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RE: When gutters outlast the house: a rainwater mystery
I get where you’re coming from, but I’ve actually had decent luck with the mesh guards - at least the heavier gauge ones. Maybe it’s just my roof pitch or the type of trees around, but they’ve saved me a ton of ladder ti...
RE: Keeping track of renovation plans without losing your mind
Whiteboards are underrated, honestly. I started using one after losing track of which paint samples I’d already tested in the guest room - digital notes just got lost in the shuffle between work emails and grocery lists....
RE: Delayed payments driving me nuts - does this ever get easier?
That’s pretty much how I learned to do it, too. Got burned once on a kitchen reno - client kept promising “the check’s in the mail” while I was knee-deep in demo. Never again. Now, I’m upfront about every penny and what ...
RE: IS IT JUST ME OR ARE THERE TOO MANY ECO LABELS NOW?
You’re definitely not alone there. I remember swapping out my old clunker of a fridge last year - stood in the store for ages, squinting at all those labels. In the end, I just looked for the EnergyGuide sticker with the...
RE: how much did your bathroom remodel run you (roughly)?
Those razor blade stashes are wild, right? I ran into the same thing - apparently medicine cabinets used to have a slot in the back for used blades, and they’d just pile up inside the wall. Made me rethink every time I’v...
RE: Turning attics and garages into bedrooms: is it worth the hassle?
I’ll never forget the first attic I turned into a bedroom - my own, back in ’09. I thought I could get away with leaving the old knob-and-tube wiring since “it still worked,” but two months later, half the outlets were d...
RE: Finding reliable help for home renos - what do you look for?
Couldn’t agree more. Learned that the hard way when my “quick backsplash job” turned into a debate about grout color I supposedly picked. Now I jot everything down, even if it’s just scribbles on a notepad. Permits too -...