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On my Jamaican honeymoon we left the large doors wide open all the time and I don't remember there being an insect I problem, although I suspect the resort must have been using some sort of strong bug repellant. I don know much about the tropics, is it normal to be bug free? I would still like a garage door on a house, sure it might suck on days when the bugs are out but the good thing is you can close it. What I find ironic is the local Twin Peaks (cheaper Hooters) has garage doors everywhere, but they use real garage doors with full tracks and then added bolts for security. If they only wanted the look, there should have been easier, possibly less expensive ways to accomplish it.
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I have a standing-seam metal roof on my house and it's fantastic. It'll easily last for another 50-odd years and possibly even longer with proper maintenance.
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Dec 22, 2017 18:59
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Platystemon posted:
I lived in an apartment sorta like this. Actual floorplan, from their website:  Yeah, 2nd bedroom has its own exterior door, but if you wanted to get to the rest of the apartment (including the bathroom), you had to go through the 1st bedroom. Yes, that is 4 exterior doors in a 2 bedroom apartment. Wasn't a remodel either, place was built like that to begin with (built in 1990, first visited a friend there around 95, moved there in 97). IIRC they plopped down a studio apartment between the 2 bedroom units with that layout.
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Dec 22, 2017 19:16
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:I lived in an apartment sorta like this. Actual floorplan, from their website: Why does each bedroom have TWO CLOSETS??? The closets at the bottom could have been a hallway!
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Dec 22, 2017 19:35
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:I lived in an apartment sorta like this. Actual floorplan, from their website: this looks like they made a bunch of 1BR units then did a half-assed conversion to 2br + studios because they can probably get about as much for a studio but more for a 2BR.
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Dec 22, 2017 19:37
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Crotch Fruit posted:On my Jamaican honeymoon we left the large doors wide open all the time and I don't remember there being an insect I problem, although I suspect the resort must have been using some sort of strong bug repellant. I don know much about the tropics, is it normal to be bug free? I would still like a garage door on a house, sure it might suck on days when the bugs are out but the good thing is you can close it. Tropics are prime geography for mosquitos, but it also very locational. A place in the tropics can be free of mosquitos if it doesn't have a good environment for them. A lot of coastal areas that are in mosquito zones don't actually have a ton of them because strong winds, like the ones coming off the sea, are not very hospitable and will keep the area clear. You can also keep them away by reducing breeding and living locations; standing water, bushes and high grass, or hollows. A resort may be close to the water and benefit from the wind, and also probably does landscaping to make the area unattractive to them.
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Dec 22, 2017 19:40
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spog posted:In my mind, the sole purpose of rollup doors is to be something for alcoholic forklift drivers to crash into.
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Dec 22, 2017 20:43
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I’m the breakfast bar on casters.
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Dec 22, 2017 21:21
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Horse Clocks posted:I’m the breakfast bar on casters. Really, really tiny casters. My kitchen island is a bit bigger and also on casters, but they are a hell of a lot larger than those. They're also hidden and I rarely move it (but they're super nice when I need to)
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Dec 22, 2017 21:32
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Those casters are going to fail after a few rolls over the tile.
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Dec 22, 2017 21:40
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Baronjutter posted:Those casters are going to fail after a few rolls over the tile. Or someone is going to push it against the long edge when the casters are stuck in a tile join.
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Dec 22, 2017 21:42
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I've seen casters that size capable of holding several tons of weight. I mean given everything else going on those might be crap but you cannot really tell from the photo. It's definitely going to be annoying using casters on tile, though.
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Dec 22, 2017 23:03
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Jaded Burnout posted:The roof coverings I see in this thread and elsewhere, the felt ones that sort of look a bit like tiles everyone refers to as shingles, would be considered very low rent in the UK. Felt is reserved for (cheap) flat roofs and even the cheapest of cheap houses have real tiles. In Australia, roofing is always tile or corrugated galvanised steel. I don't think I've ever seen asphalt shingles here, and as above they would be considered extremely low-rent. Probably a few steps below a fibro shack.
