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Re: handyman-ness
« Reply #225 on: April 29, 2014, 03:06:40 PM »
I have a whole house fan.  I think it's it pretty great.  The wife however hates the crap out of it.  She says it's too loud. 

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Re: handyman-ness
« Reply #226 on: April 29, 2014, 03:09:42 PM »
I have a whole house fan.  I think it's it pretty great.  The wife however hates the crap out of it.  She says it's too loud.

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Re: handyman-ness
« Reply #227 on: April 29, 2014, 03:10:40 PM »
I have a whole house fan.  I think it's it pretty great.  The wife however hates the crap out of it.  She says it's too loud.

Are you ever like "hello pot" ?

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« Reply #228 on: April 29, 2014, 03:14:39 PM »
The first sign to me that something wasn't right was when somebody said it would cost about $2G for an attic fan. I was like, "Hire me, I'll do it for that!"





I think you could put a real attic fan in for about $150 in a couple of hours.

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« Reply #229 on: April 29, 2014, 03:22:45 PM »
The first sign to me that something wasn't right was when somebody said it would cost about $2G for an attic fan. I was like, "Hire me, I'll do it for that!"





I think you could put a real attic fan in for about $150 in a couple of hours.

Probably.  The guy I used to work for when building new homes would charge $500 for the fan and $500 to frame/wire it in a new home with no rework required.  That was over a decade ago and didn't require working in an already finished home.  That is why I padded that up to 1.5-2k.

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Re: handyman-ness
« Reply #230 on: April 29, 2014, 03:28:35 PM »
The first sign to me that something wasn't right was when somebody said it would cost about $2G for an attic fan. I was like, "Hire me, I'll do it for that!"





I think you could put a real attic fan in for about $150 in a couple of hours.

Probably.  The guy I used to work for when building new homes would charge $500 for the fan and $500 to frame/wire it in a new home with no rework required.  That was over a decade ago and didn't require working in an already finished home.  That is why I padded that up to 1.5-2k.
Is that for a whole house fan? I was referring to an attic fan. Maybe I was way off on an attic fan? :dunno:

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« Reply #231 on: April 29, 2014, 03:32:04 PM »
The first sign to me that something wasn't right was when somebody said it would cost about $2G for an attic fan. I was like, "Hire me, I'll do it for that!"





I think you could put a real attic fan in for about $150 in a couple of hours.

Probably.  The guy I used to work for when building new homes would charge $500 for the fan and $500 to frame/wire it in a new home with no rework required.  That was over a decade ago and didn't require working in an already finished home.  That is why I padded that up to 1.5-2k.
Is that for a whole house fan? I was referring to an attic fan. Maybe I was way off on an attic fan? :dunno:

Correct.  In that same amt of time, I have never once been on a project that installed what is apparently an actual attic fan.  Only whole house fans.

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Re: handyman-ness
« Reply #232 on: May 17, 2014, 12:31:55 PM »
my project for the day, installing a new water saving toilet in the guest bathroom











whenever i finish i will attempt to convince the wife that the money i saved by not hiring a plumber belongs to my new craft beer habit


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« Reply #233 on: May 17, 2014, 12:36:48 PM »
and by habit i mean hobby, i don't need no stinking intervention, yet

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Re: handyman-ness
« Reply #234 on: May 17, 2014, 12:39:26 PM »
The wax ring is the most important part
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« Reply #235 on: May 17, 2014, 12:41:16 PM »
The wax ring is the most important part

yes, and cleaning the old wax ring off is by far the most disturbing part

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Re: handyman-ness
« Reply #236 on: May 17, 2014, 03:27:45 PM »


toilet project done, time to go into the attic to do some re-wiring.  that is after a short beer break

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Re: handyman-ness
« Reply #237 on: August 06, 2014, 10:08:00 AM »
Toilet was running on and off for a few days so I went to lowes and bought a new rubber ring flappy thing that covers the hole in the toilet, replaced the old one with it in about 2 min.  Toilet is now operating perfectly.  My goodness what a rush.

