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Post by Mean Gene on Jan 26, 2023 19:15:25 GMT -5
We've been in the "process" of enclosing our front porch for about 18 months. Before we can sell this place, I've got to get the interior remodel finished. Since it's just one old fat guy doing the work, it goes slow. I started on the wall that was the original front of the house, as it was going to be the most complicated, and aside from trimming the wall/ceiling joint I'm about done with it. I'm making it look like the inside of the house, because honestly, with just a little electrical work, and an small heat source, this porch could easily be the living room. Here's a before and after kind of thing. As soon as I get the overhead trim installed I can move the porch furniture against this wall, and then start on the other three. But, we're supposed to get a bunch of snow the next three days, so I'll be plowing, then we get 4 days of arctic cold, so I won't be pulling my truck out in that in order to set up the table saw station. Dang, I may just have to take it easy for a few days! What kind of projects do you guys have going?
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Post by duff on Jan 26, 2023 19:31:07 GMT -5
Setting a new depthfinder on my boat without my wife knowing how much I spent.
Walking while chewing gum.
Going to the detached garage to get another gallon of milk that my dirtbag kids only left 1/4 ounce of milk in.
Working on not sighing as much.
Pretty much a multitasking here.
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Post by greghopper on Jan 26, 2023 19:35:20 GMT -5
Setting a new depthfinder on my boat without my wife knowing how much I spent. Walking while chewing gum. Going to the detached garage to get another gallon of milk that my dirtbag kids only left 1/4 ounce of milk in. Working on not sighing as much. Pretty much a multitasking here. Pace yourself….
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Jan 26, 2023 20:09:17 GMT -5
After getting the concrete in the barn I had 23 ton of gravel delivered, so I could raise the drive up to the height of the concrete. I previously did 46 tons with wheelbarrow and shovel for the drive to the barn. Man that tractor made easy work of this load. About two hours and I was done. [/
I’ve also been slowly working on finishing our basement. Here’s some progress so far. I absolutely hate drywall work. Here’s some framing in progress. Colored the floor and painted the ceiling black. Middle of hanging the drywall. Primed the walls a couple weeks ago and then painted them this past weekend. I hired out all the electrical and plumbing for the bathroom. Bathroom is all finished and useable. Just have to build a closet in there. Next up will be trimming all the doors and windows. Then will come building the bar, which I’m really looking forward to as long as my plan works out. Getting the pontoon boat ready for fishing season will be added to this list real soon.
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Post by deadeer on Jan 26, 2023 20:13:22 GMT -5
Man your rockin Dave!
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Post by Mean Gene on Jan 26, 2023 21:22:07 GMT -5
I hate working with drywall. One room, ok...multiple rooms...screw that and I'll hire it out.
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Jan 26, 2023 21:27:10 GMT -5
I had someone come out and give me a quote just to finish the drywall as I already had it hung. It was $1300. That would’ve been money well spent. They would’ve been done in a week or so and it took me forever working on it in my spare time and I just hate it all. Sanding is horrible. I saved quite a bit of money as I had the tools and just needed to buy the mud and sanding stuff, but definitely would’ve been worth letting the pros do it.
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Post by greghopper on Jan 26, 2023 21:45:31 GMT -5
I would always use purple drywall in a basement… worth the money IMO
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Post by Mean Gene on Jan 26, 2023 22:36:00 GMT -5
I had someone come out and give me a quote just to finish the drywall as I already had it hung. It was $1300. That would’ve been money well spent. They would’ve been done in a week or so and it took me forever working on it in my spare time and I just hate it all. Sanding is horrible. I saved quite a bit of money as I had the tools and just needed to buy the mud and sanding stuff, but definitely would’ve been worth letting the pros do it. The only drywall we have in this whole place is in the garage/shop. A wall is 12x30, the ceiling is 30x50, and the one shop room ceiling is 15x15. A crew of 5 guys hung the drywall, and fire taped it. From the time their boots hit the ground in my driveway, until they sat back down in their truck AFTER they had cleaned up, was 5 hours.
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Post by duff on Jan 26, 2023 22:40:47 GMT -5
Getting the pontoon boat ready for fishing season will be added to this list real soon. This should be top of the list. Guys are out there getting 2 pounders every day. Not me but guys are....
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Post by whitetaildave24 on Jan 26, 2023 22:46:06 GMT -5
I would always use purple drywall in a basement… worth the money IMO I don’t know about purple, but this was the basement board from menards in Columbus. Used all green board in the bathroom.
