OT: DIY

[buckboy]

You don't need a permit. I mean they may tell you do, but you don't. Permits are for suckers. I've done $150,000 worth of work on my house and never pulled a permit. And that's just at this house.

I live 2 houses from Town Hall, had the inspector stop by when we originally started our remodel so we had to pull permits for everything. They shouldn't be able to see this area so I won't pull one anyway

So we added a bathroom without permit and it came up as an issue when we sold with buyers. But if you aren't planning on moving it is a good way not to get on their radar for a new property tax assessment

Yeah that's the worst thing that can happen. Then you pay to have it inspected. Cheaper than the permit and it has never come up for me in 4 houses.

[Pachinko_]

I live 2 houses from Town Hall, had the inspector stop by when we originally started our remodel so we had to pull permits for everything. They shouldn't be able to see this area so I won't pull one anyway

So we added a bathroom without permit and it came up as an issue when we sold with buyers. But if you aren't planning on moving it is a good way not to get on their radar for a new property tax assessment

Yeah that's the worst thing that can happen. Then you pay to have it inspected. Cheaper than the permit and it has never come up for me in 4 houses.

so when we bought our house I asked both the RE agent and the legal guy (conveyancer?) if either of them had checked if the shed and carport had permits, and they both said no. So it was really up to us to check, which we didn't because we don't really care and we don't intend to sell (at least not before the shed would need to be upgraded anyway).

[Gianstoppable]

I live 2 houses from Town Hall, had the inspector stop by when we originally started our remodel so we had to pull permits for everything. They shouldn't be able to see this area so I won't pull one anyway

So we added a bathroom without permit and it came up as an issue when we sold with buyers. But if you aren't planning on moving it is a good way not to get on their radar for a new property tax assessment

Yeah that's the worst thing that can happen. Then you pay to have it inspected. Cheaper than the permit and it has never come up for me in 4 houses.

Permits are extremely cheap (roughly $180) if you consider the amount of money ($30,000) we spent on the remodel, plus then you know everything is up to code and better if there was ever an insurance claim. I know someone who didn't pull a permit for work they did on their home and they had an electrical fire and the insurance company is running them around because they never pulled a permit and had possible bad wiring. Better safe than sorry for me, especially since we already had an inspector stop by. If we werent on main street and weren't doing such a big remodel we wouldn't have pulled one but it's kind of obvious when you have 2 30 yard dumpsters outside lol

[buckboy]

Yeah it's a personal choice. I hear ya.

[Gianstoppable]

I live 2 houses from Town Hall, had the inspector stop by when we originally started our remodel so we had to pull permits for everything. They shouldn't be able to see this area so I won't pull one anyway

So we added a bathroom without permit and it came up as an issue when we sold with buyers. But if you aren't planning on moving it is a good way not to get on their radar for a new property tax assessment

Yeah that's the worst thing that can happen. Then you pay to have it inspected. Cheaper than the permit and it has never come up for me in 4 houses.

Actually the worst thing that can happen is if they don't like what you did like sat put up a shed, they COULD make you take it back down. I've heard plenty of stories about that with **** inspectors. For the work I do were supposed to pull permits but we never do lol

[Gianstoppable]

Also, pulling a permit may cost you more originally in taxes and permit fees but you have proof that you spent that amount on your home and it will help reduce your capital gains tax when you sell

[M-C-G]

Ι still need to make some flashings for the windows, otherwise I'm basically done.
In the last minute I opted for a flat roof and now the thing looks something between a shipping container and a sardine can

This looks great. Definitely has that repurposed shipping container look to it. I dig it.

[M-C-G]

Getting there, at least for the shell, need to build a door and window shutters etc.

You've got a treehouse growing out of a your tree. Looks great, love the slide built right into it. Nice touch.

[jute2003]

So we added a bathroom without permit and it came up as an issue when we sold with buyers. But if you aren't planning on moving it is a good way not to get on their radar for a new property tax assessment

Yeah that's the worst thing that can happen. Then you pay to have it inspected. Cheaper than the permit and it has never come up for me in 4 houses.

