Re:Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?
by btbuildem on Thursday May 14, 2020 @10:07AM
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Since last fall, I've been renovating a 100 year old apartment / condo. Completely gutted it, raised the flat roof that was sinking in the middle, replaced the plumbing, now levelling the floors and building the new floor plan -- months of work to go yet. The project is kind of a godsent in this pandemic; with no family or dependents I have something to do with myself. My job involves looking at a laptop screen all day, having a project with physical, tangible results is really rewarding. I'm doing it mostly solo, at first as a cost-cutting measure, now out of necessity.
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Re:Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?
by jerzyt on Thursday May 14, 2020 @02:36PM
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I have done the same thing last year. Yes, it's a lot of work, it did take me over a year. And yes, it's extremely satisfying. I did it on a condo for Airbnb rental.
Here's the link to show what it looks like: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/plus/39954647
No it's not a shameless plug, since we're shut down right now due to the virus.
Re:Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?
by schmappel on Sunday May 17, 2020 @09:19AM
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Looks amazing! You don't happen to have any kind of write-up, do you? WOuld love to read more about how it came about.
Re:Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?
by jerzyt on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @04:53AM
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Take a look at this. It's my daughter's retelling of the whole story of this project. I think she did a great job of showing the progress. I'd probably emphasize slightly different aspects, depending on the pains the next day.
https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/179140921692015...
And this is a before/after blog post by my daughter: https://www.natalietomasik.com/blog/big-bear-condo-before-af...
Re:Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?
by neonate on Thursday May 14, 2020 @01:31PM
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How did you learn to do all those things? I would have no idea where to even start.
Re:Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?
by gccxsse on Thursday May 14, 2020 @01:50PM
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I do all the maintenance on my car. I have learned 95% from watching other people do it on youtube. The other 5% is from forum posts and a repair manual.
Re:Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?
by jonfw on Thursday May 14, 2020 @02:19PM
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You generally start with a pry-bar if you've got to take something apart first, maybe a hammer. If not, you start by cutting some wood to size!
Home renovation work is easier done than said IMO
Re:Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?
by neonate on Thursday May 14, 2020 @02:24PM
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The part that got me was "replaced the plumbing".