House Projects

[asshanson]

Sorry, iPhone does weird things, shows up fine on my phone, but upside down when I uploaded. I’ll try to fix later when I’m on the desktop.
Edit: fixt

[asshanson]

Recently I built an 8x4' ceiling storage rack for my garage, because the space above the noble wasn't being used at all, and I'm tired of the garage floor being used to store stuff haha. It ended up being a fairly tight fit with the garage door support but it worked out.

My only complaint with the kit is that the vertical support bars aren't long enough, I could only get 30" of drop from the ceiling, and I would have liked 38-40" to get down closer to the door. Oh and there were basically no directions, just a couple pictures, but I was prepared for that based on reviews.

Kit was about $85 from Menards after the rebate, the brand is Muscle Rack, other retailers sell it as well but Menards was by far the cheapest especially with their 11% rebate sale. Much cheaper than piecing together something yourself, and it feels pretty sturdy. I'd have no problem putting a few hundred pounds up there.

http://www.dsmstyle.com/photopost/data/500/garage_storage_1.png

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[Halon]

Nice! We have similar ones from Costco. Love them. We have 3 and they are already all full, we need to buy more! We have room for one more above the 3rd stall garage door.

[sleepydsm]

pics soon -

I overpaid for a foreclosed auction house that had mold and burst pipes.

Bought the house (my first!) in November 2018 - I have been working on it non stop until now - Nov '18 to Aug '19. Definitely underestimated scope and cost!!! "Just needs paint and carpet nbd $10k" hahahahahaha.

House facts:

1986 Construction
3600 sq ft
4 bed, (2) full baths (1) 1/2 bath
Oversized attached 2 car garge (extra wide, deep enough for sideways car)
Detached 3 car garage
Detached 1 car garage

I broke the project into 3 Phases Phase 2 has been completed, and I'm too burnt out and poor to finish Phase 3 at this time.

The main goal has been to make the clean and freshen the house; the entire house was dingy, covered in wallpaper, and out dated to the early 90s.

Phase 1:

Get the mold taken care up, fix the plumbing, make house liveable, remodel basement to create rentable space.

Tore out sheet rock and insulation, replaced and repaired. Fixed all bust pipes, cleaned mold and disposed.

Had drop ceilings replaced with sheet rock
updated bathroom
painted all ceilings walls and trim
updated bathroom hardware
all led lighting everywhere
replaced water heater
installed washer and dryer
replaced carpet
replaced all outlets and switches to white

Replaced all kitchen appliances

Phase 1 completed and had two guys move in

Phase two: My zone
Skim coated master bathroom bc wallpaper was so fucked
oil based primed anything that had wallpaper because that glue is a bitch
painted entire 2nd floor all surfaces ceilings walls trim
replaced all light fixtures and fans with modern LED

Skim coated dining room bc of wallpaper
painted all surfaces ceilings walls and trim
replaced all outlets and switches in upstairs to white

replace all remaining carpet in house

Paved new asphalt driveway

Phase two is complete

Phase three?

Kitchen, main level family room, half bath, and hallway

This is gonna be a ton of money because there is a load bearing wall i want to change.

God this is overwhelming just typing this haha.

Will edit later

[Speedfreak]

That's a lot of work. You've accomplished a lot! Good job.

[turbotalon1g]

holy smokes! You've been busy.
Pics?

[Halon]

Slowly but surely making progress. Got all the doors painted and hung now, with the exception of the tall-boys. I had incorrectly cut the doors first, so I had to trim em down a hair and now they line up much better. Not perfect, but pretty deng happy with em considering it's my first time.

Next step is to add some shelves to the tall cabinets. Then make/paint/hang them. Then final step is to make the 4 drawers under the bench top. Getting close!!!

[turbotalon1g]

that's nice

[Kracka]

Coming right along... Broke ground in June. Maybe another ~45 days until completion?
*edit* Was just informed it'll be done and ready to close in September!

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/611/medium/0823201151_HDR.jpg

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[Kracka]

The progress continues... Should be completed later this month with our walk-through scheduled for the 30th and closing date set for Oct 7th.

http://www.mitsustyle.com/photopost/data/611/medium/house1.jpg