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Post by jtkelly on Jan 27, 2023 0:10:01 GMT -5
Bought a log cabin and tore out everything but the four walls. Lifted it up off the foundation and put a new sill log under it all the way around and set it back down. Put a new metal roof on and started rebuilding it inside from the dirt up. In my spare time we re-chinked it all and the log barn and the shingle oiled the whole out side. All new floor lay out, new plumbing and kitchen... new everything between the dirt and the roof. Used a spray foam company came and foamed everything the needed insulation from around the foundation to the roof and around all the windows. My daughter moved in there this past Thanksgiving weekend. Been heating about 50% with the wood stove and using heat pump mini splits other wise. Problem is with the place sealed up the wood stove is really too much. Need to just build about "half the fire" the stove will make or the air has to be choked down from getting it all too hot. Already had to open the windows a couple times to to bring the house down from "feels like a sauna in here" levels.
My daughter really planned it all out the way she wanted it since it was essentially starting over with the 4 bare walls and she, my wife, I did most of it. Pretty proud of her and what she has learned and done along the way. She KNOWS how all that plumbing works and how it is put in there. Not a hesitation to crawl up under there if there is something in the crawl space she wants to check.
We did hire out some, just to speed things up a little. Some Amish help, a mechanical guy she word with, but those were all like job specific not a whole project deal.
Even when it came to the FINAL crawl under the porch and clean out 40 year old cut pieces from the ORIGINAL build of the porch all the way up to all the construction we cut up on the porch rebuilding. She went in there and tossed it all toward the "hole" and I filled a 50 gallon barrel and more with refuse. When it comes to remodel, she can hang in there.
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Post by esshup on Jan 27, 2023 0:11:34 GMT -5
Lets see......
1) Get the County to approve a zoning amendment to add Aquaculture to the A-1 ag zoning that I have now. 2) Once that is accomplished, dig 8 ponds that are 1/10 acre each. 3) Tear out wall between the kitchen and living room to make it an open concept. 4) Fix some nail pops and repaint the whole inside of the house. 5) Rip out the carpeting in the Living room, hallway, and 3 bedrooms. 6) Put new carpeting in Master and Guest bedrooms. 7) Put hardwood flooring (using a laminate like Pergo) in the living room, hallway and 3rd bedroom, turning it into a home office. 8) Remodel the master bathroom, which will include moving a wall about 10" to make room to put a tub where the walk in shower is now, and remove the jet tub to make that area a larger walk-in shower area. 9) Replace all the countertops with poured epoxy countertops and also have the same guy make poured epoxy walls for the walk in shower. 10) Power wash and re-stain the back porch 11) Organize the pole barn into a workable shop area with welding benches. (Already have the welding benches, and will be getting two large tables with a parts washer tank between them.)
I'm sure I'm leaving something out, if not multiple things.
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Post by treetop on Jan 27, 2023 5:52:08 GMT -5
Doing the other end of home this winter
Finished 1/2 bath last night other than towel bar bought a 24 should of got 18 That was new light high stool faucets mirror light towel bars paper holder paint tile flooring new baseboard and door pulls on cabinets
Next is laundry room New paint light baseboard door pulls on cabinets and tile floor Same tile as bath
doing kitchen living dining room Dinning is easy paint light flooring Living room new paint adding fireplace new ceiling fan flooring
Kitchen New lights and adding lights new pulls flooring new tops sink faucet backsplash hopefully sand and stain cabinets waiting on a price that I won’t do on my own and adding a few cabinets
Getting new carpet in bedrooms hall I did last I left it in till I got this part of home done so it didn’t get screwed up or trashed
This should get me tilll I sell or push flowers up
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Post by Sasquatch on Jan 27, 2023 6:41:43 GMT -5
Nice work Mean Gene. I especially like the doorway.The rest of you are making me look bad too.
This year I want to finish digging a drain system around my barn. It was originally built in a low spot ( no raised pad or anything ) so part of the surrounding field just drains right into it. It's required some creative solutions.
If I can get the money together ( roughly the GDP of the United States for a year) we are going to gut the bathroom. Failing tile and a leaky stall setup are wreaking havoc. Really looking forward to getting that done. My bathroom would look right at home in Iraq, and not in the good part of town.
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Post by Mean Gene on Jan 27, 2023 7:22:22 GMT -5
Bought a log cabin and tore out everything but the four walls. Lifted it up off the foundation and put a new sill log under it all the way around and set it back down. Put a new metal roof on and started rebuilding it inside from the dirt up. In my spare time we re-chinked it all and the log barn and the shingle oiled the whole out side. All new floor lay out, new plumbing and kitchen... new everything between the dirt and the roof. Used a spray foam company came and foamed everything the needed insulation from around the foundation to the roof and around all the windows. My daughter moved in there this past Thanksgiving weekend. Been heating about 50% with the wood stove and using heat pump mini splits other wise. Problem is with the place sealed up the wood stove is really too much. Need to just build about "half the fire" the stove will make or the air has to be choked down from getting it all too hot. Already had to open the windows a couple times to to bring the house down from "feels like a sauna in here" levels.
