Done myself? Replaced all the door knobs and cabinet hardware. Currently working on a custom wall design in place of wallpaper in the kitchen. A recipe collage from falling apart vintage cookbooks.
changed the upstairs floor plan, including moving the stairwell. started 3 years ago, still not done… would buy this drill if it used dewalt batteries i could use a hammer drill
@spacemart while I would not buy this for a hammer drill. If you want one/other tools that work with your DeWalt batteries you can get almost any brand. Because the DeWalt is a sliding vs stalk pack.
When it’s just straight power it’s easy you are just changing the plastic/contacts.
That being said. You should always charge in that brands chargers due to the circuitry on the packs/chargers. And some are adding more pins to talk between the tool/battery in use for discharge rate. May impact power etc.
@spacemart If you do not have an impact driver, the DeWalt Hammer Drill/Impact Driver made in USA combo kit is, in my opinion, the first two dewalt power tools anyone should own. That kit seems to always pop up on sale. I actually own two impact drivers because it ended up being cheaper in a package because I wanted the batteries.
I had to replace a section of the wall of my garage where termites had eaten the studs. This was not fun. I may have to do more of it yet. And there are other worrisome items needing some TLC as well, like a shower stall pan that has rotted through. (We don’t use that one.) I suspect that the remodel on that bathroom will need to be handed off to a contractor. I am not going to try to do drywall and cement board as fiddly as what that’s going to require, and jacking the rafters to slip the replacement studs and sills in place is also fiddlier than I want to attempt. (This is going to make a hell of a mess ripping it out, too.)
Sounds like you should get it ripped out and stabalized then you can leave the rest for when you get to it(never) . Since you don’t use it.
I saw a newer product to replace cement board this year that looked really nice/lighter/came with/without waterproofing. Obviously you had to tape and fill the seems but it looked pretty slick. I can’t remember the damn name now though. I meant to look into it. Sigh.
Cement board/redguard are tried and true. I need to rip out the whole shower corner to finish it but it’s not rotting. . Previous owner just dropped a jacuzzi shower base with those foam blocks. No morter bed to stabilize it. Then half tiled it with crooked tiles.
@unksol@werehatrack kerdi board is probably what youre thinking of? The orange boards. I’ve glanced at those systems, and the costs made me back away real quick. back to cement board/redguard for me.
Took out a rotted wall that was caused by a bad window in the bathtub stall. All the studs had to be replaced, a bunch of the subfloor and the whole outside wall. Even the vanity had rot from the moisture in the floor. To give you an idea how bad it was, I took out most of the studs with a shop vac. It took just over a week and turned out really nice. I learned a lot and was allowed to buy myself a new saw for the job.
Finishing up an addition to the house. Currently laying lvp floors and tiling the shower. I recently remodeled the other bathroom, including pouring an epoxy countertop. Painted kitchen cabinets and redoing counters, painting all interior walls. Building random furniture. Changing out and rewiring all the old ugly almond colored plugs and switches to white. Rewiring, replacing, and bringing to code all old ugly light fixtures. Etc… I’ve been busy the last year and a half. Oh, and repainted the outside of the house, built new shutters, and built a porch fence. Laid a new brick walkway to the front door, tore out everything in the front yard, built a short retaining wall at the edge of the grass, and redid the yard.
@phendrick ill tell you what, laying that floor is no joke. being a 140lb woman doing all this on my own… im not even done yet with just the addition… I havent even moved onto the rest of the house to do flooring yet. My back is screaming, my arms, legs, and shoulder muscles are sore, and all the squats I’ve been doing to do this is already making my butt look amazing. but my hands… my poor hands. They’re so sore, and the cut edges of the planks have sliced my hands so many times, I’m covered in bandaids. My fingertips are so sore, that they’re throbbing. Its making me look very forward to tiling the shower just to get away from floors…
Retiled bathroom, painted inside and out, replace old light switches with dimmer switches crca 1996ish and now going to replace with smart switches, recently rebuilt a fence that a wind storm knocked down, refurbished an old shed in back yard that was literally older than me.
My friend owns 8 properties with a few being hundred year old homes. We do everything that doesn’t require equipment we cannot rent. (Ditch Witch type stuff) Needless to say, pretty much everything. Demo, drywall, electrical, plumbing, masonry, built decks, porches, installed doors/windors/gutters, roof work, etc.
The most “fun” was removing an ADA approved government installed stair lift. Holy shit. That person must have been an elephant. It could’ve supported a car.
