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Anyone else dealing with home repair issues while pg? (vent)
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Ugh! We are in the middle of a plumbing situation over here. We found a huge leak in our guest room closet coming from the radiator in the unit above us. Not only has the whole ceiling been demolished to uncover the pipe, they are now "proactively' doing the same thing to the ceiling in the bathroom too! Now we are told we need to notify all the other tenants in the building to have him check theirs as well for potential leaks. This is ridiculous!! I am so stressed out by this for a number of reasons. One, I am paranoid of lead paint dust flying all over from the work. Two, we have family staying with us for T-day and this whole thing will probably not be resolved by then. Three, this is going to cost us an arm and leg, and four...I am pregnant and don't want to be dealing with this right now!!! My husband is at work so guess who is at home talking with the plumber...me!! I am so stressed out right now. Can anyone relate??! TIA
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Re: Anyone else dealing with home repair issues while pg? (vent)
I can! DH was supposed to spend the weekend working on the nursery. We are converting what used to be a small storage room into the baby's room, and it is quite a job. DH, his dad, and brother already put up new drywall and re-insulated the room. DH was going to mud and tape, and put up the new ceiling. Well, guess what he found? A leak in the roof, running down into our new insulation and drywall. Sigh. Now who knows if the nursery will be done before baby gets here.
Sorry you're having home repair issues too!
I'm sorry. We are currently renovating our downstairs bath, and it is a pain in the butt. DH is doing it all himself, and he has limited time since he works 50 or so hours/week right now and we have a 2.5 year old son. Plus there are tons of other little things he needs to do around the house. Like finish painting the baby's room, etc. It is very stressful for both of us. Fortunately, the cost hasn't been too bad so far. But I can't wait until it is finished.
Yes! We are having a problem here as well, with plumbing and with a radiator lol. My tenants moved in around September and for some reason the one room downstairs doesn't have a radiator. I don't remember who took it out, where it went or why it was even removed. So in order to save money I am trying to get my plumber who I know through a friend to come over and just take a radiator in a room that is not occupied nor will it ever be, and put it into his room downstairs. Simple. Well it hasn't been. The first reason is because my tenant refuses to let us in his room without him or his mom being there. Why I don't know. I'm not even sure if this is legal but whatever. Now he works nights so he is out of the house by like 1 in the afternoon and he also works the weekends. So trying to work with his schedule has become kind of frustrating. The other problem, this plumber has been sick (so he says). He doesn't schedule appointments too far in advance because he says he has been in and out of the doctors with bad migraines so he doesn't know how he will wake up from one day to the next. So basically he works on a day to day basis. That doesn't quite work with someone who won't let us in the room and isn't home most of the day. I could easily open up the phone book and call any plumber but they will probably charge me my arm, my leg and my DH's left nut. Why should I do that when this guy will probably charge me next to nothing. My DH is at work and I am home as he calls me constantly asking me if the plumber called 20 thousand times. I am just so sick of it, I'm at a point now where I'm like figure it out yourself or do it yourself. So yes I feel your pain. We shouldn't have to worry about crap like this right now.
oh that sucks! Ours isn't nearly as bad. Our hot water heater flooded our kitchen & dining room yesterday! We have laminate floors & it bubbled them all up in about a 5' x5' area right in the middle area between the dining & living area. We are going to have our ins. co. out to assess the damage & hopefully it will be enough damage to cover our deductible. Good luck with all your repairs!! It's tough being homeowners, but seriously worth it!!!
I might have you all beat!
We inherited my DH's grandfather's house over three years ago. I sold my house and we moved in short term with DH's mother while we renovated (more like - tore down) the house. That was THREE years ago.
We have been building for just about a year and are SO close to moving in. (Like, within a week or two.) BUT we have been so stressed out. It has been an easy pregnancy, but a hellish couple of months.
Baby is due in six weeks. We MIGHT get a month in our new dream home before our lives get turned completely upside down. My poor DH. I am ready, but he is not.
Me! We had our floors refinished, repainted, did window treatments, and now DH is working on redoing the woodwork on a couple of closets and putting new doors on them. Next month we are having work done on our basement.
Nothing like a little chaos.
I can completely relate. We sold our home and closed on our new home last Monday (yes, two settlements in one day!) We moved in to our new home Monday night and the contractors showed up 8am Tuesday to start demo. We completely gutted our master bath (can't use the master or the room on the other side of it because of the demo/construction). They are also doing a TON of work in the family room (remove paneling, decorative beams, fire place- drywall, rebuild fire place). We are trying to unpack the best we can without being about to use the family room, master bedroom, or the room that will be my husband's home office.
On top of all that, my husband has been on location (he's a consultant) since Wednesday, so I am here through all the work making decisions. They are supposed to be finished Christmas week. Once they are finished we have to get the painter in here. The baby is due January 25.
I just keep reminding myself that it is all worth it and we WILL be settled before the baby make an appearance.
Hang in there!