The Super Official Homeowners Thread

[Apoc]

More importantly, the stock market doesn't require you to deal with other human beings. I don't know if you've been paying attention, but most people are more trouble than they're worth. I do not want my financial success dependent on me treating dumbasses who tried to flush a hair brush down a toilet with enough kindness they'll pay rent on time.

YMMV.

[HAULN-SS]

Sometimes you come home from a long weekend, and find the ceiling in one of your guest bedrooms has completely fallen in on itself. Not a hole, the entirety of the ceiling. I don't even have the willpower to investigate right this second...hooray homeownership

[WRXtranceformed]

Sometimes you come home from a long weekend, and find the ceiling in one of your guest bedrooms has completely fallen in on itself. Not a hole, the entirety of the ceiling. I don't even have the willpower to investigate right this second...hooray homeownership

Like, the drywall fell in?  Or the flooring / ceiling beams?

[HAULN-SS]

Drywall. Got around to cleaning up the spray in insulation enough to at least see wtf is going on.  I bet the whole ceiling only had 25 nails in it...and adhesive. Piss fucking poor workmanship. Should have been SCREWED, every 8" or so, for the record. I'm probably going to have to re-screw the whole house now, because I have no idea the state of the rest.

[WRXtranceformed]

Ahhh holy crap man yeah you definitely want screws...especially in the ceiling.....

You're probably fine on the walls but I would definitely reinforce those ceilings with screws. That would be a bad way to wake up with that falling down on your head

[Sijray21]

was that an insulated ceiling? i can't believe nails were used... i've actually never heard of that, just drywall screws.

Just saw the pictures o. Tapatalk... What a fucking mess... That really sucks. So sorry you have to deal with that.

[JPolen01]

Who the hell nails drywall?

[WRXtranceformed]

Who the hell nails drywall?

Most builders do...usually AFTER they put screws in.  Hence all the nail pops everyone gets after the house settles in the first year or two

[HAULN-SS]

Back when I worked for a construction company as a kid- we might put a few nails in the ceiling to tack a board up to hold it while we screwed it in, but they were purely for that purpose. This looks like they tacked it, and left it. I have no idea if that was an oversight, or the whole house is like that and they just assumed the adhesive was good enough - either way it's shit. The worst part is not knowing whether the whole house is like that

[WRXtranceformed]

I think it's safe to assume the whole house is like that

[JPolen01]

I don't understand why you would put nails in after the screws? I've done a lot of drywall in the last couple of years and never once used a nail. If you screwed the drywall in properly it will not sag. If it does add more screws.

[HAULN-SS]

I think it's safe to assume the whole house is like that

I ordered a strong magnet so I can check the stud lines to see where the nails are.. we'll see. I'm not optimistic

[WRXtranceformed]

I don't understand why you would put nails in after the screws? I've done a lot of drywall in the last couple of years and never once used a nail. If you screwed the drywall in properly it will not sag. If it does add more screws.

For production builders it's just faster and maybe cheaper.  That's the only reason I know of

[JPolen01]

What color/temp LED bulbs are you guys using in your bathrooms? We have standard incandescent bulbs right now in the fixture above the sink. The bathroom is really small - standup shower, toilet, sink in a 5x8ish space. The bulbs give off so much heat in the spring/summer I start sweating when I stand there to shave. I need to switch to something that won't give off as much heat. Any suggestions?

[JustinG]

What color/temp LED bulbs are you guys using in your bathrooms? We have standard incandescent bulbs right now in the fixture above the sink. The bathroom is really small - standup shower, toilet, sink in a 5x8ish space. The bulbs give off so much heat in the spring/summer I start sweating when I stand there to shave. I need to switch to something that won't give off as much heat. Any suggestions?

Stop shaving....problem solved.

We use cool white pretty much everywhere. It's more a pure white.

But have daylight in our smaller downstairs bathroom, which has a slight blue tint.

[Ken]

What color/temp LED bulbs are you guys using in your bathrooms? We have standard incandescent bulbs right now in the fixture above the sink. The bathroom is really small - standup shower, toilet, sink in a 5x8ish space. The bulbs give off so much heat in the spring/summer I start sweating when I stand there to shave. I need to switch to something that won't give off as much heat. Any suggestions?

I went with the Costco LED bulbs - think they were 2700K "soft white." Works great for me - although apparently for bathrooms it should be "cool/bright white" closer to 3000/3500K.  

First thing i did after we bought our place was to remove/reaplce any incandescent bulbs. I knew from living at home years ago i changed all of my mom's and the difference in electric bill was totally worth it.

[JPolen01]

Stop shaving....problem solved.

Gotta keep the beard nice and tight! Can't be looking like a neck beard out here.

[.RJ]

Everything in my house is 2700-3000K LED. Buy good bulbs and install them everywhere, its not that expensive and really does make the house look nicer.

[JustinG]

I am not a fan of the costco feit bulbs.

I walked in the bathroom and one was flickering, buzzing, and too hot to touch.

Happened to 5 more before I got freaked out and yanked em all.

Prefer to not burn my house down.

[Sijray21]

Everything in my house is 2700-3000K LED.  Buy good bulbs and install them everywhere, its not that expensive and really does make the house look nicer.

this. i also tend to stick to the same brand per room because of so called 'standards' in temperature ratings