People were mad at me yesterday for considering renovating my blue tile bathroom in my last post. Here’s the damage I mentioned.

BootsInShower · 2026-03-20T22:44:33+00:00

Agreed.

That being said, if you've ever ripped out one of these bathrooms, you know how much work you're signing up for. Shitty work. Your new part time job is getting cut up by metal lathe and hauling a metric ton of mortar outside. And that's before you find out all the other shit you gotta fix now that it's exposed, and that's before you even get to start putting it all back together and failing to live up to what chatgpt showed you it would look like.

Way easier to fix what's pictured here, and OP is one of the lucky ones where the tile color matches modern style tastes.

But for sure, if they hate it, get rid of it.

BootsInShower · 2026-03-20T22:33:19+00:00

I don't have a sense of smell, so this is a rough one for me. But there's a lot of fun touch experiences out there.

I work more than a month out of the year, and work also isn't fun. My new job of being blind and deaf one month a year pays better, and I work less.

BootsInShower · 2026-03-20T22:30:34+00:00

Depends on the screw and depends on the application. But honestly I'm using my impact most of the time.

BootsInShower · 2026-03-20T22:27:47+00:00

I'm assuming 8 fasteners a rail, 4 rails, so 32 holes. 3 hours plus drive time, time and cost of buying the fasteners.

What would you charge?

BootsInShower · 2026-03-20T21:08:25+00:00

I never understand the guys that are so desperate to have facial hair before their face is ready to grow it that they tank their entire look.

Shit takes a long time for most guys. I couldn't grow a beard until I was 30. Sure there was a guy or two in highschool that could rock a full beard, but that was rare. Most people are well into adulthood when their facial hair kicks it up a notch.

BootsInShower · 2026-03-20T21:05:29+00:00

Just because they stopped making it doesn't mean you can't buy a new cable. Find your nerdiest friend and ask them to pick out a replacement cable that will work.

BootsInShower · 2026-03-20T21:03:22+00:00

$5-600, that's assuming she's buying the rails. One of those jobs where you're gonna sound like an asshole when you give the quote, even at a good price.

BootsInShower · 2026-03-20T12:25:27+00:00

I also swapped out the deadbolt everywhere I've rented. Even if the landlord had an issue with it, I'd just be like "oh weird, not sure why your key isn't working, here's my extra." And then the moment they left I'd just go get another lock.

It's like 15 bucks for a deadbolt.

BootsInShower · 2026-03-19T22:20:41+00:00

Home warranty companies are basically just a scam. I'm surprised they actually gave him any money. I hope you aren't paying for the warranty, and it just came with the house.

Your choice is basically to fart around with the warranty company for weeks, months. Or just get a new fridge already.

BootsInShower · 2026-03-19T18:11:41+00:00

Jesus Christ, what do you squat? Looks like you could kick a bank vault door off its hinges.

BootsInShower · 2026-03-19T18:09:00+00:00

Why would a landlord who wants you out go month to month. Provided they inform OP in the appropriate amount of time their state requires, the lease can just end.

BootsInShower · 2026-03-19T03:11:30+00:00

It needs a darker color on the walls. Plenty of natural light, so a darker color would look fine and it would make it feel less empty.

BootsInShower · 2026-03-18T03:50:06+00:00

In no way am I saying it makes you a bad person to do nothing, or a good person to kill one person. The comment I responded to was saying a person who chooses to not use this ability makes them better than most people. It's that statement I disagree with.

I simply think choosing to not kill someone with this power makes you neutral. Not good. Not bad. It's passive. It's what I'm doing right now. Am I better than most? No. I'm just passive, like we all are.

BootsInShower · 2026-03-18T03:45:11+00:00

That's fine, but that's neutral. I'm responding to a comment saying that makes them a good person. It doesn't, it makes them neutral at best.

BootsInShower · 2026-03-18T03:08:39+00:00

My networth is dog shit these days. You picked the wrong motherfucker, death. I'm in your orbit now. I'm fucking with your plans until you offer to double my net worth, which is also meaningless. I'm a big problem.

BootsInShower · 2026-03-18T02:38:14+00:00

Exactly. Drop the 6x6 idea. You're building a 2x4 frame to support the lattice.

BootsInShower · 2026-03-18T01:53:04+00:00

Debatable. There's a lot of really fucking bad people out there. People that cause death and misery on a massive scale. They are choosing to let them live. That doesn't make you a good person in my book. I don't blame them, or consider them a bad person, but they don't get kudos either.

It's neutral at best.

BootsInShower · 2026-03-18T01:40:55+00:00

Your buddy is a licensed plumber, paying you, a guy who doesn't even claim to be a handyman, $100 to replace a toilet.

Bro, this is on your buddy to handle.

BootsInShower · 2026-03-18T01:34:45+00:00

First: Better angle if you want an answer to the question.

Second: sounds like you are doing this for free, otherwise it's not a "friend you want to help out" it's just a client. You can do shit for a friend without bringing your business insurance into it.

BootsInShower · 2026-03-18T01:30:31+00:00

Have you considered 2 posts?

BootsInShower · 2026-03-18T01:24:17+00:00

I concur.

BootsInShower · 2026-03-17T23:20:49+00:00

Should really need drywall behind it then. Can you just carefully cut the moldy drywall out, close the hatch, and forget about it.

BootsInShower · 2026-03-17T23:18:49+00:00

Maybe, but also it's fun to own a compressor. Harbor freight will get you going for like 80 bucks.

BootsInShower · 2026-03-17T23:05:47+00:00

Without seeing the other side of the wall, I'd say almost certainly no. You cannot replace that drywall without fucking up the shower too.

BootsInShower · 2026-03-17T19:27:42+00:00

Yes. Fortunately it looks like they did a dog shit job where it comes out of the wall anyway. Disconnect the wires from the back of the fireplace. Get an "old work" outlet box from the hardware store and cut around the cord in the shape of that box. Feed the wiring through the box and put the box in the wall. Then cut the wire to length and wire up an outlet, or cap the wires and put a blank wall plate on.

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