pittsoccer33 wrote:joopen wrote:We just built new construction. No projects other than getting a deck built.
This city has such great vintage housing stock. So many of my friends have built new homes in the last year too and it seems so surprising to me.
Another friend bought in Bloomfield for $50,000ish and then put [at least] double that into it before he ever moved in. Mechanically its a brand new house but it has so much more character and classic touches than any Ryan/Heartland deal.
cheesesteakwithegg wrote:joopen wrote:We just built new construction. No projects other than getting a deck built.
What is it with new construction and no decks? Cheaper to build after the fact than adding it into the builders price?
I pass a few plans on my way home each day of new construction, and not one of the houses has a deck on them.
shmenguin wrote:eddysnake wrote:Next year I think we are planning on ripping the entire back of our house off and putting on a 2 story addition, that will be a call up dad, uncles, brothers, etc and get a lot of beer kind of time.
are you just remodeling the back into a 2 story addition? otherwise, wouldn't you need to dig a foundation or something? either way, i can't imagine doing that myself.
meow wrote:Anyone have a good idea on how to waterproof a basement from the inside only? I don't want to dig around the foundation and do things the right way. I'd rather just throw some waterproofing agent on the floor and walls and have it do a good enough job.
shmenguin wrote:if you're thinking of remodeling, this is fun stuff:
http://www.sweethome3d.com
it was crazy to be able to build a 3d model of my house in like an hour. we want to do a mega addition in a few years (or move). using this to work with potential floor plans has been awesome.
...of course since i know jack squat about load bearing walls and when you need to add headers and pillars for support, i could build my own xanadu and then an architect could squash my dreams in half a second.
meow wrote:Anyone have a good idea on how to waterproof a basement from the inside only? I don't want to dig around the foundation and do things the right way. I'd rather just throw some waterproofing agent on the floor and walls and have it do a good enough job.
eddysnake wrote:meow wrote:Anyone have a good idea on how to waterproof a basement from the inside only? I don't want to dig around the foundation and do things the right way. I'd rather just throw some waterproofing agent on the floor and walls and have it do a good enough job.
you are in luck, just did this over the winter. I cut out the drywall a few feet from the floor where the carpet was previously damp, ripped out all the carpet as well. Cleaned the floor and walls then put on a few coats of water sealer. Bought some vinyl floor planks from Lowes so I didn't have to worry about wet carpet/mold/etc. put some mold resistant cement board up where drywall was. You aren't going to completely get rid of the problem, water will find a way. I also left a little room from floor to wall for air to get back there and breath. My problem wasn't constant water, but the walls would appear damp after a good rain. I haven't had a problem since. It's basically a temp fix until you can do it the right way...
pittsoccer33 wrote:Are the City of Pittsburgh schools really that bad? I'm not having children so for me the only quality of the school concern is "is it terrible?" A lot of beautiful houses are advertised as being in Regent Square or Edgewood, but they're actually in the Wilkinsburg school district. So thats 100% out for me. But in the city your kids get a free ride to college via the Pittsburgh Promise. Plus you have these great areas like Squirrel Hill, Highland Park, and Point Breeze that are safe and have large yards and gorgeous parks in walking distance.
I guess I'm a pretty big tightwad. Spending $30,000 on a kitchen adds what, like $50,000 to your resale value? Why not save $20,000 buying an ugly kitchen and making it look the way you want?
meow wrote:The idiot that owned our house previously painted ALL the trim work and we have slowly spend two years tearing it down and replacing it with stained and polyed wood trim. I Brad nailed the last piece last night and my wife and I had a mini celebration. That may not seem like a big undertaking, but it was a huge pain.
shmenguin wrote:natural wood-colored trim looks horrible. it should always bee white or off-white.
shmenguin wrote:we hired a guy last summer to paint every door, window frame and piece of trim in our house. not cheap. we didn't want it to be bright white, so we overcompensated and went a little too off-white. there's nothing quite like paying a bunch of money for something and going, "ehhhhhhh" afterwards. still looks much better than it did, of course.
60sixx wrote:Anyone have any experience in refinishing hardwood floors?
meow wrote:60sixx wrote:Anyone have any experience in refinishing hardwood floors?
I'd hire someone. A floor sander can be a beastly machine that needs an expert touch. If your movements are constant and even, you can end up taking divots out of the floor. I've only ever hired two people to work on my house: one guy to cut down trees and one guy to refinish hardwood floors.
60sixx wrote:meow wrote:60sixx wrote:Anyone have any experience in refinishing hardwood floors?
I'd hire someone. A floor sander can be a beastly machine that needs an expert touch. If your movements are constant and even, you can end up taking divots out of the floor. I've only ever hired two people to work on my house: one guy to cut down trees and one guy to refinish hardwood floors.
Thanks--I figured that would be the case. Mine are somewhat old....wondering if it would just be easier to yank them up and put that pergo (or whatever fake stuff that locks together) stuff down.
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