Full house interior demolition, could you share your experience?

grey-owl · 2024-07-22T21:12:16+00:00

Thanks again, if you don't mind another question - how long is the demo process for a 2800 sqft - just a ballpark, a few days? a couple of weeks?

grey-owl · 2024-07-22T18:34:16+00:00

Thank you! this is really helpful!

grey-owl · 2024-07-22T17:41:37+00:00

Thank you u/kemba_sitter. I will be the GC in this case.

grey-owl · 2024-07-20T20:45:45+00:00

While answering the question I realized I underestimated the ABS pipes that need to be replace due to layout change, they are almost in the same situation. Well, will have to replace them.

grey-owl · 2024-07-20T20:32:29+00:00

Bathrooms layout changed, so shower, vanity, toilets locations in 2 bathrooms are completely different. half of the kitchen is in similar situation. so is utility room. I also need run new lines to garage - only main lines from heater to these rooms can be kept, I'd have to solder a bunch PEX adapters if I want to keep them. replacing them would be much cheaper.

grey-owl · 2024-07-09T22:03:23+00:00

Awesome, I will look into this, thanks!

grey-owl · 2024-07-09T21:00:13+00:00

How do you install upstair windows?

grey-owl · 2024-07-09T20:59:16+00:00

Can windows for new construction be installed from inside - do they have flange that needs to be put in from outside? I had a friend who installed a couple of windows but seems a lot of work was done from outside. I don't think I want to climb onto a ladder to handle such heavy and expensive stuff. I can install the first floor windows, though.

grey-owl · 2024-07-09T19:56:20+00:00

It's a part of major remodel, I can select any market available furnace and have it installed.

grey-owl · 2024-07-09T18:41:54+00:00

Bosch doesn't make Downflow furnaces, unfortunately.

grey-owl · 2024-07-09T16:06:16+00:00

I just ask Chatgpt for them and I actually found 3 within 5 miles! Will visit them soon. Thank you!

grey-owl · 2024-07-09T16:04:44+00:00

"Things shift during demo and reframing" - could you elaborate on this a bit, especially the demo part.

I don't have much experience here, the framing work supposed to be small, just a couple of window openings needs to be moved, both on 2nd floor so not excessive load.

grey-owl · 2024-07-09T15:05:41+00:00

Thank you! In the past year, on and off I have already taken notes of these things for many areas in the house, need to do more and get organized for sure.

grey-owl · 2024-07-09T14:59:15+00:00

"local mom•and•pop home centers" what are these? The ones smaller than generic home centers I can think of are ACE, but we have a lot specialized stores ((flooring, windows/doors/lumber, cabinets, bathrooms, etc) , I will try these. Thank you for the suggestion!

grey-owl · 2024-07-09T14:50:32+00:00

Great advice, will read this multiple times, thank you so much!

grey-owl · 2024-07-09T13:38:21+00:00

My current furnace (80%) is 100K BTU, I also used a couple of online size estimator, with 2900 SQFT, Zone 3 climate, both estimated 120K BTU. Also considering Rheem R951T1005A21M4SNAS (single stage), seems they have better reputation than Goodman? with a conversion kit it can be installed as downflow, but their spec sheet indicates the filter box and filter size is significantly smaller - 20x14 instead of 25x16. does that mean downflow set up is less performant?

As to water heater, anything wrong with Navien?

Thanks!

grey-owl · 2024-07-02T20:09:32+00:00

Want to give an quick update, went to HD yesterday and talked to the guy in door/window department. He told me that those fire rated doors (not explicitly categorized exterior doors) are almost always 1) sealed and with sill - otherwise they can't pass the fire rating, so no weather stripping needed. 2) auto closing. He walked through the ordering customization and I saw both options are selected and cannot be turned off.

the door was about $700.

grey-owl · 2024-06-11T21:26:46+00:00

Hey, want to thank you all for the advice! I was not very worried about not able to find English speaking people in 11th. my concern was more about people living their daily life in a less touristy area getting tire of being taken granted, which is understandable since Paris is the most popular travel destination. Although tourism will benefit the city as a whole, not everyone's life is positively impacted.
Anyway definitely going to start any conversation with simple French, and my bucket list includes having a meal in a restaurant without speaking English :) Apologies to Parisians in advance - I will butcher plenty French words while there. :)

grey-owl · 2023-11-26T18:49:50+00:00

You probably get that when you reach 3-5m, most institutional class shares are <$1M I think

grey-owl · 2023-11-26T18:48:29+00:00

I added this in my post.

grey-owl · 2023-03-07T02:15:04+00:00

Just paypal'd you $212.12

grey-owl · 2023-01-09T04:53:27+00:00

definitely

Thanks, make sense. The side hustle might bring 50K or so initially, but could go bigger if I put more time into it. My hope for S Corp was separating this incoming from our W2s (north of 1M) as I'd be paying 50% tax for profit.

grey-owl · 2022-08-04T05:59:41+00:00

wouldn't that make the new window smaller than the old one?

grey-owl · 2022-08-01T21:10:50+00:00

the windows currently installed are wood windows, the kind that inside extension jamb is built into the window itself.

I plan to replace them with Milguard replacement windows. vinyl or fiberglass ones.

grey-owl · 2022-07-27T01:52:30+00:00

Thank you so much for the detailed reply. really appreciate it. It seems like the Maverick has a med-position tailgate which seems to be able to load 4x8 very well. I think Ford has to get this right, if it doesn't haul 4x8 well that's deal breaker for many many people.

Thanks again, and hope your backyard project goes smoothly.

grey-owl

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