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Post by Col7777 on Aug 25, 2008 4:32:13 GMT -5
Not that kind of crash, during the night there was a loud crash noise, on investigating it turned out to be my kitchen ceiling had fallen in. I am in the middle of getting my house renovated and not long ago I had it re-wired, I had some new light fittings put in for when I get my new kitchen fitted. I think during the re-wire the ceiling must have weakened a bit, I left it till this morning (Bank holiday Monday), then cleared it all up. I've just had a cup of coffee and managed to get a boiled egg, I only have a stove, a sink & microwave left in the kitchen so I'm living on takeaways or microwave meals till the kitchen is fitted.  I suppose it is as well it happened now rather than later after everything finished, I would have been upset then. |
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Post by qxtoolman on Aug 25, 2008 6:58:37 GMT -5
It could have been worse, a week before last Christmas I was up in the attic of our new house, trying to find a short in the circuit going to a brand new microwave & range hood combo, and fell through the ceiling and broke my back. It was no fun spending my first Christmas in our first house, in a brace, and having no microwave or range hood to use. Thankfully the relatives pitched-in and brought Christmas dinner over. Also some friends that were drywallers had the ceiling patched within 3 days.
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Post by Tom/CalClassic on Aug 25, 2008 9:13:57 GMT -5
Gosh, you guys take care of yourselves out there.
All I had to deal with this weekend was a persistant leak under one of my bathroom sinks - plumbing and I are not sympatico...
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Post by Col7777 on Aug 25, 2008 10:23:42 GMT -5
It's nice when friends and neighbours chip in and help, that's how it should be. Funny how things change, I remember my mother new people from streets away and they used to chat at the shops etc. Now people live on the same road/street and don't know each other.
There are a few on my road I don't know but as they pass I give a wave and a smile, at least make a start.
Tom, I too am not in to plumbing, luckily the guy next door is, he is doing my floor and wall tiles for me very soon along with my new bathroom, plus he know an electrician and a plasterer and they a booked to do some work also.
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Post by qxtoolman on Aug 25, 2008 23:16:27 GMT -5
Yep, Plumbing is always about 1 problem leading to 10 others. I started in thye AF as Plumber, and that was my original AFSC (Job Code). That knowledge put food on the table over the years. I remember when I was living in Milwaukee, I had a co-worker who bought a 3 story turn of the century house with steam heat. He asked to come look at a leak in his basement. I told him that he needed should replace the entire run of pipe as I said it was badly rusted. He told me "Oh just tighten the union and that the leak will stop", "I said are you sure??", He said "yes I won't hold you responsible". To make the story short, 1/4 turn of the wrench, I heard a groan, then all heck broke loose, when the dust settled, 85 ft of 3/4' pipe fell 3 stories to the basement, ripping fittings from radiators, and tearing holes through old lattice plaster walls. In the end it cost him $12,000.00 in repairs. The worst part it was around the 15th January, tough time to loose your heat.
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Post by Col7777 on Aug 26, 2008 2:40:15 GMT -5
Well tradesmen are getting more and more scarse, what I mean is thses DIY stores now stock almost everything to make it easy for the housholder to do themselves.
But having said that I'm not very DIY and it sometimes ends up looking a mess, where as a man for the trade could do it in half the time and it will look good.
I once laid some flooring in my living room, it looked OK at first but I must have gone out of square and it went a bit wrong, luckily the bit that was wrong was hidden by the sofa.
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