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Re: handyman-ness
« Reply #238 on: August 06, 2014, 10:14:53 AM »
Toilet was running on and off for a few days so I went to lowes and bought a new rubber ring flappy thing that covers the hole in the toilet, replaced the old one with it in about 2 min.  Toilet is now operating perfectly.  My goodness what a rush.

It's amazing how doing little crap like this can really elevate your status in the household, in my experience. 

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« Reply #239 on: August 06, 2014, 10:18:37 AM »
Toilet was running on and off for a few days so I went to lowes and bought a new rubber ring flappy thing that covers the hole in the toilet, replaced the old one with it in about 2 min.  Toilet is now operating perfectly.  My goodness what a rush.

this was one of my first "big projects" when i first bought our home.  talk about liberating.  could hardly keep the Mrs off of me when she saw me working up a sweat with that flapper.

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Re: handyman-ness
« Reply #240 on: August 06, 2014, 10:23:38 AM »
The other night I fixed (replaced all seals and springs) a leaky single handle kitchen seal faucet while cooking dinner, was waiting for a cream sauce to reduce anyway.  Cook dinner and fix a leaky faucet?  ZZZZIIIIPPP!!!!!

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« Reply #241 on: August 06, 2014, 10:27:35 AM »
your significant other will get used to this new found handymaness.  For instance I changed out my sump pump, all of the piping, and back up power wiring for it this weekend. Basically ensuring my basement never becomes Iowa State's campus.

CNSWife: "that's nice.   Thanks for doing that."

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Re: handyman-ness
« Reply #242 on: August 06, 2014, 10:29:42 AM »
The other night I fixed (replaced all seals and springs) a leaky single handle kitchen seal faucet while cooking dinner, was waiting for a cream sauce to reduce anyway.  Cook dinner and fix a leaky faucet?  ZZZZIIIIPPP!!!!!
oh man! I did my sump pump while gumbo was simmering.
We may need a new thread for handyman cooking combo

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Re: handyman-ness
« Reply #243 on: August 27, 2014, 07:03:52 PM »
i just replaced all the gutter hangers on the back side of my house without falling off (was only at a 1, for anxiety control).  let's see what 2015 has in store!

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Re: handyman-ness
« Reply #244 on: August 27, 2014, 10:09:33 PM »
i just replaced all the gutter hangers on the back side of my house without falling off (was only at a 1, for anxiety control).  let's see what 2015 has in store!

Sounds like you rough ridin' nailed it bro.

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Re: handyman-ness
« Reply #245 on: August 27, 2014, 10:38:22 PM »
your significant other will get used to this new found handymaness.  For instance I changed out my sump pump, all of the piping, and back up power wiring for it this weekend. Basically ensuring my basement never becomes Iowa State's campus.

CNSWife: "that's nice.   Thanks for doing that."

bought, gutted, and remodeled our entire house this spring summer. all new plumbing, electrical, 90% of walls replaced. new kitchen, two new bathrooms. did it all myself (ex-contractor) saved us approx 50k.

kcfdwife: how much longer will this take? it can't be that hard :bang:

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« Reply #246 on: August 27, 2014, 10:39:37 PM »
that sounds rewardingly awful

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« Reply #247 on: August 27, 2014, 11:17:02 PM »
Installed some child locks on the knife drawer and cleaning supplies door. So I could basically build a house by myself if I wanted.

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« Reply #248 on: August 28, 2014, 06:45:25 AM »

your significant other will get used to this new found handymaness.  For instance I changed out my sump pump, all of the piping, and back up power wiring for it this weekend. Basically ensuring my basement never becomes Iowa State's campus.

CNSWife: "that's nice.   Thanks for doing that."

bought, gutted, and remodeled our entire house this spring summer. all new plumbing, electrical, 90% of walls replaced. new kitchen, two new bathrooms. did it all myself (ex-contractor) saved us approx 50k.

kcfdwife: how much longer will this take? it can't be that hard :bang:

It's okay to choke her out a little bit for this. 


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« Reply #249 on: August 28, 2014, 06:51:06 AM »
Planning on removing a tree (at least 3" diameter) from the front yard this weekend. Might even clean out the gutters if it doesn't rain anymore and muck everything up.