@hammi99 Electricity is fun! I recently replaced my garbage disposal. There is nothing quite as relaxing as working upside down in a cramped area, working with both water and electricity. Good times.
I replaced the blower motor in my furnace. It was a bit of work but it started on the first attempt. Unfortunately, I wired it incorrectly and it was spinning in the wrong direction. So, I got to redo everything again, but I got it right the second time.
I’ve built two houses - that is, I’ve been my own general contractor plus doing some of the actual construction work myself.
The first house was a single level, three bedroom, two bath. I assisted the carpenters with the framing (they were two former high school buddies who worked as carpenters), installed half the roof (one of the buddies finished the other half when time got tight), did all the electrical and plumbing, interior and exterior painting and trim, tile work and exterior landscaping. The rest was done by contractors.
The second house was more ambitious - two story, four bedroom, three and a half bath, plus walk-out basement. Time was tighter and funds were more plentiful for this project, so I contracted most of the work. But I still did all the plumbing myself, plus the light fixtures, interior trim and tile.
Painted an entire 1900sf house (this was some years ago when I actually owned a house) by myself including the ceilings. I had bought a house with black, brown, bright purple, etc. walls and ceilings. The one smart thing I did was when replaced rusted baseboard heating I had to buy baseboards. I bought pressed wood ones, including for the kitchen. That kind of wood swells when wet. So I painted all sides with primer and two coats of boat hull paint and then one coat of the baseboard paint on the surface that showed. Worked well. Saved serious money.
There is a huge jump from wiring which is very straightforward. To total remodel. Id say plumbing is a step above, although also simple. I’m infrastructure not style lol.
I still need to do the master bath, bedroom flooring etc . But I don’t need them so until I sell or get married or die. Meh lol.
The roof needs done in a year or two and it’s like 45 degrees so… That’s over my skillset/not really looking forward to it. I’m thinking metal
@unksol My house has raised-seam galvanized and painted metal roof with 12:12 pitch (i.e., 45 degrees). No moss, but it does get some type of algae on the shady parts. If you get heavy snow (you’re in Michigan, aren’t you?), the snow comes down hard and fast during melt. Better have some kind of blocks installed to protect the gutters, vent pipes, etc.
I’m 25 years in on a 50-year warranty on my roof - no problems so far .
@macromeh northern Indiana ish. We don’t get lake affect usually. I think maybe we had a foot of snow in the first few years but not really in the last 10. Neighbors have redone in metal since. seems to be the way to go.
@macromeh do you know what guage you put in? Probably No reason not to put in snowgards while doing it. Whole point of doing metal is do it once. Right. And hopefully never again lol.
Could by from Menards but then have to find someone to install
@unksol I believe it was 24 gauge. I bought materials + installation package from a local roof & gutter business. My plan is to either move or die before it needs replacing.
Backsplash tile
Tiling, plumbing, electrical, lofting a ceiling, rehabbing the built in dog…
@brainmist you have a built in dog?
Bathroom…took longer than expected, I rented a port a potty for 3 weeks and joined Planet Fitness so I could take a shower
Done myself? Replaced all the door knobs and cabinet hardware. Currently working on a custom wall design in place of wallpaper in the kitchen. A recipe collage from falling apart vintage cookbooks.
pretty much totally built a house stick by stick as I remodeled/rehabbed our house. Yeah, gotta have a REALLY understanding wife…
@chienfou So true. Fortunately my wife grew up in houses that her dad was in the process of remodeling, so it is business as usual to her.
Taking out load bearing walls and trying to make sure shit didn’t collapse years later…
changed the upstairs floor plan, including moving the stairwell. started 3 years ago, still not done… would buy this drill if it used dewalt batteries i could use a hammer drill
@spacemart while I would not buy this for a hammer drill. If you want one/other tools that work with your DeWalt batteries you can get almost any brand. Because the DeWalt is a sliding vs stalk pack.
Just as examples DeWalt to rigid
https://www.amazon.com/X-Adapter-Cordless-Advanced-Batteries-LQ-DW/dp/B09HGM1WPN
DeWalt to Ryobi
https://www.amazon.com/Battery-Adapter-Cordless-Dewalt-Batteries/dp/B07V7BNGPY
When it’s just straight power it’s easy you are just changing the plastic/contacts.
That being said. You should always charge in that brands chargers due to the circuitry on the packs/chargers. And some are adding more pins to talk between the tool/battery in use for discharge rate. May impact power etc.
