Maintenance / SafetyAdd carbon monoxide and smoke detectors to 1stand 2nd floor (42) Remove old detectorsInstall gutter downspouts to prevent moisture intrusion (126) Reinstall vapor barrier in crawl space (127) Replace insulation within wall by the bathtub (106)§ To be discussed when wall is openedPine PanelingInstall 1x6 T&G Pine Paneling Everywhere that vertical paneling is currently installed.

If the non-permitted patios cause the maximum permitted building size to be exceeded, they will have to be removed.If the windows and panels of the enclosure are removable, the enclosed patio space might not be considered permanent enclosed space, avoiding the maximum allowable building size.Normally a patio doesn't have a vapor barrier beneath it and potentially can not be enclosed to be permanent living space.

This is where the sump pump will be installed, and it will pump out the water that flows to it from the perforated pipe.Once the pipe is laid, the contractor will repour the concrete to cover it up (you won't know it's there other than the new concrete will likely be a few shades lighter than the old concrete) and may install a water vapor barrier on the walls to direct any water that gets through the walls down into the pipe.The whole process can generally be done in a day or two with a typical sized basement, and expect to spend $100-300 per linear foot of basement wall that requires the drain (in most parts of the country).

Methyl chloride strippers work faster but you need a full-on gas mask or SCBA gear to safely work around them -- a half-face respirator fitted with organic vapor cartridges, the painter's standard, won't fully do the job for long exposures, and you'd need long exposures to get all that trim stripped.

Electric 4500, permits 1200, power wash siding 500, cabinets 8500, appliances 3700, quartz 5800, insulate 450, tile 6k, demo/dumpsters 6k, mold/vapor barrier crawlspace 2k, doors%closets 3k, subfloor repair 1800, plumbing/fixtures 14k, exterior window/door/fascia replacement 2k, knobs/shelves 3k, replace 1 car garage door and motor 2k, staging/marketing/stamps 500, framing/remove wall/LVL beam/architect 6300, trim/crown/casing 2k, reseal driveway 600, mudjack 1500, paint interior/exterior 7k, maid, etc 1k, demo concrete side patio and seed with dumpster 1700, landscape 1k, replace 8 windows and sliding patio, shower glass door 5500total rehab 107k

This was found by a friend of ours that has a sewer inspection hose (really cool thing with a camera and a light at the end).I don’t understand how the vapor ends up getting past the trap, but it does and smells awful.

If you are building make sure that your buildings have a good air vapor and weather barrier.

I am also having him install vapor barrier in my crawl space(entire sqfootage of the house is ~1600sqft), replace my main sewerage line that runs into my tenant’s place, add in a full bath, and add in 2 small closets. 

Found water in the crawlspace that had resulted in mold that now needs remediation. 2 units need to vacate for 4 days during the remediation per the remediation company (to avoid cross contamination, vapors, and so they can air scrub the 2 lower units). 

Usually stone is attached over the sheathing material with a vapor barrier and wire mess to allow the motar to bed in.I'd be careful about figuring the labor to gently remove it (big hammers are awesome, but in good and bad ways :) It could take some time.I love hardie-plank siding.