Anyone doing a home improvement project?
By mamashane
@mamashane (1140)
United States
4 responses
@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
23 Jan 07
Has it pulled loose maybe you had something heavy on it? My husband said that a wood filler would work but try to get it a matching color for it to be less noticable. Hope that helps.
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@mamashane (1140)
• United States
8 Dec 06
Yeah that is a pain in the butt. We have the wood laminate flooring throughout the kitchen & dinning room and I love that stuff cuz it's indestructable but I noticed there's a tiny gap between the flooring and the floorboards. I was thinking of filling it with clear caulk, do you think that would work ok?
@mamashane (1140)
• United States
23 Jan 07
Thanks for the good idea! No, it wasn't pulled lose, whoever put the flooring in, didn't fit it all the way to the wall. It's barely noticable but it bothers me.
@Signal20 (2281)
• United States
8 Dec 06
No, but need to lol. We moved into our house in April. The house was built in I think 1917 or 1920. I think the back part is an addition put on at some time, and I think they did some remodeling around 1997. The remodel work they did was crap though. Cosmetically, looks really nice, but then you start looking and finding they cut a lot of corners. And the roof!! Has a tin roof(it's a log cabin style house kinda)but they put it right over the old roof. Which would've been ok, if the roof underneath wasn't rotting lol. So, we're going to eventually have to replace all the truss underneath in the attic, want to shore the flooring a bit as well. We had all the info from the inspection beforehand, and it passed ok, but just for our peace of mind. Eventually I'd like to make a few bedrooms upstairs in the unused part of the attic, maybe a big loft with a spiral staircase going into the family room. Lots of expensive stuff:)
Good luck with your improvements and have fun lol:)
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@mamashane (1140)
• United States
10 Dec 06
Aren't men wonderful? lol The joys of home ownership! Hope that plumber doesn't cost you an arm and a leg!
@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
23 Jan 07
We need to. They are amny things that need fixing the roof,porch,back proch needed,flooring redone,cabinets installed hwole bathroom redid,insulation put in alot stuff and it is taking for ever and my husband is a carpenter he just doesn't want to work on it on the weekends he is waiting till spring he says to do it.
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@mamashane (1140)
• United States
23 Jan 07
I can understand how he wouldn't want to work at home on the weekend if he's working on other people's houses all week. That's alot of work to be done though and the satisfaction of completing it is worth doing it in my opinion. Those are also expensive projects! The project I am working on now is turning my 4 year old's bedroom into a "princess room".....I'm open for suggestions if anyone has any!
@Signal20 (2281)
• United States
8 Dec 06
No, but need to lol. We moved into our house in April. The house was built in I think 1917 or 1920. I think the back part is an addition put on at some time, and I think they did some remodeling around 1997. The remodel work they did was crap though. Cosmetically, looks really nice, but then you start looking and finding they cut a lot of corners. And the roof!! Has a tin roof(it's a log cabin style house kinda)but they put it right over the old roof. Which would've been ok, if the roof underneath wasn't rotting lol. So, we're going to eventually have to replace all the truss underneath in the attic, want to shore the flooring a bit as well. We had all the info from the inspection beforehand, and it passed ok, but just for our peace of mind. Eventually I'd like to make a few bedrooms upstairs in the unused part of the attic, maybe a big loft with a spiral staircase going into the family room. Lots of expensive stuff :)
Good luck with your improvements and have fun lol :)
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@mamashane (1140)
• United States
8 Dec 06
Wow, that does sound like alot of work! I love the older homes. Making bedrooms out of attic space sounds neat, I bet the kids would love it, if you have kids.
