[Woodworkers] Is it just me?

[Larry Works via Woodworkers]

Yes.  I simply cringe when I hear the words " Honey can we ( we all know
she means you) do this ______? All's we have to do is ______".

Then I went to replace a tube in a light fixture down stairs and realized
it was full of goo and water.  I learned the hard way that shower tile with
sealer is NOT water proof.  Before I could blink twice....
Honey can we replace the ugly tile .....  Alls you have to do......   Down
to the studs I went .  I haven't changed a light bulb in a very long while.

On Sep 24, 2016 9:33 PM, "Steve Bigelow via Woodworkers" <
woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:

> Why does a simple home repair turn into a major renovation?
>
> Backing up a bit...
>
> My wife's birthday was coming up, and she's currently in the mode of "we
> have too much stuff", so she didn't want anything for her birthday. I asked
> her for ideas, and she mentioned that it was be nice to get rid of the
> carpet in her office and replace it with hardwood.
>
> Hmmm, OK, I'm thinking, maybe we can do this. How hard can it be? We
> replaced the carpet with hardwood in the living room, and the whole process
> took 3 days (for at least the hardwood part -- more later).
>
> Her office is in the basement, and the house is built on a slab, so real
> hardwood was out. We went shopping for laminates, she picked out one she
> liked, and I plunked down the money for the little bits of sawdust glued
> together, with a picture of wood glued on top. (Way too much money in my
> opinion, but I digress).
>
> So, this last weekend, we start in on the new flooring. She cleared out
> her office, and I ripped out the carpeting. Looking at her office, I
> realized that the paneling from the 90's was really going to clash with the
> new flooring. Drywall behind it, so I figured it would be another day of
> mudding / taping, and then some primer. No big deal.
>
> We ripped out the paneling, and from the bottom of the drywall to about
> 18" up had water spots and black mold. So, now the drywall is coming out.
> Apparently the basement had gotten wet at some point. We've never noticed
> any moisture, and it was completely dry, so...
>
> Now she's at the Borg picking up some latex concrete sealer / water
> barrier, along with new paint for the room.
>
> Icing on the cake: when the office was built, someone took a huge bonus
> room and turned it into 2 offices, a library, and a bathroom / laundry
> room. The bonus room used to have orange shag carpet in it. How do I know?
> They built the walls right on top of the carpeting / carpet pad, and it's
> very visible once I started pulling off the drywall. Ugh.
>
> Since I had to rip out the drywall, she mentions it would be nice to have
> a few more outlets in the office... Oh, and could we move the phone wiring?
> Since the electrical is all exposed, can we replace the baseboard with an
> in-wall ceramic heater?
>
> I'm dreading taking off the drywall on the outside wall, because there's
> probably no insulation....
>
> Does this ever happen to anyone else?
>
> Regards,
> -Steve
> http://woodworking.bigelowsite.com
>
>
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