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08/02/2007 12:35:25 AM · #26 |
I would take this up with whoever mislabeled the paint (store or manufacturer). They should refund you for the mis-labeled paint, and reimburse you for the $73 on top of it.
~Terry
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08/02/2007 01:12:34 AM · #27 |
Originally posted by Brad:
All the reasons I have learned do to it myself. Sprinklers, re-roof, new electrical, repair old drain clean-outs, power snake drains all the way to the street, gutters, new tankless water heater, kitchen & bathroom faucets, new outlets in the garage, texturizing walls/ceilings, new windows (in progress), power ventilator in the attic, insulation, drywall, etc. Whenever building materials go an sale, I'd stock up. Had about 15 rolls of wall insulation, and rolls & rolls of 30# tar paper in the garage for quite some time, but knew what I was going to do, so little by little I'd get stuff when it was dirt cheap.
If I could do my own dental, I would.
Now where are my pliers.... |
(Brad, you GOTTA get a better profile pic!) |
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08/02/2007 01:26:14 AM · #28 |
Originally posted by Brad:
All the reasons I have learned do to it myself. Sprinklers, re-roof, new electrical, repair old drain clean-outs, power snake drains all the way to the street, gutters, new tankless water heater, kitchen & bathroom faucets, new outlets in the garage, texturizing walls/ceilings, new windows (in progress), power ventilator in the attic, insulation, drywall, etc. Whenever building materials go an sale, I'd stock up. Had about 15 rolls of wall insulation, and rolls & rolls of 30# tar paper in the garage for quite some time, but knew what I was going to do, so little by little I'd get stuff when it was dirt cheap.
If I could do my own dental, I would.
Now where are my pliers.... |
I evaluate jobs by the likelihood that I will die doing it.
Roofing is near the top of the likely to die list. |
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08/02/2007 02:02:23 AM · #29 |
I'm a DiY'er, but an aging one. This summer we found a good deal on wood laminate flooring and decided to do most of the upstairs. But that's where Riley hangs out, so we'll first have to childproof the downstairs living area which means moving a bunch of stuff into my bedroom where there is no room unless we remove the hot tub that the previous owners installed and then walled in - we used it once over ten years ago and it completely steams up the bedroom, soaking the drywall.
With the amount of debris the hot tub removal and old carpet disposal was going to create, I decided to get one of those big dumpsters they drop off and pick up. Since a large one only costs a little more than a small one, I got the large one. Since I got the large one, I decided to clean out the garage and the yard and fill that baby up with stuff I been tryin to get rid of for a long time.
Eventually we got the hot tub out, stuff moved, Riley situated downstairs, the upstairs carpet ripped out and then we decided it would be foolish to put new floors in and not paint. So we bought paint and started prepping and realized all the doors were old and ugly... ok, all new interior doors (six of them). There is a 10ft x 10 ft sunken entry room at the back door we weren't going to do anything with but the floor squeaked so bad I thought I might as well rip up the carpet there and take a look. The subfloor was shabbily put together on concrete, so we ripped all that out and decided it would be best to install tile there, but the floor is not level so I first have to fix the rikkety step up and then put in a bunch of self-leveling concrete.
Oh yeah, back to the laminate floors - we painted the rooms and hall, installed the new doors and thought it would all look *that* much better with crown molding. Another day and a half and I had the crown molding in (half a day trying to figure out the mathematics involved in cutting the necessary joint angles for crown molding while amassing a pile of strangely cut scraps - thank God for the internet!)
To make a long story less long, I am over 3 weeks into a one week project and I have half of the laminate flooring installed, but have to special order the trim pieces, haven't poured the cement for the tiled floor nor even picked out the tile and the main room we are redoing is probably going to look funny with the old 27" tv - would look much better with a 50" plasma on the wall. Everyday more money goes out and since I am doing the work instead of working, less money is coming in.
Ahhhh. Thanks for letting me get all that off my chest. :)
The good news is that with every one of these projects I end up with at least 3 cool new power tools! |
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08/02/2007 02:09:35 AM · #30 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
I'm a DiY'er, but an aging one. This summer we found a good deal on wood laminate flooring and decided to do most of the upstairs. But that's where Riley hangs out, so we'll first have to childproof the downstairs living area which means moving a bunch of stuff into my bedroom where there is no room unless we remove the hot tub that the previous owners installed and then walled in - we used it once over ten years ago and it completely steams up the bedroom, soaking the drywall.
With the amount of debris the hot tub removal and old carpet disposal was going to create, I decided to get one of those big dumpsters they drop off and pick up. Since a large one only costs a little more than a small one, I got the large one. Since I got the large one, I decided to clean out the garage and the yard and fill that baby up with stuff I been tryin to get rid of for a long time.
Eventually we got the hot tub out, stuff moved, Riley situated downstairs, the upstairs carpet ripped out and then we decided it would be foolish to put new floors in and not paint. So we bought paint and started prepping and realized all the doors were old and ugly... ok, all new interior doors (six of them). There is a 10ft x 10 ft sunken entry room at the back door we weren't going to do anything with but the floor squeaked so bad I thought I might as well rip up the carpet there and take a look. The subfloor was shabbily put together on concrete, so we ripped all that out and decided it would be best to install tile there, but the floor is not level so I first have to fix the rikkety step up and then put in a bunch of self-leveling concrete.
