All Forum Posts by: Adam Anderson

You might try calling carpet cleaning companies. The one I know also does cleaning after deaths and accidents. If the company you call doesn't do it themselves that can probably refer you to someone who does.

Sorry I missed the part about the joists. No you do not want to cut the sub floor and have the tub rest directly on the joists. If you are 1-3/8" inches out of level in 6 feet you need to check your structure. You need to find out why your floor is so out of level and fix that first. 

In theory you could level the tub and then hide this discrepancy if you are installing tile in the bathroom.  1/2" backer board + 3/8 thick tile + 1/8" mortar = 1" thick from sub-floor to finish floor. You would then have a 3/8" gap on the low end of the floor that you can hide with a 3/4"  base shoe molding. 

 I agree if you have a 1 3/8" drop in 6' feet you have issues. Remove the tub and check the floor with a level to verify that you a 1 3/8" out of level in 6 feet.

What kind of sub-floor do you have? Concrete or Wood?

A Google search for home plans will provide many potential home plans. These are usually 1-2 thousand dollars depending on format and you can pay more to have plans modified.

You are not going to find home plans specific to Nashville TN unless you go with an architect.

 Expenses are going to vary based on several factors. 

• Level of home you  are staging.
• Number of homes you want to be able to stage at one time.
• Cost of labor to stage home and remove items
• Storage of items not being staged

If you are serious about starting your own company, I would take the time to research your market and find out the costs for your self. Figure out what your options are and what the costs are for those options.

Two other options

1) Put a 1/16" spacer behind either the hinges on the door OR the hinges on the frame.

2) Put  1/32" spacer behind the hinges on the door AND the hinges on the frame

This will shift your door 1/16" toward the the strike and even out your 1/8" gap difference

Personally I don't think anyone is going to ever notice a 1/8" difference.

What do you mean by fix? What is wrong with the current septic drain field? 

Unless you can connect to a city sewer system, alternatives are gong to be more expensive than a new drain field.

 Two things would give me pause. First what does "general # of day estimate" mean? Is he giving you bid based on the number of days it will take. If his estimate is for 5 days and it takes 6 days do you owe $5,000 dollars or $6,000? What if they show up 20 minutes late, take an extra 20 minutes at lunch and leave 20 minutes early?

What does he mean "materials of my choosing? With this arrangement I am assuming you are going to be putting in some nice hardwood trim and are going premium on all the materials.

The numbers don't sound crazy,  the details just sound to vague. I would get a firm bid with details regarding materials If you are going to use him. I would not do a time and materials bid with a contractor you have never used before.

If you want to do this yourself I would call and get pricing from a tool rental company. I was able to grind a 18" stump in less than 4 hours (that includes a 45 minute drive to pick up the grinder, grinding the stump and returning the grinder)

It depends on your comfort level with machinery. I did it myself because I  worked a summer for a tree removal company and had seen the operation dozens of times.

I would recommend a model that moves the head hydraulically, not the smaller hand operated ones. Just make sure you take tour time and don't try to go to deep with each pass.

If you want to go Tim Allen on the stump and do it in about 3 seconds for way to much money get this model.

BUCKETMOUTH Forestry Mower