wall mount on monoprice for $60 and then mount it in about 30 minutes.My dad and I put up my 55" with no problems at all
I was just about to post the same thing
Drifter
Footballguy
You can get a voltage detector for the wiring pretty cheap. Take the casing off the light, unwrap the wire connections one at a time, touch a probe to each wire and see if it's getting electricity. Shut off the breaker, test again until you don't get something. You don't need an electrician to replace fixtures - it's very easy. Although, I also think putting up a wall mount is even easier so I might have to change my frame of reference.
Hopefully your wiring is 3 wire and cased in plastic. If so, you're already doing well for old house living. Worst case, it's two wire, made of steel with cloth casing. That's goign to cost you.
Plumbing - Ideally, it's copper. Worst case, it's galvanized steel. Somewhere in between, it's copper and galvanized steel mixed. That will cost you too.
Did you have your sewer line scoped as part of the inspection? With all those trees, if you did not, I would start the countdown clock at 90 days to plumbing getting backed up because roots have absolutely infested your clay mainline.
Hopefully your wiring is 3 wire and cased in plastic. If so, you're already doing well for old house living. Worst case, it's two wire, made of steel with cloth casing. That's goign to cost you.
Plumbing - Ideally, it's copper. Worst case, it's galvanized steel. Somewhere in between, it's copper and galvanized steel mixed. That will cost you too.
Did you have your sewer line scoped as part of the inspection? With all those trees, if you did not, I would start the countdown clock at 90 days to plumbing getting backed up because roots have absolutely infested your clay mainline.
mr roboto
Footballguy
-ODDS-
Electric...
100% - finds out the old electric panel is double/triple tapped, has no open spaces for all his electrical upgrades he is planning etc.
70% - Knob and Tube Wiring or some other kind of illegal, dangerous, crappy wiring job
50% - Missing Arc Fault Breakers, GFI's in bath/outside etc...
Plumbing...
100% - old shut-off valves won't close somewhere (if 1/4 turns not installed)
70% - at least some part of the system is out of date, like galvanized pipes, no air vents etc...
50% - major leak somewhere when he is working on the walls/basement
30% - Tries to install a fixture himself, springs a leak, doesn't know where the main shut off is
Walls...
75% - will try to patch/fill himself and be unhappy with the result
50% - has plaster with either lath board or that wire backing
Landscaping...
100% - will regret running a chain saw with the little Oat sleeping, wife will be really mad
80% - one of the neighbors asks why he is killing the trees
75% - sprinkler system needs major work
70% - forgets to 'call before you dig' and finds something fun (gas, elec, cable etc)
25% - hires a company to regrade, rip all living plants out, and installs a Southwestern theme (rocks, cacti etc.)
Attic/Roof...
100% - not enough insulation
75% - some mold there will FREAK Mrs. Oat out
50% - roof needs MAJOR repair/replace in next 3 years
HVAC...
80% - will want to upgrade to high efficiency furnace
75% - will get sold on the air duct cleaning despite FFA's pleas to the contrary
Basement...
100% - water/moisture/mold present
75% - sump pump will fail
40% - Oat is scared of the dark and goes nuts during a power outage
What else?
Electric...
100% - finds out the old electric panel is double/triple tapped, has no open spaces for all his electrical upgrades he is planning etc.
70% - Knob and Tube Wiring or some other kind of illegal, dangerous, crappy wiring job
50% - Missing Arc Fault Breakers, GFI's in bath/outside etc...
Plumbing...
100% - old shut-off valves won't close somewhere (if 1/4 turns not installed)
70% - at least some part of the system is out of date, like galvanized pipes, no air vents etc...
50% - major leak somewhere when he is working on the walls/basement
30% - Tries to install a fixture himself, springs a leak, doesn't know where the main shut off is
Walls...
75% - will try to patch/fill himself and be unhappy with the result
50% - has plaster with either lath board or that wire backing
Landscaping...
100% - will regret running a chain saw with the little Oat sleeping, wife will be really mad
80% - one of the neighbors asks why he is killing the trees
75% - sprinkler system needs major work
70% - forgets to 'call before you dig' and finds something fun (gas, elec, cable etc)
25% - hires a company to regrade, rip all living plants out, and installs a Southwestern theme (rocks, cacti etc.)
