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Hadlock posted:Do you have a hole saw? Yes, of course I have a whole saw.
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I once saw a hole saw saw a whole hole.
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Mar 28, 2024 17:12
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Hadlock posted:Do you have a hole saw? When you really want a hole, everything looks like a saw.
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Mar 28, 2024 20:24
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well i hole'd my way into this mess, and i'll hole my way out
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Mar 28, 2024 21:32
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"I see," said the blind man, as he picked up his hammer and saw.
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Mar 29, 2024 00:20
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The homeowner shall not hold the saw in whole or in part responsible for whether they return from the project in whole or in part.
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Mar 29, 2024 03:17
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Holed my beer.
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Mar 29, 2024 06:51
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At the risk of outing myself as an idiot, what are these window screen clip things called? I have a condo that I bought last year and during spring cleaning I noticed some of these are rusty and some aren't even present. 
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Apr 1, 2024 00:38
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I call them window screen clip things.
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Apr 1, 2024 00:42
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they're not just called screen door clips?
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Apr 1, 2024 00:47
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Screen retainer clips. Not sure if they have a formal name. I'd see if your local(ish) hardware store sell them; they might, especially of they repair screens. Then look online. Worst case you could probably fabricate something out of a machine screw & a bent washer. e: VVV there ya go VVV PainterofCrap fucked around with this message at 02:22 on Apr 1, 2024 |
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Apr 1, 2024 02:00
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Check out this site: https://www.swisco.com/cl/Screen_Storm-Panel-Replacement-Hardware
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Apr 1, 2024 02:11
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Guy Axlerod posted:Check out this site: https://www.swisco.com/cl/Screen_Storm-Panel-Replacement-Hardware This site is amazing. I just used it to find some lock bezels for my Andersen casement windows. They’re all missing except for 1… I have no idea why, only Gary knows I guess.
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Apr 1, 2024 02:59
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Abyss posted:I've gotten 5 estimates for tree trimming, all have the required insurance. I'm not getting Chuck and a truck to come and trim branches that are over my roof. The prices vary wildly, though, and reviews are scarce for tree trimming in this area. The job is to trim 3 pecan trees with branches overhanging the roof, 1 pecan tree that needs to be cleaned up, 1 stump removed & grinded, 1 stump grinded. I'll follow this post by saying I went with the guy that quoted $800. I found some more reviews on a couple other sites that hadn't given him stars, but were all positive. He's had "Hazardous Tree Removal" on his business card and these reviews all stated that he had either removed an oak tree that was right up against their house or a fence or other structure without damage. They arrived on Thursday, he gave me his current insurance policy, and they cut down the huge (and definitely 90% dead) catalpa tree and trimmed some of the pecan branches. They then finished the job today with a lift to get to the other pecan trees. He explained everything he was doing and suggested he cut branches this way and that to encourage growth of the trees upwards and away from the house. There was no increase in fee for all the extra work he did. Very reasonable guy to talk with, he said his schedule was booked from a realtor friend. I'm leaving a review wherever I can find it and will be giving good recommendations to people who need it. I guess that works well enough for him.
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Apr 1, 2024 17:57
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Glad that all got done successfully. Tree work is one of those low barrier to entry businesses that a lot of people get into. Basic jobs are fine for these people. Sometimes even more complex ones where they rent equipment. But when you've got a real job to do you want the guy who is/brings in an arborist (knows how to trim properly) and/or knows how to handle dropping stuff righ up against other houses/trees without damage. Those guys cost money and they're the one who have been in business for a long time and will continue to be in business, unlike the 2 guys who bought a used chipper and truck after high school.
