These are structural. Don't do it.
These are structural. Don't do it.
Dougfirtree
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1927 ain't old! Lots of houses around here from the mid-1800's, with hand-stacked stone foundations and hand-hewn beams holding up the floor. You got this!
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The only real benefit is that diy war stories are more relatable than elk hunting stories at most cocktail parties and almost always funnier. I left the owners of my first house with some guaranteed WTF future moments.
No doubt. I'm convinced a contractor could be 15-20% high and win a lot of jobs if they would be good at communication and scheduling...at least in my area
Nick87
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Dude I can't get a masonry contractor to bid a job to save my life. Had one guy return my calls and come out gave me a price which was exactly what I thought it would be. I said yup let's do it and he ghosted me. Wtf
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Yes because some home defense systems and medical systems still require a hard line.
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Definitely. A few that keep popping up on my youtube algorithm is a Canadian dry wall/mud guy who's informative for newbies, and The Funny Carpenter guy for some interior finishing projects. Plus after stumbling across a This Old House vid showing the inside of a used hot water heater, it lit a fire under me to get a new one.
noharleyyet
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Lath & plaster interior walls?
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Like life alert or something?
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You may not need it today but I’ve seen how aggressive corgis get. One day you’re fine the next they are eating your ankles while you sleep. Be prepared
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No, a drywall type base with plaster product with a skim coat. It measures anywhere from 9/16 to 5/8 wall thickness. All the ceilings have detailed designs troweled in. Previous owners had high end taste and spent it on finishes. The contractor did a really nice job.
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We are well beyond 15-20% higher than some in our area, at least in labor/overhead/profit. And yet I can't keep our backlog down. We have a lot of folks in our area that have moved in from out of state, and they are quite happy to spend money with someone who at least tries to communicate.
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We have a project right now that is all plaster interior walls. House is only 7000 square feet. The cost would floor you. Finding someone skilled to do it was a challenge also.
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Same thing here, buddy does a cash side hustle, he is good but his communication is better. Word of mouth has him busy enough to do it full time if he wanted to.
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Yep, we called the original guy for our addition and he had retired. Next nearest guy was over a hour away and had enough business to not do the drive. We had to match it with drywall and blend it in. One wall has 5/8 on it to make it seamless. The rest we were able to just use 1/2.
It is a skill that can have amazing results but it is a dying art.
Part of this house is black plaster. Walls had to be laser straight. Should be interesting. mtmuley
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Did you cull lots of studs?
I didn't frame it. Left that part of my skillset a long time ago. Part of the walls that are black are the fireplace. Steel studs there. The rest was framed with LVL. mtmuley
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I was 99% done after only two trips and was thinking ha, but then I butter fingered the handle and it shattered.
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