M4wd&Fabrications
Projects place => Projects Section => Topic started by: mr.mindless on October 11, 2016, 11:20:36 PM
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September 2011:
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October 2016:
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Whole roof?
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good times... :P
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those things all look heavy and close to the ground.
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A lot of mini trucks have dump beds and some even have scissor lifts. That would be AMAZING.
Small side is stripped. Need to patch sheeting in one spot that was leaking, clean the top side and I might meet my goal of finishing that side today.
It’ll be a full day plus to strip the larger side and I expect to re sheet a lot of it, and I’ll be fixing ventilation and blowing a bunch of insulation too. Hoping to put a bow on it Saturday, but I expect to run into Sunday.
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so boo for the rain coming Thursday
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wanted to get that shingled, didn't.
it's in tar paper and the starter row are cut. I'll start laying them as soon as it dries out, just need to snap some chalk lines.
I'll be starting in on tearing off the other side as soon as it clears up. looks like only around sun up, and then a great stretch all the way to sunday night. pretty decent timing.
also I'm not dead yet. but I expect to be wanting to be such in ~24hr.
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This looks like a early August project with the weather we had....
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yet another thing my job cost me this summer.
on the up side, I'll be down to 3 weeks of comp time :-x
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Mike, if you need/want help, i'm around
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sounds like you need to add to the out west trip list dreamers in NOV
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if I had $ to go west I probably would have paid it to someone to do the roof for me. Probably.
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1/3 done.
Hard part of the hard part up next
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how you flashing the ridge?
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Kim would not approve... :o
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No flashing up at that complexity. All shingle.
Ridge vent is ridge vent stuff.
Other side is 1/3 to 1/2 stripped. Will be a challenge to finish before Sunday rain. I think the soft wood is due to attic humidity. One area now exposed seems to just be somewhat delaminated. No rot, no leak.
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so much dry rot on the original house structure. I think all of that is going to get redecked. Hope the rafters are still solid.
still need to strip the roofing off the 4/12. Looking at it, I'm expecting a lot of either rotten or unglued ply, and maybe some soft rafters. hopefully they're just sagging for fun and I don't need to rebuild anything extra....
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oh yeah, totally not finishing by Sunday. and it might kill me.
but it's probably better than my day job - shame about the hours & pay though.
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Just need to resheet pretty much all of it, ventilate and insulate it, and lay roofing!
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This isn't the same section we did in 2011, is it?
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it's the rest.
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whew! ;D
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Look like it'll be dry today! :D
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decent overnight too. good since it's getting left as it landed.
learned that the 50" bar draws a decent amount. Batteries were sitting at 8-9 volts by the dash gauge after about 5 hours. I didn't do the math but I know that's bad...
almost fully sheeted. Have to make 2 more stack holes and trim some corner pieces, and make sure I don't forget to find wherever I buried the bathroom vent before it gets a bit late for that.
I think I can get it done tomorrow. If not, damn close - ridge shingling takes way more time than I remembered.
Good times!
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i have a couple loose bars that i just run off a battery charger if you need to borrow
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decent overnight too. good since it's getting left as it landed.
That went poorly.
Placed buckets under leaks from 3-3:30 and then laid all my rolled product in the rain until about 5:00
Then I turned off all my alarms and said I was sleeping until I wake up. Probably a bad plan with thunder forecast 3 hours from now bit I didn’t really care at the time.
I guess I’ll go see if it’s dry enough to do anything with
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big blue tarp
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rain in that quantity wasn’t expected. Big blue tarp on the ground catching debris.
Oops
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my ignorance, but how does metal roof cost compare to shingles?
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cheap as shit
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i was just wondering, my uncle did his whole house and garage. seemed way easier prep and install work.
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it is, but in general, roofs last proportionately as long as it takes to put it up..
one of my other hats at Hahn is roofer...
I manage and schedule re roofs and service calls for all 150 properties...
when we buy a business or when I do site visits I'm always on the roof..
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my mom told me that for residential, her metal roof estimates were about 2x shingles, but lifetime warranty compared to 20 year.
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the first rain storm you need a bottle of Excedrin
maybe the do something different for residential..
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There is a mat layer that reduces noise. We have a 20yr old metal roof here and even with the "old matt" is is no louder than shingles in rain (and hurricanes). Acorns and sticks on the other hand... can get quite loud in an acorn storm.
