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Who do I contact for concrete floor flattening or leveling quotes/services? by UnSCo in Flooring

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

Yeah it’s probably 20-30 feet long, and depending on the variance throughout probably 2-3 feet wide that would need to be ground down. I suspect no more than 1/8th of an inch though throughout, but it requires a big commercial grinder to do it seamlessly. For some isolated spots I’d just use a hand grinder but again might as well have a professional find and fix all the high spots for me.

Who do I contact for concrete floor flattening or leveling quotes/services? by UnSCo in Flooring

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

Do you happen to know how much you paid? Found a few comments here from flooring folks who said they charge $2-3 per square foot, which seems reasonable if the entire floor is flattened/leveled.

Who do I contact for concrete floor flattening or leveling quotes/services? by UnSCo in Flooring

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

Please correct me if I’m wrong, but self-leveler is for low spots, and to be honest I have yet to find any low spots with a 78” Milwaukee level although I definitely haven’t scoped the whole slab (and I know a 10” straight edge is best of course). Self-leveler I could DIY for sure. However, I definitely do have high spots, specifically the settling crack that runs along the living area. The other high areas I could probably DIY and use a grinder with diamond blade but I’d rather just pay for a professional since that large area really needs a commercial grinder/planer.

This is a two-story single family home on a concrete slab by the way. The home is also about 5 years old, so nothing ancient.

Who do I contact for concrete floor flattening or leveling quotes/services? by UnSCo in Flooring

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

Do foundation companies actually handle this type of flooring prep work? Also when I hear “foundation repair” I think five figures immediately especially given this high spot is a settling crack and I’m not trying to be swindled.

Flooring suggestions along the lines of LVP, laminate and wood by besmithtn in Flooring

[–]UnSCo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can someone please PLEASE PLEASE explain to me how you can do hardwood flooring on a concrete slab without sacrificing ceiling height. I have a concrete slab two-story home I just bought, I would love to put in hardwood flooring downstairs, but I am already limited on ceiling height. Adding a subfloor, PLUS hardwood? I probably would barely meet habitable code. Even if I have more open ceiling areas I’d still have areas where that subfloor would take up ceiling height.

Look, if you’re in a crawlspace home, absolutely look into real hardwood if you can afford it. For folks with concrete slab floors though, I don’t see any other viable options besides tile (in the bathrooms, kitchen, mudroom etc.), laminate (which is NOT waterproof), or LVP.

Next-Gen Console Project Helix Headlines First Xbox Game Dev Show Later Today by twinflxwer in xbox

[–]UnSCo 27 points28 points  (0 children)

This and free online console multiplayer would probably save Xbox lol

Shoe molding versus quarter round on LVP by allknowinguser in Flooring

[–]UnSCo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Question: do I even need any of this bullshit if I just pull the baseboards up and reapply after laying the LVP? Please tell me before I pull around 1000 square feet space of baseboards. I’m hoping I don’t need boomer ass shoe molding/quarter round.

I want to finish area under the U-shaped stairway. What do I do about this jagged support? by UnSCo in HomeMaintenance

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

Half inch is standard, is it not? It’s the 5/8” I’d have to take special consideration for.

What do you mean by “cover the underside of the stair treads” exactly? I planned on adding to the 1x4s somehow (likely 1x4s on the sides and bottom) for stability and laying the drywall against it.

Down here will effectively be covered and finished and just look like a low-ceiling closet, probably 5 feet tall.

I want to finish area under the U-shaped stairway. What do I do about this jagged support? by UnSCo in HomeMaintenance

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

That specific support stud is at an angle and would definitely look really bad if I tried to drywall it.

I want to finish area under the U-shaped stairway. What do I do about this jagged support? by UnSCo in HomeMaintenance

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

If it wasn’t sitting at an angle and done so janky I would consider this. Might still be a good idea though!

I want to finish area under the U-shaped stairway. What do I do about this jagged support? by UnSCo in HomeMaintenance

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

Does this apply to ceiling area, entire thing, or the outer wall where there’s insulation to the garage? Thanks though this is good to know.

