Do it Yourself: Re: [DIY] Update on Cindi's walls :-)

25 October 2011

Re: [DIY] Update on Cindi's walls :-)

Her ad says $15 an hour or priced by the job. I need to ask her how she determines what she's getting paid for and how she charges. I still can't figure why those bumps are there ... they have not been removed, even though she claims to have tried. I need to ask her why she thinks they have not been removed. She is coming tomorrow to put up a shelf so i will have the opportunity to speak to her again. I am thinking to scrape off the paint to get down to the "bottom" of this, or cut out the more outstanding sections and replace the drywall there. That's why I called her, because $15 an hour seemed like something I could afford. She is going to school and told me she likes taking small jobs. How much would you charge for handywork, including painting and stuff like that (not plumbing or electrical work)?

From: "jeff190102@aol.com" <jeff190102@aol.com>
To: DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 6:05 PM
Subject: Re: [DIY] Update on Cindi's walls :-)

15.00 is real cheep

In a message dated 10/24/2011 3:24:35 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, clean_boost@yahoo.com writes:

The handywoman came in today to "fix" the walls. She charged me $100 for about 4 1/2 hrs. work. I balked because the other day she charged me by the hour, which was $15 an hour and I only paid her $60 for 4 hours work. She wants to paint the rest of the house, but I said I would think about it. I like her work, but I'm not sure YET. But -- here's what happened. She scraped and sanded and put drywall compound on the spots. Then she painted, using a roller. She had to go over the entire walls again, ok, I understand. But the interesting thing is that some of the same bumps are still there. Because -- she said she sanded as much as she could, they're old walls, etc. Not ALL of the bumps and blemishes are there, but as I looked at it, I said, "Well, it's not perfect." And she said that it could not be perfect, these were old walls, etc. The same as the other man said. So -- I will see it in the morning when it dries, hoping it will dry to a more or le ss uniform look. How long does it take for paint to dry thoroughly? Ten years? Five years? :-) No really, the reason I ask is because I want to start doing the floor and don't want specks of carpeting to sit in on the wall because the paint isn't quite dry.

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