My father and brother were working on a home project and had to go to the hardware store a couple of times. On the second trip, the guy made some comment about every home project requires three trips to the hardware store. Dad assured him that wasn’t the case. When Dad realized later that he needed something else, my brother said Dad went to a different hardware store. lol
Yah but half the time you ask for help and they forget to tell you you need x, and y to complete the project because if you're only coming in for a, and b you must already have everything else...this is why i always check with my dad if I'm missing something, cuz half the time he has it lol
A few days ago my husband told me they installed our porch lights wrong (house was built in 1991). I begged him not to show me. ...he showed me 😩 Now every time I’m outside my front door I get to look at one porch light a few inches lower than the other. Something I might’ve never even noticed (had been living there for 4 years and did not yet know)
Her: Im a part time arts teacher with a bachelor degree in Centenary Dance.. so a place close by the city when I get a job as a Centenary Dance Instructor..would be great. Him: I work with Heavy machinery and i sometimes bring them home to work on them so a big garage would be great. Both: we also want 4 extra bedrooms incase family comes over. Location: close near the city by some parks for the children but also not too expensive for home projects. The budget: 4.9 MILLION house one: Reaction: OH MAN THATS A BIT TOO EXPENSIVE. house two: Reaction: HER BUT IT DOESNT HAVE A BIG ENOUGH KITCHEN AND DOESN'T HAVE A SPARE ROOM FOR MY YOGA WORKSPACE. House three: reaction: We will take it Then renovations happen and a bucha stuff goes wrong increasing the budget and then they have to make a smaller garage.
Kevin on home improvements, start small, realise things are bad develop Hypochondria-Domesticus-Structuralitus. Realise you have a money pit, start digging go way too deep, but keep on going.
@@CantankerousDave Then you find the supplies some time later and now have nothing to do with them. Oh cant forget having the one family member who is like "when you gonna get this done?" and you reply "Its on my list." I gotta list that I need to get done xD
I just spent 4 days chasing a plumbing problem. Every stop along the way required another repair. I'm exhausted, have a mountain of laundry from doing my own plumbing repairs, made 5 trips to the hardware store and have a list of non-related things to repair that I discovered as I worked... but I now have water! Coincidentally, I could now CLEP the exam for how to repair clean water plumbing problems. LOL
Me and my wife kind of went through the same thing at her parent's house. I took some pictures of the plumbing under the kitchen sink to look for parts at Home Depot. As I had all the parts in my hand I was asked if I needed help and luckily I had a flash of humility, because I soon as I showed him the picture of what I was trying to re-create, he became stern and said, "That's VERY illegal". So I had to redo a lot of work that I didn't even know was illegal and that explains a lot of the issues that we no longer have.
Just remember, when you do a plumbing repair to just buy literally every fitting they have in the store. Usually only then will you end up having what you need lol.
Man, I feel this video. We bought our first home 2yrs ago and every project seemed to reveal a new problem. Lots and lots of RUclips videos and visiting Lowe's.
Yeah, this hit too close to home for me... We just bought our first home. Turns out the sellers were real nincompoops and lied about all the "repairs" they "had done" and now we're living in a house with mold, plumbing issues, and electricals so faulty we can't even get the dryer to run..... Yikes.
@@sorelyanlie2784 that's why it pays off to hire a good home inspector. We were lucky enough to have a great and honest realtor who suggested a great home inspector
@@nym2201 crazy part is that we did! And we also we're working with the VA, which is supposed to protect you from this sort of situation. Apparently they lied and told the VA inspector that they were already going to fix everything that he noted.
It's not a (my family last name) project unless me look at the issue know we have what we nee, go look for it, not find it, looks somewhere else, not find it, check home depot, they dont have it, check lowes, they dont have it, check other hard where stores around us, no body has it, order it online, get it, it not be right, return it, get the right one, fix the issue, be satisfied, start another project, look for what you need for that project, find what you needed for previous project, realize that you wasted $200, move on with life, repeat
I think that's everyone. There's always something you overlook when embarking on a new project. Thankfully my hardware is a two minute walk from my house lol.
@@gracies1376 OMG you have me laughing as hard as these guys. Really, really funny stuff and really, really unfortunate that I know exactly what you're saying. Haha don't let that sense of humor get lost with all your building materials.
It’s not a *my family last name* project in *anything* unless you looked up at least twenty RUclips videos about it, and got injured at least three times!
I was fixating on the number of outlets and light switches there seemed to be in that one room. Then I waited for the house to collapse when the garage door closed, and missed the crack. Thanks!!
