Little rental home project

[Rico]

My relatives asked me if I could open up a wall/shelf area that had some lattice in it and make another doorway from their kitchen to the living room.  I guess I shouldn't have told them I'm pretty handy with a hammer.  Anyway, spent some time working on it today.  Pretty much done and just needs some trim work - which I'm leaving for them to do I think.  Kind of fun to swing a hammer for a bit and use a saw again.  Been awhile since I've had a chance to do some home improvement stuff.  Anyway, here are a few pics.

[sheldor]

Good job.  Looks like it used to be a doorway.  What's the status of your stay?  Still have to move out in May?

[Rico]

Good job.  Looks like it used to be a doorway.  What's the status of your stay?  Still have to move out in May?

Status hasn't changed much for now.  Still waiting to learn more from Testor's.

[Bryancd]

Wow, nice. I am 100% home improvement retarded. I can't do anything useful around the house beyond the pool and some landscaping.

[Meds]

Great job Rico, so I've got some work here that needs doing are you free. We'll supply cups of tea ;)

[billybob476]

Looking good! I have so many things I want to do to the house and no time to do them!

[Rico]

The biggest trouble with doing this was I didn't have all my normal tools with me.  They have a few things left at this house, but I miss using my own stuff. 

[Jobydrone]

You are definitely a man of many talents Ric!

[Rico]

You are definitely a man of many talents Ric!

Thanks!  I attribute that to my time growing up.  I learned how to do a lot at a young age.  Carpentry, electrical, home repair, etc. all stuck with me.  And I like it too.  Frankly, if I could make a good living off fixing houses up I would.  Very satisfying work.

[Feathers]

All good fun although I don't tend to do too much on that scale personally. Given that it's wooden rather then brick, however, even I might have had a go at that.

[billybob476]

My father is quite handy with all this home improvement stuff (he's redone the basement, two bathrooms, added an addition to their house and a bunch of work at a flea market he used to be part owner of). He recently retired from managing his various businesses and now actually does make a little bit of additional income doing handy work for people around Montreal.

He enjoys it and it helps him pass the time while my mother is at work.

[moyer777]

Believe it or not, when I was younger I actually built a huge addition on a house we owned.  My friends helped me.  It turned out "ok" but after I was done, I decided the commitment and time involved wasn't worth it personally to me!  :)  Oh well.  Then when we moved into our home we live in now, we turned the garage into our family room/studio.  I hired a bunch of that work out cause I remembered what a hassle the other stuff was.  Andrew, my middle son, will be graduating in a month or so with an associates degree in carpentry.  I'll let him work on my stuff now! 

[billybob476]

Yeah interestingly the addition to my parents house started life as a large raised cement patio. It then got converted to a covered patio, then an uninsulated closed patio and finally now a fully insulated addition :)

Basically a very long running 20 year project.

Before I was born my father, my uncles and my grandfather rented a backhoe and actually dug out a cold storage room at my parents house as well. Ah the days when you didn't need permits (or at least no one said anything if you didn't have them).

[Rico]

"Permits??  I don't need no stinking permits!"  ;)

[ori-STUDFARM]

If this was one of my relatives, I'd have gotten that far and they'd have said "I've changed my mind. I don't like it. Can you put it back?"

:D