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My parents just did a metal roof think it cost about half what Shingles run they got a 80yr warranty. The lifetime warranty was about 30k
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I've NEVER seen a good metal roof come in cheaper than even architectural shingles. Usually 2x - but easier install if you have experience and a few people, and 2-3x the lifespan. fire and wind resistance is pretty awesome too.
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I have rocks.
Replace a few every year and I'm good for a while..
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Learned slot about chimneys last night after finding that nothing I bought fits my stack.
Apparently my shit should have burned itself down years ago: I just have stovepipe through the attic and up. Way way way under any current code, and no currently purchaseable flashing.
So I need to get some engineered chimney and make my holes a bit bigger and everything safer.
Must go taller too. Minimum 3’ now (and 2’ above anything in a 10’ radius), I might have been 30†to the top of the rain cap - but I doubt it.
So yet another shooing trip. I’ll lay courses now until it gets hot, then go shop.
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Worked through some of the heaviest rain I've been outside in tonight.
New chimney tomorrow, one more vent, ~5 more courses of shingle, one hip section, and a LOT of capping.
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chimney parts selected and order placed. all in stock at Greece Lowes.
Most expensive shit of the whole project, fucking ridiculous prices. All $taninle$$ and made-in-U$A.
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try Irr supply? Thats where we use to get all HVAC stuff from.
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Still need to do the chimney, and I think I have some ends left to trim on the front of the house, otherwise it's done.
didn't blow insulation as planned so that's still on the list.
gutter was outside of scope but it's a wreck.
stepped through my bedroom ceiling so that's a bit higher on the list than it would have been. had water damage from ice dams, so needed workanyway.
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Did you put in baffles? That will help with the ice damns. Need the airflow from the eves to the ridge.
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#protip
Baffles in 2 places (above soffit and at cathedral portions of original construction), giant slot cut in formerly solid preexisting roof where the addition's rafters tie in, ridge vent on 12/12 peak which had been unvented.
Guess I didn't take too many photos, all things considered.
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did you beat the next 2 days of rain?!
oooof
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Sorta. Chimney is cobbled , new parts are all in the car. Some trimming needed, I remembered right.
Status when leaving this morning - oh, and I may have lost my [only] truck key.
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nice work.
i give you a lot of credit. not sure i have that sort of ambition with non metal things.
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Just a different "medium" and larger scale ;)
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Realized last night I have a 60-80hr limit. Was getting pretty bitter.
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nice work.
i give you a lot of credit. not sure i have that sort of ambition with non metal things.
As a home owner you would.
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it's either put the hours in, or pay pay pay.
when it's yours the motivation materializes.
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Cleaned up at lunch
Found this in the wash. Fuck yeah!
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make another key now.. and you will never loose it again..
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I still have a pending airbag recall. doubt I can use any leverage from fucking up my steering recall and aligning on on a bad ball joint and costing me a set of steers - but either way I'll come out of there with a second key if they ever get the damn airbags in stock.
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blew owens-corning atticat insulation last night. could not possibly be easier or cleaner. HIGHLY recommend.
Machine was outside on the back patio where I'd had the insulation stacked up. Hose all the way upstairs along with a wireless remote control.
I didn't have full access, it would have been much nicer to get this done just before I was laying sheeting. I'd have been able to do 2 more spaces that are now sealed up, too, but this will still hopefully make a huge difference. I didn't actually measure but I'll be ballpark r50 over the bedroom bathroom and utility closet now instead of maybe r20 before. I couldn't get over the upstairs nor deep into the eaves under the baffles since I was working 12' beyond where I could reach.
http://insulation.owenscorning.com/homeowners/renovation/products/atticat-expanding-blown-in-insulation-system/
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How much did you spend on the insulation with the blower?
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$26.38 per bag. Bought 8 and returned 4 of those. Blower deposit was 250, there’s some poorly defined minimum to get the blower for free - I’d need to double check my increasingly fat stack of receipts but I don’t think I paid for anything but the insulation even having only bought 4 bags in the end.
Yeah nothing but deposit and insulation on my receipts. So $106 and like an hour of time. Would be even quicker with a second set of hands to feed the machine, I went downstairs and outside and back ~8 times (1/2 bag at a time is fed).
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this sounds like a pro tip for doing insulation. nice!
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Definitely sounds like a decent deal
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Reread this thread. Good times.
Finally fixing the ceilings from this. To sell. I could have enjoyed several years of good ceilings and not had to be rushing this now. Things always known and not executed...
Didn’t drop the trailer and test the bad head gasket. Going to minimize that.
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Do you assistance with this or is it already done?
