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Home Maintenance & Repairs: Leaking water main...pipe is in concrete floor and we have no clue

if this is something we could possibly fix on our own?

Hi! Hope everyone had a great holiday and has a wonderful/safe new year. I asked a ...»

Commented on Jan 02, 2013
Hi guys.. Thanks again Woodbridge Environmental. Husband did flush and put anti-freeze in last ...»
night. Fingers crossed on that end. He's going to go into work (works 2nd shift) and try to get ahold of their maintenance man to see if he will possibly come give us a hand. Unfortunately husband just does not have the know how or the tools to fix either the hot water heater or the leaking main on his own. He will certainly try though which is why I am PRAYING he can get ahold of the maintenance man and that he will lend us a hand!
Meanwhile I'm cleaning/packing and dealing with a pretty sick little boy. My youngest still has a fever ... sigh.

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Bird Buffet ~ A Repurposed Bird Feeding Station

Skewering bread, suet cakes and fruit onto an old rake head gave it new purpose as a bird feeding station. There was even a spot to hang my new peanut feeder !

30 Minutes 5 Easy

Liked on Dec 30, 2012

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UPdate an Old Laminate Countertop!

I recently renovated a 1979 fixer-upper and instead of gutting my bathrooms, I

updated them. This one was updated with Rustoleum's Countertop ...»

Commented on Oct 21, 2012
Really looks pretty!

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DIY wood floor made from lathe!

A tutorial on how we went from beige carpet in the hall to this beautiful wood floor by using lath. An unsual material for floors but...it looks great! Here are the 8 steps we took to get ...»

Commented on Oct 15, 2012
Gorgeous! Love the color you used :) Going to your blog now to check it out better

Home Maintenance & Repairs: How to fix holes in these wood floors?

Hi! Love the ideas and resources here and I'm really hoping for some advice.

My husband and I have rented a old farmhouse. It's well over 100yrs. old and feeling it's ...»

age. The landlord has had very bad luck with tenants and unfortunately this once beautiful home is now very torn up. My parents were friends with the landlord's parents and I was at this house often when I was a child. It's a shame what it is now.

Anyway we were given the opportunity to rent this place for extremely, extremely low rent. We are losing our house to foreclosure and jumped at the chance to have this since our 3 kids won't have to change schools and we won't have to get rid of our pets. I HATE that we are losing our own home but unfortunately due to lay offs we had no health insurance and my husband suddenly had a tumor come up that was testicular cancer. We lost everything due to it. I am trying to make the best of things and make the best "new" home possible for our children but it's very hard with our limited finances. We barely have money for the paint we need.

So back to the floors. We have skids and skid tops, very good, non chemically treated pine that we can cover the floors with. We had planned to do that and I was either going to stain or paint them...whichever was the least expensive way to go. Now I'm wondering if we just can't patch these holes in the living room and paint the existing floor.

For the hole in the hallway we had planned to patch that all along as it's just one hole and there is already evidence of a hole that has been filled with something in the past. I just don't have any clue what to use to patch the holes! I've done lots of research but I'm still confused about what product to use that will be strong enough. I do not want to have to cut a larger hole unless we have no other choice. We already had to do that in the dining room and jack up/replace the beams and now will have to cover that whole floor with the pine wood we have. Due to time constraints I'm really hoping to just be able to patch and paint these floors.

What do you suggest I use for the easiest, most economical way to fix these?

Thanks! Sorry this got so long. Guess I felt the need to explain.

Commented on Oct 12, 2012
Thanks Angela S.. Actually there is tin around the edge of the wall in this room and several ...»
other tin patches in other rooms that have been painted over. Guess over the years the tin did the trick to keep the floor up.
I went over all these options with my husband and he is really just wanting to cover the floor with the wood we have instead of patch/painting the existing floor.
We will still patch the hole in the hall but for the living room he thinks covering, even though it will take longer, would be the better option and also give us a little more "insulation". We'll see how it goes. Tomorrow we'll be there all day working. Will try and post more pictures for everyone. You all have been soo helpful and friendly. I really appreciate it!