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Bad Munki posted:Cross posting Ignoring the obvious, just what the hell is going on with the ceiling anyway? Why did they lower it at all? Even if they're installed the chandelier where it's supposed to go, having the medallion up in that hole looks terrible. there wolf fucked around with this message at 00:55 on May 15, 2019 |
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Leperflesh posted:The wiring in the box may be just to ground the outlet to its outlet box. Or, are you saying you see wiring coming into the box consisting of black, white, + a ground wire, but that ground wire isn't registering as grounded? I don't recall what it looks like in the box - that's why I need to take a look. It's been a while since I was in there to replace a breaker. All the house wiring has a safety ground wire (bare copper, though in the original wiring, it's a lighter gauge than the hot and neutral) but my outlet tester shows no ground. I assume that it's looking for continuity between ground and neutral.
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I’m the luggage 15 feet off the ground. Is that some store or something?
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Darchangel posted:I don't recall what it looks like in the box - that's why I need to take a look. It's been a while since I was in there to replace a breaker. All the house wiring has a safety ground wire (bare copper, though in the original wiring, it's a lighter gauge than the hot and neutral) but my outlet tester shows no ground. I assume that it's looking for continuity between ground and neutral. Ah, yeah then that needs to be investigated for sure. It may be that the ground wires connect to a cold water pipe or something, rather than returning to the neutral in the box. Or someone just disconnected or broke the ground wire.
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quote:This cat just trapped me in the bathroom by opening the drawer  Per the OP that is a built-in drawer, and they had to use a nail file to inch it closed in order to escape. The real crappy construction here is the translucent bathroom door.
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Youth Decay posted:
I think that's the shower and the other side of the door is the bathroom proper.
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Proteus Jones posted:I think that's the shower and the other side of the door is the bathroom proper. What kind of shower door has a doorknob? Also why would someone have their phone/camera with them in the shower?
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Youth Decay posted:... Also why would someone have their phone/camera with them in the shower? IDK, using it to play music?
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Youth Decay posted:What kind of shower door has a doorknob? Also why would someone have their phone/camera with them in the shower? Yeah, you're probably right. I think my brain just said "no one can be that stupid as to put a glass door on a bathroom" I just assumed that the door looked like it was fogged due to condensate and it was a "shower room".
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Deck of Death: Upgraded version:  Blue Footed Booby posted:IDK, using it to play music? look at you fancy people with your waterproof phones and/or showers that are large enough for some part of them not to be touched by the water spray
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Youth Decay posted:look at you fancy people with your waterproof phones and/or showers that are large enough for some part of them not to be touched by the water spray I just stick my lovely old phone in a ziplock bag and have it paired to a waterproof bluetooth speaker.. The touch screen even works through the bag, though if enough droplets build up from spray it can start acting a bit wonky.
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wolrah posted:I just stick my lovely old phone in a ziplock bag and have it paired to a waterproof bluetooth speaker.. The touch screen even works through the bag, though if enough droplets build up from spray it can start acting a bit wonky. Is this because you need the plot for what you watch in the shower? Also good work killing your wife’s fantasy team.
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Youth Decay posted:What kind of shower door has a doorknob? Also why would someone have their phone/camera with them in the shower? Probably a wet room rather than just a cubicle. They could have been cleaning it, or using a tub.
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wolrah posted:I just stick my lovely old phone in a ziplock bag and have it paired to a waterproof bluetooth speaker.. The touch screen even works through the bag, though if enough droplets build up from spray it can start acting a bit wonky. I hung a digital radio on a hook from the bathroom ceiling as far away from the shower as I could, then stuck a USB stick in it with all my music. Gotta say, works great. Well, apart from the fact the radio can't randomise the music which is a hell of a design oversight.
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Youth Decay posted:The real crappy construction here is the translucent bathroom door.
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crazypeltast52 posted:Is this because you need the plot for what you watch in the shower? I tried putting a Google Home device in the bathroom but it really has trouble decoding what I'm saying over the shower noise, so the 5 cent plastic bag solution still wins. quote:Also good work killing your wife’s fantasy team. 
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It was a joke in The League. Edit: Probably season one, I’m an old man. crazypeltast52 fucked around with this message at 16:53 on May 15, 2019 |
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Megillah Gorilla posted:I hung a digital radio on a hook from the bathroom ceiling as far away from the shower as I could, then stuck a USB stick in it with all my music. I just have an Echo in my bathroom and I yell at it to play my music, works for me.
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How long do you guys spend in the shower? Even on days I wash my long rear end hair I'm barely in there for longer than 15 minutes.
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Well it depends if you're just getting clean, or using it to hide your time sobbing at the wreckage your life has become. A good soundtrack can really help with the second one, too.