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ya if you need a few more pairs of arms one night to hold up dry wall i could stop out also. seems like would save a lot of seam work and sanding dust
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I need to get furniture moved out of the bedroom and grab my shorty ladder. I SHOULD do this by grabbing an entire truck, so I can start moving clutter that I'm keeping out of the house at the same time. Would help a lot with furniture landing.
An extra set of hands for the ceiling would be amazing, should make getting the drywall up on the ceiling an hour affair. Thursday evening perhaps? That'll give me tonight to do the car/truck shuffle and mark joists for fasteners and whatnot. I need to get some mid-length drywall screws, I only have 1-5/8 and 3. Need some 2s for the double layer and some 2.5 for the triple layer in the bathroom
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Thursday works for me. Triple layer?
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i can be free Thursday or Friday. outside temp says friday would be better for me ha.
i can store a bro and buggy for a while if that helps also.
no room for trailer full of shit outside that i have to look at though :)
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Triple: the 3/4" foam I put up. shower is against the outside wall, and I didn't quite shoot ALL THE WAY to the edge when I blew in more insulation, so with the better breathing roof now it'll condense on the ceiling during a hot shower below 10ËšF This should make enough thermal gap to kill that annoyance. For the next owner.
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Outside temp might say I'd be better off moving things out to Joe Thursday and working inside Friday too. Probably makes the most difference to you (as opposed to me with what I'm moving around).
You around tonight or tomorrow for bro n buggy? I should have power steering parts waiting for me when I get home to finish the brolite.
and curse my battery shortage. I think I'm 2 short right now, bah. I hope 571 starts.
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ya working in shop tonight. more JKs
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I could help Thursday at 7:30ish if that helps
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If you want to carry some shit, tomorrow at 7:30 .
I expect I’ll be back from dropping race cars at smikes around then and will be decluttering into joe. Tires and boxes from upstairs are easy low hanging fruit on that front.
Don’t NEED it but certainly wouldn’t mind.
I think drywalling be Friday. I’ll wait for the y’all guy’s help :)
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i can lend some arms Friday when its cold. just banging on jks tonight and tomorrow.
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Paul, tomorrow for moving stuff got less likely. May take a rain check. Have to load everything and bring to the barn. It’ll be snowing. Have to air up a couple tires. Have to get all engines starting reliably.
Joe did fire right up without any shyness.
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Ok, I should be able to help another night, Ella goes to bed around 7, so I'm usually good after that
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still need some arms tonight? about what time?
sounds like we might have a motor/trans being delivered for part out stock other than that im free
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I'll shoot you and e-rock a text when I'm headed back north from Bloomfield. have a couple items left to move out before work starts but it's minimal. A stripped bed, dresser, armoire, night stands.
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I am not available this evening
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Copy that.
I’m headed home from Victor in a moment. Gonna grab a fast food lunch then get cracken
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wait, stripper bed? what is that lol haha
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Can’t thank matt and smike enough. Couldn’t have done this without them!!
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Nice!
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I’m not as good at drywall mudding as I remember.
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Getting close.
I grabbed one of the reinforced tapes for the inside corners. It’s OK but my technique could have been better when i laid it down. Not all edges bedded well. spending more time there Would have saved me another round around the tops of the rooms
I think I may get to start painting tonight
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duck tape some cans to your shoes yet?
some extra height is key
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Dragging that two step stool all over
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First paint. Finally.
2 spots to sand then bedroom ceiling.
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I miss a truck.
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Get the Sawzall out and make it a truck!
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I do LOVE Utes. But I'd only do that on a second one. 5 people are comfy enough in there, 4 of us get heated seats, and it's nice to drive folks for work meetings instead of riding with someone :)
Carpet is down in the bedroom. Just needs mop board, and I think I've got enough here - but I'll have to grab more. It's what I bought for the living room.
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base board? what is mop board?
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Baseboard is my heat! But yes. Or cove base, I guess?
I should slap paint and floor in upstairs bathroom. About 21 square feet of floor and it was poorly done stick on linoleum when I bought. Hasn’t gotten better. Would be an easy improvement. Not sure what I’d pay down. Going to finish the rest first. May throw some leftover paint and trim in too. All walls and ceiling are ceiling white.
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Punch list is almost to punch list size.
Cove base other than kitchen done. Bedroom done and about to put furniture back. Living room ceiling in progress.
All electrical issues dealt with other than a bad GFCI i found (test button does naught). Short was a nail shot through a wire that I found and gained access to the second place I looked. Dead outlets in the garage was just a bad connection.
