r/HomeImprovement

Purchased around four months back and had installed by professional recommended by retailer.

Doors have iron work on outside with four obvious hinges (2 on left side; 2 on right side) of each door.

They're obviously there to use to swing open iron work to clean glass.

How do these open?

Why can't I post pics to clarify?

All in, doors cost $15k and I can't even clean them.

Installer wasn't sure either.

Anyone???

We had to flush out a bunch of sediment from the water lines that got dislodged when we got our water heater changed. So we pulled the valve behind the temperature control and blasted it out. We got a small amount of water in the wall. How concerning is this? And how to mitigate damage? Can we just leave it open for a couple hours? My partner wants to put a fan blowing air into it but I said that would just keep pushing moisture back in.

I’m a petite woman and I’ve had difficulty with contractors: plumbers, handymen, etc. I own the home my husband and I live in. There’s been so many times I’m requesting quotes and because I’m a woman, they lie about the condition of the issue to the extreme and give me outrageous quotes. I’m always polite and nice to them, but they view me as an idiot.

Example:
Water leak: One highly rated plumber quoted me thousands to fix a water pipe leak in the front of my home. Acted like I needed multiple utilities to come out to mark lines, had to dig out a huge hole, etc. He quoted me $7k.
My husband talks to another plumber and the fix is under $500. Said we wouldn’t need all that because the leak was under this one spot.

Painter/ contractor: A husband wife painting team came out and I asked about painting the balcony. The guy pushed hard on my balcony to make a post move and acted like I needed a full balcony replacement down to the posts, etc. Wanted thousands for the balcony repair.
Contractor: He’s replacing the posts but it doesn’t need a full balcony replacing and it’s $1,500. Of course he talked to my husband.

Water heater leak and stand replacement due to mold:
Plumber: I confirmed he was going to repair AND replace the wet, moldy, base and water heater. It would require some wood work and sheet rock replacement. What he did was have his worker, scrape off the mold and put one piece of wood on top and painted the wet, moldy areas. I complained that was not what I expected. He got aggressive with me and told me what was clearly and undeniable mold, was not mold. He refused to talk to my husband and I had to fire him.
Contractor: My husband spoke to him and he did the full repair of sheet rock, wood, and water heater replacement for $1,500.

My husband didn’t believe that I was being treated so much differently than him, till he saw the way contractors would treat me vs him.

I do not micromanage them and am not unreasonable, so it’s very frustrating that home repairs can only happen if my husband talks to these guys.

These contractors are highly rated online and sometimes it’s the owner I’m talking to.

I’m so disgusted by contractors.

I’ve gotten four quotes to replace my front door. The quotes I got were for, $14k; $8k; $12k; and $9k.

These all seemed very high; am I just missing something for the pricing or are these costs high? My doors are standard sized 80”x36”.

The door to be replaced would be prehung to note and the quote included the work to install it.

We’re considering going through a friend of a family member to replace an old interior door to our bedroom. He quoted us $150 for labor, plus whatever it’ll cost us to purchase the door itself.

Does this seem worth it?

How easy would it be for me (someone with no tools or experience) to replace an interior door?

We are about to sign a contract for a siding and window replacement project costing about $100k. The contract calls for 50% deposit at signing. We live in the Midwest and the weather is getting cold. Lead time on windows is 8 weeks. They would not be able to do the work in the winter. So realistically the project won’t start for another 7 months. Is it reasonable to push back on the deposit and ask for a tier/staged deposit payment setup? What is the common accepted practice in this situation? Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

I see a lot of posts on here about how much money is being spent and how stressful it is writing those big checks. My husband and I are 4 months into a lengthy full home remodel and definitely feeling the money crunch. The next few projects are going to be pricey and extensive. I'm looking up and comparing loan options, turning in my jar of coins at the bank, and really really hoping our contractors quote won't make me want to vomit...

But today my double wall oven has finally been installed (still need some minor tweaking done tomorrow). The oven itself was a lot and then we had to run electric across the house and rebuild a cabinet for it. Still have to rebuild the kitchen island which is where the current oven from the 90's is sitting (Anyone every heard of JennAir appliances??).

I'm currently baking some fish sticks and french fries and poured myself a big glass of white wine. Sitting at my Facebook marketplace dinning table and suddenly I don't really care about the money we spent. I could cry I'm so happy about this oven lmao

Hope everyone else has those brief moments where spending the money was worth it even if it was slightly prodigal.

Long story short my dog knocked a thing of oil based wood stain down my stairs and it sprayed all over my furniture. Mineral spirits won’t get it out. What do I do!!!!! help please!! And how do I safely dispose of all the rags and paper towels I’ve used ?