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Replaced the dishwasher today and need a place to bitch. The new unit fits in the old hole; just. Unfortunately, the back legs rest on the slab obviously but the front legs are so far forward that they are on the tile. This wouldn't be a problem except that if you extend the back legs the height of the tie; the unit won't fit in the hole anymore. So it's not precisely level. At least our old semi-integrated dishwasher had a gear on the front to raise or lower the back foot, but no such luck on the replacement (freestanding) dishwasher.
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I know this isn't particularly helpful, but borrow or buy a star picker puller, and use a circular saw (or angle grinder) to cut a notch in the post to fit the tooth.
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Aug 13, 2016 13:41
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Pollyanna posted:What do people do to take care of hardwood floors? My apartment has hardwood floors and I'm used to easy-to-clean carpeted floors which just need some vacuuming, but my attempts at dust mopping these hardwood floors have been abysmal, and dust constantly builds up and gets everywhere (e.g. the bedsheets). Swiffer pads don't work too well in my experience, since it just seems to push the dust and hair around and doesn't "lock in" like it claims to. Microfiber cloths have similar results. Get one of these: 
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Apr 27, 2017 02:53
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Arachnamus posted:Is there a good bulk way of doing this? I have about 1500 DVDs and the bulk places charge like 85p/disc. I'm familiar with makemkv but doing them all by hand is real Throw them all in the bin and when you actually want to watch a movie that you used to own (hint: probably never), download it with a clear conscience.
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Jul 6, 2017 03:09
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stupid puma posted:Bosch 500 series is the best dishwasher I've used. Only downside is there's not really a good place to put wine glasses securely. I've bought these little flexible straws that have a hole on one end to poke into the rack and a claw on the other to hold onto the stem. They work OK but not great. https://shop.quirky.com/products/tether What I really want is a metal cage. I've seen them in commercial kitchens and can't believe there isn't a 6 or 8 opening version for home use.
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Sep 8, 2017 08:43
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SouthShoreSamurai posted:Are any of those attachments for power washers actually useful for clearing gutters? Or should I just suck it up and use the ladder and my hands... Get up on the roof and use a leaf blower?
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Oct 20, 2017 05:59
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If you want to do heavy things like a dutch oven I would consider using dyna bolts but honestly using more tightly spaced rawls is probably fine.
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Dec 14, 2017 03:02
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Southern Heel posted:Does anyone have any bright ideas before I rip it out and replace with a nest/hive? Pull out all the batteries from the other themostats and use a SDR to triangulate the 433 MHz signal from the hidden one.
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Feb 12, 2018 03:34
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Southern Heel posted:Exactly. I'm going to try to convince the wife to go with a non-fitted kitchen next time so I don't have to give money to those blood sucking leeches again - free-standing oven, a big belfast sink, butcher's block and proper cabinets for plates, etc. and a farmhouse table. This but stainless steel everything and a commercial dishwasher.
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Apr 6, 2018 08:00
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Get some pipe clamps.
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May 30, 2018 12:25
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Zero VGS posted:I need to repave my driveway in the Boston area, so I figure since I'm ripping the thing up anyway, I'd better look in to snow melting options since I have kinda useless renters here that would freak out if they got snowed in. That crazy dude that made his own system admitted it's primarily for safety and convenience and not economical. It also doesn't seem very idiot proof as he has to carefully raise and lower the temp of the slab to avoid cracking. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6evRox3F_XY
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Jun 29, 2018 03:38
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Breakfast Feud posted:Next week I'm going to start removing the woodchip insulation in the attic. Anyone have any tips/tricks? Ordered a leaf vacuum after some googling, my original idea was just elbow grease and a snow shovel but everyone online says "no, that's stupid". I have no experience with woochip insultation; is it literally woodchips like you would put down in a garden bed? There is no way a leaf vac is going to work. Get a shopvac. Heck, get two, because you're going to spend a lot of time emptying them.
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Jul 2, 2018 03:47
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Harik posted:I asked in the general thread and they directed me here - Solar power. See if you can find anyone on pvoutput near you. That gives you real-world figures on how many units you can expect to generate based on a certain size system. If you use most of your power in the evening then PV won't help you that much. (Unless you have net metering) I have a 5 kW system that generates 20 units per day long term average, and I export two-thirds of that. It's still on track to pay itself off after less than 6 years, but from what I hear the terms are much worse in the USA.
