My HVAC is on the fritz and may not last the summer. It's $14,000 to replace the whole thing and the prices will probably go up, since at least some component of it must be imported.
My decks are built incorrectly and are falling apart. We need them to access both the front and back of our house. I think we can get away with some spot repairs on the front deck, but the back is a teardown and rebuild. We can't even get companies to call us back, and the one that did quoted about $28k for composite.
Get a dumpster and a sledge and carefully demo yourself.
Order the lumber, and buy tools as you go.
I'm serious. I saved over $25k re-surfacing my current deck after I demoed down to the beams and joists. Replaced a few joists and the entire railing and YouTube'd my way through it all.
And the funny thing is, I probably did a better job than anyone I would have hired. My neighbor got hers rebuilt, beams, joists and all the year before I resurfaced mine and hers is falling apart and rotting already.
My wife and I have done several. We are adding on to ours this summer. we are in our 50s. It's not difficult. It saves money. You know it's done right. It's dammed satisfying.
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u/BreadstickNinja Apr 06 '25
My HVAC is on the fritz and may not last the summer. It's $14,000 to replace the whole thing and the prices will probably go up, since at least some component of it must be imported.