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Apr 1, 2024 18:27
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My mom hired a handyman to build a platform and install a shed on an uneven bit of land. The upside is he only charged $2500. The downside… -4 fasteners per SHEET of plywood (should be every 12” or less so 40+) -Piers crooked AF -Single (sometimes 2) fasteners from 2x6 joist to EACH piers -Joists 28” on center at minimum. -Not sure what the 3/4” plywood is but it looks not rated for the wet subtropical environment it’s sitting in -joist hangers nailed only to the rim, not the joists Pics:    Just lovely work. CarForumPoster fucked around with this message at 21:24 on Apr 1, 2024 |
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Apr 1, 2024 21:20
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As someone who spent an alarming amount of time building cheap boats out of even cheaper 1/8" plywood, poorly painting them with "wrong color" house paint, then leaving them to (not) rot in my mom's side yard for a decade and a half sitting on damp clay, I think you can safely trust the plywood will be just fine with a roof over it six inches off the ground. It's pretty hard to gently caress up plywood unless you build giant bowls to correct rain water with and even then it's pretty resilient
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Apr 2, 2024 00:22
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Hadlock posted:As someone who spent an alarming amount of time building cheap boats out of even cheaper 1/8" plywood, poorly painting them with "wrong color" house paint, then leaving them to (not) rot in my mom's side yard for a decade and a half sitting on damp clay, I think you can safely trust the plywood will be just fine with a roof over it six inches off the ground. It's pretty hard to gently caress up plywood unless you build giant bowls to correct rain water with and even then it's pretty resilient at my last house there was a metal shed with plywood floor and some time after I moved in the floor started to rot. when I pulled up the wood I found that the dude who built it had laid a tarp over the metal floor frame before screwing down the wood on top of it, making an excellent barrier between the wood and the ground that was extremely good at collecting water.
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Apr 2, 2024 01:12
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Hadlock posted:As someone who spent an alarming amount of time building cheap boats out of even cheaper 1/8" plywood, poorly painting them with "wrong color" house paint, then leaving them to (not) rot in my mom's side yard for a decade and a half sitting on damp clay, I think you can safely trust the plywood will be just fine with a roof over it six inches off the ground. It's pretty hard to gently caress up plywood unless you build giant bowls to correct rain water with and even then it's pretty resilient Bowls say from barely attaching plywood over 28” OC joists that are then loaded with a storage unit worth of crap? They’re def bowl shaped.
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Apr 2, 2024 01:14
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100 HOGS AGREE posted:at my last house there was a metal shed with plywood floor and some time after I moved in the floor started to rot. when I pulled up the wood I found that the dude who built it had laid a tarp over the metal floor frame before screwing down the wood on top of it, making an excellent barrier between the wood and the ground that was extremely good at collecting water. Lmao that's incredible
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Apr 2, 2024 01:15
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CarForumPoster posted:They’re def bowl shaped. So long as they're painted with the cheapest latex exterior house paint, then left to cook in UV indefinitely, they ought to hold up for 10 years. Unless they're soaking in a pool made from a tarp, in which case they'll last 7 years No comment about OC measurements, we call those bulkheads and they're measured in feet not inches on boats Hadlock fucked around with this message at 01:35 on Apr 2, 2024 |
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Apr 2, 2024 01:32
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Ok, so goddamn it, we move in to our house, and already may have an issue. Pretty straight forward: the air conditioning can’t seem to actually blow cold air. It’s like, somewhat cool, but it can’t get the temp below like, 77 or 78. All appliances are new. What should we look at and what’s the simplest way to try and fix this?
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Apr 2, 2024 01:50
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Duckman2008 posted:Ok, so goddamn it, we move in to our house, and already may have an issue. I cant teach a full A/C diagnosis 101 here there are several things that could be wrong. Is the compressor fan blowing? Is the A frame iced over? Are the copper lines into and out and out of the A frame the same temperature? Figuring out how to answer those will start you on a path of learning about home A/C that you will def want to do, as it will save you oodles of cash and greatly decrease the time spent hot. The answers should be yes, no, no.
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Apr 2, 2024 02:12
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Duckman2008 posted:Ok, so goddamn it, we move in to our house, and already may have an issue. If you have to ask this question you need an HVAC contractor. Did you have this home inspected before you bought it? If so, what did the inspector say about the HVAC system?
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Apr 2, 2024 02:13
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Ok, update, we fixed it There’s apparently a big on and off switch with a cover near the air conditioner outside. It was set to off. We switched it to on. I believe we now have air conditioning. Don’t worry, I am sure I will have stupider poo poo to post here. For the record: we did get a full home inspection before buying.
