What did you do today....other than work on your car!?

[Charles Cook]

Had to go out and do a incident report this morning. My moron employee almost killed somebody today. He said he was trying to unload a forklift.
What the hell were you doing with a forklift on my damn flatbed.
People just don’t take safety serious these days. Jesus

 

[Darter6]

Today I ordered a 65 Belvedere Hemi hood scoop from Kramer's.
Also bought a 72 Dodge Dart . No work just foolish spending on stuff I DON'T need.

 

[Triplegreen500]

Noon today

Yes, that's a rot-hole in the floor. And mold all over the walls and ceiling. Stupid ¥°^π•=^ tenant....

6pm today

I wanted the walls down today but things took longer than expected. As you can see by the size of the patch....the rotted floor was worse than expected.

Like fixing rust on a car. SMH.

And while I have this bathroom apart, I'm gonna re-plumb all the drains for the upstairs bath as well since they're right there (and draining slow or not at all). Yay.

And the snowball effect begins.....

 

[Richard Cranium]

And the snowball effect begins.....

As it always does.

 

[YY1]

We won't buy a frame house for a rental.

 

[Triplegreen500]

I got this for 25% of market value, 12 years ago. My total in it currently (including roof, 2 heat pumps, and renovation of the upstairs apartment a couple years ago) has brought me to about a third of market value. If capital gains wasn't such a bitch, I could sell today and be sitting pretty. And, I may sell it when I'm done...but I won't sell problems. Not how I'm wired.

Exterior walls are cinderblock, foundation to rafters. 1952 construction - a REAL building. But, the cast iron just isn't draining like it should anymore. Kitchen side was replaced with PVC a while back, drains fine. Bathrooms...still iron, and still sluggish. 75 years....it's time. And, it's all exposed at the moment so now's the time. Wish the budget was aligned with it, but....

 

[YY1]

That's the upstairs floor, then...

 

[Triplegreen500]

Yes, the exposed rafters in the photo is the floor of the upstairs bathroom. I'm standing in the downstairs bathroom to take the photos. Upstairs bath is directly above; stacked drains.

 

[Hey-O]

Noon today

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Yes, that's a rot-hole in the floor. And mold all over the walls and ceiling. Stupid ¥°^π•=^ tenant....

6pm today

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I wanted the walls down today but things took longer than expected. As you can see by the size of the patch....the rotted floor was worse than expected.

Like fixing rust on a car. SMH.

And while I have this bathroom apart, I'm gonna re-plumb all the drains for the upstairs bath as well since they're right there (and draining slow or not at all). Yay.

And the snowball effect begins.....

Tile in a rental unit is always asking for a problem. If they bang against the wall in the shower-tub, they can produce a crack in the joint you can't see, that slowly soaks up water till one day the tiles come loose. I've worked on dozens of those. A rental unit needs to be total child proof. In most cases they don't care, that's your problem, that's why they pay rent. That's the story most will tell you if they're asked. I don't use tile any more, except in the kitchen as a backsplash. Waterproof vinyl plank flooring, 10 year commercial and lifetime residential warranty and a fiberglass enclosure. They can epoxy paint tiles these days, but man are the fumes a killer. I've had them done for people that refused to replace them and just wanted to freshen up the look.

 

[chargervert]

Just another 12 hour day at work after my 14 hour day yesterday!

 

[Triplegreen500]

I did the upstairs bath a couple years ago. Original cast iron tub. 18" square tile surround (minimal grout) because its a corner tub, not a nook tub. Mosaic tile sheets on the floor (12" sheets of smaller tiles on a mesh; lay down, grout between) and subway tile on the walls. Beneath the tile flooring is the orange plastic sheet; below that is backerboard; below that is the original 1.5" thick subfloor (angled subflooring planks covered in original hardwood).

I planned to do the same in this bathroom because I see tile as infinitely more durable than linoleum...but I see your point about flex and grout joints. I think, installed correctly, it's still the most durable solution...but I may look into the vinyl plank system just for grins. I'd already planned to do a fiberglass surround and a metal tub.

I'm still up in the air about the living room and kitchen/dining area...might go vinyl there too. I just hate that "hollow" sound of floating flooring, I much prefer tile or hardwood...

 

[SlingLow]

Painted a bathroom at work. 10x12, 10' ceilings.

Black.

Virgin sheetrock.

Boss bought NO primer, and ONE gallon of paint.

Needless to say, I had to go get a second gallon...and whoever he had do the drywall? Well, it looks like he hired Stevie Wonder to sand the drywall. Ugh. I, of course, didn't catch it till it had 2 coats of satin black on it...too late!

Oh well. Can't see it from my house. He said "paint"...I painted.

