All Forum Posts by: Jay Chekansky

On this past Thursday evening, when most were at the grocery store stocking up for the upcoming blizzard, I was at Lowe's and Home Depot making sure I had enough building supplies to weather the storm.

The existing deck railing was shotty.  Only 30" above the deck and completely warped by the sun.  Rather than give the next home inspector something to flag, I tore off the old railing and built another.

Looks like the after photo isn't complete but the room is done

It's been a while since I updated this post, but a lot of progress has been made. I was able to get the bedrooms painted and carpeted, carpet and paint the sunroom, fix the wall in the living room, paint, and install laminate flooring, update the kitchen (countertops pending) and sign an offer on the house. Needless to say, it's been a big month. Here are some before and after (or before and current) pics of the updates that have been completed.

Welcome aboard Cynthia. There is a local REI mtg this coming Monday night. Feel free to PM me for details.

Jay

Hey Paul,

Shoot me a PM.   I'm happy to try to connect you with some good folks that I know.

Jay

I want to apologize for the spelling, grammatical, and punctuation errors in the previous posts. Typing on my phone sucks.

I had a huge lesson learned this week that I'm proud to share. 

The lesson of time leverage.  I always did everything myself because no one could work as hard as I could.....

So I brought in some competent friends this week. We did more in 7 days than I did in 7 weeks on this house. 

Surround yourself with good people. Let them do their best work. Stay out of their way. Their 100% is better than yours.

Everyone wins.

my younger brother is an electrician that lives in NY. I flew him down to spend some quality time busting *** on 15 hr days.  It's unbelievable what can be accomplished with multiple people that know what their doing.

Rather than quick fix the ugly wall, we tore it open to deal with it.  A 1950 6x4 had turned its shoulder a long time ago. Rather than fixing it , somewhere along the line someone triedh to hide it.   We shaved it down and hung someecard fresh drywall. Flat walls in the LR and some fresh paint make all the trim carpentry look great.

 Hey Daniel,

Hit me up with a PM for the address. Swing by to check out the place and I'd be happy to share all the newbie lessons learned.

Jay