As funny as this is, it happened to us. The crack in our wall was the foundation SINKING because the builder put up houses on a former illegal landfill and the ground wasn’t stable enough for houses of that size. We had lived there long enough that we couldn’t take any legal action whatsoever, and all the permits were legal, so we didn’t stand a chance anyway. The fix was well over twenty grand! We actually had to walk away from our house, file bankruptcy, and let some investor buy it off the bank at auction, probably never being told about the foundation issue. It was a good thing we walked away; now they’re saying the ground might be TOXIC in that area and, since the properties have changed hands from developer to developer, they don’t know who is liable, so they don’t know who to sue! It’s a big mess! Seven years later and we’re RENTING for now. It’s somebody else’s problem if the damn place starts sinking! LOL!
Man, THAT is a horror story! I've been thinking of buying a house but I worry about just this kind of thing. Hurricanes, tornadoes, fires, floods, earthquakes, weather that can kill you; it's scary as hell!
@@whitequeen96 don't buy if you're too worried about that at the moment. Rent in the area you want to live first. Learn about the market, the weather, the soil, the toxicity, the neighbors, their house problems, your house problems, and see if you like it there. Most likely, the same 2-3 companies built the houses in that area, at least you'll know if it's shit before buying it.
What state you live in? this is the South! buyer beware, and if you're buyin in Texas, be aware that you have to have the home inspection done BEFORE the offer, because once the offer is in, you will loose your good faith money if you don't close. And with the market how is it now 1. you don't have time for that and 2. asking for one will almost always have the seller looking at you with a side eye.
1: neglect to watch videos 2: paint the wall 3: spend hours at Lowe’s looking for a tool to paint corners 4: come home to realize all the paint is absorbed in the wall 5: buy more paint and a coat for the wall 6: paint the wall 7: not finish the wall 8: finish the wall a month later
@@Izzy_amato I also live in the Houston area. Looked like it was going to hit us for a while but we were definitely lucky. For a while there I was getting Ike flashbacks where I was without power or running water at home for an entire month 😵 With Laura I got a little sprinkle that lasted under 10 mins. 🤔
Dude has not had a haircut since late February! A friend of mine knows him and he will NOT even let someone come and give him a quick trim, even if they wear a hazmat suit! His hair is only going to get wilder LOL
This is hilariously true. This week I've been fixing up my new house. Redecorating turned into needing a plumber, multiple electricians and 6 trips to Home Depot
Oh Come On! This is funny, not funny! ;D I discovered a crack in a wall by the stairs, had a contractor come and inspect it only to find out that the builder didn't fully fill in the section in the attic which led to the center of the second floor to be 1/2"-1" shorter than the outer walls..... He laser scanned all the floors from the basement to the attic to confirm the foundation was solid.... So now we have to cut a section of the wall to fill it in to secure the rest of the wall then patch the crawling crack... yeah, "shortcuts". I'm also sure I'm not the only one who hears every creak and pop wondering, "now what".... ;D YEAH ADULTING!
Yep, Yeah adulting. That is why there is a quote saying, "I do not feel like adulting today so you do not have to deal with the crap that creeping up on you, LOL
Funny thing is, cracks occure in new houses all the time. Its called settling. Fill it up with painter's caulk, paint it and call it a day. If the crack returns and or gets bigger THEN call the contractor. Because THEN you might have an actual structure issue that needs to be addressed.
It no really their job.... their main job is restocking and helping coustemiers. But they don’t get trading or taught about weeds,bugs,home. Most Lear from experience
Perhaps, but Home Depot also got its start in the South and eventually became a household name, like "Kleenex" or "Band-aid" so it's actually pretty legit. Disclaimer: I'm a Home Depot associate now, but I /did/ grow up in the South.
Random tip: always remove trim and paint it separately outside. You'll save a ton of time and masking tape, and the results will be much better. Finishing nails are cheap.
YES!! 1st thing noticed. I was dying laughing from the get-go!!! THEN...Place it behind each and every step... "Fixin' to (Fixin'a/Fixin'uh) ...GO TO HOME DEPOT. Fixin to(speak step aloud). Made it even funnier. Gotta love our usage of "Fixin' to".... 😁
you see, the problem started when he went to Home Depot. Had he gone to Lowe's then all of the confusion and headache could have been dealt with by people who care about your home improvement needs and are not just there to sell you product.
Every time I go to lowes they are always out of stock for what I need, so I end up driving to Menards which I should have done in the first place. Menards building and lumber yard is like 4 or 5 times the size of lowes and always have plenty of everything stocked.
Finding a Lowes employee when you need help is like trying to find Bigfoot. I usually have to go to the customer service desk to have them page the person who’s supposed to be there.
CantankerousDave I call them from the area I need customer service .. it confuses them when they realize I’m calling for assistance from inside the store.
In the DIY books, projects usually are measured in time: "weekend" "4 hours", etc. I measure my projects by number of trips to the hardware store for stuff I forgot or ruined.
one project turns into another and it goes on for almost 20 years and then when there is almost nothing left to do and the house is “perfect” and there is an entire room dedicated to every tool you can think of when you decide you actually want to move across the state and start over just to realize you are going to do the same thing all over again
So true. One project turns into many. I've learned over the years that if I am not sure of the part/length/etc. , to just go ahead and buy everything that might be even remotely possible that I need, then return all of the stuff that I didn't use. Except then, I will ultimately find out that there was still something I forgot or didn't think about or expect, so it's another trip to the hardware/lumber store.
