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We have wet underfloor heating under LVT (Karndean) - for me the advantages over ceramic/porcelain tile is impact resistance and warm touch even when the heating is off, rather cold tiles. Also we have children and a fall onto LVT is a little softer than ceramic. Tile can be used with higher temperature UFH, which means you can heat the room faster if you need to - however if your room is well insulated or small this doesn't really matter too much. LVT is expensive, and your substrate has to be very good, so installation cost is similar to tile. Personally I would go LVT over tile in nearly all residential areas except for a porch or bootroom type of area.
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We have tile in the kitchen and like it, messes are easy to clean up. The only downside is since it’s such a high traffic/high dirt area (in from the garage too) the grout gets dirty fast. Get a dark color if you go that route.
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FCKGW posted:Lumber pricing may have finally peaked This is good news. I checked this week for 2 x 12's treated wood and it was $75 / piece.
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Last inspection today, and closing 4 days afterwards. idea of home ownership has me feeling like I'm stepping into an open grave.
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papa horny michael posted:Last inspection today, and closing 4 days afterwards. idea of home ownership has me feeling like I'm stepping into an open grave. Home ownership is awesome even when there's work to do. Enjoy it!
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papa horny michael posted:Last inspection today, and closing 4 days afterwards. idea of home ownership has me feeling like I'm stepping into an open grave. One of us. One of us. One of us. *a tree root audibly pierces a water line as it breaks the surface and wraps around your ankle*
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BonoMan posted:Home ownership is awesome even when there's work to do. Enjoy it! There's always work to do.
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papa horny michael posted:Last inspection today, and closing 4 days afterwards. idea of home ownership has me feeling like I'm stepping into an open grave. And as a bonus, you manage to hit your chin on the other side on your way down!
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I ordered a new vanity wall light but after installing it I realized that having something that doesn't shoot out light up and down (so it lights up the wall behind it) somewhat really sucks. I suppose I could return it and claim I never tried connecting it :p Buying any sort of lighting you have to actually install sucks for the same reason. You usually can't see what it would look like in your home first.
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actionjackson posted:I ordered a new vanity wall light but after installing it I realized that having something that doesn't shoot out light up and down (so it lights up the wall behind it) somewhat really sucks. I suppose I could return it and claim I never tried connecting it :p Menards mounts them in a big example area.
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downout posted:Menards mounts them in a big example area. the problem is that the whole place is bright, so you have no idea how it will look when it's the only light source we have a pretty good lighting store that has hundreds of lights on display, which is great except that's only about 1% of their total catalog
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emocrat posted:Nice to use less petroleum products also. Not trying to have a go, but by using electric heat you're burning 2-3 units of coal to get 1 unit of heat in your pan. If your grid is majority nuke then great.
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Jun 19, 2021 12:53
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Hell yeah nuclear power and IH cooking
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Jun 19, 2021 15:34
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~Coxy posted:Not trying to have a go, but by using electric heat you're burning 2-3 units of coal to get 1 unit of heat in your pan. Assuming US, poo poo-tons of coal plans converted over to natural gas in the 90s. OP is most likely NG, nuclear, or renewable. Also I have no idea what the conversion there is with regard to emissions/efficiency/etc. Just saying that it's unlikely OP is on coal.
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DaveSauce posted:Assuming US, poo poo-tons of coal plans converted over to natural gas in the 90s. OP is most likely NG, nuclear, or renewable. Conversions didn’t really happen until the 2010s; Still 20% on coal https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427&t=3 ; regionally can be much higher.
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PCjr sidecar posted:Conversions didn’t really happen until the 2010s; Still 20% on coal https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=427&t=3 ; regionally can be much higher. Really? I thought it was sooner. I remember it being big news in the 90s when the plant near where I grew up did it. But in any case, the point still stands: coal is on the decline in the US and generally isn't a factor when choosing household fuels.
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DaveSauce posted:Really? I thought it was sooner. I remember it being big news in the 90s when the plant near where I grew up did it. Still the largest source of electrical power in several states: https://www.nei.org/resources/statistics/state-electricity-generation-fuel-shares It’s not as dead as it should be, unfortunately.
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The cool thing is whenever they decom old nasty plants every single person using electricity benefits, vs distributed causes like nat gas furnaces and internal combustion cars. (I checked the box to be 100% green power for my electricity, making my AC unit greener than my furnace/stove/hot water heater right? That's how it works? Keeping my house at 73f is practically saving the environment.)
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Power plant emissions are also usually cleaner (non co2) than small residential sources (especially when poorly maintained.)
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H110Hawk posted:The cool thing is whenever they decom old nasty plants every single person using electricity benefits, vs distributed causes like nat gas furnaces and internal combustion cars. And not using it for homes it avoids all the methane leaks from aging and poorly maintained residential natural gas infrastructure. Methane is 25x worse than CO2 for climate change, and the amount leaked is staggering.
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It's wins all the way down.