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GotLag posted:In Australia, roofing is always tile or corrugated galvanised steel. I don't think I've ever seen asphalt shingles here, and as above they would be considered extremely low-rent. Probably a few steps below a fibro shack. In north america anything other than the cheapest 5 year warranty asphalt shingles is considered ultra luxury that no one would ever want to pay for so developers never use them. Why pay $20,000 for a roof that will last for 70 years when you can pay $10,000 for one that will last for 10???
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Dec 23, 2017 01:09
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Baronjutter posted:In north america anything other than the cheapest 5 year warranty asphalt shingles is considered ultra luxury that no one would ever want to pay for so developers never use them. Why pay $20,000 for a roof that will last for 70 years when you can pay $10,000 for one that will last for 10??? every house in my area of socal has either concrete or terra cotta tiles. most have solar panels too for some reason
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Dec 23, 2017 03:22
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FCKGW posted:most have solar panels too for some reason Lectricity.
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FCKGW posted:every house in my area of socal has either concrete or terra cotta tiles. You're in SoCal, it's sunny all the time there and California gives juicy incentives for people to install solar. There's your reason.
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Dec 23, 2017 04:14
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We have a galvanium roof. The castes in Japan (like Himeji) are often refitted with a metal roof and a foam padding that looks like real clay tiles but weighs significantly less. This doesn't show that specifically but you would probably like this reconstruction gallery. https://www.kajima.co.jp/tech/himeji_castle/progress/restoration/index-j.html
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Dec 23, 2017 04:41
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When I stayed in rural Kyoto I noticed a bunch of the houses had weirdly bulky metal roofing. Apparently it's something of a local specialty, and is the traditional thatch but with a steel cladding to keep the weather off and reduce the frequency of repairs/replacement.
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Dec 23, 2017 04:49
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Heck yeah kawaii http://www.kinzoku-yane.or.jp/feature/n_10/n_10-03.html
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Dec 23, 2017 07:04
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Qwijib0 posted:this looks like they made a bunch of 1BR units then did a half-assed conversion to 2br + studios because they can probably get about as much for a studio but more for a 2BR. If so, it was immediately after they were built - it was built in 1990, and I first saw the 2 bedroom layout in 1995 (then moved into a 1 bedroom several years later, then a friend moved into a studio there shortly after). I think it was more of a "let's add 2 bedroom units after all the plans have been done and exterior walls are up... pfft, we don't need to pay an architect again". The funny part is... every unit there includes a washer and dryer, but the 1 and 2 bedroom units have a stackable unit. The studios have full size units in one of the studio layouts (and a murphy bed - friend had one of those units). The annoying part is if you're expecting a delivery, and you're in one of those 2 bedroom units with 3 main doors + 1 sliding door, you have no loving clue which door the delivery person will knock on. Every door has the apt #.
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Dec 23, 2017 08:13
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:The annoying part is if you're expecting a delivery, and you're in one of those 2 bedroom units with 3 main doors + 1 sliding door, you have no loving clue which door the delivery person will knock on. Every door has the apt #. Tell me the bedroom doors are keyed differently. If I were in a roommate situation, I'm not sure how I'd feel about that. Actually, I do know. It would be "fuuuuuuck that"
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:If so, it was immediately after they were built - it was built in 1990, and I first saw the 2 bedroom layout in 1995 (then moved into a 1 bedroom several years later, then a friend moved into a studio there shortly after). I always wanted a place with a Murphy bed. Preferably one of those stealthed ones that look like a closet door or something.