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Feb 13, 2019 02:21
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glynnenstein posted:Are you aware that moths eat clothes? If you have moths in your house, you'll end up with holes in all your clothing. They also eat the money right out of your wallet and when you go to pay for something they'll fly away leaving you in an embarrassing situation.
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Jun 10, 2019 02:50
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I have a sectional and I dislike it. But if you want a L couch you probably don't have much choice. I will probably try to buy say a 2 and a 3 seater couch in the same style when I replace it.
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Jul 24, 2019 09:18
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I've installed 2x safes 2x times each on a concrete slab with a normal "hammer" drill and a masonry bit. It sucks (especially when you hit rebar) but you can do it eventually.
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Aug 13, 2019 02:42
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MetaJew posted:Why is it so hard to run a rag or towel around the seal after washing a load and leaving the door slightly ajar? I bet you clean your drier vent after every use, too. (I wish gas driers were a thing here. Gas is a third the price of electricity.)
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Sep 10, 2019 02:31
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Spring Heeled Jack posted:Hm so while on floor chat, is there any sort of mid-tier when it comes to ‘floor maintainers/buffers/etc’ between big gently caress-off rental types you get at the hardware store and just scrubbing by hand? I see cheap chinese floor polishers online for around a hundred bucks.
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Sep 23, 2019 09:29
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Sirotan posted:...you have to hold down the On button with your right thumb the entire time you're using it suckkkkkkkksssssssssss. I'm amazed how many tools do this. It's really, really dumb.
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Oct 29, 2019 02:43
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peanut posted:Those little solar powered garden lights are ok for lining a driveway. They have cheap little solar powered downlights that clip onto your gutters. Probably not good enough for unlocking your front door* but good enough for walking around without bumping into things. *I've seen "shed lights" which are a little expensive but they have a decent LED emitter and a motion sensor and then a long wire to a larger PV panel, so you can stick up the light by the entrance where you need it and then put the panel somewhere that it will get sunlight.
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Nov 20, 2019 03:06
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MetaJew posted:Care to share these? Amazon/ebay/aliexpress/etc. I would think that some B&M stores would have them too but I'm sure they're all the same - cheap solar cell, crappy AA battery, and a few white LEDs.
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Nov 20, 2019 07:07
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Fallom posted:I put a vent in the ceiling because my cabinets couldn’t handle a range hood We had that when I was a kid. It was fine because we had an electric stovetop that couldn't boil an egg. In my first house I thought I had a really really crappy range hood. Turned out all the fan blades had been snapped off the hubs (HOW?!?!?) so when you turned it on it sounded like it was working but it didn't actually move any air...
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Jan 17, 2020 13:28
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peanut posted:Every house I visit in California uses upright vacuums and they're so heavy x____x Absolutely true but I love having the weight over the head. Plus not having a wand/hose is good. My kids will just have to get out of vacuuming until they're older... Unfortunately nobody really makes uprights anymore.
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Feb 9, 2020 03:46
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Jaded Burnout posted:https://www.dyson.co.uk/vacuum-cleaners/uprights.html Yeah, I have a dyson. It's flawed and overpriced. Not sure what the Sebo is like, but everything else listed looks like trash.
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Feb 10, 2020 03:36
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The people who make smoke detectors hate us as evidenced by continuing to use 9V batteries in 2020AD.
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Mar 26, 2020 02:15
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Murgos posted:Any good discussion on fire pits someone could point me to? Do you have degens in your area who cut 44 (55) gallon drums in half and weld legs on them and sell them on Marketplace for $50? I did the bricks in a circle trick with concrete garden edging. I put some concrete blocks down first to protect the pavers and then two courses of edging. Dismantled the whole thing when I sold the place.
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May 18, 2020 03:04
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Our cheap steam mop came with about 5 covers so you can actually cover quite a bit of square footage. It does a reasonable job in a pinch, however an old fashioned mop and bucket does a better job overall.
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Jun 7, 2020 02:42
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MetaJew posted:Is there a half decent solar powered light out there I could put in my shed for light inside it? I guess same question for an exterior light source? I don't have any power run to it and I will need to replace my entire breaker box at some point to add more circuits so I'll wait until I buy an EV to worry about that. Any solar shed light is going to be crap to actually do work by. Get a head-mounted lamp and one or more battery powered lights. Your drill battery brand may have one for not too unreasonable a price. You can also make your own out of MR16 12V retrofit LEDs, or SMD LED strips, and buck converters.
