Christopher Johlfs
Painting, drywall and all between
Just throwing this out there: I am a painter/drywall'er by trade... can do most anything within the home and have many years in the industry. Anyone trying to do something on their own and have a question about it, ...
Christopher Figueroa
General Contractor / Licensed Electrician for Irvington, Essex NJ
The current owner failed his fire inspection and rather them having him fix it, our attorneys will have the seller put money in escrow to complete the repairs.Looking for any referrals on general contractors and/or li...
Dan Earl
LVP, Laminate and Carpet all toxic? Do you consider this at all?
Hello folks!!!I need to replace the old worn carpet in my home and have been looking at installing new carpet on 2nd floor and also maybe Luxury Vinyl Plank (LVP) or Laminate for the first floor (living room, bedrooms...
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Doing a full gut - leave attic cellulose insulation or replace?
I'm fully gutting a single family house. I have the lathe and plaster out of the finished attic and there is a ton of cellulose insulation behind the walls. Should I leave it in place or dispose of it and replace it?...
Julie Groth
Mattress toppers-comfy ones?
My management company set the house up with West Elm (I think) beds. They are a single, hard foam bed on a platform. Look very cool but not super comfy.I'm very particular about my sleeping and do NOT like memory foam...
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Water Bubbles on New Concrete Floor
I have an apartment that is below grade that had a wooden floor that buckled. We removed the floor boards and found moisture coming up thru the concrete floor underneath. The American Leak Detection company came out t...
Jordan L.
Keeping crawlspace moisture down in the southeast
Hi everyone, I am working on a rehab-to-rent in North Carolina that has some crawlspace moisture and wood rot issues. I'm going to end up replacing 30+ floor joists in this property. Having a repair of this magnit...
Erwin U.
Landlord Responsibilities on Repair
Hello, Frequent visitor to this forum to learn about landlord for the last few years and have a few rental properties in DFW area. However, this time I need some feedback from other landlord. I understand that landlor...
Jimmy Nguyen
Bealeton, VA - New Construction with in-law suite
Hi everyone,I am building a 2800 sq. ft., 4 br/3.5 ba home with a 1600 sq. ft. unfinished basement on my 13 acre farm in Bealeton, VA. Although this is not a spec house or custom build for a client, I am using this o...
J. Martin
"It's Different this Time!" - Why we can't lose in RE! :)
This kind of attitude scares the SH*T out of me!!! “This time is different” are the words scrawled on the wall of every financial bubble - from the South Sea to the DotCom Bust (1.0) to RE Financial Crisis - before it...