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Foundation repair/restructuring has been completed. Final cost: $36,000. This does not include proper waterproofing which I will do next year when I save up money.
A previous owner in my 90-year-old house turned the crawl-basement into a full basement by digging it out, but didn't actually support the house with anything. So the old concrete foundation went halfway down the basement and stopped, with nothing but the dirt holding the house up. Then they covered it all with drywall so I had no idea.
The contractor who fixed it for me was flabbergasted. The dirt under the foundation was noticeably eroded so it was only a matter of time before the house tipped over.
Anyway it is stable now with a THICK concrete wall supporting the foundation from the interior. My basement is smaller as result, but I didn't need an excavator to dig the exterior of my house, which is why it "only" cost $36,000.
I'm getting ready to remedy a similar fucked up basement homebrew
sadly I don't have 36k or the ability to ever pay that amount back so I'm going to be using a few lally columns, pressure treated 2X8s, thought, and prayers
CambiataCommander ShepardThe likes of which even GAWD has never seenRegistered Userregular
This conversation reminds me, one of my brothers, who like many of my brothers is a fucking moron, first signed with a plumber to fix his plumbing for $15k. After they were "done" and the plumbing still didn't work, my brother signed for another $12k to finish the work. My brother is on disability, and while before that he was military, I doubt he has ever in his life had $27k. And that's before even getting into the fact that he was obviously scammed.
"excuse my French
But fuck you — no, fuck y'all, that's as blunt as it gets"
- Kendrick Lamar, "The Blacker the Berry"
This conversation reminds me, one of my brothers, who like many of my brothers is a fucking moron, first signed with a plumber to fix his plumbing for $15k. After they were "done" and the plumbing still didn't work, my brother signed for another $12k to finish the work. My brother is on disability, and while before that he was military, I doubt he has ever in his life had $27k. And that's before even getting into the fact that he was obviously scammed.
This is why the whole "the trades are corrupt" "common knowledge" is so fucking dangerous - because it teaches people to expect this behavior, instead of treating it as the red flag it is.
Our house has the same kind of basement situation. It does actually have support beams, but we're actually going to replace them with proper jack posts because it turns out that wood supports in a basement that floods aren't great.
"Kids today don't know how to replace a faucet, my father could build a car by part by part!"
Yeah but grandpa also thought it'd be fine to get in his crawlspace and dig straight down to make a basement, so maybe it's a wash, dad
I'm getting ready to remedy a similar fucked up basement homebrew
sadly I don't have 36k or the ability to ever pay that amount back so I'm going to be using a few lally columns, pressure treated 2X8s, thought, and prayers
also a lot of hex bolts
god I am beat
spent just about the entire weekend removing everything from our outside basement, laying down vapor barrier, laying down pressure treated plywood on pressure treated sleepers, and putting everything back
But damn is it a massive improvement. In 2 weeks I'll tackle the structure.
Been cleaning my father's house out throughout this year, and that Zillow listing hits uncomfortably close to home. Fortunately neither of my parents collected Mardi Gras dolls.
We finally found someone to build up a few timbers around our basement entrance and backfill with dirt sloped away from the house! This might be a permanent end to the flooding that has plagued us - it won't keep the water from coming in through foundation cracks, but I'll be very surprised if we ever have to engage the third sump pump anymore.
Gonna be hilarious when the old maga crabs next door realize just how much water we were taking in to their benefit. They put out a bunch of sandbags earlier this year in response to us doing the same, but all they've done is build a moat that empties into their crawlspace. We would happily have worked with them on a solution that involved shedding the water down the property line, but they decided that they wanted to call me an asshole while I was standing in knee deep water, so fuck 'em. Legally here the lower property must take and pass on the water.
We finally found someone to build up a few timbers around our basement entrance and backfill with dirt sloped away from the house! This might be a permanent end to the flooding that has plagued us - it won't keep the water from coming in through foundation cracks, but I'll be very surprised if we ever have to engage the third sump pump anymore.
Gonna be hilarious when the old maga crabs next door realize just how much water we were taking in to their benefit. They put out a bunch of sandbags earlier this year in response to us doing the same, but all they've done is build a moat that empties into their crawlspace. We would happily have worked with them on a solution that involved shedding the water down the property line, but they decided that they wanted to call me an asshole while I was standing in knee deep water, so fuck 'em. Legally here the lower property must take and pass on the water.
Tell me more about this! I have a cinder block wall in my back yard and my neighbors are lower than me, but that wall just blocks all the water from draining in that direction and turns into a small lake in a crazy storm.
I've always dreamed of just drilling some drainage holes in it...
We finally found someone to build up a few timbers around our basement entrance and backfill with dirt sloped away from the house! This might be a permanent end to the flooding that has plagued us - it won't keep the water from coming in through foundation cracks, but I'll be very surprised if we ever have to engage the third sump pump anymore.
Gonna be hilarious when the old maga crabs next door realize just how much water we were taking in to their benefit. They put out a bunch of sandbags earlier this year in response to us doing the same, but all they've done is build a moat that empties into their crawlspace. We would happily have worked with them on a solution that involved shedding the water down the property line, but they decided that they wanted to call me an asshole while I was standing in knee deep water, so fuck 'em. Legally here the lower property must take and pass on the water.
