#home repairs

[i-am-im0gen]

Tell the two dykes that they get a snow day with all responsibilities postponed?

You’re god damned right we’re gonna be whipping out the belt sanders, saws, and drill at some point and setting up a home repair blitz in the middle of the kitchen 🤣.

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Waste pipe coming out of the ceiling? Go to Home Depot's lighting dept. for the perfect fix.

[sparklefartstheunicorn]

Have you met Mercury Stardust, the trans handy ma'am?

Her tiktok account is full of home maintenance tutorials, and positive messages. And she just wrote a book, which made the New York Times bestseller list.

It's getting rave reviews and I just ordered one for myself and another for a Christmas gift for my niece. It's designed for beginners and seems chock full of good stuff. It's even got tips on renter friendly home repairs. At $25, it could make a great gift.

Buy here or here or give Jeff bezos some more money here 😂

[novelties-and-notions]

The residents of Sunnyville House, which currently serves as the headquarters of Novelties and Notions in the remote Scottish hamlet of Sunnyville (more properly referred to as Achmothogair), were getting frustrated with the lamentable state of their home. Not only was the exterior of the house suffering from an advanced state of dilapidation, but the interior was little better. The Novelties and Notions team frequently remarked to one another that there was not a single room fit to live in and something should be done about it, but nothing ever was.

Until, that is, today, when the gentleman, emboldened by the rapidly increasing light levels observable in northerly latitudes in late winter, decided to act. Having removed the few odd pieces of furniture which had served to provide some comfort in the upstairs sitting room, he rolled up the carpet and went to work with an enthusiasm peculiar to this unsettled time of year. Unfortunately, however, his partner's admiration for his unusual burst of energy was inevitably somewhat dampened when she noticed that her treasured chandelier – the only working light fitting in the house – was now lying disconsolately in a heap on the floor.

[thenopequeen]

you spiraling too bestie? if so do you want to know about the dnd campaign im running for some middle schoolers at the library?

Or would you like to hear about my dogs doing weird things?

Currently my main source of distress is doing battle with a stubborn sink drain, but if you want to tell me about either one of those things go ahead

[goodgrammaritan]

Shower Repair: An Ongoing Saga

Project estimate: 3-5 days 

Tuesday, June 10: N takes off work. Tile guys show up and do demo work all day. Wood frame is rotted so we need a carpenter; fine, not unexpected.

Wednesday, June 11: N takes off work. A carpenter comes out, does 1 to 2 hours of work, leaves. 

Thursday, June 12: N takes off work. A plumber is supposed to show up. Product manager can't get a hold of anyone. 

Friday, June 13: Plumber has called out sick.

Monday, June 16: C takes off work (C works retail, does not get paid for days off). Plumber scheduled at 8-10, tile guys scheduled at noon. Plumbers show up at 10:03. Work for an hour. Leave. Come back 45 minutes later to do something they forgot. Tile guys never show. N contacts project manager at 2:00. Project manager gets back 45 minutes later saying he's still trying to get a hold of someone. Never hear back. No explanation for the tile guys' absence.

Tuesday, June 17: N takes off work. Gets told that one of the tile guys can't make it, so no one will be coming out that day.

Wednesday, June 18: C cancels a doctor appointment to be home for the tile guys. Carpenter shows up again unexpectedly, works for half an hour. One tile guy shows up, talks to the carpenter, then gets on the phone with someone. Carpenter finishes work. Tile guy says the plumber needs to come back out to do more work before they can do anything.

3 hours later, informed that the plumber is 14 minutes away. 45 minutes after this notification, plumber arrives.

Plumber *sucks teeth: "They should have brought this waaaaay up, with mud." Calls his boss. His boss says they need to talk to the project manager. 

Project manage says he needs to come out tomorrow to tell everyone what they need to do.

Thursday, June 19: A conclave of the project manager, a plumber, and a tile guy show up at 8:45.

Project manager talks to the plumber for two minutes, comes out and says, "Amazing what one person walking into a room can do," as if everything is fixed.

Plumber gets to work, assures C it's going well, tile will be laid today, and they'll finish today. Works for an hour, leaves

Tile guy working. Doing a lot of sawing. No tile started yet.

This is day 8, for those keeping track. Will update.

[chaptertwo-thepacnw]

Complete House Rewiring.

On June 2nd 2025, we started the process of having our house completely rewired. We live in an older house, and all the electrical wiring is outdated knob and tube. Much like the summer of 2022 when we had the old galvanized water/plumbing pipe system removed and updated. This too is a real drag.