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Home owners of Lemmy do you have any advice on dealing with the stress of owning a home? (reddthat.com)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Every drop of water, crack, ant, royally freaks me out at this point. I can't afford to rent. I own a shitty house that is a fixer upper. So frustrating.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I know it is cheesy, but look at every maintenance project as an opportunity for learning a new DIY skill.

Start going to garage sales and flea markets to collect tools.

It helps if you can chitchat with someone IRL about mutual homeowner issues.

Homeownership is man's continuous battle against water.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

I agree so much with the water thing. I spent two days on reshaping my yard

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Homeownership is man's continuous battle against water.

Yeah, a heck of a lot of household troubles can be put on the backburner, but anything involving water intrusion needs to be fixed right away.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 hours ago

My home is from the 1890s and has a sandstone foundation with no footer. It leaks ground water, but only after a torrential downpour or when a lot of snow melts. Sandstone was not designed to ever be completely watertight. Leaks are incredibly common due to it just being a stack of rocks in the ground.

Luckily it all leaks right into an old grey water line in the floor. It tends to slowly fill up, then makes its way back into the earth either through that or my brick floor.

It can be a little gross and stressful at times but I'm waiting til spring to install a sump pump

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I'm trying to convince myself I need a table saw to replace a rotten board in my deck.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

One board? Hell no. Circular saw it. If you don't own a circ saw, buy that instead

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Yah, I was going to just get a board cut but this is an excuse to buy a new tool, right?