Home repair in the Lansing area

DWags wrote:

AvgMSUJoe wrote:My second story bathroom tub leaked through the floor and left a stain mark on the textured ceiling on the first floor... Probably have to cut the affected area out and re-drywall then match the texturing then paint. (seems like it's NOT a DIY type of job if you want it to look good.)

Anyone know a good drywall/mudder/painter in the Lansing area that would do this sort of work?

Have an acquaintance in construction, but he made it sound like all the guys he knows are busy building houses and don't do small jobs.

I guess we were luckier than you. Our PCV pipe from my wife and my bathroom leaked. It was directly over a closet downstairs. DIY guy handyman fixed it. Cut a hole in the closet that abuts up to the bathtub, and then a hole in the ceiling of the closet downstairs that holds our coats. Both holes are still there. No need to fix them. Can't see them unless you go into our closet of the bathroom in our bedroom or you're hanging your coat up in our closet downstairs and look up. I figured, when we sell, I'll do it. Till then, just in case it happens again......

DWags wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:



Plus, having those holes will make it much easier for everything your attic, i.e., mice, squirrels, bats, possum, raccoons, ghosts, to get into your living area where it’s warm and there’s food. And they thank you for that.

Two cats take care of the mice and bats. (well one of them would. The cat that's in my avatar could care the fuck less. He'd show em where the food is.) Haven't seen them yet. If I get a raccoon or possum or squirrel, I have a good slow cooker recipe, so hopefully, that happens. But so far, no.

But here is why you're a dick. Ghosts! I hadn't thought of that. I will not go to sleep now. Also, last week, the t.v. in the basement just went up in volumn on it's own. I was in the kitchen, and I heard it. It went up not just a little. So fuck you. I had to take a shower that day and nobody was home but me. I was scared going down there turning the t.v. off and I was scared washing my hair cause I had my eyes closed. I hate you now GW

DWags wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:



Plus, having those holes will make it much easier for everything your attic, i.e., mice, squirrels, bats, possum, raccoons, ghosts, to get into your living area where it’s warm and there’s food. And they thank you for that.

Two cats take care of the mice and bats. (well one of them would. The cat that's in my avatar could care the fuck less. He'd show em where the food is.) Haven't seen them yet. If I get a raccoon or possum or squirrel, I have a good slow cooker recipe, so hopefully, that happens. But so far, no.

But here is why you're a dick. Ghosts! I hadn't thought of that. I will not go to sleep now. Also, last week, the t.v. in the basement just went up in volumn on it's own. I was in the kitchen, and I heard it. It went up not just a little. So fuck you. I had to take a shower that day and nobody was home but me. I was scared going down there turning the t.v. off and I was scared washing my hair cause I had my eyes closed. I hate you now GW

DWags wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:






You and Roc are right. It was super dickish of me to mention ghosts using that hole to come in your living area. Everyone knows ghosts go where they please, easy access or not.

My sleep is very important.  Older you get, the more you need to have that beautiful sleep.  Now, if I can't sleep, I'm driving to East Lansing.  2 a.m., I don't care.  Just wait.  

DWags wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:






You and Roc are right. It was super dickish of me to mention ghosts using that hole to come in your living area. Everyone knows ghosts go where they please, easy access or not.

My sleep is very important. Older you get, the more you need to have that beautiful sleep. Now, if I can't sleep, I'm driving to East Lansing. 2 a.m., I don't care. Just wait.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

DWags wrote:

My sleep is very important.  Older you get, the more you need to have that beautiful sleep.  Now, if I can't sleep, I'm driving to East Lansing.  2 a.m., I don't care.  Just wait.  

if I ever quit drinking (not that I would, 'cause I enjoy drinking), it would be because of the way getting up to whiz in the middle of the night due to having a few beers before bed pisses me off.


(at 50, my bladder is that of an infant.. I love a random night with uninterrupted sleep.. but not enough to quit drinking).

DWags wrote:

tGreenWay wrote:


Sorry to break the news to you, but your bladder will age and soon you’ll be up to pee in the middle of the night whether or not you’ve had a few beers. It’s one of the joys of getting old.

Depends. I’ll sleep like a baby.