Permits are extremely cheap (roughly $180) if you consider the amount of money ($30,000) we spent on the remodel, plus then you know everything is up to code and better if there was ever an insurance claim. I know someone who didn't pull a permit for work they did on their home and they had an electrical fire and the insurance company is running them around because they never pulled a permit and had possible bad wiring. Better safe than sorry for me, especially since we already had an inspector stop by. If we werent on main street and weren't doing such a big remodel we wouldn't have pulled one but it's kind of obvious when you have 2 30 yard dumpsters outside lol

I feel like the necessity of a permit for a lot of things that would normally require one comes down to how nosy your neighbors are and if you have an old lady with nothing better to do with her time that lives within a couple blocks of your house.

[M-C-G]

Yeah that's the worst thing that can happen. Then you pay to have it inspected. Cheaper than the permit and it has never come up for me in 4 houses.

Permits are extremely cheap (roughly $180) if you consider the amount of money ($30,000) we spent on the remodel, plus then you know everything is up to code and better if there was ever an insurance claim. I know someone who didn't pull a permit for work they did on their home and they had an electrical fire and the insurance company is running them around because they never pulled a permit and had possible bad wiring. Better safe than sorry for me, especially since we already had an inspector stop by. If we werent on main street and weren't doing such a big remodel we wouldn't have pulled one but it's kind of obvious when you have 2 30 yard dumpsters outside lol

I feel like the necessity of a permit for a lot of things that would normally require one comes down to how nosy your neighbors are and if you have an old lady with nothing better to do with her time that lives within a couple blocks of your house.

Or in my case there was an electrical inspector that must just drive around the town looking for any type of work van or truck that could be doing work on a house. Threatened to put a lien on the house and potentially bust up concrete to inspect the work.

[jute2003]

Permits are extremely cheap (roughly $180) if you consider the amount of money ($30,000) we spent on the remodel, plus then you know everything is up to code and better if there was ever an insurance claim. I know someone who didn't pull a permit for work they did on their home and they had an electrical fire and the insurance company is running them around because they never pulled a permit and had possible bad wiring. Better safe than sorry for me, especially since we already had an inspector stop by. If we werent on main street and weren't doing such a big remodel we wouldn't have pulled one but it's kind of obvious when you have 2 30 yard dumpsters outside lol

I feel like the necessity of a permit for a lot of things that would normally require one comes down to how nosy your neighbors are and if you have an old lady with nothing better to do with her time that lives within a couple blocks of your house.

Or in my case there was an electrical inspector that must just drive around the town looking for any type of work van or truck that could be doing work on a house. Threatened to put a lien on the house and potentially bust up concrete to inspect the work.

That's money out of his pocket.

[buckboy]

Permits are extremely cheap (roughly $180) if you consider the amount of money ($30,000) we spent on the remodel, plus then you know everything is up to code and better if there was ever an insurance claim. I know someone who didn't pull a permit for work they did on their home and they had an electrical fire and the insurance company is running them around because they never pulled a permit and had possible bad wiring. Better safe than sorry for me, especially since we already had an inspector stop by. If we werent on main street and weren't doing such a big remodel we wouldn't have pulled one but it's kind of obvious when you have 2 30 yard dumpsters outside lol

I feel like the necessity of a permit for a lot of things that would normally require one comes down to how nosy your neighbors are and if you have an old lady with nothing better to do with her time that lives within a couple blocks of your house.

Or in my case there was an electrical inspector that must just drive around the town looking for any type of work van or truck that could be doing work on a house. Threatened to put a lien on the house and potentially bust up concrete to inspect the work.

Yeah, it depends on where you live. If you have one of those douchebags around I suppose you have to pull the permits.

[M-C-G]

I feel like the necessity of a permit for a lot of things that would normally require one comes down to how nosy your neighbors are and if you have an old lady with nothing better to do with her time that lives within a couple blocks of your house.

Or in my case there was an electrical inspector that must just drive around the town looking for any type of work van or truck that could be doing work on a house. Threatened to put a lien on the house and potentially bust up concrete to inspect the work.

Yeah, it depends on where you live. If you have one of those douchebags around I suppose you have to pull the permits.

Yeah, I am moving out of the city and think there is probably a lot less risk of anyone caring going forward.

[jute2003]

I feel like the necessity of a permit for a lot of things that would normally require one comes down to how nosy your neighbors are and if you have an old lady with nothing better to do with her time that lives within a couple blocks of your house.

