He says the guy who poured the cement didn't do a good job or the house settled the early years of life..

Yeah the situation is one corner of the back of the property has a depression on the cement where it meets the house and as a result this corner falls 4 inches below the base flood elevation, requiring Flood insurance to the tune of about 2,500 a year.

ok. that makes a little more sense. btw, you should always be there when someone like that is moving out. you never know if she will take the cabinets or pour cement down the drain pipes...

I should preface this next part by saying that I am not a futures trader, but I tried to collect this data as accurately as I could:Commodity Time period Change in costCopper 2001-2007 UP 388%Steel 2001-2007 UP 238%Asphalt Cement 2001-2007 UP 143%Cement 2001-2007 UP 92%Gasoline 2001-2007 UP 96%US electricity prices 2001-2007 UP 118%US Median HouseholdIncome 2001-2007 UP 70%US Median Price of aSingle family home 2001-2007 UP 37%Lumber and plywood were fairly flat during this time frame.

I plan to cement several bricks onto a concrete slab.

Breakdown:$100 tile$300 for cement board, pvc, nails, grout etc.$200 pedestal sink$180 shower kit (claw foot conversion) $100 facetRest is in labor ....

Coupled with a base that is supported by foam and not cemented in- they fail after a few years.

Seems like everyone wants to go with JH Fiber Cement.

You've got to get up there with your pry bar, pull the nails, cement and replace all the crap that's flapping and breaking in the breeze.

hard to do renovations without running water: wet saws, cement, grout, paint, dirty tools, subcontractors when nature calls, etc...