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Re: The Renovation thread
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This was my main house selling project, took hours and hours. The before pic was took after I had stripped the 60 years of paint off them. I am quite proud of my efforts though :)
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Re: The Renovation thread
Originally Posted by boxerdog03
(Post 5281893)
This was my main house selling project, took hours and hours. The before pic was took after I had stripped the 60 years of paint off them. I am quite proud of my efforts though :)
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Re: The Renovation thread
Originally Posted by Rob4BC
(Post 5282043)
Yes, great work, looks very good, and I love the ornament!:thumbup:
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Re: The Renovation thread
Originally Posted by boxerdog03
(Post 5282092)
He he, I went round the house taking pics. The ornament appears on 99% of them:curse:, but I have to love her:wub:
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Re: The Renovation thread
Originally Posted by Steve_P
(Post 5282113)
So she's not stuck to the stairs then? :p
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Re: The Renovation thread
Originally Posted by boxerdog03
(Post 5281893)
This was my main house selling project, took hours and hours. The before pic was took after I had stripped the 60 years of paint off them. I am quite proud of my efforts though :)
Originally Posted by Steve_P
(Post 5282113)
So she's not stuck to the stairs then? :p
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Re: The Renovation thread
Originally Posted by boxerdog03
(Post 5281893)
This was my main house selling project, took hours and hours. The before pic was took after I had stripped the 60 years of paint off them. I am quite proud of my efforts though :)
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Re: The Renovation thread
Woah Calgal - you have my sympathies and my everything-a-thies ! Hope that great big hole gets patched up soon :eek:
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Re: The Renovation thread
Originally Posted by Calgal
(Post 5278445)
As we're discussing houses a lot elsewhere, I thought I'd drag this back to the top and add the *ahem* progress on my bedroom....
here it is right at this very moment: Love the ADT decal! :lol: :ohmy: |
Re: The Renovation thread
Originally Posted by hot wasabi peas
(Post 5302851)
Love the ADT decal! :lol: :ohmy:
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Re: The Renovation thread
Originally Posted by ann m
(Post 5299127)
Woah Calgal - you have my sympathies and my everything-a-thies ! Hope that great big hole gets patched up soon :eek:
Actually the hole is pretty much filled in for now and we have a tarp over the entire section . We're at the point where we need some extra muscle as the new window is much larger and VERY heavy as it's triple glazed. Can't find any decent help and don't want to damage it trying to be clever :( Fortunately it's also off a raised deck (which did have stairs but they were so rotten we pulled them down earlier this year). So what started out as a simple window replacement job, and some cosmetic updating inside, has become new windows, new siding (because many parts of wall have to be replaced), and new deck/stairs - it's a BIG deck built into the roof as well! :blink: ALL because of poor building practices in the first place!!! But hey - guess it saved them some time and money.... God knows what it's gonna cost us to fix though :( We also have to replace the roof as it is on it's last legs and also leaking, at least until we had some patch repairs done. The guy inspecting it, noted that the skylight over the bathroom - had NO NAILS or SCREWS holding it in place!!!!!! WTF?!? The only good thing about it, was all the rain two summers ago brought it all to light right before we were about to install new hardwood in three rooms. Hardwood is still in it's packing! All this on a ten year old house (or should I say 'shed'...lol). Where is Mike Holmes when you need him? (sorry for ranting on - now where IS that bridge...) |
Re: The Renovation thread
Originally Posted by Calgal
(Post 5303660)
Thanks for all the sympathy and karma, guys! I really have felt like joining Souv on that bridge at times over the last year - it's just gone from bad to worse....
Actually the hole is pretty much filled in for now and we have a tarp over the entire section . We're at the point where we need some extra muscle as the new window is much larger and VERY heavy as it's triple glazed. Can't find any decent help and don't want to damage it trying to be clever :( Fortunately it's also off a raised deck (which did have stairs but they were so rotten we pulled them down earlier this year). So what started out as a simple window replacement job, and some cosmetic updating inside, has become new windows, new siding (because many parts of wall have to be replaced), and new deck/stairs - it's a BIG deck built into the roof as well! :blink: ALL because of poor building practices in the first place!!! But hey - guess it saved them some time and money.... God knows what it's gonna cost us to fix though :( We also have to replace the roof as it is on it's last legs and also leaking, at least until we had some patch repairs done. The guy inspecting it, noted that the skylight over the bathroom - had NO NAILS or SCREWS holding it in place!!!!!! WTF?!? The only good thing about it, was all the rain two summers ago brought it all to light right before we were about to install new hardwood in three rooms. Hardwood is still in it's packing! All this on a ten year old house (or should I say 'shed'...lol). Where is Mike Holmes when you need him? (sorry for ranting on - now where IS that bridge...) We bought. We then wanted to "finish" the basement. It turned out the original builders had failed to "backfill" all areas of the basement foundation. Cue $85,000 of remedial work (yep organised long-distance, on trust, from London). In the end our "hole" was filled, all the underfloor heating was replaced, new concrete floor installed, floating wood floor above, etc. etc. and now it looks great... but compared to Tudor/Elizabethan/Stuart/Georgian/Victorian... how long is it really going to last? |
Re: The Renovation thread
Originally Posted by newshoney
(Post 5303951)
When we bought in Calgary the surveyor/home inspector looked at the jagged crack in the cement floor of the basement and said it was "superficial".
Pass me the noose....lol What happened for you to find out it was more than superficial? Did you have a builder do the basement who said so? Interesting what you say about the inspection, we have found this to be the case, too. Inspections aren't worth the paper they're written on, either in our experience. The home owner had one done on this place - none of the problems were picked up on! Amazing really - money for old rope and the owner gets left to deal with all the crap! |
Re: The Renovation thread
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Originally Posted by ann m
(Post 5299120)
Maybe I'm a heathen - carpet all the way :p but yes, nice ornament on the stairs ... it's not one of a matching pair is it?
Calgal & Newshoney My sympathies with the house horror stories, our was falts when we bought it, you start to dread doing anything else beacuse it will be something else to fix. |
Re: The Renovation thread
Originally Posted by boxerdog03
(Post 5304233)
Carpet & ornament..............Don't mix well together.
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