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Hello construction thread. Now I'm scared of basements and glad they don't exist in my area. We're having a house built this year and I'm sperging out about doors and frames. Our floors are light wood and the door/frames can be white, black, or 4 shades of wood. Is there any common wisdom about how to choose?
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Feb 28, 2016 12:13
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Lol just lol if you don't have a kerosene heater in every room 
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Mar 3, 2016 01:55
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SneakyFrog posted:Is this a color palette question? Yes I am worried about door frame colors because we're traumatized from these in my in-laws house. I would also like to hear some experienced opinions about wallpaper vs paint.
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Mar 3, 2016 03:55
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This house has no thermostat, only suffering.
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Mar 3, 2016 08:11
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^^^ Omg 2 spooky Here's a crumbling old storage building from my walk today
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Mar 13, 2016 12:29
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We just tore down a not too old house to rebuild this year (pre-fab steel frame  ) Demolition starts at usd 10k, and a new house is around usd 200k. The price of used houses is usually (land)- (demolition) and sometimes even cheaper. Remodeling is actually a huge booming business right now, but it's often limited to kitchen and bath without changing the floorplan. My in-laws' house is a maze of additions. So wood panel, much doors.  I think our generation is wary (and weary) of these houses after growing up in them. Up until very recently, city governments were legally unable to demolish abandoned shitholes. The owners, if they're even alive, have no obligation to keep properties safe. Tv news showed Tokyo tearing down the first of one of these collapsed houses last week. Predictably, it looks like the cities are wishy washy about turning a profit. Obviously a 2 room shack in the mountains won't attract many buyers, but plenty of buildings in major urban areas have been empty for 10 or 15 years. If my father gave me a $million loan, I would totally buy, demolish, and resell for profit.
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Mar 13, 2016 21:27
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That's what happens when nails are more rare and expensive than carpenters.
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Mar 27, 2016 14:44
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Both of those are from Japan. The sink/shower is a "unit bath" commonly seen in budget hotels and includes a toilet on the other side of the sink (total bathroom approx 4x6 feet.) The sink/toilet is common everywhere, and is an excellent option when a separate sink uses too much space/money. This is the toilet room (2.5x5 feet) where we're staying now.
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Mar 30, 2016 00:03
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I can't explain what happened in that bathroom, but in new catalogs, a mini sink set into the wall starts at $400, and a tank-top faucet starts is $50. The tank-top gets a little splashy with kids, but is easy to use for anyone over 3 feet tall. It's cold water only anyway 
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Mar 30, 2016 00:25
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Ugh no this sink is barely enough for washing hands. Possibly because the urinal gets in the way. The sink/vanity for brushing teeth is in a different room with the washing machine, next to the bath. That little sink is just for rinsing pee hands. Edit: just keep the toothbrushes and gargle cup on the urinal. Cover the whole wall with mirrors. Medicine can be in a little basket hung on the towel rack peanut fucked around with this message at 01:43 on Mar 30, 2016 |
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Mar 30, 2016 00:31
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In normal residences, the toilet is in a separate room from the bath and sink. The family shares one bath.
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Mar 30, 2016 01:05
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The 70s were crazy times
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Mar 30, 2016 08:30
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peanut posted:Toilet spergin'
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Apr 2, 2016 03:51
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Working hard, or hardly working?
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Apr 20, 2016 07:14
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Private driveways instead of public streets makes things a mess.
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Apr 20, 2016 08:28
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Low ceilings, beige carpet. Yuck! Boulder pun.
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Apr 23, 2016 06:22
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Incinerator toilets for all.
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May 20, 2016 22:46
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Our house has minimal windows on the West side because 1. The rooms already have big windows facing South or North 2. Harsh hot late afternoon light 3. Closets and storage 4. Privacy on a small lot
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May 23, 2016 02:01
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Platystemon posted:You know what I miss? Transom windows. Same
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Jun 3, 2016 03:10
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Our old house was steel frame and it sucked because 1. no contractor was willing to remodel it 2. it was hard to find studs to hang shelves 3. poor insulation.
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Jun 6, 2016 01:38
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I think we can all agree that the year-round clothing of choice for most Americans is pajama pants and a hoodie.
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Jun 8, 2016 00:51
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I see ac in much tighter gaps here, but if you really care, build a little hut for your ac.
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Jun 10, 2016 02:01
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Not like walls just a little roof and four corner posts for "shed door bumpers"
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Jun 10, 2016 02:10
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Yeah and he changed his picture hanging plans to work around it. What do you want us to say? My classroom is all concrete so everything has to be hung from the ceiling, it sucks.
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Jun 12, 2016 02:08
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Parking.
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Jun 21, 2016 09:20
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I just hate this thing and yes someone still lives there. Edit: VVV Yes, No. It might have parking or a workshop a few decades ago. peanut fucked around with this message at 10:41 on Jun 21, 2016 |
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Jun 21, 2016 09:21
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Currently vacant as the owner was transferred to another state. Left: bike trail / Right: fallow rice paddy peanut fucked around with this message at 03:27 on Jun 25, 2016 |
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Jun 25, 2016 02:51
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Sup ^^^ The bars are definitely for a kitchen back door or the window of the bathroom/laundry area. Windows you might want to leave open at night or while you're not home. The front of that house is less tedious, but shuttered up while the owner is away. This house is also shuttered, but lived in...
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Jun 25, 2016 04:51
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That's a soap rack... and/or maintenance access. A Japanese bathroom without a bidet, a shameful bathroom.
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Jun 25, 2016 06:37
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That's probably a flowerbed, with convenient house foundation drainage.
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Jul 13, 2016 00:44
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Some kind of terrible carport?
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Jul 13, 2016 06:19
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Saved in my scrapbook.
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Jul 16, 2016 12:53
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Kitchen/dining in pink...
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Jul 16, 2016 12:54
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The architectural failures thread got goldmined, so I'll drop this here. Le Corbusier works named as UN world heritage sites - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36820119 Japan is soooo excited to have another World Heritage Site
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Jul 18, 2016 08:39
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A maze of additions like those houses up there is more common. Modern bath, upstairs, mother-in-law unit, an office... Remodeling something that sprawling can cost the same as a new house. And the old ones can be pretty lovely.
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Jul 18, 2016 12:19
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There are very old things here but buildings tend to be wooden only (few iron resources) paired with high humidity and frequent natural disasters. It was better to make houses out of parts that were easily exchangeable. Then electricity, plumbing and A/C were invented and no one wants to live in a mud hut anymore.
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Jul 19, 2016 01:19
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Good morning (House on the corner with ugly everything) peanut fucked around with this message at 23:31 on Aug 3, 2016 |
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Aug 3, 2016 23:26
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From beautiful Niihama (Monster addition and bonus looming windowless apartments) peanut fucked around with this message at 23:30 on Aug 3, 2016 |
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Aug 3, 2016 23:26
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Welcome (So grounded) peanut fucked around with this message at 23:32 on Aug 3, 2016 |
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Aug 3, 2016 23:27
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I think one window is in the hall and one is in a bedroom... but that doesn't make it ok.
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Aug 5, 2016 10:10
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