Or in my case there was an electrical inspector that must just drive around the town looking for any type of work van or truck that could be doing work on a house. Threatened to put a lien on the house and potentially bust up concrete to inspect the work.

That's money out of his pocket.

I'll also say that there are some things that I will go about the "right" way. I am not particularly comfortable with electrical so I will hire it out and have it inspected thus making it necessary to have the proper permits.

[stellation]

Hey kiddos. I'm going to retile a shower floor tomorrow, I'm relatively down with what I need to do to stick the tiles/grout etc. but a quick (probably dumb!) question- is there something I should be using where the floor and wall tiles meet? I'm just going to be tiling the floor, I'm guessing it maybe isn't standard grout in those corners?

[AussieBuck]

Hey kiddos. I'm going to retile a shower floor tomorrow, I'm relatively down with what I need to do to stick the tiles/grout etc. but a quick (probably dumb!) question- is there something I should be using where the floor and wall tiles meet? I'm just going to be tiling the floor, I'm guessing it maybe isn't standard grout in those corners?

Hold on there buddy, do you have some kind of waterproofing membrane there? What kind of materials are we talking about? If everything is otherwise cool in most cases you would have silicon that colour matches the grout where the wall tiles meet the floor tiles.

[stellation]

Hey kiddos. I'm going to retile a shower floor tomorrow, I'm relatively down with what I need to do to stick the tiles/grout etc. but a quick (probably dumb!) question- is there something I should be using where the floor and wall tiles meet? I'm just going to be tiling the floor, I'm guessing it maybe isn't standard grout in those corners?

Hold on there buddy, do you have some kind of waterproofing membrane there? What kind of materials are we talking about? If everything is otherwise cool in most cases you would have silicon that colour matches the grout where the wall tiles meet the floor tiles.

I'm pretty content the existing waterproofing has held- looks to be no problems under/on adjoining walls. It's just the tiles, but I want to have a crack at replacing them- I mainly just want the experience to work out how much to do myself in the future. It's only going to be a temporary job, we're currently weighing up whether to build a new house or renovate our existing one (we have a fair bit of land so can pretty easily pop it in) and if we go with renovating the existing one the bathroom will be the first to get done (so some time in the next 12 months).

I have the tile adhesive and tiles already (just going with small ones), just need to grab some grout. I'm weighing up whether to use a primer or not (like this).

[buckboy]

Anything silicone based should work nicely. It'll be very easy to work with too.

[AussieBuck]

Hey kiddos. I'm going to retile a shower floor tomorrow, I'm relatively down with what I need to do to stick the tiles/grout etc. but a quick (probably dumb!) question- is there something I should be using where the floor and wall tiles meet? I'm just going to be tiling the floor, I'm guessing it maybe isn't standard grout in those corners?

Hold on there buddy, do you have some kind of waterproofing membrane there? What kind of materials are we talking about? If everything is otherwise cool in most cases you would have silicon that colour matches the grout where the wall tiles meet the floor tiles.

I'm pretty content the existing waterproofing has held- looks to be no problems under/on adjoining walls. It's just the tiles, but I want to have a crack at replacing them- I mainly just want the experience to work out how much to do myself in the future. It's only going to be a temporary job, we're currently weighing up whether to build a new house or renovate our existing one (we have a fair bit of land so can pretty easily pop it in) and if we go with renovating the existing one the bathroom will be the first to get done (so some time in the next 12 months).

I have the tile adhesive and tiles already (just going with small ones), just need to grab some grout. I'm weighing up whether to use a primer or not (like this).

Ok cool, just make sure you use silicon instead of grout for the joint where the wall tiles meet the floor.

[Finn]

Forget about this thread when I made this post in the OT thread:

Anybody have any experience with rear engine riding lawnmowers? Sears, Cub Cadet, Snapper, Murray are brands I'm aware of but they all look virtually identical. Many come with an MTD engine which according to the reviews is bullet-proof. More expensive models have a Briggs & Stratton. Sears is "shift on the go" & won't mow in reverse. Murray is crap (I assume). Cub Cadet & Snapper have 2 models - 1 like the Sears unit, another with hydrostatic drive that'll mow in reverse. Prices seem to range from $1000 to $1600or $1700.

Sears Mower