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We'll, we finally did it. Mrs ML and I bought a house. It took ten years of ass busting at the shop and saving like crazy but we got it done.

We started looking more seriously over the last 18 months or so. This place was recommended to us by Zillow. It didn't come up in either of our searches so we would have never seen it otherwise.

Given that all the other places we had any interest in were under contract in less than two weeks when this place came up I pushed to move fast if it was going to work for us.

My amazing realtor, my dad, had us in to see it the day after we discovered the listing. We decided to make an offer that same night and had a deal the following morning. The house was on the market three days.

By the time we had the home inspection done shortly thereafter the sellers had something like five backup offers.

Closing day was a long one.

-up at 330 thinking about which direction to start laying flooring upstairs (we're pulling out carpet)
-order materials at Lowe's at 6am
-close on the house at 11am
-borrow a trailer from a buddy
-Lowe's gets their act together at 6pm and we get loaded with 27 sheets of plywood and 56 boxes of flooring (about 2500 pounds)
-haul to the house and unload the flooring
-1300 sqft of carpet removed and disposed of by 1030
-back in bed by midnight.

Yesterday we got all the padding out, tack strips and pulled about 1000 tiny staples they use to secure carpet padding

Today the subfloor should be in and we can start flooring it.

Once that's done we get to move in!

It's been a long road and, as someone on this forum often says , some of it wasn't paved.

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Congrats kids! ;D

T just showed me pics...what kind of mower are you going to get? That's a big lawn. [thumbsup]

Thanks!  Yeah it's a couple acres.

My aunt has a kubota bx2360 with a belly mower and a front loader that I'm buying. She's in Florida though. Sent her the check *then* got word from the shipper that they can't move it until June due to covid.

So, currently trying to find an alternate shipper.

If you can't find an alternate shipper, buy a rear mount rotary mower, mow it, sell the rotary, and then use the belly mower. ;D

How wide is the belly mower?

Congrats!  Big garage, large gorgeous property, house looks good.

 [thumbsup] [thumbsup]  I like the color in the kitchen.

Congrats guys . . .

60". To clarify, she has the whole tractor. I have a push mower [laugh]

I understood that. A rear mount rotary mower will mow grass that's 6' tall. It won't matter when the tractor shows up. ;D

Good thing you're not working as much. You'll need the time. :P

Tell me about it [laugh]

So I'm unclear here. To me, a rear mount rotary is a 3pt deal driven by the tractor, correct?  I have no tractor to run it. If I did, there would be no issue, is just use that.

This is one generation newer than my aunt's and it's 20 minutes from me.
https://www.greenhillfarms.net/equipment/used-equipment/2018-kubota-bx2370-4x4-tractor-w-loader-mower

Hers is $8500 shipped though.

Congratulations!   [clap]

Yup, congratulations you two  [thumbsup]

Good job, Enjoy!

I understand you have no tractor, but you will in a month.

Then you hook up the rotary, mow it, and from then on you use the belly mower.

It's just an excuse to get another implement. ;D

Oh I see what you're getting at.

Well, pallet forks are on the list and I think I'd love a PTO rototiller but don't know if I can justify it.

They make all kinds of things to fit the backs of these machines :D

+1 [clap]

And you smashed out that day like a champ [beer]

That was Thursday. Friday was probably another 10 hrs. We're slowing down. Got here at noon today :P

We're paying for it now.

I see no other way to justify new plumbing/electrical service to the house than to accidentally remove it with a PTO rototiller.

Congrats to you guys! NICE garage!!!

There is a special place in hell for carpet pad staples and carpet tack strips :P

And I've got a brush hog, grading blade, and snow blower i'm selling if you're interested...

If he passes on them...

talk to me. ;D

Sell them to Painter.  I can't justify a blower, mine comes with a blade and ballast box.

Goodbye trim

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Hello subfloor

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Just a question...why did you feel it necessary to double up on the sub flooring?

We're not. The top layer is us. The stuff under that is original. My floor is 9/32, my plywood is 15/32.

The gap from my dining room floor to the original floor is 3/4

Turns out I bought the right thickness of plywood :D

OK...so it was an elevation decision. [thumbsup]

BTW...most people use a tape measure before they buy materials. :-*

Also, I think this was M.C. Escher's house.

There's not one outlet or switch plate that is straight.

Even the two doors on the fridge (side by side) are off.

Does nobody care about stuff like this?

I did. Sort of. I used a needle as a depth gage when we did the final walk through before closing.

Eyes accurate to .030... ;D

Probably yes but I cheated and marked the depth with my thumb nail and tape measured to that ;D

The foot won't notice .030... ;)

More like 0.000 ;D

If you get stuck, rent a flatbed. I've got plenty of time and any work I have lined up can be rearranged.  ;D ;D


and check your kneepads for rogue staples before kneeling on the nice new floor  [bang] [bang]

Yeah I hear you. Last time I did flooring like this for my parents and that wasn't an issue. Yesterday I dug one out of a knee pad. Still not to the flooring stage yet so not a big deal but it got my attention [laugh]

Congrats!

(I have nothing else to offer.)  ;D

we used to put carpet padding in ours. it was great when they got old because that would keep us from getting stabbed by the staples. I switched to a set of neoprene pads that wrapped above and below the knee. they were really nice, but staples still went right through. lol

Congrats ML and Mrs. ML!

Congrats!

Congrats on the new digs!   [beer]

More progress. Sub floor is in, first course is done.

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Getting there. My mom expertly opening flooring boxes and distributing flooring.

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Living room is done!
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Looking good, Team ML!

[thumbsup]

looks good!

looking fwd to seeing the grouting pics.  ;D

They're won't be any ;)

This stuff does not use grout :)

I see a MotoX course in your future.  [Dolph]

Probably a broken leg too [laugh]

You folks do nice work!!!   [thumbsup]

Thank you!