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Apr 2, 2024 02:17
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Duckman2008 posted:Ok, update, we fixed it p awesome that your first home problem is solved by helpdesk’s “please reboot the machine”
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Apr 2, 2024 02:21
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You should set the AC to 60F then crawl in the attic/basement with a rented FLIR thermo camera to look for obvious leaks I lived in a duplex. My ac bill was like $125, $160 on the absolute hottest month My neighbor was paying $550-600 mo Turns out they had multiple rips in the big central tube in the attic. Not enough to completely ruin air flow, but enough that half their air was being vented into the attic Fixed their AC leak and their bill went down to about $200 max
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Apr 2, 2024 03:13
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Mine's about $350/month because I retrofit A/C to a 1930s house that used to be heated with a coal-fired gravity furnace & was switched to gas hot-air with basebord-level ducts installed in the early 50s and one single return in a tiny hallway. It's the Little Engine That Gets Down To 78°
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Apr 2, 2024 03:17
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PainterofCrap posted:It's the Little Engine That Gets Down To 78° lol I love this.
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Apr 2, 2024 03:19
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Duckman2008 posted:There’s apparently a big on and off switch with a cover near the air conditioner outside. There was a summer where we had a ton of folks over for the weekend. First few months in the place. Getting ready for bed, and the AC just won’t come on. But it’s late (plus we don’t want our nosy landlord coming in and seeing a lot of beer cans..) so we don’t call him. I can’t sleep, I’m walking around the house trying to figure it out. Check everything near the HVAC unit. Go back upstairs I find this light switch in the stairwell that I hadn’t really noticed before. Flip it on and… the fans start whirring. I guess someone else just turned it off accidentally, and ever since then I’ve always made a point to find out where the HVAC switch was when I moved. (and taped it in the On position)
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Duckman2008 posted:Ok, update, we fixed it Your home inspector should have turned the A/C on full blast and measured the temp of the air coming out of your vents after a few minutes to check for efficacy. Not saying your inspector did a bad job, but if anything else comes up that seems like it could have been caught, it might be worth getting someone out for a second look. Actually that’s a good idea for a smart person to draft and post: list of checks any decent home inspection should include.
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Apr 2, 2024 15:19
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Lawnie posted:Your home inspector should have turned the A/C on full blast and measured the temp of the air coming out of your vents after a few minutes to check for efficacy. Not saying your inspector did a bad job, but if anything else comes up that seems like it could have been caught, it might be worth getting someone out for a second look. I don't think there's any evidence that the inspector didn't check the A/C worked on full blast - the problem was it being turned off, not some fault somewhere
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Apr 2, 2024 16:29
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distortion park posted:I don't think there's any evidence that the inspector didn't check the A/C worked on full blast - the problem was it being turned off, not some fault somewhere If it was off they didn’t check it properly. They are supposed to do a temperature check. Mine did last year 
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Apr 2, 2024 16:31
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This seems like a dumb thing to continue to talk about but I feel like i'm going crazy - the switch being off at some point in the future doesn't mean that the inspector couldn't have had it on when they did their tests? Are they one use switches or something?
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Apr 2, 2024 16:34
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MarcusSA posted:If it was off they didn’t check it properly. The claim is that it was on when the inspection happened, then someone turned it off.
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Apr 2, 2024 16:37
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distortion park posted:This seems like a dumb thing to continue to talk about but I feel like i'm going crazy - the switch being off at some point in the future doesn't mean that the inspector couldn't have had it on when they did their tests? Are they one use switches or something? I guess the PO could have turned off the A/C at the condenser sometime after the inspection for reasons??? Anyway the point still stands, even if the PO did flip the switch, your inspection report should offer a fixed point in time when the unit did work, which saves tons of time troubleshooting.
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Apr 2, 2024 16:37
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Lawnie posted:
I'd appreciate any suggestions actually, home inspection tomorrow on a 1970s ranch style we're buying. Half an acre of land and four doors down from the mother in law (who is an excellent person)
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:I'd appreciate any suggestions actually, home inspection tomorrow on a 1970s ranch style we're buying. Half an acre of land and four doors down from the mother in law (who is an excellent person) Sewer line, electrical panel, roof (make sure he walks it, not just a drone), and the hvac/furnace are the ones I worry about. Those are all areas lovely inspectors will skimp on and you can run into bad bills down the road.
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Cyrano4747 posted:Sewer line, electrical panel, roof (make sure he walks it, not just a drone), and the hvac/furnace are the ones I worry about. Those are all areas lovely inspectors will skimp on and you can run into bad bills down the road. Don’t forget to have them check for angry spirits that might be living there. Mine was a reasonably new construction so I didn’t have to worry about that.
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Depending on if it's relevant, basement walls and radon (if they're qualified) as well?
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