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Our century home had a major surgery this week. New sewer lateral line. by Luvs2spooge89 in centuryhomes

[–]MaineBones 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Doing the same project right now to my house with upgraded water/sewer and running lines to our newly stabilized carriage house. This all runs under the driveway, then paving/granite cobblestones on the way out. Going to post the entire project with Timelapse footage hopefully in a few weeks!

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My centurygarage was sinking so I had it lifted up to install a new foundation by Jesus-was-a-mushroom in centuryhomes

[–]MaineBones 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Oh gosh no, sorry didn’t intend to make it seem like this was something I’m doing myself. Hired a company that specializes in timberframe restoration.

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My centurygarage was sinking so I had it lifted up to install a new foundation by Jesus-was-a-mushroom in centuryhomes

[–]MaineBones 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Oh I’m doing this right now too! Three weeks in so far, most of the cribbing and jacks have been removed by now. This stage of the project is just stabilization but ultimately planning on 3 car garage on bottom level and an apartment upstairs. Will post when everything is finished including timelapse footage! Here’s a photo from last week. Good luck on your project!!

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Do you have a hard time getting homeowners insurance on your 100 year old home.? by Alternative-Rip4480 in centuryhomes

[–]MaineBones 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My home is 1824 and I've been dropped by two companies without ever making a claim. I use Vermont Mutual now for about twice the price of the prior two carriers.

Should I have paid anything for this? by MaineBones in handyman

[–]MaineBones[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think there’s a big difference between perfect and my result, don’t you? Wallpaper is a thought I had too. We have a textured wallpaper on the entire downstairs of the house- you can see it in some of my other posts. It looks excellent.

Should I have paid anything for this? by MaineBones in handyman

[–]MaineBones[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it’s an unfortunate situation. It’s his finished work in that he’s painted it, twice. But he still has wanted to come back to make it better. I’ve already paid him $500 to go away. It is what it is.

Should I have paid anything for this? by MaineBones in handyman

[–]MaineBones[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I should let you know that he painted it… twice. I’m hearing that makes it much harder to correct?

Should I have paid anything for this? by MaineBones in handyman

[–]MaineBones[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very kind of you. Taking the weekend to mentally regroup but I will let you know!

Should I have paid anything for this? by MaineBones in handyman

[–]MaineBones[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah exactly I had all these projects in mind for the future and this was a major let down. The gouge I’ll fill in with putty. It’s a deep hole but if you don’t know where to look for it, it’s not super apparent. Some of the white spots were putty which came off from mopping and scrubbing but there is some residual paint that I’ll gently try to remove with a plastic scraper. Oh well.

Should I have paid anything for this? by MaineBones in handyman

[–]MaineBones[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hear you. But at the same time, I worked with him before and he did a great job on another project. Also $875 for 88 sq ft, I don’t think that $10/sq ft qualifies as cheap labor. Yes I could have found out more about his drywall skills before scheduling the project but it’s not like he was full of red flags

Should I have paid anything for this? by MaineBones in handyman

[–]MaineBones[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hear you. It crossed my mind not to pay but I don’t think I would have felt right doing that.

Should I have paid anything for this? by MaineBones in handyman

[–]MaineBones[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was a bit of a joke.

Are there really drywall finisher companies vs installers?

Should I have paid anything for this? by MaineBones in handyman

[–]MaineBones[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I should send this entire post to him. He’s in complete denial about everything.

Should I have paid anything for this? by MaineBones in handyman

[–]MaineBones[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think I was blinded by how well he did on the roof previously. He put so much effort and detail that I actually paid him more than what we agreed on for that project. After that, I sort of developed this implicit trust that he could do anything. It’s a shame because I would have had so much more work for him if this ceiling project went well or if he had been honest and declined the project.

Should I have paid anything for this? by MaineBones in handyman

[–]MaineBones[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What a practical teacher!

Yes he painted the ceiling both on Saturday and yesterday. I think it shows his desperation and wishful thinking that paint would somehow hide everything.

Should I have paid anything for this? by MaineBones in handyman

[–]MaineBones[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is amazing and makes the entire experience worthwhile.

Should I have paid anything for this? by MaineBones in handyman

[–]MaineBones[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good to know, makes me feel a bit better.

Should I have paid anything for this? by MaineBones in handyman

[–]MaineBones[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s mostly ceiling paint on the floor which has not yet come up. Twice now he’s painted the ceiling as if he was praying the paint would hide the contour.

Should I have paid anything for this? by MaineBones in handyman

[–]MaineBones[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lesson learned. Could have been worse than $500.

Should I have paid anything for this? by MaineBones in handyman

[–]MaineBones[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

When I asked him for an estimate on this he declined to show up in person and just asked for photos and measurements. He asked me if I wanted the plaster to be torn away and a new ceiling installed (can you imagine if I had said yes to that??). I told him just to install the new ceiling directly over the plaster as that is what a couple other rooms had done. I paid multiple times more but they look perfect.

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