The Home Improvement Thread

[PSU Taco85]

Now you guys got me worried so I threw this together to hand him today. Also having a buddy extrapolate better dimensions off my survey so I can stake it out easier.

What im handing him
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Dims my buddy is pulling up for me
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looks like an old college geometry problem . You don’t have a better survey from the township when you bought the house? If I were you did get a metal detector and find that iron post and put a large stake in the ground and draw a line back from there.

 

[AlienXtx]

You would be surprised how many states respect "historical use" arguments in court.

When my uncle sold his property they came our and did a survey. Turns out our back fence line (been there since before I was born) cuts off damn near 2 acres of my uncles part in a elongated triangle in my neighbors favor. Apparently when my grandpa was building fence with the neighbor 100 years ago it was easier to just pull the fence like it is, court said it would be hard to take the property back since the fence line had been honored for so long. None of us ever knew or you'd bet your ass when we rebuilt the fence 10 years ago we'd have adjusted it. Guess the family has been paying property taxes on it for the neighbor all this time and now the new owner is too.

 

[Taco Loco]

looks like an old college geometry problem . You don’t have a better survey from the township when you bought the house? If I were you did get a metal detector and find that iron post and put a large stake in the ground and draw a line back from there.
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If you plan on selling, just pay for a survey to limit any risk of known property line, have surveyor add new pins every 30ft on that border.

 

[Taco Loco]

Bought a new fridge, pretty basic, no ice maker, 1/3 the cost of the POS Samsung. Also purchased a counter top ice maker.

Picked this one up a couple days ago on sale for $778

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[Oswego]

looks like an old college geometry problem . You don’t have a better survey from the township when you bought the house? If I were you did get a metal detector and find that iron post and put a large stake in the ground and draw a line back from there.
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Township has never surveyed anything. I paid for the one in the pics back in 2005 before I bought.

With blue beam's program it took him 2 minutes. Once you calibrate scale off a couple existing dims you can dim anything on it.

Blue beam can also be used to "make up/modify" pdfs. That's all I'll say about that in writing

 

[Oswego]

If you plan on selling, just pay for a survey to limit any risk of known property line, have surveyor add new pins every 30ft on that border.

Always. I'd never not know what I'm buying. Pretty sure in NJ it's a requirement.

Baby steps. Time to get cleaned up and head to my sisters for the rest of the day.

Big fan of Arlington electrical boxes. My porch light got installed in 15min and meets code. I'd not use this kind of box if I didnt have 2' eves but pretty slick for semi protected area's

 

[Oswego]

New code field nailing pattern is now 100% more (from 12 to 6) and seams gotta be taped

They also talk "fortified" and to me if you're not building to that mindset I have zip respect for ya

Never would of thought drip edges and gable vent "blocks" were so critical. Makes sence

 

[Anathollo]

New code field nailing pattern is now 100% more (from 12 to 6) and seams gotta be taped

They also talk "fortified" and to me if you're not building to that mindset I have zip respect for ya

Never would of thought drip edges and gable vent "blocks" were so critical. Makes sence

This is why I have to replace the ledger board of my deck and most of the wall framing on one side because they didn't install the drip edge correctly and it's been leaking since the house was built in 1980.

 

[Oswego]

This is why I have to replace the ledger board of my deck and most of the wall framing on one side because they didn't install the drip edge correctly and it's been leaking since the house was built in 1980.

Same here my man. Wasnt code when this pos was built. I suspect that's why my entire south wall has been resheathed 2x in 70 years. That walls on sheathing #3 now. If not for 2' eves I'd be screwed replacing it all I assume

Also watch out.....most of the drip edge from local lumber stores and bog box stores didnt meet the old code let alone the new one (to thin of metal and not large enough profiles).

 

[Anathollo]

Didn't get as much done as I wanted to the past five days due to my kiddo's both having a fever and I stayed home to help take care of them.

But I got the large beam in by myself. I used two long 2"x4"s (you can see them across the temporary walls) as a lever and worked the beam up one corner at a time until it was in place.

Long story short, the middle of my floor going across 2/3"rds of the house is bowed at least an ~1" upwards in the middle. So I had to set the beam on a new elevation (using a laser level) and I'll have to drag the floor joists down to meet this new elevation as well. I don't think the framers took into account how out of level the concrete floor was when they set the first floor walls.

