Not a huge fan of the metal bracket and wire shelf type systems.Have you looked at the elfa systems at the Container Store?
Have you looked at the elfa systems at the Container Store?
For me, it’s much more practical since there are Container Stores down here but not IKEA. Honestly, I haven’t ever done a comparison of the two.
I’m on team hire an outside structural inspector.
This. But maybe look for a Building Envelope consultant too.
Do you have a suggestion for going about that?
Well if you were in the central Ohio area I would know a guy. We have a new department in our office that heads that kind of stuff up. They are able to figure out all sorts of water related issues. Best bet would be Google a BEC company and just see if you can ask them a few questions. Of nothing else it may give you an idea of where to head next.
Yeah that ain't caused by a bad priming job. Water is getting in somewhere.
Yeah he insists it's a bad seal on the other side, and that when the painter comes he can just stick his head out the window and voila.
Whats the outside of the building made of? Paint is not a seal, ever.
Looks like concrete/cement. It was originally built as a theater in the 1920's before being converted to apartments post WW2.
Okay first off that's cool.
No your insight does help. Thank you. I was raised by a pair of lesbians so my knowledge in this area is lacking. I had a hunch this was beyond a simple paint job but I wanted some backing from people who have actual knowledge about this stuff (and I didn't want to call one of my uncles...)
I had windows installed at my place this year, an older window on the second floor leaked during a crazy rain storm and water was legit POURING through the corner of the ceiling a floor below in my newly finished basement. I had the window re-sealed immediately afterwards and the drywall is all completely solid like months later. And there was... ENOUGH water. So if you've got bubbling and it's soft enough you can put your hand through it, then it's getting a pretty good amount of water on a pretty regularly basis. Paint won't fix that in my opinion.
Man, it's so hard to find good trusted people. Neighborhood old schoolers can help with that. I've got this guy Sid across the street from me and he knows how to do everything and I'm just this useless tit who's always bringing him beer and broken things for him to fix.
we found a really good handyman, electrician and plumber so far which are the heavy hitters, but for some other things I know nothing about who to even call to fix something. we had a leak in our basement in the corner and it was dripping down one of the rafters but couldn't for the life of us figure out where the water was coming from. there was no water above it and no pipe above it either. but was a steady drip. no leak on the floor above either. wondered if there was a leak in the foundation or something because we just had a bad storm but didn't make sense why it would still be leaking so steadily...called a foundation/waterproofing guy and he said it didn't look like a leak in the foundation but had no clue what it could be.
Yeah it's hard to know sometimes. Like with water, if it's coming from outside the house, call waterproofing foundation person, of it's inside the house, plumber. If you don't know? Ugh... You've got s 50/50 shot... Good contractors won't change you for an estimate but these days SO many people are renovating instead of buying due to prices (up here at least) that they are really expensive and picky with their jobs now... and they're more likely to charge to for showing up unlike before...
