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[JDH]

@wllm , if you haven't watched The Money Pit, do it. It is oddly cathartic.

We bought a home from 1967 and have had to redo about every major system and cosmetic thing in it over the past few years. Current fun project is figuring out how to get an overall electrical shutoff to the house because it doesn't have one and I need to change out my panel so my house doesn't burn down. Also have some fun plumbing noises coming from the hall bathroom shower anytime someone is in there and a toilet flushes elsewhere in the house. I kind of hate it. I feel like I am always holding my breath for the next thing to go wrong. I can't imagine what you are dealing with on a home that old.

Mine was built in the early 2000s so we are just getting through the first stage of stuff breaking. Couple of new faucets, new water heater, one new AC unit, new roof(luckily insurance covered). I absolutely do not trust the electrical in it. I've had 3 light switches go bad and I once removed a ceiling fan with the switch off but it still managed to trip a breaker.

 

[Deleted member 28227]

Homeowner Memes on Instagram: "Fixer uppers are like onions, onions have layers. Layers and layers of mold, water damage, and bad workmanship. #jumanji #fixerupper #fixerupperstyle #diy #diyprojects #carpentry #bathroomremodel #bathroomrenovation #

40K likes, 821 comments - homeownermemes on June 26, 2023: "Fixer uppers are like onions, onions have layers. Layers and layers of mold, water damage, and bad workmanship. #jumanji #fixerupper #fixerupperstyle #diy #diyprojects #carpentry #bathroomremodel #bathroomrenovation #hgtv #plumbing...

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[noharleyyet]

Homeowner Memes on Instagram: "Fixer uppers are like onions, onions have layers. Layers and layers of mold, water damage, and bad workmanship. #jumanji #fixerupper #fixerupperstyle #diy #diyprojects #carpentry #bathroomremodel #bathroomrenovation #

40K likes, 821 comments - homeownermemes on June 26, 2023: "Fixer uppers are like onions, onions have layers. Layers and layers of mold, water damage, and bad workmanship. #jumanji #fixerupper #fixerupperstyle #diy #diyprojects #carpentry #bathroomremodel #bathroomrenovation #hgtv #plumbing...

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...rabbit hole

 

[DouglasR]

So is reading and participating in live hunt reports but apparently I suck at that? @wllm New house problems > @seeth07 hunt

Dude tell me about it.
I basically qualified for the cape over the weekend and I can’t even get a “good job” out of @JLS .
Chit hurts.

 

[DouglasR]

Dude tell me about it.
I basically qualified for the cape over the weekend and I can’t even get a “good job” out of @JLS .
Chit hurts.

Used my platform to showcase our thoughts and ideas to an audience broader than our sport and got like 4 likes...

 

[BackofBeyond]

@wllm , if you haven't watched The Money Pit, do it. It is oddly cathartic.

We bought a home from 1967 and have had to redo about every major system and cosmetic thing in it over the past few years. Current fun project is figuring out how to get an overall electrical shutoff to the house because it doesn't have one and I need to change out my panel so my house doesn't burn down. Also have some fun plumbing noises coming from the hall bathroom shower anytime someone is in there and a toilet flushes elsewhere in the house. I kind of hate it. I feel like I am always holding my breath for the next thing to go wrong. I can't imagine what you are dealing with on a home that old.

Sounds like the plumbing deal is what's called Air Hammer. It basically just means that some plumbing in your wall isn't strapped down very well so the pipes are jiggling back and forth. Annoying, but not catastrophic.

I'm in the same boat needing to do an electrical service change. Not fun, and the hardest part is getting the power company scheduled to kill power, let my sparky do his thing, then get the power company back out same day. Almost to the point coordinating it that I'm going to make life easier and send the wife/kids to grandma's house for a week, then I can live off a generator and keep the freezers frozen while it all goes down.

 

[DouglasR]

Can't decide whether to hire you as an accountant...or a life coach.

What say ye Douglas?

If Elon musk fights mark zuckerberg I will vote for wllm for president.

 

[BrentD]

If Elon musk fights mark zuckerberg I will vote for wllm for president.

I'm voting for @wllm regardless (or maybe irregardless, just for effect).

 

[Deleted member 28227]

I'm voting for @wllm regardless (or maybe irregardless, just for effect).

This nation just went through Trump/Biden hasn’t it suffered enough.

 

[SAJ-99]

Used my platform to showcase our thoughts and ideas to an audience broader than our sport and got like 4 likes...

I will start giving you more likes. I didn’t know they were so important to you. I will probably avoid the offensive stuff though. just FYI.

 

[DouglasR]

I will start giving you more likes. I didn’t know they were so important to you. I will probably avoid the offensive stuff though. just FYI.

I live my life one red at a time.

 

[TheJason]

Dude tell me about it.
I basically qualified for the cape over the weekend and I can’t even get a “good job” out of @JLS .
Chit hurts.

Good job

 

[WildWill]

I live my life one red at a time.

 

[BrentD]

This nation just went through Trump/Biden hasn’t it suffered enough.

Well, no, actually.

It is kind of fun to imagine staffing an administration with HTers. @Ben Lamb for Veep - funnier than what's his name. Agnew, that's it. @VikingsGuy for Attorney General and eventual SCOTUS pick, Hunting Wife off to the UN because she is never confused. @BuzzH as press secretary for his "good" manners, etc.

But back to this old house. How is the roof? If the roof is good, you are good.

 

[Deleted member 28227]

Well, no, actually.

It is kind of fun to imagine staffing an administration with HTers. @Ben Lamb for Veep - funnier than what's his name. Agnew, that's it. @VikingsGuy for Attorney General and eventual SCOTUS pick, Hunting Wife off to the UN because she is never confused. @BuzzH as press secretary for his "good" manners, etc.

But back to this old house. How is the roof? If the roof is good, you are good.

Decent, there is some moss on the north side on a flatter section that I need to check out. The shingles are doing pretty good little bit of curling.

 

[DouglasR]

Good job

This means a lot to me.
Thank you.

 

[LuketheDog]

@wllm
In all seriousness, check with your County and see if the structure qualifies as a Historical Building because of its age. It's a simple phone call and could potentially give you access to state grants and other federal programs designed to help owners maintain/protect older homes even if they do not have historical backgrounds.
Good luck and congratulations on the purchase.

Or they tell you it's historical and you can't do a dang thing to it whether you want to or not...

 

[noharleyyet]

Used my platform to showcase our thoughts and ideas to an audience broader than our sport and got like 4 likes...

 

[longbow51]

This means a lot to me.
Thank you.

Doug, you might get more likes if you spoke English. You seem like a good guy, but half the time I have no idea what you're talking about; it must be ski or bike slang or something, and I did 100 mile bike rides with my daughter not that long ago, but guess I don't speak it.

 

[TOGIE]

Doug, you might get more likes if you spoke English. You seem like a good guy, but half the time I have no idea what you're talking about; it must be ski or bike slang or something, and I did 100 mile bike rides with my daughter not that long ago, but guess I don't speak it.

It’s a dialect found in the inner trenches of summit county, colorado starting around winter solstice to mid March