Chased things backwards needlessly a bit since I forgot that ground and N are common from the box. Oops. No harm done, just an hour or 2 wasted.
Kitchen cove base, 2 big ceilings, and a lot of wall to paint. Few more things to move out to Joe, I imagine. And a lot of curtains to wash. 3 known window actuators broken. Not fixing without request at $50/ea when someone may replace the windows.
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All this work seems like a good reason not to move
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On the other hand, 300sqft garage still still has 7’ ceilings.
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On the other hand, 300sqft garage still still has 7’ ceilings.
What if you tore down that garage and built a bigger one with a better, wider driveway? is that even possible in the city limits?
I realize parking will still be an issue for your big rig and toys, but what if you had a bigger garage?
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Parking my hauler at home is not negotiable, and that's not going to be able to happen in Brighton.
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look for a commercial property and go legit with side business..
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Parking my hauler at home is not negotiable, and that's not going to be able to happen in Brighton.
a paint gun to the cab box and wheels i think would have 95% avoided your parking at home issue lol
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There's nothing to argue here, Mike's outgrown this home.
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agreed!
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a paint gun to the cab box and wheels i think would have 95% avoided your parking at home issue lol
That’s funny.
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a paint gun to the cab box and wheels i think would have 95% avoided your parking at home issue lol
That’s funny.
agreed, town doesn't care
i got a letter for having my 5x8 trailer parked on my front lawn for 2 weeks... (the day i got the letter i had moved it.. haha)
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Surprised I haven’t had a letter yet. Joes been home for about a week right now.
A town car came down the road Thursday, saw him on my way out noontime.
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I’m certain it was Ed I saw.
Wonder when these turn from form letters to something else?
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just call the town code guy, and tell him you are packing, moving, and making updates to the house for sale, you will be out in 90 days. im he will say, ok great, sorry for hassel
henrietta guy was great.
im sure he is sick of reading complaints from the same person.
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Last time I did that, a different inspector was quite happy to hear from me. Will do the same when I get around to doing it.
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rear yard? that kinda means not side yard or front yard right? lol, morons
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I call bullshit on some of this and it can be argued or fought..
My old neighborhood a guy has a 30ft party barge on his lawn... nonissue
And in my current high rent district similar boats and rutted out driveways the town can’t do anything about...
I would stay just to piss them all off
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Front side and rear yard are all defined in code. They’re actually useful, unlike a lot of other things.
I’m still ready to leave! There are only two places I live right now and they’re both bloomfield. There’s another down there for same price with much nicer house and smaller outbuilding. And 4 cars of attached garage too.
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Assumed related
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21:30-22:30 removed shit adhesive tiles. Cleaned floor and laid new adhesive tile till now. Would have expected to be done an hour ago. Too much time scrubbing gross glued down linoleum to go over again.
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Tomorrow I’ll decide between light green, tan, or gray walls, and do all the cove base up here and in the kitchen. Couple minor electricals (new GFCIs), and that’s about the end of the interior list. Couple little things outside when I have a chance.
And then a bunch more stuff to move out that’s staged in the garage. Not great weather for that.
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this place is going to bring the $$ after all this work lol nice
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I like gray walls and white cabinets in the bathroom.
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Tiny lot & fully remodeled place up the street still for sale at 125k. Similar sqft plus a basement I don’t have. Has a porch too. But skinny shallow lot.
We’ll see!
In the mean time it’s gonna be nicer to live here than it was before haha
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you gona slap a new thrown in there too?
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Was planning to save that hundo. It doesn’t have great flushing power but it’s not ancient and I’m not staying here terribly long.
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Had to dilute my remaining classic grey, only had maybe a pint left. But it’s the right color with the slate tile. Bet I need to buy a quart and do a second coat to kill brush marks. Dry will tell
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Ha. I never did follow up on this. So glad to be in the country.
Mike next door explicitly mentioned yesterday that he didn’t give a crap about the tons of cars that used to be here, etc. neighbors stick together.
Right on.
He’s about my dads age so I’ll likely have to deal with whoever replaces him in the next 10-15 years but then they’ll be the new kid.
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Erik - looks like I did put in baffles over bats in the space. The addition roof landed roughly at the top of knee wall, then there was a 3-4’ run of tight ceiling to roof, then open attic space. I can’t say for certain if those rafters were 4†or 6â€. It did make a huge difference on snow melt but it wasn’t like it went to r35+.
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