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Roly Poly
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How much would you guess it costs to wallboard, a tiny bathroom? I cannot believe how astronomically costly every single stage of my unintended bathroom remodel is. All stages of the bathroom cost 4-10 x the hourly salary I make. If I was to go back in time, forget the masters degrees, I'd be a wallboard installer!
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Ski
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 Sat Jun 03, 2017 12:14 pm |
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drywall's cheap.
it's the tape, mud, knives, primer, roller, brushes, and paint that cost the big bucks.
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I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
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treeswarper
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Sat Jun 03, 2017 12:32 pm |
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I came home to hear The Grumpy Norwegian Carpenter mournfully wailing out a tune that stated, "This is the job nobody wants to do" while he was sanding the drywall compound in my bathroom. That might explain part of it.
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What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human––animals and aliens are great possibilities
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Sat Jun 03, 2017 12:53 pm |
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| treeswarper wrote: | | I came home to hear The Grumpy Norwegian Carpenter mournfully wailing out a tune that stated, "This is the job nobody wants to do" while he was sanding the drywall compound in my bathroom. That might explain part of it. |
That's 90% of it! That and if I did it, I'd be mudding (and re-mudding) seams for a long time!
"Out, OUT you demons of Stupidity"! - St Dogbert, patron Saint of Technology
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Sat Jun 03, 2017 12:57 pm |
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| Roly Poly wrote: | | I cannot believe how astronomically costly every single stage of my unintended bathroom remodel is. |
A friend once told his son that if he can work with his hands, he'd never be out of work.... I find that to be true enough, I'm retired, and could currently keep TWO of me busy with all the work I could do if I had the time/inclination...
"Out, OUT you demons of Stupidity"! - St Dogbert, patron Saint of Technology
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Roly Poly
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Lol, I'm feeling better now that the disaster bathroom has walls again and is primed. 😊
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tmatlack
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Mon Jun 05, 2017 2:11 am |
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Home builders and/or residential building code should require horizontal 2 x 4 backing flush behind the wallboard to anchor toilet paper dispensers, towel racks, mirrors, etc. Anchoring any high use or heavy accessories in wallboard is an exercise in planned obsolescence.
PS: New construction schools do it to anchor heavy white boards. It's called planning ahead.
Tom
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iron
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Mon Jun 05, 2017 3:59 pm |
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the answer to your question is about $500.
you could swing by your local home depot and pick up some workers for $20/hr
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