My daughter really planned it all out the way she wanted it since it was essentially starting over with the 4 bare walls and she, my wife, I did most of it. Pretty proud of her and what she has learned and done along the way. She KNOWS how all that plumbing works and how it is put in there. Not a hesitation to crawl up under there if there is something in the crawl space she wants to check.
We did hire out some, just to speed things up a little. Some Amish help, a mechanical guy she word with, but those were all like job specific not a whole project deal.
Even when it came to the FINAL crawl under the porch and clean out 40 year old cut pieces from the ORIGINAL build of the porch all the way up to all the construction we cut up on the porch rebuilding. She went in there and tossed it all toward the "hole" and I filled a 50 gallon barrel and more with refuse. When it comes to remodel, she can hang in there.
Do you have pictures of that whole process? I'd sure be interested in seeing them.
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Post by Mean Gene on Jan 27, 2023 7:23:54 GMT -5
Lets see...... 1) Get the County to approve a zoning amendment to add Aquaculture to the A-1 ag zoning that I have now. 2) Once that is accomplished, dig 8 ponds that are 1/10 acre each. 3) Tear out wall between the kitchen and living room to make it an open concept. 4) Fix some nail pops and repaint the whole inside of the house. 5) Rip out the carpeting in the Living room, hallway, and 3 bedrooms. 6) Put new carpeting in Master and Guest bedrooms. 7) Put hardwood flooring (using a laminate like Pergo) in the living room, hallway and 3rd bedroom, turning it into a home office. 8) Remodel the master bathroom, which will include moving a wall about 10" to make room to put a tub where the walk in shower is now, and remove the jet tub to make that area a larger walk-in shower area. 9) Replace all the countertops with poured epoxy countertops and also have the same guy make poured epoxy walls for the walk in shower. 10) Power wash and re-stain the back porch 11) Organize the pole barn into a workable shop area with welding benches. (Already have the welding benches, and will be getting two large tables with a parts washer tank between them.) I'm sure I'm leaving something out, if not multiple things. So, if a guy has the land, but no pond, what's it cost to build one?
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Post by treetop on Jan 27, 2023 8:10:16 GMT -5
I had someone come out and give me a quote just to finish the drywall as I already had it hung. It was $1300. That would’ve been money well spent. They would’ve been done in a week or so and it took me forever working on it in my spare time and I just hate it all. Sanding is horrible. I saved quite a bit of money as I had the tools and just needed to buy the mud and sanding stuff, but definitely would’ve been worth letting the pros do it. You should of paid that with a smile on your face I’ll patch and fix even hang it but finish it not a chance. I have done it but it’s a job I’m no good at slow at and have a strong dislike for doing
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Post by treetop on Jan 27, 2023 8:12:04 GMT -5
Nice work Mean Gene. I especially like the doorway.The rest of you are making me look bad too. This year I want to finish digging a drain system around my barn. It was originally built in a low spot ( no raised pad or anything ) so part of the surrounding field just drains right into it. It's required some creative solutions. If I can get the money together ( roughly the GDP of the United States for a year) we are going to gut the bathroom. Failing tile and a leaky stall setup are wreaking havoc. Really looking forward to getting that done. My bathroom would look right at home in Iraq, and not in the good part of town. Buy a tall toilet when you do worth every penny you pay
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Post by treetop on Jan 27, 2023 8:21:35 GMT -5
Lets see...... 1) Get the County to approve a zoning amendment to add Aquaculture to the A-1 ag zoning that I have now. 2) Once that is accomplished, dig 8 ponds that are 1/10 acre each. 3) Tear out wall between the kitchen and living room to make it an open concept. 4) Fix some nail pops and repaint the whole inside of the house. 5) Rip out the carpeting in the Living room, hallway, and 3 bedrooms. 6) Put new carpeting in Master and Guest bedrooms. 7) Put hardwood flooring (using a laminate like Pergo) in the living room, hallway and 3rd bedroom, turning it into a home office. 8) Remodel the master bathroom, which will include moving a wall about 10" to make room to put a tub where the walk in shower is now, and remove the jet tub to make that area a larger walk-in shower area. 9) Replace all the countertops with poured epoxy countertops and also have the same guy make poured epoxy walls for the walk in shower. 10) Power wash and re-stain the back porch 11) Organize the pole barn into a workable shop area with welding benches. (Already have the welding benches, and will be getting two large tables with a parts washer tank between them.) I'm sure I'm leaving something out, if not multiple things. So, if a guy has the land, but no pond, what's it cost to build one? Fort Wayne area the owners of a house I’m installing heat in said he paid 27 for 3/4 acre pond 16 deep includes rock/stone and sand for beach area
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