what did you do around the house today?

[pheoxs]

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I am fully aware of what is available out there. (I did some research afterwards to see how horrible of a value she actually got). There are many differences between this product and what we received, and frankly, I feel better with what we got. Just not comfortable with the price, but it's done and I really don't want to think about it anymore...

Yeah like a 3g bill wtf

Instead you could:
100$ on a raspberry pi running home assistant
100$ on a zwave adapter
60$ per smoke or CO2 detector

And that'll push everything to your phone as well. Add in whatever door, window, temp, humidity, etc sensors and for 500$ you can have your whole house sync'd up to your phone.

[suntan]

This is why women have to have jobs.

[Kloubek]

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This is why women have to have jobs.

lol. She has a job, and it's even a good one.

...which is why I am better off just letting her do her thing. If this was all on my own dime, this would not have occured.

[schurchill39]

I picked dandelions this weekend then power raked my lawn because the PO didn't give a shit about his lawn. Then that started the cascade of my neighbors deciding to do their yards too. The neighbor behind me had NO idea how to use the machine and I got to watch him stall it out about 12 times and pull him around the yard without actually raking anything. After about an 45 mins he gave up and let the other neighbor his was sharing it with take over.

I also started shoveling all the small pea gravel the PO decided to use all over the yard with no geotextile under it. Why anyone would have thought gravel meant for back alleys or driveways was in any way a smart landscaping decision is beyond me. Thankfully I picked up one of those dumping wagon wheelbarrows which makes things so much easier.

[suntan]

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lol. She has a job, and it's even a good one.

...which is why I am better off just letting her do her thing. If this was all on my own dime, this would not have occured.

This is the way.

[benyl]

painted the garage on Sunday.

Before:



After:

[Kloubek]

That looks SO much better.

I need to get around to this someday.

[arcticcat522]

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You can spend more money on worse value, and if this is really important to your wife that's all you need to know.

Like a $3500 vacuum. Some fights are not worth it

[ThePenIsMightier]

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painted the garage on Sunday.

Before:



After:

Hey! Was that mud smoothed at all, or was it just the rough shit that they put in with that gun and you painted straight over that?

I must know more!!

[benyl]

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Hey! Was that mud smoothed at all, or was it just the rough shit that they put in with that gun and you painted straight over that?

I must know more!!

Level 4 finish on walls and ceiling. There were some rough spots that we cleaned up with a sanding sponge. Don't really care as it is a garage.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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Level 4 finish on walls and ceiling. There were some rough spots that we cleaned up with a sanding sponge. Don't really care as it is a garage.

Can I see better pictures of how scabby the rough areas are, please?
I'm with you - it's a fucking garage and all I want is the WHITE to brighten it up. But I'm scared to paint and then go "awwhh that looks like shit!" forever after.

[schurchill39]

If it looks like shit after you paint it then you just mud/prime/paint that spot again. A level 4 finish is what you have in your house (unless you’re a baller and level 5’ed everything) so it would have way more work done to it than the typical fire taping you get in a garage or mechanical room you’re referring to.

For people not familiar with drywall finish levels check out DrywallShorty on instagram (and maybe YouTube?), she has a great breakdown of the levels.

[Kloubek]

Mine is at a crappy level 2. I figure for a quick look-better job, I might just stick with that. I'm handy as fuck, but I absolutely hate sanding drywall dust so that's good enough for a garage, imo.

Unless you have one of those baller garages - in which case you have enough to pay someone to make it that way.

[benyl]

It’s a garage. My last house in Aspen was level 2 fire taped. Painted that. Looked fine. Buyer didn’t say anything.

This house was $500 to get to level 4. I hate sanding too.

Tooling marks, some not clean seams. Usually stuff the painter cleans up.





Rough drywall



But you can’t see it if you are looking at a whole wall.

[Kloubek]

I can live with that. Though like I said, my job is not just a level 2, but a CRAPPY level 2. I'm pretty sure I'm going to see tape lines despite the skim coat put over.

But like you said, it's a garage. I'm not sure I really care. Still better than seeing dark drywall and mud splotches everywhere.

[sabad66]

Spent Friday and Saturday putting up this railing on my concrete front steps:


And then Saturday afternoon I had a father/mother/son crew come by to split all the logs for the large spruce I cut down recently. Basically they bring their 10 ton gas powered splitter, wheelbarrows, etc and they come split the logs for you while homeowner stacks. $50/hr plus a $50 base charge. Took about 1.5 hours total so I paid them $150. Stacked them on the grass for now but this weekend I’ll be building a small shelter to store them. There’s 4 other stacks in addition to this…I don’t think I’ll need to buy firewood for a couple years now at least:

[ExtraSlow]

Is that the one where they advertise its the daughters business? That's a good deal and worth the money.

[90_Shelby]

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Got all the cabinet carcasses in today, and the size of this built in finally hit me. This thing is HUGE! *thatswhatshesaid*

Have a couple minor things to take care of and lag the top row into the wall studs still, and then the framing is done. Then it is time to prime the whole top 2/3rds and fill any imperfections. After that, it is time to install all the face framing!

Its a big job, but I can now see the light at the end of the tunnel, and i am stoked. I can't wait to finish it!

Is this done yet? Any final pics?

[never]

Area has been cleared for about 4 years…finally time to get started on the shop, especially since everything is so cheap now!

[TomcoPDR]

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Area has been cleared for about 4 years…finally time to get started on the shop, especially since everything is so cheap now!

How big are you building?