Home repair - Page 2

Griff · 10-11-2006, 10:49 AM

You really need a steel door if you are not making wholesale changes.

glatt · 10-11-2006, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by BigV

I have seen it explode the end of a kayak, wrapped in fiberglass.

That sounds like a story worth telling. It wasn't yours, was it?

BigV · 10-11-2006, 11:13 AM

Thankfully, it was not.

My kayak *is* a story worth telling, though. I'm scanning the pics to have a complete story before I begin. [/teaser]

BigV · 10-11-2006, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by busterb

My house is on the move, has been for years. I had a porch and cut it off after leaks and rotten wood. Patrick That door is a hollow core, which should never been to out side. Think I can get a solid core for 20 bucks. Have to be trimmed ect.
Anyway I just had a brain fart. Maybe cedar siding? On 2 doors on side. Price might stop that. Ideas?

actually, here in Seattle, you can get a solid core door (used) for $20 or so. We have a couple of places that specialize in recycling building materials. I even saw a rack of fold down seats from the stadium that was imploded a few years ago (Kingdome). They have everything that ever was in a building. Everything. Maybe there's something like that around your area.

Flint · 10-11-2006, 11:24 AM

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Originally Posted by BigV

...Maybe there's something like that around your area.

Links to recycled building materials.

busterb · 04-13-2007, 07:50 PM

This was 1st photo in thread, if works. Last is what I finished with.

Griff · 04-13-2007, 08:18 PM

Looks tight BB!

BrianR · 08-03-2008, 07:09 PM

Thread resurrection again!.

I'm up for handyman of the year in this house. Repair and improvement jobs too numerous to list, just getting it fit to live in is a pain. I started with the floors.

Link goes to the YouTube video of my house tour. I have already removed the nasty carpeting and tack strips. Wish the wife would let me put in new carpet but w/w carpet is unheard-of around here. Since then, we've moved in and had tile put down. New tour coming soon!

Clodfobble · 08-03-2008, 09:46 PM

I don't know about El Paso, but I've been told that carpet in Arizona is mostly unheard of because scorpions like to hide in it.

binky · 08-03-2008, 11:55 PM

yuk we have the occasional scorpion here and carpet throughout the house

binky · 08-03-2008, 11:58 PM

What a shame about all those ruined wood floors, Brian

xoxoxoBruce · 08-04-2008, 12:00 AM

How is a scorpion going to hide in wall to wall, unless it's got pile like a shag?

Cloud · 08-04-2008, 12:15 AM

scorpions are the same dun brown color as most apartment carpeting.

invisible scorpions are not fun.

And I've had wall to wall in all the apartments I've lived in here for the past 20 years. I hate it! Wish I had tile.

BrianR · 08-04-2008, 02:06 AM

Scorpions here rarely survive long...the dogs point them out and either squash them, eat them or I stomp them.

nikanone · 08-06-2008, 04:39 AM

Hello people, I have bought a bungalow and I would like to extend the property. Would it be better to have an architect advice us and take control of the project or get a builder in to give quotes on the whole project? I can’t decide properly. Who is the best person to advice on building an extension to a property? Any helpful input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot.

10-11-2006, 10:49 AM	#16
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	You really need a steel door if you are not making wholesale changes. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-11-2006, 11:13 AM	#18
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Thankfully, it was not. My kayak is a story worth telling, though. I'm scanning the pics to have a complete story before I begin. [/teaser] __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

04-13-2007, 07:50 PM	#21
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	This was 1st photo in thread, if works. Last is what I finished with. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

04-13-2007, 08:18 PM	#22
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Looks tight BB! __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

08-03-2008, 07:09 PM	#23
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	Thread resurrection again!. I'm up for handyman of the year in this house. Repair and improvement jobs too numerous to list, just getting it fit to live in is a pain. I started with the floors. Link goes to the YouTube video of my house tour. I have already removed the nasty carpeting and tack strips. Wish the wife would let me put in new carpet but w/w carpet is unheard-of around here. Since then, we've moved in and had tile put down. New tour coming soon! __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

08-03-2008, 09:46 PM	#24
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I don't know about El Paso, but I've been told that carpet in Arizona is mostly unheard of because scorpions like to hide in it. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

08-03-2008, 11:55 PM	#25
binky all hollowed out Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ridgecrest, CA Posts: 982	yuk we have the occasional scorpion here and carpet throughout the house __________________ The meanest Mom EVER!!!!

08-03-2008, 11:58 PM	#26
binky all hollowed out Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Ridgecrest, CA Posts: 982	What a shame about all those ruined wood floors, Brian __________________ The meanest Mom EVER!!!!

08-04-2008, 12:00 AM	#27
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	How is a scorpion going to hide in wall to wall, unless it's got pile like a shag? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-04-2008, 12:15 AM	#28
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	scorpions are the same dun brown color as most apartment carpeting. invisible scorpions are not fun. And I've had wall to wall in all the apartments I've lived in here for the past 20 years. I hate it! Wish I had tile. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

08-04-2008, 02:06 AM	#29
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	Scorpions here rarely survive long...the dogs point them out and either squash them, eat them or I stomp them. __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

08-06-2008, 04:39 AM	#30
nikanone Person Who Has Posted Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2	Hello people, I have bought a bungalow and I would like to extend the property. Would it be better to have an architect advice us and take control of the project or get a builder in to give quotes on the whole project? I can’t decide properly. Who is the best person to advice on building an extension to a property? Any helpful input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot.

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