Tell me more about this! I have a cinder block wall in my back yard and my neighbors are lower than me, but that wall just blocks all the water from draining in that direction and turns into a small lake in a crazy storm.
I've always dreamed of just drilling some drainage holes in it...
You'll have to check the local drainage laws. I doubt my area is atypical, though - most places say that the lower property cannot block water from entering their land, because in most places it benefits the local dept of transportation.
Ah that sucks. One last (probably) easier thing to try is to remove the stopper. They are frustratingly attached at the back of the drain, but you can unscrew a retaining ring and then pull the lever out before removing the stopper from the sink. That'll allow the snake to get a bit deeper into your drain and maybe get to the clog. But also there's a chance the clog is further down the drain line than your snake can get to anyway which is...yeah disassemble the pipes. Sucks!
usually those drains let you install the stopper in either a way where it is locked in and requires disassembly or it can be removed from the top
and i mistakenly installed the one in the kid's bathroom as locked in because i didn't want him pulling it out and now i'm procrastinating on removing it and cleaning it due to a slow drain as well
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MichaelLCIn what furnace was thy brain?ChicagoRegistered Userregular
I'll say for our slow/stopped tub drain, they used an air blaster and it cleaned it out in a second.
Old terrible drain plug as well so couldn't get a snake down there either.
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DaimarA Million Feet Tall of AwesomeRegistered Userregular
I'll swear by TubShrooms. Just make sure you get the deluxe one with the removable seal and top - the solid molded rubber ones are just too hard to clean.
Every now and then you get an unavoidable reminder that bodies are gross and are a mistake.
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JedocIn the scupperswith the staggers and jagsRegistered Userregular
After years of dealing with constant sink clogs I started spitting into the toilet instead of the sink after brushing my teeth. Feels like a dirtbag strategy but I haven't had a slow drain since.
If toothpaste is that big of a problem, you might be using way more than necessary. I don't know though, I've never had a clogged bathroom sink. Mine had 40mm PVC pipe on the waste though, if that makes a difference.
('had' becuase I'm renovating my bathroom, the new one will have the same)
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A previous owner in my 90-year-old house turned the crawl-basement into a full basement by digging it out, but didn't actually support the house with anything. So the old concrete foundation went halfway down the basement and stopped, with nothing but the dirt holding the house up. Then they covered it all with drywall so I had no idea.
The contractor who fixed it for me was flabbergasted. The dirt under the foundation was noticeably eroded so it was only a matter of time before the house tipped over.
Anyway it is stable now with a THICK concrete wall supporting the foundation from the interior. My basement is smaller as result, but I didn't need an excavator to dig the exterior of my house, which is why it "only" cost $36,000.
sadly I don't have 36k or the ability to ever pay that amount back so I'm going to be using a few lally columns, pressure treated 2X8s, thought, and prayers
also a lot of hex bolts
But fuck you — no, fuck y'all, that's as blunt as it gets"
- Kendrick Lamar, "The Blacker the Berry"
This is why the whole "the trades are corrupt" "common knowledge" is so fucking dangerous - because it teaches people to expect this behavior, instead of treating it as the red flag it is.
"Kids today don't know how to replace a faucet, my father could build a car by part by part!"
Yeah but grandpa also thought it'd be fine to get in his crawlspace and dig straight down to make a basement, so maybe it's a wash, dad
what is UP with new port richey man (i went to high school there)
we also talk about other random shit and clown upon each other
god I am beat
spent just about the entire weekend removing everything from our outside basement, laying down vapor barrier, laying down pressure treated plywood on pressure treated sleepers, and putting everything back
But damn is it a massive improvement. In 2 weeks I'll tackle the structure.
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Gonna be hilarious when the old maga crabs next door realize just how much water we were taking in to their benefit. They put out a bunch of sandbags earlier this year in response to us doing the same, but all they've done is build a moat that empties into their crawlspace. We would happily have worked with them on a solution that involved shedding the water down the property line, but they decided that they wanted to call me an asshole while I was standing in knee deep water, so fuck 'em. Legally here the lower property must take and pass on the water.
Tell me more about this! I have a cinder block wall in my back yard and my neighbors are lower than me, but that wall just blocks all the water from draining in that direction and turns into a small lake in a crazy storm.
I've always dreamed of just drilling some drainage holes in it...
Difficulty multiplier, this appears to be the original vanity sink from 1973 when the house was made and the pipes are aluminum?
You'll have to check the local drainage laws. I doubt my area is atypical, though - most places say that the lower property cannot block water from entering their land, because in most places it benefits the local dept of transportation.
Yeah, and the drain has one of those stoppers on the lever with the stick you pull up that makes the snake/weasel thing basically impossible
Tried one of those, tried boiling water, tried three or four different varieties of Drano, still slow as hell
I hate those kinds of drain plugs. I have a pedestal sink with one of those, and it makes clearing things out of the pipes such a freaking hassle.
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and i mistakenly installed the one in the kid's bathroom as locked in because i didn't want him pulling it out and now i'm procrastinating on removing it and cleaning it due to a slow drain as well
Old terrible drain plug as well so couldn't get a snake down there either.
And the sebum coating the hair
Every now and then you get an unavoidable reminder that bodies are gross and are a mistake.
('had' becuase I'm renovating my bathroom, the new one will have the same)
It's a living
Now I just have to get it back together again
Easy peasy I'm sure
Lol