Yes, we got our house last Tuesday and have been busy ever since repainting trim and cleaning up in and outside. Unfortunately, we don’t have our computer in yet and this one at the folks’ house is messed up, so I’ll only be checking the Forum 1 or 2 times a week.
Anyway, I’ve found out that for a framer, painting sucks! Especially when trying to paint baseboards in a carpeted room! I still have a lot of caulking, painting, and plumbing work to go before we are fully ready to move in, so wish me luck.
Oh, and y’all tone it down in here–all I’ve been seeing are ignores, deletes, and SYSOP messages.
Quality before Quantity
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Congratulations. Here's a cyber plant for you. Enjoy the house.
So when are you ready for the monster house crew to arrive?
Who Dares Wins.
Hehehehe... We could swing by on our way back from the cherry heist and take care of the demolition.
Congratulations Captain! Working on your own house is a lot of fun but exhausting. Keep us posted on your progress.Kevin Halliburton
"I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity." - I.M. Pei -
Strapping Young Man,
Welcome to the world of homeownership!
Here's a cyber-ale for ya.
Kiss your weekends goodbye!
And remember when you are at work and you are thinking that the home owner is a little off, now you can sympathize!
Painting SUCKSSSS!!!
Here have another beer!
Good luck!!
Mr T
Do not try this at home!
I am an Experienced Professional!
here's my one and only painting tip.....
aside from having a painter buddy repay a favor....
carpet rolls out!
roll it......tape it.......lay it diagonal in each room.....plastic it.....
paint like hell.....
uncover...unroll.....restretch......and cover all that splatter
Hardwoods harder to roll up.......
Jeff
Buck Construction Pittsburgh,PA
Fine Carpentery.....While U Waite
Congrats,
How's the job situation/hunt going?
Get some cardboard, you should have plenty if you just moved, cut into about 12 in strips, slide under baseboard and over the carpet IF it was held up when installed, if it runs down to the subfloor, well then that sucks.
P.S. Painting doesn't just suck for framers, it sucks for everyone but painters.
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, Professionals built the Titanic.
Edited 7/13/2003 6:29:44 PM ET by CAG
Painting doesn't just suck for framers, it sucks for everyone but painters.
Truth be told it sucks for them too. They are just fast enough that they can make enough money doing it to get over it.Kevin Halliburton
"I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity." - I.M. Pei -
First, sorry but I gotta post one big message cuz my puter is screwed. Second, thanks to all for the cyber-brews...I'm about ready to have a real one. Most of the immediate painting needs are finished for now--those paint guides ain't worth ___! I also found out how NOT to use masking tape LOL
I can say I have a 12x24 workshop with full lighting, so now that I am broke I have room for a table saw and my router table and CMS. More pressing projects though.
CAG, I talked to my friend yesterday at HD..said she had a meeting w/ store manager monday and would put my name in, so....
I can't wait until cool weather gets here this fall...then I can start repairing and painting the outside (the kind of painting I can tolerate), and tear down the "hack-job" screened-in porch. I wish I had pics of it...it might just beat CAG's apartment decks.
I got to go now to KMart to get a new shower head.Quality before Quantity
Congrats, Cap!
Owning a home is the primary step to financial stability for almost everyone. IMO: If you are "strapped" after the closing, be patient waiting for some of the redo. The slower you do it, the more time and $ you'll have to do what you really want.Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a carpenter to build one.
Congratulations Captain! It's a neverending project but you are adding equity and creating a home. It's also, so far, a relatively stable way to help control your cost of living, even though you will have those water heater breakdowns and such.
One hint: if at all possible, add to your normal payment the principal on the next month's payment. At the early stages, the principal is something like a few dollars, which is usu feasible to add until it starts to equal the interest. Should cut your loan years in half if you keep it up.
My house has been the best investment I ever made, knock wood and no earthquakes!
That's a good recommendataion, adding more $ to your monthlypayment against principal....just remember that your home loan (especially now) is probably the lowest interest rate loan you will ever have...hope you managed a fixed rate. Be sure you pay off all other debt first, car, etc before putting cash towards such a low-intereset rate loan. Think too about funding into your IRA or SEP, in five years, when (hopefully) rates are up again, that invnestment will pay back more over time than the (fixed) 4 or so percent interest on your mortage.
Good advice. My home is paid for, but all the upgrades/repairs I need are not! Another bit from a personal lesson, don't invest too much in your company's stock. Yes, wiping out all the cc debt is mandatory, but it might be easier ($-wise) to pay a few extra dollars on the mortgage (and still, at the least, meet the min on cc's). After one run-in w/unemployment and cc debt, I never charge more than I know I can pay when the bill comes. Once you get behind it isn't easy, that's for sure.
kai
My home is paid for as well but I took out a $350,000 loan to pay for the work I'll be doing on my house. With interest rates as low as they are how can anyone resist.
To me the best investment is on your home if your in a good school district and especially if you do your own work.
Its always worked for me when the time comes to sell.
And who here said that a listed home is a finished one?
Be well
andy
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Andy, my prob is I don't want to incur debt until I'm employed, and not much even then. If I couldn't pay it back they would take the house.
if you are worried about losing your home you should check out your states laws.
different states have different rules (duh)
believe in florida they can't take your home if u go bankrupt.
Ma has something like a homestead law where u can declare your home so can't lose it in a bankrupt, but only can do it once in your life.
check out your state.bobl Volo Non Voleo
texas has something similar as wellNever be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, Professionals built the Titanic.
I think CA voided the homestead law years back--I did look into it a long time ago--but I'm not sure. I do know they have taken many properties via eminent (sp?) domain and left folks homeless. "Take more if you have any, give all if you have nothing and therefore can't afford a lawyer" seems to be the motto. My prob is that my line of credit is secured by my house :-(
Many wealthy people regularly file bankrupcty and still can keep many homes, cars, jewelry, and other assets they conveniently transfer to other friends, for the paperwork. When I was looking for food stamps, my car could not be worth more than $1500. (Ironic when many applying were getting all types of assistance--and driving away in Mercedes.)
"believe in florida they can't take your home if u go bankrupt."
That is correct.
You are right they can't sieze the house as an assest to pay off the creditors.
But that does not extingquish any liens against the home such as the mortgage.
The mortage payments have to be kept up or the bank can foreclose, banruptcy or not.
monday morning at the office- "did you enjoy your weekend or do you own your home?"
congratulations and welcome to the club!
m
Mozel Tov Strap.....
Paintings like anything else....just rearrange your brain cells and get into it....you got the very "worst" job over. "Moving"!
A few cold ones and the painting will be a breeze. USe the cutting in tool against your carpets...The metal straight edge with the long plastic handle....and some handy wipes to clean it off.
My stilts always speed things up as well (no brews though).
By the way....don't keep paint cans in yer garage for more than a year.....it's the first thing that leads to clutter..won't match anyway after a year.
Be well
andy
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learned a trick from our painter the other day, watched him take some paint spills off carpet with a quarter and windex, seemed to work pretty goodNever be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, Professionals built the Titanic.
a quarter of what?
In his first interview since the stroke, Ram Dass, 66, spoke with great difficulty about how his brush with death has changed his ideas about aging, and how the recent loss of two old friends, Timothy Leary and Allen Ginsberg, has convinced him that now, more than ever, is the time to ``Be Here Now.''
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Use it to rub the paint out, at least it worked for the few drops the painter got on the carpet.
Used a damp rag after that to pick up the little pieces of paintNever be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark, Professionals built the Titanic.
Glad ta hear ya got the house.
Sorry I don't live closer, or I'd help ya move.
Remember:
Real friends help you move bodies.