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how did this end up?

flipper what was the exterior siding???looks like plywood with battens?? My house has the same siding of plywood, but I think they are mimicking whatever was there originally. Just never sure what they were trying to achieve. To me the house doesnt look that bad..I mean its just wood, concrete and sheetrock. I would hate to hear what others thought of my house when I bought it. Well guess I already have on another thread

what exactly is the problem your having? If you read the home warranty very closely, its worded where they really dont cover anything. i would get some more quotes.

Bryan, it depends how far under the slab it goes..I had mine done by tunneling, so not to damage the brick floors...not as expensive as you would think....jack hamering thru the slab is easier...a poster here had his house done...around 3000 sq ft...all lines, and think it was 13k. I had 100ft run outside for 1000. tunneling under the house and replacing pipes 3.8k. Just depends on the job and conditions. Unfortunely my tunneling was expensive cause the pipes were incased in the slab...seems I have a double slab.

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the drawer fronts kinda look like Heywood Wakefield, but I know they didnt make anything like that...open the small drawer and look underneath..whatever it is, there should be a mark of some sort.

update..without going into much detail, rps324 caught wind of this and sent out enough crazy (rude) emails to make even me blush. Seems the whole city responded to this and it was quickly handled. thanks.

If you dont say anything all will be ok. I had an issue with another house...when asked if problems were ok, I said yes. They wanted to meet at the house and I gave them rediculous times due to work, and they just drove by...not sure if they even did that. It is their job though to put out an effort.

I didnt read all responses, but for me its the Shamwow guy.

yup thats the one...sometimes bravery and stupidity look the same....kinda like intelligence and arrogance. we knew it was a good house, just looked bad. Funky garage hmmm interesting choice of works. Potential lawsuit...ya. The addition was in 68, designed by Robert Maurice. He has done alot around Houston, and seems mostly in River Oaks. Original house was built in 35 It was very funny to see other peoples expression when they were showing the house. there was alot of WTF, and just the silent head shake, with an abrupt exit.

Its for people that have enough money they dont need to work...if it was for us hoi poloi (sp?), there would be too many technical questions. This way they just talk, collect money and leave....or maybe they have a real gig at night.

all the glass is tempered. There is one part of the house where its sheet glass, fortunately its in a area where an accident would be unlikely. The tile is the cheap stuff at the big box store.

I am going to build a storage building in the back yard at the site of the previous garage. There is a slab, but its cracked and just above grade level, and just barely. So question is, should I just go pier and beam on top of the slab, or is there a way to still use the slab? or at least get the lower sill boards off the ground (like using concrete pads). I have alot of heavy things that I would love to keep in there (engines for one) and cant roll around on peir and beam due to weight..or can I? If it matters the slab is 24x24 and the crack is pretty close to middle...about a 2 inch drop at the edge. The storage building will only be 20x12 or so. thanks

All Tx did mine as well and was ok with it...They did it too fast though

thats 3 syllables...and the correct pronuciation is with emphasis on the middle

thanks to all, sometimes I wonder if anyone else appreciates style....we are going after the master bath and bedroom now. Will post pics soon.

stay simple and go on to the next project.

prudencio is good

same here..our replacement is 3x what we paid for the house because of sq. footage.

If they own it, your prob right. Its contaminated and things will grow differently when the water makes the chemicals rise. There was an old dumping ground by where I worked. They drove steel plates in the ground so they chem. couldnt leech (sp?) into the surrounding areas. Still, they provided drinking water and there was a very high rate of cancer there. Nothing seemed to grow in the area. I still think there was a buisness there of some sort, and this may have been where they dumped the byproduct.

I am sheetrocking the bathroom this weekend and not sure about the ceiling directly above the shower area. I would rather use greenboard, but I bought some hardi board already. Is hardi board actually needed. I hate that the edges arent indented to tape and float. Does it really matter which I use?

as long as people stick with the basics, they will not go out of style. I personally like the simple armstrong squares that you glue down then wax. They look the best.

Riverside Inn was a nice restraunt on the river near the Highlands bridge on I-10. They had financial problems, and it burnt down...maybe last yr or the yr before.

tile floors arent hard to get up..they seem to just pop off once you pry, then the mortar will just chip off. I actually scraped all of mine off and it went very quickly. If you are planning to stay in the house, put down real wood floors, not the prefab stuff. Not sure about other people, but I have always seen carpet/rugs as dirt rags. Dirt settles in and they are never clean.

if you entered the old rd on the east side, you would have had to pass by the area, very close to the entry, where there was some structure..did you not see anything?