@spacemart If you do not have an impact driver, the DeWalt Hammer Drill/Impact Driver made in USA combo kit is, in my opinion, the first two dewalt power tools anyone should own. That kit seems to always pop up on sale. I actually own two impact drivers because it ended up being cheaper in a package because I wanted the batteries.
Duct tape for all purposes snd all seasons. Followed by a nap.
@f00l 95% chance of duct tape. Quack quack.
/youtube redgreen
@f00l ok just duct tape transitions technically. Let’s try again
/youtube redgreen duct tape
I had to replace a section of the wall of my garage where termites had eaten the studs. This was not fun. I may have to do more of it yet. And there are other worrisome items needing some TLC as well, like a shower stall pan that has rotted through. (We don’t use that one.) I suspect that the remodel on that bathroom will need to be handed off to a contractor. I am not going to try to do drywall and cement board as fiddly as what that’s going to require, and jacking the rafters to slip the replacement studs and sills in place is also fiddlier than I want to attempt. (This is going to make a hell of a mess ripping it out, too.)
@werehatrack cement board prep isnt that bad. Minimum 2 coats of redguard.
@jnicholson0619 @werehatrack
Sounds like you should get it ripped out and stabalized then you can leave the rest for when you get to it(never) . Since you don’t use it.
I saw a newer product to replace cement board this year that looked really nice/lighter/came with/without waterproofing. Obviously you had to tape and fill the seems but it looked pretty slick. I can’t remember the damn name now though. I meant to look into it. Sigh.
Cement board/redguard are tried and true. I need to rip out the whole shower corner to finish it but it’s not rotting. . Previous owner just dropped a jacuzzi shower base with those foam blocks. No morter bed to stabilize it. Then half tiled it with crooked tiles.
@unksol @werehatrack kerdi board is probably what youre thinking of? The orange boards. I’ve glanced at those systems, and the costs made me back away real quick.
back to cement board/redguard for me. 
@jnicholson0619 @werehatrack that sounds like it. I never did price it just made a note that it sounded interesting then forgot what it was called. Lol
Shhhhsh!
[If I told you, I’d have the city inspectors up my butt.]
@phendrick Can we watch?
@tweezak Eww.
@phendrick @tweezak Do a live stream on Pornhub and that should cover the cost of the fines plus the original home improvement project.
Took out a rotted wall that was caused by a bad window in the bathtub stall. All the studs had to be replaced, a bunch of the subfloor and the whole outside wall. Even the vanity had rot from the moisture in the floor. To give you an idea how bad it was, I took out most of the studs with a shop vac. It took just over a week and turned out really nice. I learned a lot and was allowed to buy myself a new saw for the job.
@tweezak lol at “allowed to buy”
Well done
@unksol Every cloud has a silver lining. I figured I deserved that one.
I installed 3 ceiling fans by myself, without getting electrocuted.
@heartny Heh. I’m usually more worried about dropping it on my head.
@phendrick That too. Or having it fall off the cat tree I rested it on while doing the wiring.
@heartny @phendrick id be worried about the cat getting in it
Finishing up an addition to the house. Currently laying lvp floors and tiling the shower. I recently remodeled the other bathroom, including pouring an epoxy countertop. Painted kitchen cabinets and redoing counters, painting all interior walls. Building random furniture. Changing out and rewiring all the old ugly almond colored plugs and switches to white. Rewiring, replacing, and bringing to code all old ugly light fixtures. Etc… I’ve been busy the last year and a half. Oh, and repainted the outside of the house, built new shutters, and built a porch fence. Laid a new brick walkway to the front door, tore out everything in the front yard, built a short retaining wall at the edge of the grass, and redid the yard.
@jnicholson0619
Tired me out, just reading that.
@phendrick ill tell you what, laying that floor is no joke.
being a 140lb woman doing all this on my own… im not even done yet with just the addition… I havent even moved onto the rest of the house to do flooring yet. My back is screaming, my arms, legs, and shoulder muscles are sore, and all the squats I’ve been doing to do this is already making my butt look amazing. 
but my hands… my poor hands. They’re so sore, and the cut edges of the planks have sliced my hands so many times, I’m covered in bandaids. My fingertips are so sore, that they’re throbbing. Its making me look very forward to tiling the shower just to get away from floors… 
@phendrick @jnicholson0619 Wow!
I’m super impressed!
@jnicholson0619 @phendrick Wow - you’ve been busy! (BTW, there is a wonderful new product available that you might be interested in, called “gloves”.
)
@macromeh @phendrick yeah, but i have to be able to feel the seams to make sure they’re fully clicked together…
@jnicholson0619 @phendrick
Think of how nice your butt will look come bathing suit season.