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Jun 18, 2020 03:01
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MetaJew posted:I wasn't planning to work by it, just, say I need to go get my ladder out of the shed after dark, or something. Oh, then I actually think a cheap solar shed light is going to be fine.
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Jun 19, 2020 04:52
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I've had to shopvac the sewer inspection grate twice now to get all the lemons and gravel out of it...
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Aug 24, 2020 03:17
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toplitzin posted:LG with the linear compressor. FCKGW posted:Yes, they're much easier to use and can fit in more spaces. They also let less cold air out if you put your most frequently used items on a single door side. LG have the "door in door" so you can put your milk, beer and water in a little pocket dimension and access without opening the door at all. Plus they have mirror finish option. Edit: whoops, should have read further down before posting. 6 years so far... 
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The diffuser on the LED bulb is just a bit of plastic, you could hack off the end if you wanted. Might cause a bright spot depending on your luminaire though.
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Oct 8, 2020 03:50
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Deviant posted:i like it. it turns my thermostat into a night light when i walk out looking for a snack. I've always thought that mains smoke detectors should have a low light sensor and a basic 0.5W white LED on them.
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Nov 9, 2020 02:30
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My cutlery, which I wouldn't even class as particular fancy, don't even fit through the stupid basket lid holes.
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Mar 30, 2021 02:39
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B-Nasty posted:Sub Zero fridges are also common because you can get custom panels to match and perfectly blend into your high end cabinetry. I know some other manufacturers have stated offering premium lines that have this feature, but if you're going to pay 2-3x what a standard fridge costs (7K+), you're not going to impress your friends with a KitchenAid. They have these weird slider clips that you can glue onto any fridge door and hide them behind a matching cabinet. Although I've never thought that camouflage fridges were somehow more interesting or better than an obvious fridge in a kitchen that was otherwise the same. (Honestly it's gotta be worse assuming you have people over, same as hidden bin drawers.)
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DaveSauce posted:The only excuse I can come up with for this is that a lot of those installations were put in before cheap/effective storage was a thing. But even my uncle had a small battery farm at his remote cabin, and he's had a solar/wind setup for 20+ years. Battery Storage is even less cost-effective than PV.
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I put on the dishwasher after dinner, and before I go to bed I open it and turn anything with a lip upside down. If you want things to actually come out dry then you will want some kind of premium model that offers that as a feature. BigPaddy posted:Front load washers still poo poo? Aren't front-loading washing machines universally regarded as superior? But the time taken for a cycle is ridiculous.
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Apr 7, 2021 02:56
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There is a little bit of a disconnect because a furnace that consumes 3 units of hydrocarbons that cost 10¢ each to warm 3 units of air is roughly as efficient as a heat pump that consumes 1 unit of electricity that costs 30¢ to warm 3 units of air. (If your grid is mostly nuclear baseload then I can see preferring the heat pump. Same if your favourite hydrocarbon is more than ⅓ or so the cost of electricity.) ~Coxy fucked around with this message at 13:03 on Apr 8, 2021 |
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Apr 8, 2021 12:59
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Kaiser Schnitzel posted:Even when it's hot as balls and there's no AC, a hot shower is nice. lol If I wasn't lazy I would go into the roof and insulate my cold water pipes so I could have an actual cold shower in summer.
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H110Hawk posted:You really shouldn't turn on the oven without someone home to supervise it. Crazy, I know. Nobody is really talking about leaving an oven up to operating temp for a long time while not at home though. In the pre-heating use case you set it before you leave e.g. work and by the time you get home it will be ready and you'll be there. ----- As for smart appliances, I can think of plenty of things that would benefit. I could delay energy-sucking appliances until my PV was generating. (I can use delay timers to approximate this, but it's not ideal.) One thing I often can't really put on a timer is air conditioning if I'll be out for a day and don't know when I'll be back. Often I've thought it would be useful to turn it on before I head home. My washing machine has a delay timer, but the damned thing starts at 3 hours and can only be incremented from there. Now the actual state of things is so completely dire that I personally don't have any smart things and I can understand not wanting any.
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