Attic/Roof...
100% - not enough insulation
75% - some mold there will FREAK Mrs. Oat out
50% - roof needs MAJOR repair/replace in next 3 years
HVAC...
80% - will want to upgrade to high efficiency furnace
75% - will get sold on the air duct cleaning despite FFA's pleas to the contrary
Basement...
100% - water/moisture/mold present
75% - sump pump will fail
40% - Oat is scared of the dark and goes nuts during a power outage
What else?
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mr roboto
Footballguy
Good call.
Getinthemix
Footballguy
Serious question, how do you farm out a plasma mount but think you are going to cut down trees and not bring the entire neighborhood to its knees?
Giant Wooden Badger
the Beav
Was this the last house available?
BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
Premier
Footballguy
bostonfred
Footballguy
He's never seen a cartoon character install a plasma mount.
Tiny Dancer
Footballguy
Premier
Footballguy
TLEF316
Footballguy
squidrope
Footballguy
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
the moops
Footballguy
Oh man.
Rohn Jambo
Footballguy
# of projects Mrs Otis completed: 5
# of projects Baby completed: 1
# of projects Otis Completed: 0
# of projects Baby completed: 1
# of projects Otis Completed: 0
Britney Spears
guest speaker
I'm only laughing because it's all too familiar.
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
I'll take a 4 way parlay with the above for 2 units'mr roboto said:
I'll take the plumbing issue for 20 units straight up
And I'll throw 5 units on the roofing issue.
Otis
Footballguy
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
doggy/kitty door. Geek Squad should be able to fix that.
Uruk-Hai
Footballguy
Fred's probably already put spikes in those trees.
Otis
Footballguy
Getinthemix
Footballguy
Correct me if I am wrong here, but those trees appear to be in your front lawn on a downward slope to the street? If that is correct, I stand by my original question, "Serious question, how do you farm out a plasma mount but think you are going to cut down trees and not bring the entire neighborhood to its knees?"
BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
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One of my buddies told me this at work:
Your first house you try to to everything yourself. Your second house, you realize how stupid that was and just pay someone to do it.
Painting is about the easiest DIY project. Suggest you and your pals to that and spend the $4000 elsewhere.
Your first house you try to to everything yourself. Your second house, you realize how stupid that was and just pay someone to do it.
Painting is about the easiest DIY project. Suggest you and your pals to that and spend the $4000 elsewhere.
The Commish
Footballguy
Buh bye and Gonzo, not a big deal "dead" is a pretty big tree. Fortunately, it appears that it can only fall one direction.
bushdocda
Footballguy
I punted on my yard last summer in new house with a newborn, too much moving in stuff to do when not babying. This spring I've been all over it, fun.
Paying someone else to do it would have been the only way. Sounds like you have a major yard overhaul to take on so it will take lotta time or money or both. We got a bunch of creative landscape peeps to check it out and give ideas and estimates last fall mulled them over while getting a better idea of what we wanted over the winter and got them working this spring.
Paying someone else to do it would have been the only way. Sounds like you have a major yard overhaul to take on so it will take lotta time or money or both. We got a bunch of creative landscape peeps to check it out and give ideas and estimates last fall mulled them over while getting a better idea of what we wanted over the winter and got them working this spring.
BroncoFreak_2K3
sucker for Orange
Very good suggestion...
Sammy3469
Footballguy
Get a cat?
Might need one anyway to kill the mice that are inevitably living in the basement.
Senor Schmutzig
Footballguy
Don't kill the mood here guys. Otis is a DIY'er since it's his first home and we really shouldn't dissuade him from thinking otherwise.
Don't you want to keep this thread going as long as possible?
Paying someone to do the work that would otherwise allow us to be amused by Otis persistence in doing it himself = threadkiller
Otis, I'm behind you 100% of the way on any and all of these projects. We're a smart group here, feel free to ask us anything. We'll point you in a direction!
Don't you want to keep this thread going as long as possible?
Paying someone to do the work that would otherwise allow us to be amused by Otis persistence in doing it himself = threadkiller
Otis, I'm behind you 100% of the way on any and all of these projects. We're a smart group here, feel free to ask us anything. We'll point you in a direction!
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