But you’re the CZ fool, you only had one choice.
The Rusky’s are bat guano crazy and have Hearst’s of stone, you’d know.
I wasn’t planning on a lot of talking or a meaningful relationship.
But you’re the CZ fool, you only had one choice.
The Rusky’s are bat guano crazy and have Hearst’s of stone, you’d know.
I've got a sink and single handle faucet you can have if that helps.
Both used but good. The sink is a shallow model with a disposer strainer basket. The faucet is an American Standard single handle.
Maybe worth the 2 hours driving in an economical car or if we can get a pony express going to get them to you.
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Y’all get a roomI wasn’t planning on a lot of talking or a meaningful relationship.
As for kitchen cabinets: if you're handy enough to replace see-thru floor, I bet you could cut & assemble some paint-grade quality cabinetry yourself. Yourselfs. Bof' y'all.
I've done a lot of cabinets with 3/4" birch/maple ply from Big Box, screws & wood plugs, and iron-on edge banding. Brushed poly if you like the end result; or paint hides a lot of sins. (Putty & paint make it what it ain't!) Euro-style hinges go on pretty easily and allow for lots of adjustment. Drawers are more complex, but they don't have to be dovetailed together. You can staple or screw together boxes of ripped 1/2" ply and 1/4" bottoms. Drawer slides have come a long way in terns of ease of installation. Knobs instead of pulls only require 1 hole drilled in doors & drawer fronts, so location & alignment are simpler. Preformed formica/wilsonart/laminate counters come in various lengths, and end trim comes n mached kits.
A half-decent 7-1/4" saw, a straightedge & clamps, and a set of sawhorses will get you through the cuts. (A table saw is nice, but the little / less expensive ones aren't suited for rippin' 4x8 sheets.) A jigsaw is handy for the sink cut-out, but you could probably borrow one for as little as you need it. A good countersink/counterbore bit of 3/8" facilitates screws & wood dowel plugs to cover. Trim ring washers and exposed screw heads are another option for a different look. A HF 5" random orbit sander and some sheets of hand sandpaper will smooth it all out to finish-ready surface.
Time quotient is higher but dollah Q is much lower.
I think being a landlord would be easier if the rental property is on your land, near your primary residence... It'd be easy to keep an eye on things and to do your own handyman stuff when something in the rental property breaks.Yeah, that's always been my objection. I've heard some horror stories.
Yeah it's really starting to feel like progress.
I think being a landlord would be easier if the rental property is on your land, near your primary residence... It'd be easy to keep an eye on things and to do your own handyman stuff when something in the rental property breaks.
We live here in NC, but we also own a home in San Diego. The SD house is a rental. The renters are really good (Thank you God!). But it sucks when something breaks. I'd much rather go fix it myself for $20 than to pay a contractor $200 to do the same job. But, being 2500 miles away forces me to pay someone in SD to fix things.
I've been thinking about trying to buy cheap houses near me, just to rent them out to people. If I had good income coming in from the rental properties, I'd quit my real job and just be my own handyman, keeping up the local rental properties.
I'll keep an eye out for closeout/returned cabinets at Lowe's when I am perusing the store. We got some cabinets for our laundry room for $12 a few months ago.Still a schmuck about pictures but it'd about done. We're putting in the ghetto kitchen tomorrow (more like camping until we can find/afford some cabinets etc) and most everything else is about done. I'll snap some pics when we get more or less done moving in!
I'll keep an eye out for closeout/returned cabinets at Lowe's when I am perusing the store. We got some cabinets for our laundry room for $12 a few months ago.
Thanks mate. We don't need but 3 or 4.
Well 95 was a lie, it hit 99, now down to a balmy 98. All the big stuff and furniture is in, the apt is pretty bare and it's mostly running small boxes and clothes and some kitchen stuff. We had good friends with a box truck help us out which is good because I about passed out from the heat after 4 or 5 hours.
I love this country and NC but bloody hell your summers are awful.
Ayup.I love this country and NC but bloody hell your summers are awful.
That’s why God put mountains to the West and an ocean to the East. Take advantage of them at every opportunity.
Wait! It’s raining?!!Well other than gutting the storage units, were pretty much moved in.
So of course in the storm (not the first time it's rained) the extension we are using as a bedroom sprung a leak in the roof, about 20 minutes ago. We've got it under control and have a plan, but it's an unwelcome surprise tonight.
Wait! It’s raining?!!
WHERE!!
It hasn’t rained here in forever. Hoping for lots of it tomorrow.Not sure if sarcasm or not?
It hasn’t rained here in forever. Hoping for lots of it tomorrow.
rain wind coming from a different direction will sometimes cause a leak
Mine leaked last fall around a vent boot. I redid the top after that. New boots and 2 buckets of elastomeric roof coating will do wonders.That or us actually moving around in there cracked whatever half ass redneck moron jackleg sketchy jank solution they used to fix it the first time.
We've got a 39x29ft tarp and ropes just now. We're going to drape the whole end of the trailer and extensions from roof edge to roof edge and stake it down to stop the water ingress for now. Then once it dries out we'll get ladders and get up there to take a look.
Mine leaked last fall around a vent boot. I redid the top after that. New boots and 2 buckets of elastomeric roof coating will do wonders.
where metal turns into shingle.
Look into EPDM membrane roofing. (There are some other membranes available, tpo & pvc, but I don't know much about them.) Membrane roofs are relatively easy to install, have great abrasion resistance, and can be had in white for heat reflection.
Thanks, never heard of that.
Is it really easy to install? I'm a total muppet when it comes to anything high up, I'm terrified of heights.
Brit, we be needing some updated photos of your adventures.
Keep up the great job you both are doing.
Hang in there, it's all coming together.Honestly it looks like crap at the moment. The kitchen has been an ongoing mess and as a result the many boxes of kitchen stuff are still cluttering up the rest of the house. I'll post some more once we're done with the interior chaos!
Sweet! You lucked out!A friend of my girl who LIKES to paint just painted out entire kitchen and it looks great. I'll post once it's not a mess lol
Sweet! You lucked out!
Thats a friend!A friend of my girl who LIKES to paint just painted out entire kitchen and it looks great. I'll post once it's not a mess lol