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I carefully checked them for strength while limbing it and cut the weak ones flush, then checked my holds every time I used them too. And removed loose bark. It looks a lot sketchier than it actually was.
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SouthShoreSamurai posted:Can't believe you didn't construct a massively over-engineered scaffolding, comprised of dimensional lumber bigger than the tree and at least some welding. 0/10 Or at least a fall prevention harness with the 5-ton on belay.
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hosed with the stupid loving chainsaw all day, it is a piece of poo poo and I hate it and it runs worse than when I started now despite trying a new carb, new ignition coil, new plug, and verifying it's still full of the new fuel I put in it last week I hate single cylinder carbed engines with a burning passion. Also it looks like I'm flying to Seattle/Key Peninsula to get our well drilled next week, I'll probably be there Monday through Friday if anyone wants to burn poo poo and drink beers in 5 acres of blackberry in a socially distant manner. Warning, I am likely going to be sleeping in the back of my rental car the entire time so the later in the week people appear the more distant you will want to remain.
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What kind of chainsaw is it?
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If youtube is anything to go by, the PNW is full of chainsaw whisperers, some of whom are aggressively Canadian. Taking your POS chainsaw in your luggage is a problem I leave to you.
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Single cylinder engines are the devil. Except for single cylinder diesel Yanmars, those things rule.
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Elviscat posted:What kind of chainsaw is it? Husqvarna 136 AKA poulan. It's called poulan because I have been POULAN AND POULAN ON THIS PIECE OF poo poo ALL DAY and it still won't start and stay running. I'm about fed up with it.
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kastein posted:Husqvarna 136 AKA poulan. hahahahaha, that got a good chuckle out of me. 
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I win, the loving chainsaw runs again! Took the rest of the tree down as soon as I got it running.
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kastein posted:I win, the loving chainsaw runs again! https://i.imgur.com/NE2U8GX.mp4
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Close. I held onto the branch stumps with my knees while I cut the trunk into chunks and let them drop. It didn't swing around that much but it sure felt like it did.
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kastein posted:Close. I held onto the branch stumps with my knees while I cut the trunk into chunks and let them drop. It didn't swing around that much but it sure felt like it did. I'm not entirely certain how you overcame the pucker factor of being up on that tree.
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Elviscat posted:That's a good idea, I don't think a radiant system would add any value over a heat pump, either in monetary terms, or desirability for a prospective buyer/tenant. I ran the numbers and I only need about 12kw in heat strips to produce the same amount of heat as the heat pump. However I only have approx 500cfm available in the duct that's easiest to put the strips in, which limits me to 6.3kw in that duct to stay under 40°F ∆T. So I picked up a 5kw heat strip new in box on eBay that some guy was firesaling for a third of the market value and I'll see how it works, I'm not even 100% sure it'll fit the duct based on size but this is a cheap way to find out. I spent way too long looking at various heat strips and figuring out dimensions based on components on them. If it isn't enough I'll pick up another and find a place to install it with enough airflow. Oh and I finally fixed my hateful chainsaw enough to run once (it won't start again now that it cools down but I also don't care again until it's time to use it next) and... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_ejhrC_hkI  entire tree is on the ground now and I didn't die. That was the third or fourth section I dropped, Britt only realized what I was doing at that point.E: oh, some of you might like this. The emergency heat coil output on the heat pump is designed to drive the heat strip directly with 240VAC but isn't rated for enough current to do what I want, and the control relays on the heat strips are 24VAC. what do you do? Buy a 240/24 control transformer that mounts to an electrical box for 20 bucks. I really wish the heat pump just had a 24vac output, but, oh well. kastein fucked around with this message at 18:06 on Sep 26, 2020 |
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kastein posted:I haven't done it in the basement yet either, maybe you're thinking of Jaded Burnout? I saw that going in with gypcrete in their thread. I think you may be thinking of someone else as well; I don't have a basement. Unless by "radiant heat" you're talking about underfloor heating, and not infrared?
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Jaded Burnout posted:I think you may be thinking of someone else as well; I don't have a basement. Unless by "radiant heat" you're talking about underfloor heating, and not infrared? Yeah, that's what we call underfloor heating in the United States of COVID19. At least what I've always seen it called. I didn't think it was in your basement since I didn't remember you having one, but it was the only thread I'd seen radiant/underfloor heating in recently.
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kastein posted:Yeah, that's what we call underfloor heating in the United States of COVID19. At least what I've always seen it called. I didn't think it was in your basement since I didn't remember you having one, but it was the only thread I'd seen radiant/underfloor heating in recently. I do got a lot of it, for sure, under screed on the majority of the ground floor and between the joists everywhere else.
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I have radiant heat in the newly poured basement floor of my 130 year old house project. I also read both your threads, but don't have one for mine. I just make occasional appearances in how-to-unfuck-this threads. edit: step 1  step 2  step 3  This stuff I did not DIY mr.belowaverage fucked around with this message at 14:25 on Sep 27, 2020 |
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Holy poo poo the very idea of driving a bobcat around in a basement scares the hell out of me  I'm in Washington for the week now to deal with getting the well drilled for our new place. Holy gently caress the blackberries and scotch broom took the place over fast.
