Just thought I would start a post about what I've been up to lately.

So, I need to refinance my home. In order to do that, I needed a new roof.

Get some quotes,  even got one from a close friend who is a roofing contactor. Holy crap.

So, lowest bid, in excess of $9,500, without extras/hidden damage.

Decided to do it myself. Literally myself.  What a moron.

So after replacing about 30% of the sheeting,  ridge beams,  facia boards,  straightening out about 20 rafters, custom gutters, dry rot repairs, flashing bla bla bla.. $6k and about a month. Done deal.

Take a week to heal, sleeping on the couch,  hear water dripping in the kitchen, can't figure it out. Turns out, dishwasher has a leak under the pump, little cracked plastic piece.. Hmmm. Take dishwasher out,  remove floor, still hear water dripping WTF?

Found out the water line was leaking inside the door of the refrigerator. Damn.

Subfloor soaking wet,  enough to rust the nails.

Still hear water leaking.  Find out that the drain lines are all broken to hell. No winning here. Shit.

So the house is 40 years old, galvanized steel pipe. Find nearly thirty pinhole size leaks.

Repipe to copper, everything, repair all the drains,  new subfloor  in the kitchen, after squaring up the floor joists (high in the middle by 3/8"), had to tear out the oven, the cabinets (which were wet) drywall 12" up from the floor. .

Holy crap.

Now I'm installing the tile, have to build new cabinet boxes, can't afford new countertops, so those are blocked up.

I'm tired, out of money and have not had a weekend in three months.

Once I refinance,  my mortgage will literally be cut in half.

So there is light at the end of the tunnel,  I just hope is not a train. Lol


Not trying to be a downer, just needed to vent.


GT

One word,  prorated.

I've dealt with the insurance Co.

They choose the contractor,  they would not have repiped the entire house,  the roof was normal wear/tear,  they choose what goes back in and they nickel and dime you till you cry.

You're in good hands, I know because I can feel them in my ass.

GT

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I learned my lesson when we began our latest remodel project from our last project... I'm gonna do valve jobs and bore blocks, because that is what I am good at... And PAY the drywall and floor guys to do what they are good at. The savings of doing it myself wasn't worth the time... Lots of time... And aggervation.


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We have had 5 floods caused by pinholes in the copper piping.  Most of the neighbors have had too.  The soil is terribly acidic.  Both my next door neighbor and I have Allstate and we have both (on or about the 3rd time) tried to get them to partially pay for a repipe, but they won't do it.  They are always great about paying for the damage even after all this and neither one of us has had a rate increase.  We do have plumbers on speed dial however.

Also, is the stripe on the pipe red or blue? It should be blue (L). It's probably red (M) ..

Copper pipe is normally under warranty for 50 years, so it is likely installation issues or choice of classification of tubing that causes this.

http://www.copper.org/applications/plumbing/restools/wrnty/cu_50yr_warnty_main.html

In acidic conditions like in Hawaii near volcanic soils, PEX is used. I personally don't trust the stuff but that's what's being done.

I have Allstate, I would have been able to get about $1,800 if I used their "preferred" contactor.