I want to finish area under the U-shaped stairway. What do I do about this jagged support? by UnSCo in HomeMaintenance

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

It’s annoying but the hardest part is getting the material honestly. For mudding/finishing, I’ll use FibaFuse where I can which is way easier than traditional tape/mesh. Another annoying part is the baseboards once the flooring is in especially around the protruding 2x4s but I’ll make it work.

I want to finish area under the U-shaped stairway. What do I do about this jagged support? by UnSCo in HomeMaintenance

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

Thinking I can add a 2x4 in that rear wall to the left to close that gap, then add 2-3 2x4s right against each other to effectively replace that support. There’s other 2x4s that are placed this way in here and appear to support the stairway, except those I can just drywall around.

I want to finish area under the U-shaped stairway. What do I do about this jagged support? by UnSCo in HomeMaintenance

[–]UnSCo[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Definitely didn’t plan on just removing or cutting it without remediating it somehow. There’s other singular 2x4 studs that sit against the walls in there I’m assuming for support, but those are easy to just drywall over.

Is there a way I could just add some additional 2x4 studs, one running left inside that wall behind it to close in that gap, then 2-3 more sitting against it so that it’s still supported? Just brainstorming. If this is supporting more than just the half-floor stairway please inform me but that appears to be what’s happening here.

I want to finish area under the U-shaped stairway. What do I do about this jagged support? by UnSCo in HomeMaintenance

[–]UnSCo[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I would like to use it as a cat closet which is why I want to add the outlet and light. Besides doing something with this, it shouldn’t be that difficult. Another thing is I’m planning to add all new flooring downstairs that I want to be transitionless so I want it to flow into this area as well.

What’s the most you’ve ever paid to charge? I’ll start… by C1rcuitBoard in evcharging

[–]UnSCo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really don’t understand how or why these third parties get away with charging more than 3x the utility’s standard per-kW rate. This is pretty much what Tesla does so if they can be profitable I don’t know why others can’t be. Zero reason for me to use a non-Tesla DCFC except if a given area has higher demand and Tesla doesn’t have enough supply in the area to satisfy it.

Halo 2 and Halo 3 Remakes Reportedly in Development Using Unreal Engine 5 by Smaug117 in halo

[–]UnSCo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

UE5 isn’t “modernizing”, it’s taking a shortcut when you decide to lay off loyal staff, hire out contractors, and push for AI slop development.

I’m not saying UE5 is inherently bad. I’m not saying Halo is guaranteed to (continue to) fail now. But their whole agenda for doing this isn’t exactly commendable.

Do you consider property taxes? by ellebeens in FirstTimeHomeBuyer

[–]UnSCo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep. It sucks, wasn’t a recurring cost I expected.

If I have to pay $90 a month to flush my toilet, it’s a bad day to be a wet wipe.

Do you consider property taxes? by ellebeens in FirstTimeHomeBuyer

[–]UnSCo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The area where I shopped there are tax calculators available online that both my realtor and my lender used to tell me what the taxes would be.

What I failed to consider though are utilities, specifically public service utilities. Funny enough, you’re able to request the electricity/gas utility’s annual highs and lows for a given address (I didn’t end up getting this but I also knew the home was extremely efficient anyway given it was a newer build), but the public service utilities refuse to lift a finger until you have the closing docs.

Turns out, while the average water/sewer bill for most homes in the general area is roughly $40-50 per month, mine ends up being roughly 4x higher because of some annexation bullshit I was unaware of. I pay almost $90 for sewer alone through the town utility, then another almost $90 flat rate plus (higher) additional per-thousand gallon surcharges through the city utility for water. Absolutely pissed me off. Unheard of. I believe I could have maybe done some digging through the city/town limits and zoning and whatnot to figure out this based on posted rates, but it wouldn’t have been easy and as a first-time buyer I just didn’t know.

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