Oh yeah, back to the laminate floors - we painted the rooms and hall, installed the new doors and thought it would all look *that* much better with crown molding. Another day and a half and I had the crown molding in (half a day trying to figure out the mathematics involved in cutting the necessary joint angles for crown molding while amassing a pile of strangely cut scraps - thank God for the internet!)
To make a long story less long, I am over 3 weeks into a one week project and I have half of the laminate flooring installed, but have to special order the trim pieces, haven't poured the cement for the tiled floor nor even picked out the tile and the main room we are redoing is probably going to look funny with the old 27" tv - would look much better with a 50" plasma on the wall. Everyday more money goes out and since I am doing the work instead of working, less money is coming in.
Ahhhh. Thanks for letting me get all that off my chest. :)
The good news is that with every one of these projects I end up with at least 3 cool new power tools! |
Sounds like a good idea for a TV series. ;o) |
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08/02/2007 02:21:49 AM · #31 |
Originally posted by cpanaioti:
Sounds like a good idea for a TV series. ;o) |
Oh yeah, I forgot - we thought the same thing - since we are doing all this work, why not make it a reality show or something, so I decided to build a guest house for the TV crew and... |
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08/02/2007 09:23:30 AM · #32 |
Originally posted by ClubJuggle:
I would take this up with whoever mislabeled the paint (store or manufacturer). They should refund you for the mis-labeled paint, and reimburse you for the $73 on top of it.
~Terry |
i reported the lot number of the mislabeled cans to Lowe's but who knows if they will do anything about it.
they did comp ALL of the supplies to refinish it, though. woot! i ended up buying the poly at my expense, but i was NOT going to buy another can from that same store. :) |
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08/02/2007 09:53:37 AM · #33 |
Originally posted by Art Roflmao:
The good news is that with every one of these projects I end up with at least 3 cool new power tools! |
Then you'll need to build a new storage area for them all...
;-)
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08/02/2007 11:57:09 AM · #34 |
We've just tackled refurbishing the sash windows in our Victorian house - involving taking out the two windows, renewing the sashes, taking the frames back to bare wood and repainting then fitting it all back together again. So far it has taken us( well mostly John to be honest - I've just been builder's mate and had to suffer the jokes from the men at the building suppliers when I've gone to collect numerous bits and pieces) three days to complete one set. Only 42 more to do!!!!
(I am NOT joking or exaggerating!) |
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08/07/2007 03:19:58 PM · #35 |
Originally posted by muckpond:
my property taxes on my two properties went up 300% and 500% this year. :) |
That's illegal in CA. You should rent here. :) |
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08/11/2007 03:14:56 AM · #36 |
Originally posted by Bugzeye:
We need a new roof pretty soon, That will be over $8000 So I know that pain. |
Pay it and consider it cheap :-) Mine cost 24K over the last 2 years (could not pay it in a single hit).... new insulation, decking, shingles, vents, ice proofing, whatever.... :-o(
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08/11/2007 03:40:01 AM · #37 |
Originally posted by routerguy666:
Sunday laundry results in a geyser of soapy water shooting up out of the floor drain in the laundry room.
$30 for a small wire rodder and a half hour wasted trying to clear clog.
Monday morning and a half day off from work waiting for Roto Rooter to arrive. Roto Rooter shows up two hours late, claims they brought the wrong tools for the problem and schedules a return visit for 7pm.
Roto Rooter returns at 7pm, declares the problem to be what I originally reported after all, and procedes to work at it with the tools the same douchebag brought in the morning.
$399 and 2 hours later, Roto Rooter declares a collapsed main sewer line and leaves. Dirst, shit and god knows what else my responsibility to clean up.
Roto Rooter sister company 'Camera' scheduled to be on site at 8am. $250 to send a small camera down the line to determine where the pipe is broken.
Estimated cost to repair cracked pipe, $2000-$5000.
God I miss renting. |
I feel your pain sir. I went through similar pain, though it was due to my own idiocy. I had a bonfire a little too close to my clean out. This resulted in a gallon of melted plastic dripping into the house main. It of course dried, and stopped up everything. I was literally up to my armpit in crap, and was able to view karma first hand! I suffered several cuts while cleaning out the plastic and feces, and I am certain I will test positive for some sort of aids, or hepatitis. |
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08/11/2007 09:04:00 AM · #38 |
Originally posted by muckpond:
Originally posted by ClubJuggle:
I would take this up with whoever mislabeled the paint (store or manufacturer). They should refund you for the mis-labeled paint, and reimburse you for the $73 on top of it.
~Terry |
i reported the lot number of the mislabeled cans to Lowe's but who knows if they will do anything about it.
they did comp ALL of the supplies to refinish it, though. woot! i ended up buying the poly at my expense, but i was NOT going to buy another can from that same store. :) |
We had a customer who insisted on a using expensive textured paint from Lowe's. Our painter reluctantly agreed to apply it. There were two colors for two different rooms. One room turned out fine, but the other was terrible.
At first Lowe's tried to blame it on lack of stirring or improper application; until we showed that both colors were bought and applied at the same time. Then they put me in touch with the paint rep., who agreed to reimburse us and pay for new paint to fix it.
Long story short: Call the rep. who sold it to Lowe's and get your money back. |
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