Cracks in brand new walls. What might be the cause? is it serious?
Claudia Mattioli
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How serious is it? Crack in the basement floor...
Comments (3)From the Construction Performance Guidelines for the government warranty programme I build under: "Condition--Concrete Basement Floor is Cracked. Cracks resulting from normal shrinkage are acceptable; cracks in excess of 6mm in width are not acceptable." Same answer for poured in place and concrete block foundations. You might find it useful to download the full Guidelines for the other 239 conditions it addresses. Here is a link that might be useful: Construction Performance Guidelines...See MoreA serious case of the ''might as well's''
Comments (20)I should not have even read this thread! When we bought this place five years ago, we had planned on doing the kitchen first. Unfortunately, two years into our residency here, the master bath started leaking downstairs into the garage. Thus, the master bath went to the top of the list. It's done. At some point in there, we managed to get the boys' bathroom done as well. Now we're doing the kitchen. We have a whole list of "might as wells," but we're holding off until AFTER the kitchen is totally completed. However, after the kitchen, we might as well replace the windows, given that we will have already replaced the kitchen and dining room windows. Also, at some point DH will take out the master bedroom window to replace it with a door. Hopefully this will happen after he builds the deck out there. This is a mid 70s split-entry with a 14' x 5' single-pane living room window facing E/SE, in a part of the country that regularly gets 60 mph winds in 33-degree weather several months of the year. New windows would be good. Well, while we're at it, we might as well add a garage door opener to the second half of the garage given that there is nothing there now. Does it really matter that we would have to re-route a whole ton of piping to do so? While we're in the garage, we might as well replace the other garage door opener as it seems to be on its last legs. Oh, if we're going to replace the garage door opener, we might as well replace the actually doors themselves, particularly since DH has managed to put a hole in one whilst practicing karate with a staff. You know, while we're at it, I'm getting really irritated with the lava rock fireplace in the living room that has no mantle and no easy way to put a mantle on. Speaking of those winds, a new front door would be a good thing to do while we're at it. Also, replace the two windows on either side of the door. Have I mentioned that our hot water has been very slowly leaking for the last several weeks? We don't only need a new water heater, we need the power pump to go on top of it. Okay, so I think the hot water heater and power pump may, just may, be replaced before the kitchen gets started. Everything else has to wait! I really shouldn't have read this thread!...See MoreWhat might be causing this debris and what's the cure?
Comments (14)"The first few days of my kitchen redo, I cleaned up after the guys left (even though they did their version of daily cleanup and had the area enclosed in plastic). Pretty soon I realized that was futile and a waste of my time" Maybe you are using this as a figure of speech, but cleaning up after contractors even if it's a daily thing and they are going to get the same things dirty the next day, shouldn't be considered a "waste of your time". It's your house and your investment and you have to protect your own investment. Yes, even though you are paying someone to clean up. Why? Because some things that happen are probably more than just cumulative. A bit of crumbled drywall or a loose nail that gets caught around the edges of something protecting the floor will get ground into the floor if left there for a week. Small bits of grout left behind on the bathtub or shower drain will inevitably be stepped on and scratch the tub. Sawdust underneath the cabinets is going to be left there and covered up with the toe kick. Even it it's been vacuumed with a shop vac unless you get under there and clean it, a fair amount will be left behind. Your cleaning crew is not coming to the end of the project by which point it will be covered. The project manager for the last big project I did (who I did not like) left a paper coffee cup on the mantle and after sitting there for over a week it etched a ring in the 170 old fireplace surround. I didn't pick it up because I didn't like her, I was waiting to see if she would ever notice it, (obviously not) and when I finally threw it away myself, that's when I saw that it had eaten into the marble. I could be all p1ssed off at her (which I was), I could have thrown a big fit, I could have even posted a thread about it. but ultimately I had seen it there myself and was being passive aggressive about it and ultimately ruined my own fireplace by neglecting something I saw. Even though my contractor cleans up, he is still wearing dirty clothes, and he himself is not clean at the end of the day, so I don't feel that his "clean" is quite as clean as things should be. So it gets cleaned after he cleans. Yes, every time he is onsite and even though he will make a mess the next day. I don't consider this a waste of my time, and I have a full-time job, and work some evenings and have paperwork to do at home too. I don't consider myself too important or too busy to protect my own investment....See MoreDo you have ideas on what might cause these streaks and spots on AVs?
Comments (5)I thought that was fert. burn, or water burn, like cold water misted on the flowers/plants... then put under growlights and it burns the bloom. IF it is under growlights. I do assume the white stripes is the variety....right? You are talking about the tiny lighter spots on the blooms? Frankly to me, if it is a virus, it is making the bloom look better. But if it screws up the plants, then it is a problem. But I have seen this on Brand NEW violets FROM Optimara, at Lowes, and they water from above....See Morehomechef59
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