Thread 2912817

What do you need to get done around the house?

Romex 12/3 250' Wire

>>2912817 (OP)
I did 2/3 of the grout, then had to go take care of some shit for a few hours, then got a blowjob and fell asleep before I sponged it off so now it’s a pain in the ass and my arm is tired. I’m about to break out the sander and fuck up the marble finish.

outside lights aflicking not sure
mailbox is crooked
full scoop of dirt on the driveway pallet full of stones ripped pallet broke so i have to unload find a new pallet and reload
footer plus piping for a hose bid prop going to include a stem for attaching a shower and to dampen water hammer.
pull the weeds clean the concrete expansion joints sweep the area by transformer junction box
scrub the chalk spray paint from the utility company.
i think i will do more work on my garden path then move onto the weeds or mailbox

>>2912817 (OP)
Fucking toilet vent-pipes are leaking, during a rainstorm. Gotta get up on the roof and reseal. I hate ladders and heights, so it should be a fun time, as usual.

>>2912817 (OP)
So many fucking things. Many of them because the previous owner was retarded, lazy, and then hired lazy retards to do things for them
>build more shelves in the basement storage room
>recaulk bathtub
>stain and install cabinets and shelves in the laundry room
>install boxes to mount exterior wall lights to instead of just letting the 2 piece vinyl block support them
>remove the 150 cinderblocks from around the backyard fence
>remove the fence cutting off like 1/6th of the back yard as a shitty dog kennel
>get the lawn actually looking decent
Thats just the immediate shit. I need to start planning remodels of both upstairs bathrooms, redoing all the landscaping, then eventually expand the driveway, build a detached garage where the kennel was, and maybe convert the deck into a 3 or 4 season room and pour a concrete patio.

>>2912849
>get distracted while applying grout
Holy N00b

>>2913682
Lesson learned for the next one.

I mean I sponged it off and left it clean like 2/3 done, so the last 1/3 wasn’t a problem, but I didn’t get the first 2/3 as clean as I wanted it, and I probably would’ve been ok it I got back to it within 2 hours like originally planned, but the pizza and blowjob and falling asleep til 2am put me more at like 9 hours and it was getting rock hard and increasingly difficult to clean off.

boy oh boy. that's a long list. right now i'm focusing on killing rats (got 8 in the month of april and 1 today), rat-proofing the structures once i've thinned their numbers, stabilizing a derelict gazebo (i got it back onto some physical supports, but it's going to have to be completely redone from the ground up) and clearing the out-of-control weeds in the garden asap to keep the raccoons from shitting in the yard and the blackberries, morning glory and ivy from choking everything out. once all that gets done it'll be a good day, but still have a right shitton more to do.

>>2913477
yo, check out mass tuned dampeners, tie a bucket to the ladder like a chandelier can remove some of the vibration in the ladder through the bucket feels a lot more soild, but reduces max load.

>>2913637
hot mop your bathrooms all the chincy shit they market at the tile store can not compete with tar. two days of outgas and shit is good for decades shit the la brea tarpits have been up for centuries.

>>2913777
I'll give it try. WTH anything that makes me feel like not pissing myself, in fear, would be worth it.

>>2913779
> can't compete with tar
In nyc, we still use lead sheet pans. That obliterates even tar, they will last thousands of years without leaks.
That is important in apartment buildings so they don't leak down to the next floor down. Or the next floor....

>>2912817 (OP)
As a busy high achiever, I called my apartment manager to let her know about a small leak on the toilet water line. She thanked me and let me know that a qualified technician would make a repair that same day while I was making $170k/annum.

It feels good knowing that my repairs are free, timely, and my limited time is spent wisely instead of ticking off an endless humiliation ritual to-do list!

lattice for my girlfriend's deck got to chip away a chunk of concrete tho

>>2915039
How are you enjoying your large private backyard and no shared walls with random strangers?
Oh wait

>>2915039
No many how much your boss might pay you, in the end you are still a propertyless salaryman dependent on someone else's say-so to live, a lower social class than men of means like contractors or franchise owners.

>>2914421
Lead is approved because it works better than everything else.

>>2912849
I would tell you just to use a weak acid to clean it up, but the marble is also carbonate and will be eaten into.

>>2912817 (OP)
Refinishing my front door. Thing is solid red oak but had 50 years of paint on it, at least 5 layers of ugly with the final one dirt brown. The worst part was the factory primer. I can't believe this is the first time this thing was actually stained. Did the recesses in darker polyshade today. Still need a couple more coats of polyurethane and then have to do the back which is way simpler.