I’ve seen this video like 5 times and I just now noticed the crack in the wall that appears at the end as he is backing out of the driveway. Lol. Nice touch!
5:07 Nice touch with the big crack to the left of the window. On a side note, is Talia ok? Step 4 should have involved getting the wife's opinion on the paint color (step 2 should also involve her picking paint samples).
Hopefully you didn't loose the screws to the plates or you have to go back again. Then the brushes dry out because the neighbor comes over to talk. Then you mother calls and has an emergency.
It's a recorded message from one of Talia Lin's characters, "Judy Jefferson, the South's premiere 'ma'am consultant." It's a promo for the show's store. She says if you're calling about some guy selling his house, you have the wrong number and to stop calling her.
And this is why I'm too scared to do any home improvements/renovations at my house. Already had one (minor) issue from the previous owner, really don't want to find any more.
My house was built in 1890. I noticed a small wet spot on my living room ceiling, so called someone to look at it. The roof was old and it was time to replace it. So, got a roofer. Turns out there were four layers on my roof, one of which was a shaker shingle type, and they had to remove it all down to the decking. Got down to that and realized it needed to be replaced too. They finished the job, removed the dumpster from my lawn, and all was finished...until the city showed up with a notice that my house appeared to have a water leak. The dumpster had been sitting above the water main for my house. Turned out the water main was really old, like 1890 old, very fragile, and not buried below the frost line. The plumbers were shocked it had lasted that long. So, several thousand dollars later, I have a new roof and a new water main. That fall, my furnace keeps shutting off. Call a furnace company and it turns out that removing two inches worth of old shingles had changed the aerodynamics of the house and I was now getting a backdraft down the chimney the furnace vented into...and by the way, the 1890’s chimney had never been lined, so it need serious repair. Got a brick mason out to repair the chimney and adjust the height so it fixed aerodynamic problem. Then had the furnace company back out to line the chimney. All because I noticed a small spot on my ceiling.
I've worked in four lumberyard/ hardware stores in my life. A home improvement project is a good measure of patience, IQ and marital stability. I've seen more than a few marriages founder on a new lavatory for the master bath or, god help them, a full kitchen remodel. I've had to perform marriage counseling over paint swatches.
same! Omg one man refused to look at colors for his master bedroom said he was going golfing. came in furious because he hated the color . Its your fault dude !
When we were looking to buy a house, we came across one where I think the guy legitimately was trying this. Every inch of that house had been freshly painted. Every line on the paperwork where the seller had to disclose any knowledge of problems had some line about how the seller rented the house out and never actually lived in it. So he had no knowledge of literally anything to do with the house. Under "flooding", there was one word: Katrina. No details. Okay, we thought, maybe it had a few inches of water (it wasn't in New Orleans). My dad was a contractor for most of his life, so we showed him the house. He was... hesitant. Then we got an inspection. There was a mysterious bulge in one of the exterior walls. The corresponding wall inside the house happened to be where the kitchen sink was. The floor of that cabinet had been newly replaced. The circuit breaker panel had rust on it. There's no way that could be from flooding, right? Oh, no, the realtor told us, this whole area got 8 feet of water during Katrina, didn't you know? My dad said, "If this house got 8 feet of water in Katrina and the circuit breaker panel still has rust on it, I doubt any of the electrical work has been properly replaced." We ran for the hills. According to Zillow, the next prospective buyer after us also canceled after inspection. Eventually, the price kept dropping until the owner just gave up and dropped the listing. Serves him right.
My pandemic project was redoing our family room. It took me about a year but now there is no textured paint on the ceiling, no gross carpet on the floor, the walls and trim are all painted, and we can finally see out of the sliding glass door. It’s a good thing we only live about five minutes from Lowe’s.
@@ah5721 If you notice, the crack isn't only inside, it's outside above the garage as well! And man, it's a joke! If you work at a home improvement center, you have definitely seen people coming in 3 or 4 times for one project!
I love how he just looks slowly more traumatized ah yes me to friend I was also once excited for home Renovations to. Back in March when I had a kitchen for example. MARCH
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They should have continued this video to the point he moves into another house, settles in, and then notices another crack in the wall. 😁
Evil. I love it 😂
Yes, I was waiting for that!
99 cracks and nail pops in my wall, 99 cracks on the wall
Green Tea yeah but he somehow has to sell his old House with a crack in the wall either that or somehow get the crack fixed or have the house rebuilt.