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Dec 23, 2017 09:34
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It included the mattress.  It wasn't concealed much, IIRC. And if you weren't careful folding it down, you'd hit the ceiling fan (specifically, the light). It's been almost 14 years since I left there though, so my memory is a bit fuzzy. Murphy beds are cool when done right, and when you provide your own mattress. This one was slapped in as a way to make it a dining room/sleeping area. Everything was keyed alike for the 2 bedroom units. The only cool thing about those apartments is they had the GE version of Jenn-Air stoves - where you could swap the burners for a griddle, a grill, etc, and the vent hoods actually blew outside instead of just recirculating the air (and had true variable speeds). They tore those out and put in normal stoves and normal vent hoods (I'd hope they still exhaust outside though). They had nice appliances for their time, and that grill+stove was loving sweet. e: found a pic of my old stove there.  
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:I lived in an apartment sorta like this. Actual floorplan, from their website: So if I need to use the bathroom late at night and I'm in the left bedroom, my options are to cut through my roommate's bedroom or walk around the outside of the building? Or maybe just use a chamber pot in the second closet.
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:You're in SoCal, it's sunny all the time there and California gives juicy incentives for people to install solar. There's your reason. Sorry, I mean all new houses going up have solar on them standard. Some small 9 panel arrays that barely crack 1kWh.  I’m guessing they get a fat credit for each house that has them and they’re just including them as standard equipment on all new builds in my area now. I’ve got a 33 panel array on my house 
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FCKGW posted:Sorry, I mean all new houses going up have solar on them standard. Some small 9 panel arrays that barely crack 1kWh. Is it me, or is there absolutely no consistency which way those panels point? I guess California is south enough that the sun is more overhead than not, but still...
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Brovine posted:Is it me, or is there absolutely no consistency which way those panels point? Looks like they’re all on south roofs where large enough, otherwise on an east/west roof.
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Dec 23, 2017 18:35
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Goddamn that looks like a dystopia.
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Brovine posted:Is it me, or is there absolutely no consistency which way those panels point? The roof lines being so overly complicated could make placing panels in optimal positions hard.
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Dec 23, 2017 22:16
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Why does a street with a cul-de-sac have two different names? 
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ExplodingSims posted:Why does a street with a cul-de-sac have two different names? In some places, vertical and horizontal streets are always considered separate, even when there are no other intersecting streets. e: Vertical and horizontal definitely aren't the correct words but you know what I mean.
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Facebook Aunt posted:Later on he mentions it is in the basement. So, yeah, he's renting the utility room. lol In another comment he says the utility room used to be upstairs. The landlady moved it so she could use that room as a hair salon.
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MH Knights posted:The roof lines being so overly complicated could make placing panels in optimal positions hard. ...Kill...Me... 
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Is there a DIY thread for small projects/questions? I need to set up a punching bag of the sort that hangs from the ceiling but have no idea how to go about doing it.
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~Coxy posted:...Kill...Me... At least tell me that this is in the southern hemisphere.
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Lord Zedd-Repulsa posted:Is there a DIY thread for small projects/questions? I need to set up a punching bag of the sort that hangs from the ceiling but have no idea how to go about doing it. https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2734407
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FCKGW posted:Sorry, I mean all new houses going up have solar on them standard. Some small 9 panel arrays that barely crack 1kWh. My girlfriend is living out in eastvale/jarupa valley area and it is hell. The house her and her roommates are in is brand new and pretty nice but meh. Also the home owner is basic as gently caress and has sliding barn doors and also live laugh love decorations every where.
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Good Dog posted:My girlfriend is living out in eastvale/jarupa valley area and it is hell. The house her and her roommates are in is brand new and pretty nice but meh. Also the home owner is basic as gently caress and has sliding barn doors and also live laugh love decorations every where. The area is a convergence of horrible. Ticky tacky tract homes, horrible traffic, dairy farms are still around so, poop. IE heat and the 15 corridor is also where the Santa Ana winds bast drown from the Cajon Pass.
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His Divine Shadow posted:Goddamn that looks like a dystopia.  Hell yeah lets built our upscale, walkable community around an active dairy farm.
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