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Hatorade
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God fucking dammit, neighbor told me she would go 50/50 on materials for the fence. I said thats fine I will build it, stringers up today and started the pickets, going well. Then her son shows up and she wants to change shit, wants 6 inch base boards so it is taller. Yard is sloped so I was just gonna taper down with it. So with new plan stringers are wrong. Told them we didn’t agree to that or I would have built the fence different, put the posts 8 feet on center etc. she won’t budge so I say if that is what you want to do I am done building. Son says he can do it. We discuss new plan and he telling me he knows and done this before etc. I am annoyed but whatever less work and hard part done. I check like hour later and every picket is crooked because of course his first three are jacked. AND he isn’t tapering down so the 3 inch gap quickly become a 10 inch with the fucking top half over 20 inches above the top stringer. Swear he would have done the whole fence like that, pickets wouldn’t even reach the bottom stringers half way through if so.
Turns out he only agreed to do it because his mom said she would pay him for his labor, and she said to make it even all across the top…
I am FURIOUS…fuck this cunt and her deadbeat son. IF when he is done and mint if you squint is good enough I am gonna say fuck it. Swear to god though if he doesn’t move or add bottom stringers and just screws the 2x6s to the pickets I am gonna set the fucker on fire…
Turns out he only agreed to do it because his mom said she would pay him for his labor, and she said to make it even all across the top…
I am FURIOUS…fuck this cunt and her deadbeat son. IF when he is done and mint if you squint is good enough I am gonna say fuck it. Swear to god though if he doesn’t move or add bottom stringers and just screws the 2x6s to the pickets I am gonna set the fucker on fire…
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fred sanford
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Quick question
I recently had some water damage at our house. We had a company come out, rip off the baseboards, and punch holes in the walls between all the studs. They used blowers and dehumidifiers to dry everything out.
I decided to fix everything up myself because they wanted $1k to patch and put the baseboards back on. We're at a point to put the baseboards back on, but as long as the boards are covering those holes, is there a need to patch the holes? The company was saying it was necessary to keep bugs out and give nails something to grip onto. As long as the nails don't go into the same spot where the hole is, I assume that wouldn't be a problem right? And as far as bugs go, the walls have a gap underneath them anyways, so it didn't make sense to me.
I recently had some water damage at our house. We had a company come out, rip off the baseboards, and punch holes in the walls between all the studs. They used blowers and dehumidifiers to dry everything out.
I decided to fix everything up myself because they wanted $1k to patch and put the baseboards back on. We're at a point to put the baseboards back on, but as long as the boards are covering those holes, is there a need to patch the holes? The company was saying it was necessary to keep bugs out and give nails something to grip onto. As long as the nails don't go into the same spot where the hole is, I assume that wouldn't be a problem right? And as far as bugs go, the walls have a gap underneath them anyways, so it didn't make sense to me.
Siliconemelons
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Nothing is "bug tight" - even big ol cockroaches can essentially get into a paper thin gap - if your baseboards cover the hole...yeah your good imo, its really cosmetic. As you said the drywall ends at the sub floor with a little gap, unless you go caulk all of that, bugs will get through if they want to.
Perhaps some could say your going to have some flow with A/C negative pressure and you should patch the holes... if they did a consistent job - buy a sheet or 1/4 sheet of the proper drywall, cut 1" bigger square / rectangle- do the paper overlap method, and plop them in the holes with a bit of mud, and be done with it- then put up the base boards, again it does not have to be pretty if its not being seen.
By paper overlap patch - you cut a piece of drywall about 1-2 inch bigger than needed, then cut the "drywall inside" out from the overage / excess but leave the outer "paper" layer- put some drywall mud on the paper, plop it on, put a little more on the outside and give it a wipe with a trowel etc. and be done, doing it "better" would be some sanding and repaint.
Perhaps some could say your going to have some flow with A/C negative pressure and you should patch the holes... if they did a consistent job - buy a sheet or 1/4 sheet of the proper drywall, cut 1" bigger square / rectangle- do the paper overlap method, and plop them in the holes with a bit of mud, and be done with it- then put up the base boards, again it does not have to be pretty if its not being seen.
By paper overlap patch - you cut a piece of drywall about 1-2 inch bigger than needed, then cut the "drywall inside" out from the overage / excess but leave the outer "paper" layer- put some drywall mud on the paper, plop it on, put a little more on the outside and give it a wipe with a trowel etc. and be done, doing it "better" would be some sanding and repaint.
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Lanx
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my neighbor had a bug problem, not bad, but he couldn't solve it and he was selling the house, so i did a bit of google and we bought some Diatomaceous Earth powder, i went around and pulled out the baseboard moldings, squirted some de in there and kept moving, he said after a week he didn't see no more roaches.
i didn't tell the new neighbor that moved in about it tho
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Siliconemelons
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I "knew" what Diatomacous earth was in general- but then now looked it up. Quite the versatile bug killer.... and lasts forever essentially.
fred sanford
while your walls are open, pour in some of this stuff, may as well have a layer of it inside your walls as continual bug deterrent.- 1
Lanx
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yea, it comes in a squeezy bottle, just a quick puffI "knew" what Diatomacous earth was in general- but then now looked it up. Quite the versatile bug killer.... and lasts forever essentially.
HARRIS Diatomaceous Earth Food Grade, Half Pound with Easy Application Puffer Tip
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fred sanford
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In this case I think that would be more trouble than it's worth. These holes aren't that big. They literally took a metal spike and just punched holes in there. I'm just debating leaving them as is (being lazy) or just stuffing wads of spackle in there. It's just that there are dozens of these. The leak went across the outer wall of the entire side of my house (4 rooms), but wasn't bad enough to warrant cutting out the drywall.
Siliconemelons
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…. They wanted 1k to… wipe some spackle on that….
Just put up the darn baseboards…