All Forum Posts by: Becky Davis

A renter moved out and left about an 8 ft scratch in the laminate dragging something. The laminate is pretty soft (came with the house) and in most of the length it's just a depression and then maybe a 2 foot section is an actual scratch. The laminate is very pretty, imitation Brazilian cherry wood.
This is a high end rental so we haven't had any issues with tenants beating it up beyond this so I'd rather fix it than replace the entire floor or try to find some matching laminate to replace the damaged areas.

So far I've tried putty, Old English scratch dye (liquid), filler crayons, and an iron and damp rag (for the dent). The result is the deep scratch is filled with putty and semi-camouflaged with dye but I can't do a thing for the dented area because I can't get the putty to stick.

Anyone ever managed to successfully fix this? Or at least camouflage?

IF they show up on time and IF they bring the tools to actually do the installation. We had one crew show up over 2 hours late without a crescent wrench to remove a gas stove and install a new one.

What would have taken us an hour to do ended up taking 3+ because we hadn't though to bring an extra crescent wrench and had to do it ourselves and none of the neighbors had the wrench either.

At least they refunded our $49.

Watch the discount tile section in the big box stores, white subway tile inevitably ends up there. Or high gloss paint.

My favorite is when you drop a tool/plywood/whatever into a hole in dry wall trying to fix it and then you have to make the hole bigger to get it back out.

I've also managed to drop a screw driver into the back of a garage concrete had just been spread in, about 5 feet below the floor of the house. Trying to figure out how to get that thing out was interesting.

https://support.google.com/domains/answer/4522141?hl=en

Yes, it's very easy, just redirect the domain. You should be able to do it from whatever site you purchase the domain from. I recommend google domains.

A friend of mine runs the property management department for a large apartment chain. She told me recently that, thanks to the growing popularity of the HGTV reno shows, renters are asking for more of the 'trendy' things showing up in the TV shows rather than being content with the same bland styles they've liked for the past 10 years. Just an interesting trend to note :)

That was really fantastic! Thanks both for organizing :)

Very cool, thanks so much!

Wow, that certainly is an 'interesting' feature there...my first viable thought would be to use another shade of wood and make it look purposeful. Outline a square for a landing area. Reflect the color you use somewhere else in the house, maybe stain the brown doors or trim the same color. The dark brown isn't great anyways.