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Good news! I got an estimate for my gutters that I’m REALLY happy with! Yay! For all new 6″ aluminum gutters, 4 new downspouts, vinyl soffits and facia: $2279. That’s a VERY good estimate! I’ll be hiring them for the gutters. And it turns out they know my family cuz they helped fix my parent’s home when the trees destroyed it. Small world :)

Take a look at how many trees those bulldozers have cleared away now…

 

You can see houses now on the other side of the clearing! I wonder how many condos are going up?

 

 

I pulled up some more sheets of subfloor today. I’m making progress :)

 

 

 

I got Mr Hippy Man’s estimate in the mail today. (I’m sorry I’m bad with calling people names, I have to stop that :) I have his list now of how much material costs and how much labor he is charging. To fix the subfloors and then put down new flooring would be $7289 total. Out of that total, he is charging $4500 in labor! Wow. I’m saving so much money by doing the subfloors myself. According to what’s listed on his estimate, I would need 30 sheets of new OSB board to replace throughout the house and that would cost $243. Not bad. I went to True Value today and bought myself one of those cats claw bar thingys. I saw a pink tool box there. Cute. I’m thinking I might have to buy that one ;) I went over to my house after work to start pulling up some nails. It’s not too bad. Lots of the nails come up real easy. Others are really really difficult to pull up. It’s like they’re in cement! No, it’s like they’re super-glued in cement! But I’m proud of me :) I didn’t break off one nail head. I’ve pulled up every nail successfully so far. The only bad thing is I think I have a splinter in my butt from scooting across the floors. Hey, do you guys know those knee pads that people use when they’re putting down flooring? I wonder if there’s butt pads? :)

And here’s a pic of my first sheet of subfloor I removed! YAY ME!

 

Guess what I’ll be doing all weekend? :)

I got my estimate from the hippy dippy drugee guy (refer to May 03 entry above) … For him to remove the subfloors, replace them with new OSB throughout the house, and then to put down all new laminate hardwood and vinyl: $7289! That seems way too much to me. My house is SMALL. 1000 sq. ft. For him to replace my patio door with a new one: $969. For him to replace the small back door with a new steel one: $431. Forget it! I’m ripping out the subfloors myself. I’d be saving myself thousands of dollars in labor this way. I had no idea his estimate for my repairs would total $8689! Mr. Hippy Man can stay where he is. He’s not coming back to my house! So I’ve made up my mind. I’m gonna tear out the subfloors myself. First, I have to buy one of those cats claw thingys. Then, I’m gonna pull up all the nails throughout the house. Then I’ll rent the dumpster and remove the sheets of subfloor. I figure it will be less messy this way. If I get all the nails out first, hopefully the particle board will come up easier without it crumbling too much. I’M READY!