😆😂😂
My father and brother were working on a home project and had to go to the hardware store a couple of times. On the second trip, the guy made some comment about every home project requires three trips to the hardware store. Dad assured him that wasn’t the case. When Dad realized later that he needed something else, my brother said Dad went to a different hardware store. lol
That literally made my lol😂
Yah but half the time you ask for help and they forget to tell you you need x, and y to complete the project because if you're only coming in for a, and b you must already have everything else...this is why i always check with my dad if I'm missing something, cuz half the time he has it lol
That showed the hardware guy. I have to try that.
Pro dad move right there.
😂 that's such a dad thing imo. My dad's like that
I love that Joe the Home Depot guy gave “Steve” the fake id! The envelope is even signed Joe!
I completely missed that. Win!
I noticed it was the same actor but didn't realize he was playing the same character. Good job spotting that.
🤣
Gotta love the side hustle.
I loved the crack on the exterior above the garage as he drove off
Sometimes, ignorance is really a bliss.
So true, ya’ll 😂
A few days ago my husband told me they installed our porch lights wrong (house was built in 1991). I begged him not to show me. ...he showed me 😩 Now every time I’m outside my front door I get to look at one porch light a few inches lower than the other. Something I might’ve never even noticed (had been living there for 4 years and did not yet know)
@@UmmYeahOk easy fix, install a 3rd light at a 3rd height.
Then it will look so out of place that it must have been by design.
or two
I turned away for a second...next thing he's getting a fake ID...took a turn...
HGTV - He: Gives guitar lessons. She: Part-time substitute teacher. Budget: $3.8 million.
Her: Im a part time arts teacher with a bachelor degree in Centenary Dance.. so a place close by the city when I get a job as a Centenary Dance Instructor..would be great.
Him: I work with Heavy machinery and i sometimes bring them home to work on them so a big garage would be great.
Both: we also want 4 extra bedrooms incase family comes over.
Location: close near the city by some parks for the children but also not too expensive for home projects.
The budget: 4.9 MILLION
house one:
Reaction: OH MAN THATS A BIT TOO EXPENSIVE.
house two:
Reaction: HER BUT IT DOESNT HAVE A BIG ENOUGH KITCHEN AND DOESN'T HAVE A SPARE ROOM FOR MY YOGA WORKSPACE.
House three:
reaction: We will take it
Then renovations happen and a bucha stuff goes wrong increasing the budget and then they have to make a smaller garage.
David Tilley I don’t understand this comment
@@vr6535 I understand you don't understand but I don't understand why you don't understand.
Veronique Ramirez yeah I don’t get it either
@@b1blancer1 should I tell them or nah?
This was so funny. The music just kept going and going. The awkwardness added to the comedy.
I L💛VE elevator music☺
He does good awkward.
That music was 90's sitcom stuff. Like Family Matters.
My thoughts too.
Excellent choice. By the end my brain was aching for the conclusion to the music!!! 😂
Kevin on home improvements, start small, realise things are bad develop Hypochondria-Domesticus-Structuralitus. Realise you have a money pit, start digging go way too deep, but keep on going.
I've been doing it all wrong. I get my supplies, start the project, and then put it off for about a year.
And then forget where you put those supplies, and have to go back and re-buy them. Been there, done that.
@@CantankerousDave Then you find the supplies some time later and now have nothing to do with them.
Oh cant forget having the one family member who is like "when you gonna get this done?" and you reply "Its on my list."
I gotta list that I need to get done xD
I feel this so hard!
I'VE FOUND MY PEOPLE!!
@@ctonhunter4650 Or decide not to do project then have to try to sell the supplies on letgo.
I just spent 4 days chasing a plumbing problem. Every stop along the way required another repair. I'm exhausted, have a mountain of laundry from doing my own plumbing repairs, made 5 trips to the hardware store and have a list of non-related things to repair that I discovered as I worked... but I now have water! Coincidentally, I could now CLEP the exam for how to repair clean water plumbing problems. LOL
Me and my wife kind of went through the same thing at her parent's house. I took some pictures of the plumbing under the kitchen sink to look for parts at Home Depot. As I had all the parts in my hand I was asked if I needed help and luckily I had a flash of humility, because I soon as I showed him the picture of what I was trying to re-create, he became stern and said, "That's VERY illegal". So I had to redo a lot of work that I didn't even know was illegal and that explains a lot of the issues that we no longer have.
I just hired a plumber it was way easier and cheaper than me doing it and he only took 30 minutes and left no mess.🤗
Just remember, when you do a plumbing repair to just buy literally every fitting they have in the store. Usually only then will you end up having what you need lol.
I took the easy way out and married a plumber 😂😂😂
@@languagelearningdabbler Very smart lady!
That went in a direction I did not expect...except all the trips to Home Depot. That was all too real.
Man, I feel this video. We bought our first home 2yrs ago and every project seemed to reveal a new problem. Lots and lots of RUclips videos and visiting Lowe's.
Girl, I hear you. Same boat. We just moved in two weeks ago and already trying to solve some pretty major problems...
As someone who just noticed a couple of new cracks in the drywall today...this hits too close to home. Especially "Assume the Worst".
