Just need to vent a little.

**MisterMike** · 07-27-2012, 02:57 AM

Well, it's been almost a week of renos.

Opening walls in a 50-year-old house is like opening that 4'x4'x8' Christmas present just to find out it's all socks and underwear. I want to find the grave of person who strung the electrical in our basement so I can dig up the corpse, nail it to my tree and execute it by firing squad until it's so full of lead I'm going to have to bury it where it falls.

This is probably the same guy who cut a stud in half in a supporting wall and moved the top half over three inches for no explicable reason. He also extended the doorway in the same wall and neglected to extend the header. He also framed the wall above my fireplace using 1x2s.

I managed to get it all fixed and re-framed, so I feel a lot better about that.

Guess there weren't building codes in the '60s.

Everyone says I'm going to have brought the value of my home up by at least $10,000 by the time all's said and done, but I think that'll just about cover the Electrician I'm going to have to call to fix that rat's nest. Who straps a cable to a joist with two nails through a length of scrap cable? I managed to pull that one back and drill it through properly, at least.

Nothing is going according to plan, and it's really frustrating and I'm tired and sore and no amount of tearing a woodshed off of the side of my house and reducing it to its constituent pieces with nothing but a crowbar will help vent my frustration. Even though that was pretty fun.

All part and parcel of owing money to the bank for the next 30 years, I guess.

On the plus side, I still have no desire for a smoke. I've got an amazing family who's pitched in way more than their fair share of sweat to help get the place liveable. Once everything is fixed, it's going to look pretty great.

Anyway, thanks for letting me vent. I'm going to go sleep for about a year now.

**therealcmac** · 07-27-2012, 03:03 AM

Good venting session! I don't even want to know what is wrong with my house now

**MisterMike** · 07-27-2012, 03:43 AM

Ignorance definitely is bliss. If it weren't for the fact that my basement had stucco on the walls and ceiling--I cut my elbow bumping the wall--I would've just left everything the way it was.

The rest of the house is fine, really. I just figured I'd have everything done by now. And yes, everyone tells me that it's never done, but at least I'll be able to tackle it in manageable chunks later on. Deadlines suck, especially when you're not being paid to meet them.

I'm glad I have my Twist, my LT, and my DIY. Customizable nic levels are great.

**1kshooter** · 07-27-2012, 03:55 AM

we are all proud of you!...you win again! and every day you get through without a cig is a goal reached...just like every room in your house one room at a time, and yes when your done it will in fact be pretty great!!
your friend Jonathan

**Projectguy** · 07-27-2012, 04:07 AM

Hang in Mister Mike

**aggo** · 07-27-2012, 04:39 AM

Hey, at least you can take heart that you're working on your investment and you're not in one of those crappy condos. They're spreading everywhere like cancerous tumors here in Toronto.

**slojas** · 07-27-2012, 08:56 AM

I watch those home reno shows all the time (Holmes on homes for example) and have seen this frustration a 100 times over.
You have my full spiritual support and access to all the duct tape and beer in my house.

**kingcobra** · 07-27-2012, 09:14 AM

This is why you want to pay other people to worry about stuff like this

I guess when you buy an old place you can expect crap like this. Good that you are fixing it up though, Don't think of this as encountering problems, think of it as dealing with them and fixing them, so it's all good

Vape on!