Hi, everyone. I just found this website, and undoubtedly will be dropping in VERY often. Sounds like many people on this site have experience and common sense advice - I'll have to develop my own experience, but I sure will be listening to all the advice I can! I find myself divorced at 56, the ex got the marital residence, and for my own home I purchased a 28x66 15 yr old doublewide (which suffered fire damage) from a friend at a ridiculously low price. (Can't afford anything else!) I'll be literally re-working this home from one end to the other on the inside from the smoke/soot. The fire occurred in the kitchen - - you know, one of those premeditated kitchen fires?
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- - so I am working off one sink base, shelving, a hot plate, microwave and toaster oven, all on makeshift tables in the kitchen. The carpet is a nightmare. I'm slowly priming the walls with Kilz, but it's slow going (I also work 40 hrs. a week). The bathrooms will need extensive work, and blah blah blah. I look forward to picking your collective brains and hopefully receiving some encouragement as I undertake this project, which I believe will ultimately be my final residence. (If I can "do" this myself, I will have a great deal of reason to be proud.) I am quite intrepid, not afraid to learn something new, and have been a DIYer all my life. Hello to all! I'm so pleased to have found this forum.
Thanks,