My house has had drywall cracks for 30 years. It hasn't fallen down yet
Yeah, this hit too close to home for me...
We just bought our first home. Turns out the sellers were real nincompoops and lied about all the "repairs" they "had done" and now we're living in a house with mold, plumbing issues, and electricals so faulty we can't even get the dryer to run..... Yikes.
@@sorelyanlie2784 that's why it pays off to hire a good home inspector. We were lucky enough to have a great and honest realtor who suggested a great home inspector
@@nym2201 crazy part is that we did! And we also we're working with the VA, which is supposed to protect you from this sort of situation. Apparently they lied and told the VA inspector that they were already going to fix everything that he noted.
@@sorelyanlie2784 That's the same thing I'm trying to get my sister to avoid. She's getting anxious to buy a home and she's making mistakes.
Literally my family has a saying that “it’s not *our last name* project unless you go to home depot at least twice”
It's not a (my family last name) project unless me look at the issue know we have what we nee, go look for it, not find it, looks somewhere else, not find it, check home depot, they dont have it, check lowes, they dont have it, check other hard where stores around us, no body has it, order it online, get it, it not be right, return it, get the right one, fix the issue, be satisfied, start another project, look for what you need for that project, find what you needed for previous project, realize that you wasted $200, move on with life, repeat
😂 Husband’s family has the EXACT same saying!
I think that's everyone. There's always something you overlook when embarking on a new project. Thankfully my hardware is a two minute walk from my house lol.
@@gracies1376 OMG you have me laughing as hard as these guys. Really, really funny stuff and really, really unfortunate that I know exactly what you're saying. Haha don't let that sense of humor get lost with all your building materials.
It’s not a *my family last name* project in *anything* unless you looked up at least twenty RUclips videos about it, and got injured at least three times!
So we're just not going to talk about right above the garage at 5:05?
Didn’t even notice it😂
FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE NOTICED IT!
Right!!!
I was fixating on the number of outlets and light switches there seemed to be in that one room.
Then I waited for the house to collapse when the garage door closed, and missed the crack. Thanks!!
What is abouve the garage?
I have a small cough. I googled it and turns out I have covid 19 and have 3 seconds to liv-
Well, looks like Google actually got this one right!
You should check WebMD instead.... ... Cancer...
Thanks i laughed for 10 minutes straight i needed that 🤣
As funny as this is, it happened to us. The crack in our wall was the foundation SINKING because the builder put up houses on a former illegal landfill and the ground wasn’t stable enough for houses of that size. We had lived there long enough that we couldn’t take any legal action whatsoever, and all the permits were legal, so we didn’t stand a chance anyway. The fix was well over twenty grand! We actually had to walk away from our house, file bankruptcy, and let some investor buy it off the bank at auction, probably never being told about the foundation issue. It was a good thing we walked away; now they’re saying the ground might be TOXIC in that area and, since the properties have changed hands from developer to developer, they don’t know who is liable, so they don’t know who to sue! It’s a big mess! Seven years later and we’re RENTING for now. It’s somebody else’s problem if the damn place starts sinking! LOL!
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Man, THAT is a horror story! I've been thinking of buying a house but I worry about just this kind of thing. Hurricanes, tornadoes, fires, floods, earthquakes, weather that can kill you; it's scary as hell!
Can't you sue them for that?? Thats outrageous!
@@whitequeen96 don't buy if you're too worried about that at the moment. Rent in the area you want to live first. Learn about the market, the weather, the soil, the toxicity, the neighbors, their house problems, your house problems, and see if you like it there. Most likely, the same 2-3 companies built the houses in that area, at least you'll know if it's shit before buying it.
whitequeen96 Don’t forget the sinkhole problems.......
"Learn how many shortcuts the builders took"
I felt that
The irony of step 23 "find out what shortcuts the builder took" on what looks to be a Tower Development home is not lost on me. Fantastic Adam.
1st step: paint wall
Last step: new identity
Ooops! You forgot the part where the new homeowners track him down and sue him for not disclosing material facts about the property!
isn't that where the passport comes in handy? 😂😂
What state you live in? this is the South! buyer beware, and if you're buyin in Texas, be aware that you have to have the home inspection done BEFORE the offer, because once the offer is in, you will loose your good faith money if you don't close. And with the market how is it now 1. you don't have time for that and 2. asking for one will almost always have the seller looking at you with a side eye.
I'm in a perpetual state of "fixin to"
1: neglect to watch videos
2: paint the wall
3: spend hours at Lowe’s looking for a tool to paint corners
4: come home to realize all the paint is absorbed in the wall
5: buy more paint and a coat for the wall
6: paint the wall
7: not finish the wall
8: finish the wall a month later
this is why you prime first. and buy better quality and a brush rollers and plastic befor you leave.