@phendrick @Star2236 I cannot wait!
we do a yearly big family trip to mexico every May, this tush will be fit for the pool! 
Moved in. Homes are always improved with me and my trunk in residence.
Retiled bathroom, painted inside and out, replace old light switches with dimmer switches crca 1996ish and now going to replace with smart switches, recently rebuilt a fence that a wind storm knocked down, refurbished an old shed in back yard that was literally older than me.
My friend owns 8 properties with a few being hundred year old homes. We do everything that doesn’t require equipment we cannot rent. (Ditch Witch type stuff) Needless to say, pretty much everything. Demo, drywall, electrical, plumbing, masonry, built decks, porches, installed doors/windors/gutters, roof work, etc.
The most “fun” was removing an ADA approved government installed stair lift. Holy shit. That person must have been an elephant. It could’ve supported a car.
Replaced a lightbulb.
Years ago, replaced all light switches to HomeKit switches. And didn’t get electrocuted!
@hammi99 Electricity is fun!
I recently replaced my garbage disposal. There is nothing quite as relaxing as working upside down in a cramped area, working with both water and electricity. Good times. 
I replaced the blower motor in my furnace. It was a bit of work but it started on the first attempt. Unfortunately, I wired it incorrectly and it was spinning in the wrong direction. So, I got to redo everything again, but I got it right the second time.
@capnjb Damn! - a blower motor spinning in reverse sucks!
@capnjb But, isn’t a blower motor sucking out all the used air a plus?
@capnjb so you’re running your furnace on three-phase power?
Replaced the wife.
@detailer Same.
Wise man marries second wife first.
Finishing an unfinished 2,000s/f basement. Walled off to make storage, laundry room and man cave.
I’ve built two houses - that is, I’ve been my own general contractor plus doing some of the actual construction work myself.
The first house was a single level, three bedroom, two bath. I assisted the carpenters with the framing (they were two former high school buddies who worked as carpenters), installed half the roof (one of the buddies finished the other half when time got tight), did all the electrical and plumbing, interior and exterior painting and trim, tile work and exterior landscaping. The rest was done by contractors.
The second house was more ambitious - two story, four bedroom, three and a half bath, plus walk-out basement. Time was tighter and funds were more plentiful for this project, so I contracted most of the work. But I still did all the plumbing myself, plus the light fixtures, interior trim and tile.
Painted an entire 1900sf house (this was some years ago when I actually owned a house) by myself including the ceilings. I had bought a house with black, brown, bright purple, etc. walls and ceilings. The one smart thing I did was when replaced rusted baseboard heating I had to buy baseboards. I bought pressed wood ones, including for the kitchen. That kind of wood swells when wet. So I painted all sides with primer and two coats of boat hull paint and then one coat of the baseboard paint on the surface that showed. Worked well. Saved serious money.
There is a huge jump from wiring which is very straightforward. To total remodel. Id say plumbing is a step above, although also simple. I’m infrastructure not style lol.
I still need to do the master bath, bedroom flooring etc . But I don’t need them so until I sell or get married or die. Meh lol.
The roof needs done in a year or two and it’s like 45 degrees so… That’s over my skillset/not really looking forward to it. I’m thinking metal
@unksol I am curious to see the remodel plans you have for after you die.
@unksol My house has raised-seam galvanized and painted metal roof with 12:12 pitch (i.e., 45 degrees). No moss, but it does get some type of algae on the shady parts. If you get heavy snow (you’re in Michigan, aren’t you?), the snow comes down hard and fast during melt. Better have some kind of blocks installed to protect the gutters, vent pipes, etc.
.
I’m 25 years in on a 50-year warranty on my roof - no problems so far
@yakkoTDI they might not get done till after one of those happens lol. I suppose it would be sold after I died so redundant
@macromeh northern Indiana ish. We don’t get lake affect usually. I think maybe we had a foot of snow in the first few years but not really in the last 10. Neighbors have redone in metal since. seems to be the way to go.
@macromeh do you know what guage you put in? Probably No reason not to put in snowgards while doing it. Whole point of doing metal is do it once. Right. And hopefully never again lol.
Could by from Menards but then have to find someone to install
@unksol I believe it was 24 gauge. I bought materials + installation package from a local roof & gutter business. My plan is to either move or die before it needs replacing.
Built a deck on the back of my house w my dad. We also built some custom cabinets for my bedroom closet.
Aboveground Pool deck
I’d have to say selling it because as soon as we moved the value skyrocketed