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I put a clock in my shower last week and it has really helped with my morning routine because I used to just turn off my brain for like 15 minutes and time travel
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Ashcans posted:Well it depends if you're just getting clean, or using it to hide your time sobbing at the wreckage your life has become. So "Crying Game" on repeat then?
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My morning poo poo/shave/shower routine can be around 30 minutes if I'm being lazy.
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Megillah Gorilla posted:My morning poo poo/shave/shower routine can be around 30 minutes if I'm being lazy. Thanks for the info
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Enos Cabell posted:How long do you guys spend in the shower? Even on days I wash my long rear end hair I'm barely in there for longer than 15 minutes. I keep my rear end hair trimmed rather than long.
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moist turtleneck posted:I put a clock in my shower last week and it has really helped with my morning routine because I used to just turn off my brain for like 15 minutes and time travel Why would you do this to yourself? Megillah Gorilla posted:My morning poo poo/shave/shower routine can be around 30 minutes if I'm being lazy. 
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I guess I never really stopped to think about it, but the bathrooms in my house are the only places that have no form of media playback at all. Even my garage has a tv w/ a fire stick hooked up. Bathroom I'm either reading a book on the toilet or zoning out to water sounds and birds chirping outside while showering.
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untzthatshit posted:This thing just went up for sale in my town...I thought it was a commercial office or something at first, nope, it's a single family 4br house. Let me tell you about the $8mil Vancouver cube house. https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/cube-house-on-vancouvers-point-grey-road-sold-for-7-65-million To be fair, I don't think anyone has ever actually lived in that thing, and that it's really more in the space between ironic art and speculative financial instrument, both of which purposes it seems to fulfill quite well. I'm sure it's actually moderately well constructed too. Haha who am I kidding? There probably isn't a single properly constructed house built in Vancouver any time in the past decade of rampant, money-laundering fuelled speculation.
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Enos Cabell posted:I guess I never really stopped to think about it, but the bathrooms in my house are the only places that have no form of media playback at all. Even my garage has a tv w/ a fire stick hooked up. Bathroom I'm either reading a book on the toilet or zoning out to water sounds and birds chirping outside while showering. Do this in more rooms. Morning showers are a bourgeois fallacy. Evening showers are wholesome (and better for long, frizzy hair.)
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405k shipping container house in Michigan
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If you're going to put that much work into cutting up the containers and finishing the interior/exterior, is there really any point in using containers besides the gimmick? I thought the whole point was the pre-made box you could get cheap and drop in place. It's just a prefab house with a different name, isn't it?
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If nothing else, you're doing something with old shipping containers.
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totalnewbie posted:If nothing else, you're doing something with old shipping containers. Melting them down into pot metal to make into something else is also "doing something" with them, and a much better use.
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Not as efficient in guessing. Also, saves on wood used, etc.
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totalnewbie posted:Not as efficient in guessing. Also, saves on wood used, etc. If the container's in good shape, it's worth several thousand dollars as a shipping container. If it's only good for scrap, it's worth around $500. I've a feeling you wouldn't want to make housing of a container that's scrapworthy, and $2k+ buys an awful lot of standard framing lumber, plywood, nails, etc. As a bonus, you can easily attach drywall, floorboards, electrical boxes, etc. to the frame, and the stud bays provide space to route electricity, water, and plumbing. If you repurpose a metal box as a house, you'll have to come up with alternate (awkward, potentially expensive) solutions to those needs. Basically, we build houses the way we do for very good reasons. It rarely makes practical sense to repurpose a vaguely-house-shaped object into a house, so usually when it's done it's done for aesthetic reasons.
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If all you're trying to do is make a relatively minimalist shelter while keeping the container exterior intact, there are some pretty easy solutions for finishing the inside. I did some research for a hunting cabin type thing and found this company's promo install clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX4a2G1t4k4 The black bars act like studs for wall-board attachment and there are channels for wiring behind the foam. I don't really see the benefit to using them if you're going to do a lot of chopping and welding to the container, though.
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The container advantage is you can move it anywhere on Earth for rather cheap for an object of that size.
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Mercury Ballistic posted:The container advantage is you can move it anywhere on Earth for rather cheap for an object of that size. Exactly, so it makes no sense to me if you're going to undo the ability to do that by cutting the sides out and welding them side-by-side, etc.
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Fully admit I have no idea what I'm talking about and just blind guessing. Serious question: does anyone actually know or are we all speculating? I think you guys all make good points but I assume there's both a gimmicky factor to making houses this way but also some benefits. Just have no idea how it balances out.
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glynnenstein posted:Exactly, so it makes no sense to me if you're going to undo the ability to do that by cutting the sides out and welding them side-by-side, etc.  The OG container houses were used by the engineers developing the original refrigerated containers: their accommodations were able to follow them wherever the test article went.
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