just haven't had the time. was a complete gut as the rest of the house has been - windows, insultation, electrical, doors, drywall, trim and lighting. need to sand and put another coat of joint compound but just have had a lot of side work
no, but custom is nice when integration can be of a benefit
going live with a startup monday, putting the finishing touches on a realty website and just sent a quote to do a product inventory and management system for a friend thats selling salon products from italy
i wish you luck - our kitchen took us 2 months to do
hey guys... so I'm in need of some insight. I have to fix a section of my clay sewer that has a bad connection (resulting in backups). Plumber wants 2k for the entire job, but the vast majority of that is the labour to break up the concrete slab (I'm guessing 2' x 8'). I have been thinking of taking this on myself to save some money but I'm unsure of how big of a job i'm getting myself into.
I have a pretty good idea where to dig - its the joint before and after the clean-out (in the basement) so that provides a good reference point... don't know how much a jackhammer would be, but do you think thats all i'd need? would i need something to cut the concrete first so that the area being removed is smooth/clean?
If you don't want to haul this stuff up and out of your basement, that may be worth paying someone. I don't know how your back is feeling these days :)
The cutoff saws come with a hose attachment to spray water on the blade if your worried about dust, you can adjust from a little bit to a full gush. This is if you want "clean lines"
I've never ripped up concrete so I don't have any idea of how big of a job it would be for me.. I think the price quoted is fair, but if I could relatively easily save some money I would
I could also save a few bucks not having the plumber backfill and patch, but at some point, if he's already there he may as well just do it..
You'll need the jackhammer to start, but can break up chunks with the sledge
I wear earplugs all the time at the job site. People look at me funny in the morning, then they look at me funny when they can't here a thing I say during lunch.
Basically, people like to look at me funny, but I try to be a funny guy, so it's ok.
plumber also suggested still installing a seperate clean-out so that if you need to auger it you can go in through the cleanout and not worry about damaging the backflow
it's funny how a site can plaster ads everywhere and users just use the ad blockers, but when they make it free, people post their own ads to support the site
The faucet in the kitchen is kind of loose against the countertop, and when I look underneath there is a nut that pushes the base plate against the bottom of the countertop, but I can't get in there with a wrench because the sink blocks it
when I walked through a place with a building inspector a few weeks ago, he gave me a card and said to call him if I was ever considering a career change
I'm having trouble tightening the pipe union nuts on some new bath taps I've fitted at my mum's house. I got everything out OK, and (because the previous plumber had put the hot tap on the right rather than the left) I used flexible pipes to connect the taps to the pipes so I could cross them ove...
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