In 20 years of flipping houses I always had difficulty finding/keeping/affording sheetrock workers. I finally decided to take it on and got to where my work was adequate - in a house I was selling. I still hire out to work on my house.

Who has a bathroom painted black?

I bought one house in which a bathroom was painted black. Not just the walls but the ceiling, tile floor and cast iron tub. It was really creepy.

Exterior walls are cinderblock, foundation to rafters. 1952 construction - a REAL building. But, the cast iron just isn't draining like it should anymore. Kitchen side was replaced with PVC a while back, drains fine. Bathrooms...still iron, and still sluggish. 75 years....it's time. And, it's all exposed at the moment so now's the time. Wish the budget was aligned with it, but....

We have a condo built in 1972. 4 story building, commercial construction. The cast iron drains were backing up on the 1st floor where our unit is. They replumbed the entire building including all water lines at a cost exceeding $3.5 million. Our share for a 1,100+ sq ft, 2 bed, 2 bath unit was just over $33k! What the hell? I replumbed my entire 3,300 sq ft, 3 bed, 3 bath house for $7k.

And in your rentals, luxury vinyl planking or tile and/or laminate floors are your friend!

 

[Hey-O]

I did the upstairs bath a couple years ago. Original cast iron tub. 18" square tile surround (minimal grout) because its a corner tub, not a nook tub. Mosaic tile sheets on the floor (12" sheets of smaller tiles on a mesh; lay down, grout between) and subway tile on the walls. Beneath the tile flooring is the orange plastic sheet; below that is backerboard; below that is the original 1.5" thick subfloor (angled subflooring planks covered in original hardwood).

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I planned to do the same in this bathroom because I see tile as infinitely more durable than linoleum...but I see your point about flex and grout joints. I think, installed correctly, it's still the most durable solution...but I may look into the vinyl plank system just for grins. I'd already planned to do a fiberglass surround and a metal tub.

I'm still up in the air about the living room and kitchen/dining area...might go vinyl there too. I just hate that "hollow" sound of floating flooring, I much prefer tile or hardwood...

Very nice!!
With rubber backing or the roll out foam the sound should be minimal.

 

[Cranky]

Who has a bathroom painted black?

The company had our restroom stalls painted black to keep everyone from writing on the stall walls but we had white paint pens in the toolroom so the black paint didn't solve a thing lol. In 69 when I moved away from home, I painted my bedroom black and did some fluorescent painted string art, black light posters, 'stars' etc. Ugly during the day but pretty cool looking at night. I had planned on repainting it before moving out but Uncle Sam got me and ended up leaving really quick to get in the AF instead of heading into the Army. When I got home I drove by and the place was still there but no one was living in it. It was in pretty bad shape when we lived there but for 75 bucks a month (37.50 each) it was dang cheap and had a large 1 car garage to work in.

Went to the doctor's office today. The cough I've had for nearly a week turns out to be a mild case of bronchitis.

Hope that's cleared up by now....bronchitis is nothing to fool around with.

I got this for 25% of market value, 12 years ago. My total in it currently (including roof, 2 heat pumps, and renovation of the upstairs apartment a couple years ago) has brought me to about a third of market value. If capital gains wasn't such a bitch, I could sell today and be sitting pretty. And, I may sell it when I'm done...but I won't sell problems. Not how I'm wired.

Exterior walls are cinderblock, foundation to rafters. 1952 construction - a REAL building. But, the cast iron just isn't draining like it should anymore. Kitchen side was replaced with PVC a while back, drains fine. Bathrooms...still iron, and still sluggish. 75 years....it's time. And, it's all exposed at the moment so now's the time. Wish the budget was aligned with it, but....

Depends on the cost to fix vs time and if I have the time to fix it myself....but will point out all the issues and price accordingly.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Hope that's cleared up by now....bronchitis is nothing to fool around with.

Not quite all gone. Still hocking up thick lungies, but not as bad as before.

 

[Darter6]

Still hocking up thick lungies,

Like the hock too girl on the internet ??

 

[Richard Cranium]

Like the hock too girl on the internet ??

Not quite.

 

[Cranky]

Not quite all gone. Still hocking up thick lungies, but not as bad as before.

Can't believe I haven't been sick after all the mess with that dang hurricane.....

 

[Richard Cranium]

Hung out at someone else’s palatial lakefront retreat for some fun with friends ….and Otis.

 

[Cranky]

Sorting scrap...hope to take it in by Wednesday. Heavy trash haul is working out here today so will probably have a good pile of remnants to bag up. Regular trash is also Wednesday. At least the rain quit but now it's over 10 degrees hotter with 85% humidity.