>>2916324
Looks awesome anon. What are you doing for a door while working on this one? Hope you don’t have to take it off each time you work on it.

>>2916369
I have a heavy glass stormdoor with a deadbolt. I just put a curtain over the inside of the glass so you can't see in the house while I'm working on this.

Need to caulk my kitchen. Renovated it last year and havent gotten around to do the finishing touches.
Also need to install some shelves in the kitchen.

>>2916428
Thanks for the reply. It’s a beautiful door. Excellent work anon.

>>2912817 (OP)
a staircase

>>2916437
I'm in the same boat. I need a better caulk gun to make me not hate the work.

>>2916320
I saw recs for vinegar online and it wasn’t too much better than water alone. It wasn’t 100% dry so I ran a little razor scraper across it. It took fuckin forever though because lol tiny mosaic tiles and 30ft of countertop.

70 year old carpenter (who's also friend of my dad) installed a staircase window frame/casing from old parts that were previously baking in the sun for 15+ years. so now i'm sanding, puttying and repainting. it looks like shit but what else should i do.

> inb4 someone tells me what a hellhole this is.
i know

>>2920332
finished applying the last coat. do you think it's possible to remove the hardened cement with a wire brush drill attachment?

>>2917843
Get yourself a Tajima.

>>2920332
Lmao. Damn. That's rough. I'm just curious what was going through your mind while you were cementing those egregious dutchmen into place. Was it, "This is terrible", "I'm sure he was good in his prime, but he's just old now"? To be fair, only the header looks bad right now and he probably saved like $100-$200 just on materials. Maybe he didn't have a good step bench or something and couldn't reach the top very well. Old people don't usually like getting on ladders or if the right tools aren't on hand they're not gonna go get them, they'll make due. Did your dad ask you to fix it up? I hope you didn't put any money into it because that would have defeated the purpose. Anyway, at a bare minimum I would've fixed the header to be aligned, possibly finding another board to make the full distance (second use building stores are good for this, they usually have lots of old trim from houses in the area). Also, instead of putty I would have used spackle. Ten times easier to apply and will look good for as long as that repair is gonna look good, which is not long. But it probably doesn't matter. Kudos for helpin' yer dad and tryin' to care.

>>2920771
the cement situation is as old as the house. the guy only installed the wooden frame, the mesh screen and casing. he had a ladder (i was holding it down for him). i was actually appreciative of how easy he made it all look, so animated and chipper for his age. it's a majority muslim country and the guy was catholic, therefore i was trying to be sensitive, withholding my comments and so forth, so he wouldn't be offended by my usual fix-it attitude.

i painted using a can of rust oleum, the sanding and putty i had before from a previous home project (patching a hole in the fucking ceiling).

>>2920800
A more matte sheen (and a couole primer coats, at that) might help the casing's irregularities from standing out so much.

>>2912817 (OP)
I finally installed the nut and bolt that keeps the lawnmower handle from wobbling. It's only been 2 years, lost my loctite so hopefully the double lock washers hold up until it rusts solid.

>>2912857
>mailbox is crooked
thanks for reminding me post is rotted to shit other than that put some vinyl lattice up on the back deck it's already framed out

everything
ive lived in one room of my house for the last two years because its so overwhelming

Yeah, this piece of shit starts turning on and off every 10 seconds since yesterday, I've checked every tap and fitting for leaks including the toilet cistern and washing machine taps but nope. It's either a faulty non-return valve or a big leak underground somewhere not visible yet. The geniuses we bought the house from didn't put a valve right next to the pump so I can't shut it off up at the house and turn it back on or I'll risk blowing a pipe somewhere.

>>2920562
best to chisel carefully. or an angle grinder with a diamond wheel, take tiny passes, if it bites it will run off on you.

>>2922284
take it one tiny step at a time. break everything down into individual tasks and try to just do one, give yourself an hour, try to do one tiny task. like lets say you need to replace a stove pipe, first, clean out the stove, unbolt it, and move it. that was task one.
task 2: disconnect the stove pipe from the couplings or supports and take it all down but for the chimney section.
task 3: deal with the chimney section and cover the hole in the roof.
task 4: install new pipe
task 5: refit stove.
do things like this one task at a time.
i currently have a very messy workshop i can't do anything in and need to build a new lean-to. first i will move a work bench in my current shop, to make space, then tidy up more, one small area at a time. then gather materials to make the lean to, then build it. just one little part at a time, this may take me weeks but it will slowly get done as opposed to sitting forever.