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Worst part of DIY is fixing all the DIY's that came before you...
Posted on 5/10/21 at 7:55 pm
Posted on 5/10/21 at 7:55 pm
Doing plumbing work on our older house, it's about the third plumbing project in a year and we still have two more to go.
I'm no plumber, but I did stay at a holiday inn last night. Our biggest issue was hiring the wrong inspector who, among other whiffs, misdiagnosed a burst drainpipe as a leaking washing machine.
Some of the plumbing "fixes" I've already come across have been asinine. The copper hot and cold lines under the house were run touching each other so an elbow wore a hole in the pipe that cost us a $230 water bill. Now I'm trying to replace a washing machine drainpipe with a larger one because it's been overflowing. The pipe was run in a spot between the wall and a runner and the gap only fits a 1 1/4" pipe so I've got to find a way to reroute the larger pipe.
I cant wait till some poor bastard is cursing me out for my poor plumbing skills. Why dont people do right by themselves and fix things the right way? Especially when it comes to moisture?
I'm no plumber, but I did stay at a holiday inn last night. Our biggest issue was hiring the wrong inspector who, among other whiffs, misdiagnosed a burst drainpipe as a leaking washing machine.
Some of the plumbing "fixes" I've already come across have been asinine. The copper hot and cold lines under the house were run touching each other so an elbow wore a hole in the pipe that cost us a $230 water bill. Now I'm trying to replace a washing machine drainpipe with a larger one because it's been overflowing. The pipe was run in a spot between the wall and a runner and the gap only fits a 1 1/4" pipe so I've got to find a way to reroute the larger pipe.
I cant wait till some poor bastard is cursing me out for my poor plumbing skills. Why dont people do right by themselves and fix things the right way? Especially when it comes to moisture?
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Posted on 5/10/21 at 9:39 pm to Boss13
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Why dont people do right by themselves and fix things the right way?
People are usually lazy or cheap. They hope the problem goes away on its own or spend as little as possible to make it serviceable.
Posted on 5/10/21 at 9:45 pm to ABucks11
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People are usually lazy or cheap. They hope the problem goes away on its own or spend as little as possible to make it serviceable.
Your 100% correct. The most frustrating thing is the lazy part. If you are going to spend the money on materials, do yourself a favor and fix it right. It will save you money in the end.
Posted on 5/10/21 at 10:45 pm to Boss13
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Worst part of DIY is fixing all the DIY's that came before
Posted on 5/11/21 at 7:53 am to keakar
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Worst part of DIY is fixing all the DIY's that came before
We just moved into a new house a few months ago and the idiots that lived there before ran the drainage pipe in the backyard and tied the pipe into the downspout coming off the side of the house and angled the pipe to just all drain into a catch basin and flood the backyard when it rains. The water has know where to go and now i have to dig all that shite backup and run it to the street. Pain in the dick
Posted on 5/11/21 at 8:10 am to Boss13
1/2 of the time I spend on DIY projects is figuring out what the last guy did and saying WTF!
I clean it all up and say, that's the next guy's problem!
I do it right though. What drives me crazy is doing it the right way only takes about an extra 10 minutes. In some cases, they worked harder to do it wrong.
I clean it all up and say, that's the next guy's problem!
I do it right though. What drives me crazy is doing it the right way only takes about an extra 10 minutes. In some cases, they worked harder to do it wrong.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 8:12 am to Boss13
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Worst part of DIY is fixing all the DIY's that came before you..
Hell 1/2 the time it isn't DIY'rs, it's paid "professionals" doing the shite work.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 8:14 am to Boss13
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Why dont people do right by themselves and fix things the right way?
Because they didn't have YouTube back then.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 8:14 am to Boss13
Been in this house for 3 years and I'm still fixing corners that were cut by the last guy.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 10:30 am to WigSplitta22
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We just moved into a new house a few months ago and the idiots that lived there before ran the drainage pipe in the backyard and tied the pipe into the downspout coming off the side of the house and angled the pipe to just all drain into a catch basin and flood the backyard when it rains. The water has know where to go and now i have to dig all that shite backup and run it to the street. Pain in the dick
Brother, I'm drinking to you because I get it.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 10:35 am to CoachChappy
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I do it right though. What drives me crazy is doing it the right way only takes about an extra 10 minutes. In some cases, they worked harder to do it wrong. ?
Yup. Right now I'm dealing with a hole drilled in the worst possible spot. Three inches in another direction and it would have taken half the time to install.
Stupid seems be very persistent at times.
Posted on 5/11/21 at 2:53 pm to Boss13
Copper pipe is one of the biggest lies perpetuated on homeowners in the history of the world.
Posted on 5/12/21 at 6:35 am to Cracker
oh I had some bad exerience with installing solar panels in my garden 
Posted on 5/12/21 at 7:44 am to Boss13
Yes!! Especially Electric work trying to find short or why breakers trip.
Posted on 5/12/21 at 8:50 am to TheBoo
quote:and the next guy will be fixing the corners you cut.
Been in this house for 3 years and I'm still fixing corners that were cut by the last guy.
Posted on 5/12/21 at 9:07 am to Boss13
Yeah our house was built in the 50s with a lot of mods since then. Some of the shite I find... We plan on adding on as well and I'm nervous.
Posted on 5/12/21 at 9:37 am to Boss13
Previous house we lived in was about 60 years old, and the previous owner half assed everything. Looking under the house the domestic water went from galvanized to cpvc to pex back to galvanized, and half of it was lying on the ground. It looked like he just found random pieces of piping and didn't bother trying to cut it to size, just threw together under there.
He had a sugar kettle out in the yard that had a small pump for a fountain. He took the kettle with him, but the electrical was still in place. so there was a 16 gauge extension cord that was run just below the sod. not even in a conduit, he had cut the male end off and "spliced" it in to a circuit for the master bed under the house. I guess if you put enough electrical tape its ok.
He added a carport to the side of the garage, but instead of digging out and pouring the slab at or slightly below the garage floor he placed it directly on top of the ground, so it was 4" higher than the garage, and of course didn't slope the concrete away from garage, so every time it rained we got 4" of water in the garage.
Also, didn't put footing or at least thicken the slab for the carport posts, so the concrete was cracked and sinking where all the posts were.
I could go on and on with more stuff, We spent a fortune fixing shite and still didn't get everything taken care of.
It was a really cute house looking at it, it just had so mony "ghosts".
He had a sugar kettle out in the yard that had a small pump for a fountain. He took the kettle with him, but the electrical was still in place. so there was a 16 gauge extension cord that was run just below the sod. not even in a conduit, he had cut the male end off and "spliced" it in to a circuit for the master bed under the house. I guess if you put enough electrical tape its ok.
He added a carport to the side of the garage, but instead of digging out and pouring the slab at or slightly below the garage floor he placed it directly on top of the ground, so it was 4" higher than the garage, and of course didn't slope the concrete away from garage, so every time it rained we got 4" of water in the garage.
Also, didn't put footing or at least thicken the slab for the carport posts, so the concrete was cracked and sinking where all the posts were.
I could go on and on with more stuff, We spent a fortune fixing shite and still didn't get everything taken care of.
It was a really cute house looking at it, it just had so mony "ghosts".
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