Still in the 'fining surprises' stage!
Well, I spent about $80 on incidentals, some I had planned on, some not. All three toilet seats have to be replaced, though I only bought one, since I plan to check 'Habitat Reuse Center' for these and a few other things in a couple of days.
Today was one of those days where I did a lot of work, but have little to show for it, except a new lock on the door. This mostly a setup day anway. (BTW, I you ever come across "Gatehouse" locks and the package says "fits all doors" they're lying! Luckily I had a drill and a few wood-boring bits. They fit now!) I dragged a lot of tubs of tools and supplies over and did oddball stuff, like unsticking some windows. That purple paint may be ugly, but it's tough. Didn't have all the equipment to do any painting. I waited all afternoon for the water guys to turn that water on, but they didn't get there until after five, so I did other stiff, sine I can't really paint without water. (I can but the brushes get tossed.)
Some surprises. There'a always a few things the inspector misses.
- Something funny with the A/C. It worked yesterday, but today the compressor came on but no fan. I tried various this with the thermostat, but nothing worked until I flipper the breakers off and on. I have a feeling that blower fan might be going. The upstairs really doesn't get much air.
- The left sink in the main bath is cracked and probably has to go (Habittat item maybe, but I'm thinking of getting a double sink/vanity there. It's on place a splurge might pay off).
- I shut the water main off when I left because I think there is a leak or open valve in the crawl space. I can hear it.
- This is actually a little funny: The door on the storage space out back doesn't stay closed, so I looked into why. It's mounted inside out! The key side of the latch is inside the shed, and it wouldn't matter anyway, because the latch catch on the jamb is two inches higher than the latch! I think this was the original entry door.
- I got a weak cell phone signal on the back deck in one spot.
posted by Rick @ 5:41 PM
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True, though I have to think ahead, too. Taking a house off the market when an offer comes through, only to have the inspection reveal so much it scares them off costs time, usually 3-4 weeks. I don't want that happen.
The surprises continued today. I'm at home now, because I need to grab more tools and make another run to Lowes to buy...joist lumber. The 'replace the threshold' idea was nice, but my suspicions were right. The rot is extensive all the way down to the sill, and rotted out the two 2x8 front headers the joist attach to, as well as the joists themselves. I pulled about three gallons of decay, dust, mud and muck out of there. I'll have to replace the headers (leaving some damage inside and unseen at least for now), and shore up the joists and replace part of the subfloor. It's amazing nobody's fallen through...yet. The deck was the only thing preventing that. I also found Live ants AND active termites in there.
I'll have to fix some of the door frame, too, so this is likely a several day job. Right now there's a gaping hole, so I just want to get it filled and keep any new water and creatures out.
Also, my suspicions about the water leaking. The drain valve in the water heater was broken so a full stream of hot water is flowing into the crawl space.
So my first task this morning was to disable the hot water bu crawling through several inches of red clay mud.
I will turn the corner on this, just not today!
Thanks for the reference. I have seen it occasionally, though usually I go to diynet.com. Mostly, though, I type in a relevent search to google, such as 'replace rooted threshold' and I usually get an anwaer. The forum helps, though, to get vee=sted insterests out of the way, if nothing else.
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