Hope you guys stay safe during hurricane Laura
Brody Borgstrom You Too! I live in Cailforina so I’m fine
I live in Houston, we didn't get a single drop of rain!
@@Izzy_amato I also live in the Houston area. Looked like it was going to hit us for a while but we were definitely lucky. For a while there I was getting Ike flashbacks where I was without power or running water at home for an entire month 😵
With Laura I got a little sprinkle that lasted under 10 mins. 🤔
The northern eye went over my town and knock. 95% of my town lost electricity
Ashley Morgan I’m so sorry I hope you and your family are ok
Joe really made sure to go above and beyond with customer service. Home Depot needs to keep him
That quarantine hair is real
Dude has not had a haircut since late February! A friend of mine knows him and he will NOT even let someone come and give him a quick trim, even if they wear a hazmat suit! His hair is only going to get wilder LOL
Yep
My son’s hair is curly and he looks the same. I can relate.
@@dale3404 😊
@@montecarlo4294 Adam will look like Medusa by the time the quarantine is over. Don't look him in the eyes or toy will turn to stone.
Home depo guy has a side hustle there
Hmmm.... notice how calm "Joe" was during all Kevin's trips to the Home Depot. 🤔
"Joe" has been doing this for a while!
@@AlexMartinez-me2yc He knew he'd make his money one way or the other.
Home Improvement? Just call Tim the Toolman Taylor. He'll get the job done
Ya
😂
Or bob the builder
Call the property brothers....they can fix anything in a half hour program
Yeah, he'll tear the whole house down. Call Al instead.
This is hilariously true. This week I've been fixing up my new house. Redecorating turned into needing a plumber, multiple electricians and 6 trips to Home Depot
Oh Come On! This is funny, not funny! ;D I discovered a crack in a wall by the stairs, had a contractor come and inspect it only to find out that the builder didn't fully fill in the section in the attic which led to the center of the second floor to be 1/2"-1" shorter than the outer walls..... He laser scanned all the floors from the basement to the attic to confirm the foundation was solid.... So now we have to cut a section of the wall to fill it in to secure the rest of the wall then patch the crawling crack... yeah, "shortcuts". I'm also sure I'm not the only one who hears every creak and pop wondering, "now what".... ;D YEAH ADULTING!
Yep, Yeah adulting. That is why there is a quote saying, "I do not feel like adulting today so you do not have to deal with the crap that creeping up on you, LOL
Adulthood is forced upon us!!it's not fair LOL
The joys of home ownership! Unless you’re rich, you learn to work on stuff.
Funny thing is, cracks occure in new houses all the time. Its called settling. Fill it up with painter's caulk, paint it and call it a day. If the crack returns and or gets bigger THEN call the contractor. Because THEN you might have an actual structure issue that needs to be addressed.
90% home depot running. And nowadays the staff doesn't know any more than you.
I worked for Lowes for 1 month then quit....they don't provide any real training, but they start evaluating you the first week. Lowes sucks!
It no really their job.... their main job is restocking and helping coustemiers. But they don’t get trading or taught about weeds,bugs,home. Most Lear from experience
nope half of them dont even know how to mix paint !
@@ah5721 or enter your order right. My order of two 4x4s got screwed up...
I remember Builders Square. Those people knew their shit!
Is this just an ad for Home Depot?
Perhaps, but Home Depot also got its start in the South and eventually became a household name, like "Kleenex" or "Band-aid" so it's actually pretty legit.
Disclaimer: I'm a Home Depot associate now, but I /did/ grow up in the South.
I'd say so .
All those trips to Home Depot and he's never heard of spackle. 😄
thats what I thought !
Wow, what a great tutorial on how to paint my wall in 35 easy steps! Thank you so much! 😁
Random tip: always remove trim and paint it separately outside. You'll save a ton of time and masking tape, and the results will be much better. Finishing nails are cheap.
You hit it out of the park guys with this one! Bravo!
fixin' to
best t shirt awards 2020
You betcha!😉
YES!! 1st thing noticed. I was dying laughing from the get-go!!! THEN...Place it behind each and every step... "Fixin' to (Fixin'a/Fixin'uh) ...GO TO HOME DEPOT. Fixin to(speak step aloud). Made it even funnier.
Gotta love our usage of "Fixin' to".... 😁
So gotta have the t-shirt!!!
Omg, that crack forming as he’s driving away, priceless! 😂
Plot twist: they just wanted to write off the paint for the room
I thought step 15 was gonna be "Call your dad." lol
This is DUMB FUNNY, down to the accurate music!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I have to swallow my food so I don't choke!!
Netflix series for these guys already!!!!
you see, the problem started when he went to Home Depot. Had he gone to Lowe's then all of the confusion and headache could have been dealt with by people who care about your home improvement needs and are not just there to sell you product.
Every time I go to lowes they are always out of stock for what I need, so I end up driving to Menards which I should have done in the first place. Menards building and lumber yard is like 4 or 5 times the size of lowes and always have plenty of everything stocked.
