<div dir="ltr"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 25, 2016 2:49 PM, "Sid Hymes via Woodworkers" <<a href="mailto:woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org" target="_blank">woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">The correct question is: Does it NOT happen to anyone/everyone else??</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 11:17 AM, Larry Works via Woodworkers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org" target="_blank">woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">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 ______". </p>
<p dir="ltr">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....<br>
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.<br>
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<div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="gmail-m_-1433529604114406711m_4301054390294718144h5">On Sep 24, 2016 9:33 PM, "Steve Bigelow via Woodworkers" <<a href="mailto:woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org" target="_blank">woodworkers@lists.sawdusters.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="gmail-m_-1433529604114406711m_4301054390294718144h5"><div dir="ltr"><div>Why does a simple home repair turn into a major renovation?</div><div><br></div><div>Backing up a bit...</div><div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>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). </div><div><br></div><div>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). </div><div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>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... </div><div><br></div><div>Now she's at the Borg picking up some latex concrete sealer / water barrier, along with new paint for the room. </div><div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>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?</div><div><br></div><div>I'm dreading taking off the drywall on the outside wall, because there's probably no insulation....</div><div><br></div><div>Does this ever happen to anyone else?</div><br clear="all"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Regards,<br>-Steve<br><a href="http://woodworking.bigelowsite.com" target="_blank">http://woodworking.bigelowsite.com</a><br></div><br></div></div></div>
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