Similar, I could notice a difference between the quality of work between the basement and the rest of the house. Basement definitely had a poor DIY feel.
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I’ve seen that with basements that get flooded. A lot of DIY to repair drywall and electrical when they tear the bottom half of the drywall out when basements get wet.
Had a power outage situation about 15 years ago. Basement was soaked. Just stood there and watched helplessly trying to route water with towels. Mattresses and carpet sitting out in front yards up and down the block the next day. Neighbor gets home from vacation while I'm out on my garage, told him to check his basement since we lost power for 24 hours. He came back out and said they installed a battery backup that showed it had been active, but everything was bone dry. I drove straight to Menards and bought the Ace In The Hole or whatever he had. Had to Frankenstein some piping to get it into the 18' sump hole, but it was well worth the investment for the 4 or so years until I sold the house.
Got it down, cleaned, taped and back up. Couldn't actually grab it well with tools but was able to loosen and put back on be with hands only. Wall side of pipe was untaped it appeared, or it all disintegrated over time. Just ran 10 mins or so of water and no more pooling on the wall or condensing on the pipe, at least not that I could tell in that scenario.
So...now what should I do with the cover and wall? Caulk the wall and send it? I'm not terribly concerned about making it look perfect. Just want it to be safe.
Sherwin Williams is advertising a 30% off paint sale right now. Did they just mark up prices or can I finally afford to re-paint the interior of my house?
I'd probably push on it a little and see if the drywall is soft and crumbly. if it is you may need to consult someone with drywall skills (assuming you're not that guy). that would also allow you to assess any more damage from the water.
but if it's generally solid, yeah, just maybe peel what you can with your fingers, then prime & paint.
Don’t they always have a 30% sale going on? Seems I get emails from them every other week. I’ve never been able to justify their prices for anything other than custom stain colors.
Any better options? The big box store paints just don't look as good in my experience
Push the collar back and send it. It’ll dry out now that the leak is fixed.
I’m not much for caulking around areas like that because if it starts leaking again, you’ll never know. Same with the base of terlets. Some people caulk them, I do not.
If the leak was bad enough you’d see it in the ceiling below or in the flooring of whatever room is connecting.
I buy Sherwin Williams if I’m doing a job for someone else or I only need to match a quart or something. If I’m doing my own house, it’s Pittsburgh Paramount from Menards.
If you’re hiring it out, they’re probably using Sherwin Williams or Benjamin Moore and they’re probably not passing the sale price on to you. I wouldn’t expect a lesser bid based on sale pricing.
I only use Shermin Williams if I need to color match - even then they missed last time I tried and I had to paint a whole wall. But places like Walmart & Theisens will miss the color match like 90% of the time, so there are levels to it
Personally I bought a water pressure assist backup pump from plumber supply and put one in. A little more peace of mind.
This is what I'm gonna do for now. There's a little bit of paint damage/shrinkage visible, but the collar itself hides the majority of it. The drywall around the pipe hole feels completely solid, so I think I caught this early enough for it to not cause greater problems thankfully. I'll have to keep an eye on it a little bit since the bathroom is just generally humid when in use, but past that, I think I accomplished what I needed to do.
My latest home improvement project is putting a bathroom in my son's basement. I had a plumber bust up the concrete and lay the new drain lines for the shower and sink. We picked a heck of a time to do this.
The plumber finished installing the drain lines at the end of the day and when we returned the next morning to pour the new concrete, the trenches were completely filled with water. We sucked all of the water out of the trenches, but they filled up completely again in about a half hour.
We've received so much rain in central Iowa that the ground is saturated pretty far down. Fortunately for us, the water stopped just before it reached floor level.
The plumber finished installing the drain lines at the end of the day and when we returned the next morning to pour the new concrete, the trenches were completely filled with water. We sucked all of the water out of the trenches, but they filled up completely again in about a half hour.
We've received so much rain in central Iowa that the ground is saturated pretty far down. Fortunately for us, the water stopped just before it reached floor level.
Looks to me like you could use another cleanout. Is that 4” line going up for a line above or for your new shower or toilet?
Here's a different picture. The basement had already been roughed in for a toilet, but we had to install new drain lines for the shower and sink. The shower drain is in the bottom right corner and the sewer stack is in the upper left. The sink drain line is connecting to the sewer stack in the upper left corner.
The biggest thing you need to consider, is what is your time worth. Once you determine that, then you just add materials onto it. IMO, that process is pretty low.