Finding a Lowes employee when you need help is like trying to find Bigfoot. I usually have to go to the customer service desk to have them page the person who’s supposed to be there.
CantankerousDave I call them from the area I need customer service .. it confuses them when they realize I’m calling for assistance from inside the store.
Randomz Jackal Enterprises you wouldn’t believe the lumber we find on the beach ! 2x4’s 4x4’s often full length. And big chunks of wood!
Yes I really like that Top Choice lumber at Lowes. I love the randomness of the shape and Curves in there two by fours. Reminds me of my first wife.
I have to go to urgent care. I think I strained my stomach muscles from laughing so hard.
In the DIY books, projects usually are measured in time: "weekend" "4 hours", etc. I measure my projects by number of trips to the hardware store for stuff I forgot or ruined.
I fully expected the last part to be "paint your new place."
And people wonder why I live in an apartment that has maintenance staff to fix problems.
depends on the apartment .. mine doesn't give a crap
Joe went above and beyond on customer service. Deserves a Homer award!! Fill out that survey!!!
one project turns into another and it goes on for almost 20 years and then when there is almost nothing left to do and the house is “perfect” and there is an entire room dedicated to every tool you can think of when you decide you actually want to move across the state and start over just to realize you are going to do the same thing all over again
So true. One project turns into many. I've learned over the years that if I am not sure of the part/length/etc. , to just go ahead and buy everything that might be even remotely possible that I need, then return all of the stuff that I didn't use. Except then, I will ultimately find out that there was still something I forgot or didn't think about or expect, so it's another trip to the hardware/lumber store.
Hilarious that a large crack appears above the garage as he leaves...lol
I’ve seen this video like 5 times and I just now noticed the crack in the wall that appears at the end as he is backing out of the driveway. Lol. Nice touch!
5:07 Nice touch with the big crack to the left of the window.
On a side note, is Talia ok? Step 4 should have involved getting the wife's opinion on the paint color (step 2 should also involve her picking paint samples).
The part about going to Home Depot 5 times for one project is 💯%
I love that Luke is not only the Home Depot greeter, but also the neighborhood false identity dealer! Nice sideline :)
Haha, the music on this is perfect. Sounds like every home improvement show on HGTV!
For the crack in the wall, I keep thinking that he should just put his ear to it and see if Prisoner Zero has escaped again.
Oh yes. ALWAYS more involved. Always.
The crack on the house as he pulls out of the driveway at the very end of the video😂😂😂
Pure genius Adam, Luke and all y’all. One of your very best! I just couldn’t stop laughing 😂🤣
That's why I call it "Home Away From Home Depot"
love the background music, like montage great idea
And yet another trip to the home improvement store ..that's the absolute truth!
This is terrifying. And so true. Especially loved the crack forming at the end.
It's like If You Give A Pig A Pancake, and I am DYING 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hopefully you didn't loose the screws to the plates or you have to go back again. Then the brushes dry out because the neighbor comes over to talk. Then you mother calls and has an emergency.
So true on my end in the yard lol the commercials have me build something lol
Ever home improvement project requires AT LEAST 3 trips to Home Depot.
As someone who just finished painting a room...this is accurate
This is three years old and it finally arrived in my notifications but still funny as hell
The 15 trips to home depot....NAILED IT!
I need that shirt 🤣
"fixin' to"
You can get one! We sell them at store.southernthing.com
@@ItsaSouthernThing t-shirt ordered. Thank yall so very much. I love yall and yall's videos 👍
You don’t need to take out the outlet covers, just put some painters tapes around the edges and you’re fine.
Taking off the covers is so much easier you can just tape.overthe outlets and roll over it
@@patbak235 my preferred method
You can do that, or you can do it right. It's a personal preference thing, really.
It doesn't take any more time to take off the cover. One little screw!
But then there wouldn't have been the additional humor of him needing new wiring!
Glad I'm not the only one who's ever thought out this scenario 🤣🤣🤣
The one with no dialogue. Nicely done! And nice quarantine sideburns.
Has anyone called that number yet?
“Hello, I’m calling about the house you have for sale!”
It's a recorded message from one of Talia Lin's characters, "Judy Jefferson, the South's premiere 'ma'am consultant." It's a promo for the show's store. She says if you're calling about some guy selling his house, you have the wrong number and to stop calling her.
Googling home issues is like going on WebMD...
WebMD: “What are your symptoms?”
You: “Toenail hurts”
WebMD: “YOU HAVE TOENAIL CANCER!!!”
Did anyone else notice the crack that appeared on the outside of the house right at the end? That’s a good touch.
So true, y'all - this is a great channel - even us Yankees from NY can laugh out loud - home improvement is a pain no matter where y'all are from
And this is why I'm too scared to do any home improvements/renovations at my house. Already had one (minor) issue from the previous owner, really don't want to find any more.
