Happens Often-Simple job turns complex.

[Rule3]

Yesterday morning went to Lowe's for paint and sand paper for what I thought would be a simple paint job on my porch railings. Wouldn't you know it a simple home maintenance task turns into a Lowe's 3 trip job. Found some nasty rot in one of my railing posts. Finished this afternoon. Repair turned out pretty good. Glad I have developed a few repair skills over the years and still have ability at age 71.

Nice work!

 

[Rat458]

My jobs are always like that.
And then I get the idea of a shortcut.
That turns out even worse.
Recently had to replace a fuel pump on a 92 F250.
Looked at all the options and went with cutting a hole in the bed floor.
A lot easier than dropping the tank and probably busting a few bolts and finding new straps.

 

[SweetMK]

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Went to loosen the other bolt and it just spun. Out with the angle grinder and cut it off. Lifted the toilet and the flange was rotten, it had leaked so all the floor tiles lifted and needed to be replaced..

I went to my daughters to fix a rocking toilet,,
I had everything that was water damaged and rotting torn out.

One of her friends that claimed to be a pro carpenter said I was doing the repair all wrong,,
because I was using pressure treated plywood,, and treated 2X4's.

I asked why it was wrong,, his answer was no one uses treated in a house,,

I finished the repair,, using the treated materials,,
the toilet is still rock solid, 10 years later,,

I hate "professionals",,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[ACORN]

My jobs are always like that.
And then I get the idea of a shortcut.
That turns out even worse.
Recently had to replace a fuel pump on a 92 F250.
Looked at all the options and went with cutting a hole in the bed floor.
A lot easier than dropping the tank and probably busting a few bolts and finding new straps.

I don't know about on a 30+ year old truck, but many of my customers opt to take the bed off.
It seems like a lot of work but they swear it's easier.
When I did my 86 F150 I dropped it out the bottom.

 

[boykinlp]

I am a YouTube guy. I try to fix everything myself, and use YouTube to do it most of the time. Of course, when the YouTube folks do it, it takes about 15 minutes, when I do it, it takes a couple of hours. I guess that's the difference in doing it daily and doing it every once in a while! But having a video to watch that I can pause or replay a bunch of times helps considerably.
Larry

 

[ACORN]

I went to my daughters to fix a rocking toilet,,
I had everything that was water damaged and rotting torn out.

One of her friends that claimed to be a pro carpenter said I was doing the repair all wrong,,
because I was using pressure treated plywood,, and treated 2X4's.

I asked why it was wrong,, his answer was no one uses treated in a house,,

I finished the repair,, using the treated materials,,
the toilet is still rock solid, 10 years later,,

I hate "professionals",,,,,,,,,,,,,,

On the bathroom a previous owner had done the bathroom before.
There was a pressure treated 2x4 in one corner that had about 4 6D finish nails toenailed into the base plate in about an 1"x1" space and a bunch of construction screws in various locations that attached to noting. Obviously he didn't want to spend $3 for a new 2x so he repurposed it from somewhere. The top of the stud was nailed to nothing. Just floating in air. The paneling on the other side wasn't nailed to that stud.
He also fabbed a bulkhead around a hot air duct with furring strips and finish nails.
He had some kind of drywall with a factory applied finished paper facing ailed along the top and bottom plates but glued to the studs. At least in theory they were glued. Thin beads of some kind of black glue on the studs but in most spots the original beads were not flattened leading me to believe that the original wallboard never contacted the glue.
It sure made the demo easier.
To call him a shoemaker would be an insult to shoemakers.

 

[fiasconva]

Every plumbing job I've ever attempted always turned out to be the classic example of Murphy's Law, in spades.

 

[ACORN]

I plan on 3 trips to Home Depot or Busy Beaver on any repair/maintenance project.
That's just the way it is.

 

[Rat458]

I don't know about on a 30+ year old truck, but many of my customers opt to take the bed off.
It seems like a lot of work but they swear it's easier.
When I did my 86 F150 I dropped it out the bottom.

That was the front tank I did.
Need to do the rear pump also.
I will be dropping that tank.
Too many rusted bolts I did not feel the desire to deal with on the bed removal .
The truck previously had a 5 wheel hitch installed,lots of extra bolts.

 

[GaryS]

I have found that it pays to be very, very, careful with YouTube videos. Especially when it comes to firearms, but with anything more complex than changing a wiper blade as well.

I am a YouTube guy. I try to fix everything myself, and use YouTube to do it most of the time. Of course, when the YouTube folks do it, it takes about 15 minutes, when I do it, it takes a couple of hours. I guess that's the difference in doing it daily and doing it every once in a while! But having a video to watch that I can pause or replay a bunch of times helps considerably.
Larry

 

[GaryS]

Sounds like a "handy man" special. They make money by taking every shortcut imaginable. I could never survive doing that kind of work. I'm just to OCD, especially with other people's property.

On the bathroom a previous owner had done the bathroom before.
There was a pressure treated 2x4 in one corner that had about 4 6D finish nails toenailed into the base plate in about an 1"x1" space and a bunch of construction screws in various locations that attached to noting. Obviously he didn't want to spend $3 for a new 2x so he repurposed it from somewhere. The top of the stud was nailed to nothing. Just floating in air. The paneling on the other side was nailed to that stud.
He also fabbed a bulkhead around a hot air duct with furring strips and finish nails.
He had some kind of drywall with a factory applied finished paper facing ailed along the top and bottom plates but glued to the studs. At least in theory they were glued. Thin beads of some kind of black glue on the studs but in most spots the original beads were not flattened leading me to believe that the original wallboard never contacted the glue.
It sure made the demo easier.
To call him a shoemaker would be an insult to shoemakers.

 

[steelslaver]

If it is only a small problem I usually work on it until it grows up and becomes a big one

 

[bobsguns]

My jobs are always like that.
And then I get the idea of a shortcut.
That turns out even worse.
Recently had to replace a fuel pump on a 92 F250.
Looked at all the options and went with cutting a hole in the bed floor.
A lot easier than dropping the tank and probably busting a few bolts and finding new straps.

Where's the fun in not having to replace everything you touch?????