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Works great!

 

Does anybody know if it is ok to put Zinsser Bin or Kilz on VAT tiles?

Background: I am removing carpet in the living room and installing laminate. Under the carpet is VAT tiles, and below the VAT is concrete slab. My cat,who passed away a couple years ago , pee'd a lot in the corner of the carpet about 3'x3' and I think the pee got to the VAT, making it stink. I am wondering if I can put some kind of sealer like Zinsser or Kilz directly on the VAT to help seal the odor. Before doing the Zinsser or Kilz, I do plan on cleaning the VAT and maybe some pet odor solution.

 

I dunno abut the VAT but get a cleaner that has enzymes. It will killthe urine smell. Was it a male? Might check the wall also, could have sprayed.

 

Thank you. Will get a cleaner with enzymes. Yes it was a male, and probably did spray the wall a bit, but the baseboard does look clean.

 

Also can wash the area with TSP, we used it for smoke removal...but may work in conjuction with the killz on paint.

 

Thanks again wilcam!

Yes I do have some TSP that I used in previous jobs to clean the walls prior to priming/painting.

 

If you suck up wasps, remember to dump the vacuum later. Didn't once, rotten wasps smell real bad!

 

I use this and it works great to neutralize urine odors:

Nature’s Miracle Advanced Stain and Odor Eliminator Cat, For Severe Cat Messes

$11 Nature's Miracle Advanced Cat Stain and Odor Eliminator Spray, Severe Mess Enzymatic Formula, 32 fl oz

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071ZMGPKV/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_nDykFbPGKQ0ZX



Also available in a gallon size if it’s a bigger stain.

 

Friend of mine did this last year when the nasty things got behind his siding. He didn't like the quote he got from the exterminators so he set up the shop vac with a timer, Lol. After about a week - 10 days or so, be dammed but he got 'em all.

 

Thanks Ghost!

 

New front door. Still waiting on storm door and planning on painting the door black this weekend to match the roof and shutters. Tomorrow the guy is flooring half the house. Friday is a new back door.

 

Lots of changes since I last posted here: I had shown some pictures of the outside of the house and the major stair reframing. I have 75% of the siding complete (waiting on the electrical mast upgrade before I can finish that side of the house)

Inside is all wired, drywalled and painted white. Not to many pictures of that, only taped and mudded drywall shots, none of the sexy looking painted walls haha

Took a week of vacation at work to fast track some work in the bathroom, and here is the tiled shower I just did:

Now time to grout it, install the fixtures, and shower door! Then on to tiling the floor and fabricating a custom floating double vanity with center tower

 

What is the little cutout down low?

 

Foot cutout/step thingy?

-J

 

I'm thinking for crazy kinky shower sex?

 

Must not have had any ladies that complain about no footrest for shaving their legs lol

 

Question for you all, mainly if you've had your windows replaced.

We have Window World replacing our windows. 17 Windows. They were scheduled to start yesterday, with an arrival of 12-2pm.

Of course, they show up at 2. They get 6 windows "in" but not completed, and at 5pm they say they are leaving and will be back today. So that's a 2nd day we have to accommodate that we weren't informed of.

On top of that, the sales rep measured 3 windows wrong, and we have to wait 2-3 weeks for those to be ordered and come in for install. Then all of this fiasco again.

My question. Is any compensation possible, or expected do you guys think? I mean this is 3+ days we have to do something to work around this, and the crew yesterday even said "idk why they schedule 17 windows for an afternoon appointment we can't finish that many" but it was never communicated to us it would take more than a day.

am I just SOL and put up with it, or do I have any chance at some sort of compensation like a discount?

 

The crew is correct. There's not a man hour/labor breakdown anywhere in that estimate?

 

there is not.

and we had a couple friends have theirs replaced not a month ago, maybe 13-14 windows I think, and their crew stayed till the job was done not just till 5pm.

 

17 windows pulled and replaced in a day is a big ask. I wouldn't give you any discount for it taking 2 days. I would ask them about the 3 incorrect windows and see if they are willing to work with you on those.