I just realized that I didn't take a lot of pics of work I got done, but I mainly dealt with a lot of tedious bullshit issues that ate 10 minutes here, 20 minutes there, an hour there, on the three days I was able to work on the house. Makes me feel like I got nothing done despite actually getting a lot of work done

 

[Anathollo]

Same here my man. Wasnt code when this pos was built. I suspect that's why my entire south wall has been resheathed 2x in 70 years. That walls on sheathing #3 now. If not for 2' eves I'd be screwed replacing it all I assume

Also watch out.....most of the drip edge from local lumber stores and bog box stores didnt meet the old code let alone the new one (to thin of metal and not large enough profiles).

I have to take off the deck and install sheathing (it currently doesn't have any ), install new siding and build a new deck. So I won't have this issue anymore because I'll be taking out the brick wall that is causing this issue in the first place.

 

[Oswego]

And all this is why my next house is being built by me as the GC, spec writer, and sub

I'll hire an engineer and architect but only for their stamps and pro advice "if" that's even required.

I want property on "unincorporated" land so no town bs to deal with. Just sherrif and game warden

 

[Oswego]

I have to take off the deck and install sheathing (it currently doesn't have any ), install new siding and build a new deck. So I won't have this issue anymore because I'll be taking out the brick wall that is causing this issue in the first place.

I put a floating deck out back and using peirs for front steps to avoid ledgers. Improperly flashed they are prob worse than no drip edge depending on the location (2nd story etc).

 

[Anathollo]

I put a floating deck out back and using peirs for front steps to avoid ledgers. Improperly flashed they are prob worse than no drip edge depending on the location (2nd story etc).

Would've been nice if they had done that here...

 

[balakay]

Crew will be here Monday morning to work on the foundation. I have to get the rotted drain pipe replaced before then. After those two things it'll just about be ready to list. Hoping to list it by Christmas.

 

[Oswego]

Looks like I might not be staining tom. Had shop fans blowing all day drying it out and some random storm cell just had me running for whatever I had

On a good note pressure washed all my sidewalks/driveway/house past two days.

This is the neihbors sidewalk. Only grabbed one pic cause wet and 40* high temps. Little barter action for him painting my house.

 

[PSU Taco85]

Looks like I might not be staining tom. Had shop fans blowing all day drying it out and some random storm cell just had me running for whatever I had

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On a good note pressure washed all my sidewalks/driveway/house past two days.

This is the neihbors sidewalk. Only grabbed one pic cause wet and 40* high temps. Little barter action for him painting my house.

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I had my power washer out today since we had some warmer temps. Used the jetter head to blow clear all my buried gutter piping from debris that gets in there, then blew out the power washer with compressed air to let it rest for the winter. Using the pressure washer is satisfying, looks like that sidewalk hasn't been cleaned in several years.

 

[PSU Taco85]

Township has never surveyed anything. I paid for the one in the pics back in 2005 before I bought.

With blue beam's program it took him 2 minutes. Once you calibrate scale off a couple existing dims you can dim anything on it.

Blue beam can also be used to "make up/modify" pdfs. That's all I'll say about that in writing

I used blue beam in my last job for schematic revisions and the like, I enjoyed using that software. Our union folks frowned upon having a non-union engineer doing their work (at least to their boss), but I'm sure in reality the less they have to do the better .

 

[Oswego]

7hrs later got one coat on less the cutting in on the back/sides.

Gotta grab 2 more gallons tom then get back at it.

My knees are numb even w great pads


House painters....aka neihbors should start on the house Sunday.

 

[Oswego]

I had my power washer out today since we had some warmer temps. Used the jetter head to blow clear all my buried gutter piping from debris that gets in there, then blew out the power washer with compressed air to let it rest for the winter. Using the pressure washer is satisfying, looks like that sidewalk hasn't been cleaned in several years.

That's one years worth of sugar sap from a Tree of Heaven.

POS China lantern flies attacked it so bad if you walk under it you get wet from sap like it's raining.

Then it molds and turns everything its on black. About 5x harder to clean off then just normal sidewalk mold/moss.