Home Improvement Nightmare?
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Does anyone have any home improvement nightmares or successes they would like to share?
Does anyone have any home improvement nightmares or successes they would like to share?
I'll have to start offering
I'll have to start offering a discount on my advice in order to generate some traffic. Things have slowed down quite a bit. Of course, I'm already free. lol
Be smart with electricity
respect it AT ALL TIMES!
Since about 1980, I have been involved with several remodeling jobs of my own. In all cases, I have attempted, and usually succeeded, in doing it myself. With the limit of not connecting to the electrical box.
In the last month, having done many changes, I became overconfident.
Replacing a baseboard heater, I was not sure what breaker it was on. So turning on the themostat I waited for heat. Went thru each circuit until, what I THOUGHT, was the right one. Started to disconnect it and ,...yes....sparks flew. No damage to me, other than embarassment.
My next purchase was a $10 tester. Could have been a disaster!
Never do that again :oops:
OK, I've got a good one for
OK, I've got a good one for you. It's a pretty long story, so I'll just point you to my blog and you can read it there. http://home-improvement4u.blogspot.com/
When I cut the ceiling joist
When I cut the ceiling joist over my fireplace to run the vent through the roof I accidentaly cut a small hole through the roof. Didnt know it until it rained the next day. Luckily I hadnt put up the drywall around the enclosure yet but did have to take off the top parts of the vent and re-roof that section. That kinda sucked.