"Sexytom976" wrote in message
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Now is some funny **** to read. 1000.00 an outlet???
New toilet bowl and wax seal 2000.00????
If a seller would EVER accept this, run from the house because
there are probably more major things wrong on the house than you even
expected.
Funny ****? :-)
Remove outlet, and damage the wall in the process. Whether it's plaster or
sheetrock, you've got at a day's worth of work, if you add up the "spackle,
let it dry, spackle again, let it dry, sand it, paint it, paint it again..."
Now, if you're lucky, the previous owner left you some partial cans of
paint, which were sealed properly, and maybe even labeled as to which room
they belong with. If you're really lucky, maybe you only need to paint the
one wall. But, probably not.
Now, make a hole in the correct place for the NEW outlet. Will it have
access to the same vertical wall cavity as the wire that went to the old
outlet? Murphy's Law says probably not. Pull the wire down into the basement
(if you're lucky). Is it long enough to reach the new box? Probably not.
Deal with that issue in the basement, one way or the other.
Upstairs again: If the wall is plaster, making the hole for the new box will
be interesting. I'm real good with plaster, but I still got some jagged
edges when making holes for outlets. So, more
spackle/wait/spackle/wait/sand/prime/etc.
I don't know what YOUR time is worth, but weekend during
fishing/boating/gardening season is worth $1000.00 to me. :-) And...you KNOW
one project ALWAYS leads to another for some damned reason....
Toilet bowl: Who said anything about "new toilet"?? I'm talking about a
toilet that's loose from the floor, which (if you have a brain) makes you
think "I could just tighten it....but since it's been rocking for god knows
how long every time someone sat on it, I wonder if the the seal's not good
any more. Hmm. Would I rather replace it, or clean sewage off the ceiling
below, and the living room carpet?"
I've never done a toilet removal/reinstall, but it sounds like a whole
weekend to me. Penalty to owner for not dealing with it: $2000.00. Hey...I'm
funny that way. Works sometimes, though. I got $5,000.00 off the asking
price of my house for various little bull**** things.
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