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kastein posted:Holy poo poo the very idea of driving a bobcat around in a basement scares the hell out of me How are your zillion trees?
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90% of the ones I've seen are doing great, it's the ones under 7 or 8 feet of blackberries that I'm a bit worried about. I will hopefully find some living just fine under the massive thicket I need to clear at the well site tomorrow.
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kastein posted:Holy poo poo the very idea of driving a bobcat around in a basement scares the hell out of me
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Scarodactyl posted:I'd be worried about ending up Mike Mulligan'ed. Getting hot apple pies every day? 
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kastein posted:Holy poo poo the very idea of driving a bobcat around in a basement scares the hell out of me The baby miniex I just bought is literally made to do basement work. It will fit through a standard 28" door (you have to fold the roll bar and hydraulically retract the tracks). Apparently plumbers love them. (I won't be using it in any basements, it's just a nice size for digging utility trenches).
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kastein posted:90% of the ones I've seen are doing great, it's the ones under 7 or 8 feet of blackberries that I'm a bit worried about. I will hopefully find some living just fine under the massive thicket I need to clear at the well site tomorrow. Time to stock up on Crossbow for those blackberries
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I don't really want to salt the Earth to that degree unless everything else fails.
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Allegedly the heat strip will arrive today, but I'm still 3000 miles away. I guess I'll have Britt measure it so I can start fumble-loving around in CAD deciding how I'm going to mount it to the duct and build or buy the electrical enclosure to cover its wiring. Speaking of being 3000 miles away, I decided it's time to jump the gun and start a thread for the new place instead of continuing to derail this one. Don't expect much movement on it, but I'll post stuff there when I have things to post. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3942473
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Well. I've been back on this side of the country for several weeks and have been forgetting to update this thread. I've gotten a few things partially done as usual. First, the heat strip install. It went about as well as could be expected, though I wish I'd thought about this ahead of time, I could have put them in a MUCH more optimal location. Oh well. First cut a hole in the duct. Yes, it goes across a drive, no I didn't really have a choice.  Then start punching holes in the electrical enclosure. My harbor freight hydraulic knockout punch kit kicks 95% as much rear end as the greenlee one it's a shameless copy of, but for a fifth the price.  And the corners of the hole where the electrical enclosure meets the duct...  Saber saw and file the rest:  It's actually installed and the power supply cable is run, but no pics of that yet. I hooked it up temporarily to verify I had enough airflow to keep the strip from tripping the limits or overheating. Which meant I can start work on flooring instead of installing the radiant heat! So I did. Second layer of subflooring plywood down:  Boom, flooring down:  (loving ow. 350 dollars in flooring, nearly 350 dollars in adhesive to put it in, 200 dollars in plywood to put under it. This poo poo ain't as cheap as it looks on the shelf. 4 rooms left to do.) Then I started pretending to be a finish carpenter. Baseboard time!       And the closet door and frame are installed, door to be stained tomorrow:  Started putting the base cap trim on:  (It's actually a layer of 8280 lattice strapping behind base cap trim because I had to use 5/4 baseboards to cover the gap between the flooring and the wall. I'll use 1-by baseboards and skip the 8280 in future rooms, now that I know to ignore the instructions and make the flooring go closer to the wall, especially since I left expansion room for it under the edge of the drywall.) Almost starting to look like it's habitable by normal human beings again. 
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That is some Chonky trim, I like it. I'm a little confused by that heat strip install, but I imagine when you post finished pictures I'll understand. I'm glad my heat strip goes in my air handler.
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I wish mine went there. If I could go back a few years I'd (1) go for a 3.5 or 4 ton not a 3 ton (it's perfectly livable, but the upstairs does get up to about 70 in the summer, and it's a modern VFD system so no worries about it cycling too much and causing humidity issues) and (2) redesign my filter rack and output plenum to support larger filters and heat strips directly in front of the blower. The trim actually is growing on me but I'm still only using it where it's necessary to cover gaps (this room and the living room, where I've got some wide gaps to cover from previous owner fuckery and an existing floor.) My parents place growing up had like 5/4x8 baseboards and even larger base cap trim than you can buy now, and most baseboards seem lame and small by comparison ever since. kastein fucked around with this message at 03:03 on Oct 24, 2020 |
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Good looking floor! I'm an Arizona native so I have no idea what these heat strip things are.
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Those baseboards are hot.
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Yeah, I love chunky square baseboard. I think it's a timeless look and it's easy to clean, too.
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Nice job matching the grain on a bunch of those outside corners!
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You can chalk that up to dumb luck because I did not plan it at all. Wow. E: the first outside corner pic is like a quarter inch from matching, probably because I cut the right hand piece an inch long and snuck up on the right length and miter angles while repeatedly measuring and comparing to a scrap piece held on the left side of the corner. I think I must have had it on the saw a dozen times. Then did the same thing to the remnant piece and used it as the left hand piece. So there's a few inches of missing wood in there and the grain probably moved slightly over that length. kastein fucked around with this message at 23:14 on Oct 24, 2020 |
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What type of wood is that baseboard? Plain ole' pine?
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I THINK THE gently caress NOT 
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kastein, it's incredible to see some rooms nearly finished. Nice work!
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