The Home Improvement Thread
- Thread starter texasislandboy
- Start date
PSU Taco85
Well-Known Member
that’s awesome. The pipe is the cheap part, so that’s a win!
My house's roof was replaced every three years for the first 10 years I lived here. It was like clockwork where a hail storm would come thru and smash the roof up. The insurance replaced it every time.
At least today I received some good news that my mortgage payment is dropping $75 a month.
PSU Taco85
Well-Known Member
Sounds like I auto take out the “ Tex” insurance. They would laugh at that up here. You guys are lucky
tex
That's Mr Asshole to you
Current roof on my house is 5 years old. The hail that trashed it was big enough to go through double pane sky lights. Made my gas grill look like a golf ball, as well as my gutters. I think it was baseball size.
So many cars got totaled due to the amount of hail damage.
balakay
BabyMax
After nearly a week (submitted claim last Wednesday) I finally got hold of the adjuster for my claim today after several hours of phone calls. Submitted the plumbers estimate, mold remediation invoice, and the estimate from the foundation company and engineer. I have a virtual inspection tomorrow at 8am to show them the damages inside the house. Something tells me they're really not going to like the estimate on the repairs. Needs 17 piers poured around the perimeter of the house and came out about $10k more than I thought it would be. I'm sure this is going to be a fight. Luckily, I don't mind arguing with people.
CowboyTaco
Well-Known Member
Got 2 of these outlets on Best use deal of the day. Definitely a much cleaner look than before.
PSU Taco85
Well-Known Member
the USB is nice but man I hate those TR outlets, another useless feature because we have so many dumb people in this world.
Oswego
n00b
I do NOT miss messing with piles. Every winter we would lose at least 1 from ice grabbing it and pulling it out or bending the crap out of it. We had to go to steel decades ago. NJDEP no like wood. We used to use creosote telephone poles. They lasted forever w/o any issuesWorked on my pier the last two nights after work until dark (and then I worked on it some more). Thankfully my piers fishing lights still work so that's been a huge help!
View attachment 38010
Such a pretty day yesterday.
View attachment 38011
Super sketchy but I'm building a small platform to get to the other side so I can secure the boards there and save that wood.
View attachment 38013
Less sketchy now that I have a safety strap to hold ontoI was trying to get that beam out of the water. I have Simpson stainless Timber screws on order to re-secure everything on my pier. But this strap and a bunch of 3-1/2" stainless framing nails will hold it for right now (I was trying to get it level and then shoot it in place, but the framing nails couldn't hold it upright on their own).
View attachment 38015
Windows and gable vent in yesterday on my south side and picked up all the trim and half the siding I need today. Gotta go grab 4 more squares of siding...roof rack was already maxed out
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Is that a new Subi?
Oswego
n00b
Good luck man. That's a heck of an ordeal.
So glad our grounds firmer up here.
Even so I still have a campfire story concerning my foundation experience.
Oswego
n00b
Nah... just not the smashed fender side showing
Got one side of my pier fixed today. Glad to have it supporting itself again. I've spent a lot of time thinking about how I was going to repair this and it all came together today.
How it was after Hurricane Nicholas.
I had to build a platform over it so I could get on top to repair it. The middle section of the pier was only held up by friction. There was no structural nails or bolts holding it up anymore. Pretty incredible that it didn't fall into the water.
Used a come-along to jack up the beams in the middle which lifted both sections up.
And it's supporting itself again!
Tomorrow I'll take down the platform I built over it and start to finish the repairs on the rest of the pier.
How it was after Hurricane Nicholas.
I had to build a platform over it so I could get on top to repair it. The middle section of the pier was only held up by friction. There was no structural nails or bolts holding it up anymore. Pretty incredible that it didn't fall into the water.
Used a come-along to jack up the beams in the middle which lifted both sections up.
And it's supporting itself again!
Tomorrow I'll take down the platform I built over it and start to finish the repairs on the rest of the pier.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Man I would have dropped more tools in the ocean than it would be to just pay someone to fix it.
PSU Taco85
Well-Known Member
I was thinking the same thing!Man I would have dropped more tools in the ocean than it would be to just pay someone to fix it.
The repair platform looks stouter than the original. I have never been a fan of using long boards laid flat so that stands out when I look at it. I am sure they hold up okay considering how long they were there before the hurricane got them.
Yep, the decking on the pier is DIY and I have to redo all of it at some point...just not today.