An Idiots guide to House Repair

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Ummm... How much spring is in your floor? That floor joist is about worthless at this point after being hacked up like that.

Also, what are they - 2x8s? How far do they span?
 
PAToyota said:
Ummm... How much spring is in your floor? That floor joist is about worthless at this point after being hacked up like that.

Also, what are they - 2x8s? How far do they span?
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Really not too bad. I’ll go jump on it tonight. We are going to sandwich it with some 2x8s to strengthen it up.

IIRC, they are 12 or 14’ long, I don’t know the measurements off hand.
 
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PAToyota said:
A 2x8 for residential loads is typically limited to about ten feet.
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I really don’t know, it’s not a wide house. There is 1/2” plywood and 3/4” mdf as the 2 subfloors. It’s apparently a package built house. There are different walls that are offset randomly, not like a standard stick built house.

If you look at this picture, the old wall of the bathroom is 1/2” different than the wall for the old powder room (right where the top subfloor is cut)

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House is 12’ with 2x8s on center. It’s been up since the 71. I hope it will be fine.


I jumped up on the board and it seems good :confused:
 
The POs are still cleaning stuff out, and they emptied the other upstairs bathroom out, which is behind the new shower area, and it was the first time I tested the tub. The fixtures and the drain leaked…. Fawk. I’m really considering ripping out all of the plumbing and start from scratch…

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Pro life tip,

Go behind the counter at the paint department and look up the dam colors by yourself. Search by color name or theme. You’ll find the color you want to match easier that way.


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you’re probably right.

Pic of the old shower demo’d and it feels like I’m giving the rest of the plumbing a reach around while trying to assemble it under the subfloor. :laughing:


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New seals under the tub too. Tomorrow I’ll start putting the sub floor and everything else back together
 
when laying out the bathroom make sure you have somewhere to hang the towels, completely missed that on mine.

also add a 2x6 flat anywhere you think you might be mounting something to the wall. think towel rack, teepee roll hanger, etc.
 
mobil1syn said:
when laying out the bathroom make sure you have somewhere to hang the towels, completely missed that on mine.

also add a 2x6 flat anywhere you think you might be mounting something to the wall. think towel rack, teepee roll hanger, etc.
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That’s some good advice. The po’s didn’t think about that either and installed them on the floor, it’s fine for my too long arms, but it’s definitely something I’ve been thinking about.

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Also, put the lids on the plumbing glue or you’ll regret spilling them when something leaks…
 
I’ve been told that you pull trim nails out backwards with a pair of channel locks. This saves the trim to be able to be reused. Do this first and while you are demoing the house, then throw it out til the end of the process.
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Today got away from me with the pos moving the last of the stuff out, putting the electric in my name, 2 trips to the store, and moving into the basement. But, the electric is done and I need to add a junction box on the back wall to run the home run up to the kitchen outlets. That circuit was in the wall that got removed.

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I’m working with my extended father in law to come in and start on the drywall tomorrow. It won’t be done for a couple weeks, but the majority of it will be up. It’s cheaper for me to pay them to do it in the time frame. I can focus on the floors tomorrow.
 
bad zuki said:
That’s some good advice. The po’s didn’t think about that either and installed them on the floor, it’s fine for my too long arms, but it’s definitely something I’ve been thinking about.

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Also, put the lids on the plumbing glue or you’ll regret spilling them when something leaks…
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Also if there's a snake permanently located in a bathroom, that's a bad sign.:eek:
 
bad zuki said:
The POs are still cleaning stuff out, and they emptied the other upstairs bathroom out, which is behind the new shower area, and it was the first time I tested the tub. The fixtures and the drain leaked…. Fawk. I’m really considering ripping out all of the plumbing and start from scratch…

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pex. you'll blaze through it, it will be modern and work and you won't sweat plumbing.
 
Depending on water quality, pressure, and plumbing quality (do you experience a lot of water hammer, overly high water pressure, etc), 50-60 year old copper tends to have a lot of pinhole develop in elbows too. I've spent a lot of time opening walls to find a tiny jet of water on a 90 degree elbow in older buildings.
 
Squamch said:
Also if there's a snake permanently located in a bathroom, that's a bad sign.:eek:
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I’m 99% sure that the pos flushed wipes and never got around to it.

I’m adding pex to the vanity and everything I can get to without ripping out the ceiling.
 
It’s been a day. The I brought on some child labor to help with the painting. They got tired and took a nap instead. But the normal friend labor primed up two rooms in the basement.

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I got the floor notched up and ready for the first subfloor in the bathroom. I got most of the 2nd subfloor ready to go in, but didn’t take any pictures. After that, I started priming the master bedroom as well.

The office mural came out pretty good. The whole room is orange from the overspray though. It’s a weird feeling to lower your property value after you buy a place.

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Elechicken #2 came out this evening and we got a game plan going. Move in got delayed til Sunday. The plan is to start some flooring and work on fixing a ton of smaller things before I move and finish the shower later.
 
The drywall guy came in and knocked out almost all of it in one day. Watching him for a little bit, it’s not as hard as I thought, but time consuming.

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Using the crowbar for leverage, start at the tip and work your way down. I did not leave the plumbing valves long enough, but they should be fine.

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After that I painted the accent wall in the basement bedroom.

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There isn't **** to hanging drywall if you're not completely ******ed, it's just incredibly boring. Finishing it properly is the hard part but even that's not that bad if you've got half a brain and some common sense. Though after seeing your paint selections it might be a stretch for you. :flipoff2:
 
Motorcharge said:
There isn't **** to hanging drywall if you're not completely ******ed, it's just incredibly boring. Finishing it properly is the hard part but even that's not that bad if you've got half a brain and some common sense. Though after seeing your paint selections it might be a stretch for you. :flipoff2:
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Please read the ***le sir. If anyone would have told me it was ****ing bondo, I probably would have taken a shot at it first. Everyone I talked to hated drywall.

The walls are still offwhite and to be painted today.
 
If you get a pro card from e’s Low you can go and fill out a quote in the pro desk and it’s cheaper than buying it in the store. It has to be at least $1500 to get a discount.

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bad zuki said:
Please read the ***le sir. If anyone would have told me it was ****ing bondo, I probably would have taken a shot at it first. Everyone I talked to hated drywall.
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You'd hate it too if you did it. :laughing:

And what took that guy a day to do would probably take you the better part of a week.
 
Motorcharge said:
You'd hate it too if you did it. :laughing:

And what took that guy a day to do would probably take you the better part of a week.
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Just to add, this is the major stuff first, the stuff I’ll do once I’m in is a bit more to do in the basement.


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Then I’ll need to fix the concrete outside that caused the damage once it gets a little bit warmer.

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