Stacy Simons I’ve been a homeowner for over 40 years. I’ll give ya a little hint: IT NEVER ENDS! LOL
My house was built in 1890. I noticed a small wet spot on my living room ceiling, so called someone to look at it. The roof was old and it was time to replace it. So, got a roofer. Turns out there were four layers on my roof, one of which was a shaker shingle type, and they had to remove it all down to the decking. Got down to that and realized it needed to be replaced too. They finished the job, removed the dumpster from my lawn, and all was finished...until the city showed up with a notice that my house appeared to have a water leak. The dumpster had been sitting above the water main for my house. Turned out the water main was really old, like 1890 old, very fragile, and not buried below the frost line. The plumbers were shocked it had lasted that long. So, several thousand dollars later, I have a new roof and a new water main. That fall, my furnace keeps shutting off. Call a furnace company and it turns out that removing two inches worth of old shingles had changed the aerodynamics of the house and I was now getting a backdraft down the chimney the furnace vented into...and by the way, the 1890’s chimney had never been lined, so it need serious repair. Got a brick mason out to repair the chimney and adjust the height so it fixed aerodynamic problem. Then had the furnace company back out to line the chimney. All because I noticed a small spot on my ceiling.
My go to place is lowes. Everyone there knows my name and hides .😁
And I've NEVER been there just once in a day.😁
When I was in college, I told people that yes, "Fixin to fix a fixture" is a legit sentence. Lol
I've worked in four lumberyard/ hardware stores in my life. A home improvement project is a good measure of patience, IQ and marital stability. I've seen more than a few marriages founder on a new lavatory for the master bath or, god help them, a full kitchen remodel. I've had to perform marriage counseling over paint swatches.
same! Omg one man refused to look at colors for his master bedroom said he was going golfing. came in furious because he hated the color . Its your fault dude !
When we were looking to buy a house, we came across one where I think the guy legitimately was trying this. Every inch of that house had been freshly painted. Every line on the paperwork where the seller had to disclose any knowledge of problems had some line about how the seller rented the house out and never actually lived in it. So he had no knowledge of literally anything to do with the house. Under "flooding", there was one word: Katrina. No details. Okay, we thought, maybe it had a few inches of water (it wasn't in New Orleans). My dad was a contractor for most of his life, so we showed him the house. He was... hesitant. Then we got an inspection. There was a mysterious bulge in one of the exterior walls. The corresponding wall inside the house happened to be where the kitchen sink was. The floor of that cabinet had been newly replaced. The circuit breaker panel had rust on it. There's no way that could be from flooding, right? Oh, no, the realtor told us, this whole area got 8 feet of water during Katrina, didn't you know? My dad said, "If this house got 8 feet of water in Katrina and the circuit breaker panel still has rust on it, I doubt any of the electrical work has been properly replaced."
We ran for the hills. According to Zillow, the next prospective buyer after us also canceled after inspection. Eventually, the price kept dropping until the owner just gave up and dropped the listing. Serves him right.
That's why I ignore the wife when she starts talking about 'home improvement'.....
That's the hard way to find out that your house is built on a gas line /j
thats how you house loses property value and falls apart around you in 10 yrs ..
I love the truthfulness of this video!!!
I am sending this to my brother and hubby
I have not laughed this much since I don't know when. I have worked with my dad in construction, and this is too funny.
"Google - Assume the worst"
Is that a personal attack or something?
Yup. We bought an old house and every day now, I just want to move. There's too many issues for us to deal with.
Same.
My pandemic project was redoing our family room. It took me about a year but now there is no textured paint on the ceiling, no gross carpet on the floor, the walls and trim are all painted, and we can finally see out of the sliding glass door. It’s a good thing we only live about five minutes from Lowe’s.
The upbeat happy music really clinched it for me!
Think the shirt should read, "fittin' to".
That was a great video.
Thank for the laugh!!
I like how the Home Depot guy, "Joe", had his name marked on his work garment with a magic marker!!!
Obviously name tags break the budget! 😄
This channel is always hit or miss. After a string of misses, this ones a hit.
I disagree. this is a miss for me. I work at a home improvement store and this is ridiculous ! no one said you need spackle ? commmon!
@@ah5721 If you notice, the crack isn't only inside, it's outside above the garage as well! And man, it's a joke! If you work at a home improvement center, you have definitely seen people coming in 3 or 4 times for one project!
1:28 I love how when he typed in "What", Whataburger comes up! XD
I love how there's a new big crack on the outside of the house as he drives away...lol
I like the wall cracking above the garage at the end and also that you used a real phone number from your area for the house for sale sign.
I love the touch of the crack spreading as the garage door closed
I love how he just looks slowly more traumatized ah yes me to friend I was also once excited for home Renovations to. Back in March when I had a kitchen for example.
MARCH
Not gonna lie, this seems like a situation out of "I Love Lucy"😂😂😂
Well in the begining to the crack anyways. After its just random and funny?