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Time to smoke a doobie and do yard work
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PCjr sidecar posted:Still the largest source of electrical power in several states: I get that, but it's 20% of the nation's supply per your post. The only point I'm trying to make is that assuming any given person's electricity comes from coal, as posted here: ~Coxy posted:Not trying to have a go, but by using electric heat you're burning 2-3 units of coal to get 1 unit of heat in your pan. is unlikely without knowing exactly where they get their power from. Frankly per your source, there's a higher chance that using electric appliances means the heat comes from 100% renewable sources.
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H110Hawk posted:The cool thing is whenever they decom old nasty plants every single person using electricity benefits, vs distributed causes like nat gas furnaces and internal combustion cars. It's this 100%. A gas appliance will only ever burn gas. An electric appliance is as clean as the grid which is in constant flux. But generally, over time and over the the life of the appliance it will contousuly move towards cleaner fuel. Also maybe I have solar >< (I don't. But I wish I did. But I also like my trees).
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$275 power bill today, solar install Tuesday. Hopefully have a full month to month comparison by the end of August so I can see how bad it really it.
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DaveSauce posted:The only point I'm trying to make is that assuming any given person's electricity comes from coal ... is unlikely without knowing exactly where they get their power from. Doesn't matter if it's not coal, chances are you're burning something to generate electricity to restively heat. This is less efficient that just burning the thing to get the heat. emocrat posted:Also maybe I have solar >< Broadly speaking PV won't be generating during times when you want to run your stove. ---- To reiterate, I'm not trying to be Mr. Cool Contrarian guy. I'm not somehow anti-electric. I'm just trying to point out that induction isn't some wonder, and gas heat isn't some demon. If you prefer an induction stove, then that's great.
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Nearing the end of my lounge rebuild, have run wires for speakers and TV and built the built in bespoke cabinets for the AV equipment. Just remembered that I have a sub. Clear forgot about it, I haven't worked out where it will go in the room or run wire. Oops
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Shouldn’t be too hard to place one. A fiberglass push rod will get it underneath the carpet for any door gaps, etc. You can tuck it under the baseboards the rest of the way, assuming you have carpet. I did get slim cable to help with there not being a lump under the carpet so much, you can’t even really tell when you walk on it. devmd01 fucked around with this message at 04:12 on Jun 20, 2021 |
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We have a 3 foot Crawlspace under there which I need to go into to sort the new radiator pipes, but it is still a how the hell did o forget about that moment.
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I did the same thing laying out everything in my living room after moving. Luckily I had managed to leave a perfect spot right next to a bookshelf.
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Whoever did my kitchen was a moron. The spot for the fridge is counter-depth, but not quite big enough for a 36" inch. When you measure to the edge of the counter (or the molding at the bottom) it's like 35.5". And of course all the appliances are black. So all I can actually fit are a couple models of 33" wide and counter depth. There's literally 2 or 3 options of these tiny 17-18cu fridges, and they're all out of stock for months at home depot or lowes. Our fridge has been making an odd noise - almost sounds like a mechanical grinding or for lack of a better term, a liquid boiling or getting squeezed through something... which is of course what's happening in a fridge. It still seems to be running/cooling fine for now, but if it died there's literally nothing I could replace it with. I guess buy a mini fridge and then have just that and the chest freezer in the basement for... some indeterminate amount of time. The little coffee 'nook' shelf next to the fridge might possibly be movable though it's nailed to the wall and floor. But if I could pull them without destroying everything I could move it over possibly... EDIT: Also of course my wife is desperate for an ice maker (we had the water line put in while replacing the water heater), and I just looked at the title of the thread which lines up with most of the reviews of fridges. Rescue Toaster fucked around with this message at 14:42 on Jun 20, 2021 |
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Rescue Toaster posted:Whoever did my kitchen was a moron. The spot for the fridge is counter-depth, but not quite big enough for a 36" inch. When you measure to the edge of the counter (or the molding at the bottom) it's like 35.5". And of course all the appliances are black. So all I can actually fit are a couple models of 33" wide and counter depth. There's literally 2 or 3 options of these tiny 17-18cu fridges, and they're all out of stock for months at home depot or lowes. Our old Bosch makes a noise occasionally I can only describe as a tiny wounded rhino, it doesn't worry me because it's done it for like 15 years now. If you're desperate would you consider painting or vinyl wrapping an otherwise ideal appliance?
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Looking for any and all advice about window replacement. current windows are original to the home which was built in 72 and is brick clad exterior. I have 9 original windows, 7 normal ones and 2 that are large sized living room ones. What material should I be trying to get? Argon filled? Something else? Any notion of cost expectations? Goals are to get better efficiency, easier to use/clean and clear panes instead of the style I have now where a window is made up of 16 separate pieces. I'm just starting to research and I'm looking for any advice to build a baseline of information so I can evaluate qoutes and options.
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cakesmith handyman posted:Our old Bosch makes a noise occasionally I can only describe as a tiny wounded rhino, it doesn't worry me because it's done it for like 15 years now. Well this noise is new for us, we've been here about 3 years. It doesn't make it all the time so I'm guessing it's something to do with the defrost which has probably been running more due to the humidity. As for the color, I would probably just live with stainless steel and nothing matching or something. The other appliances are black gloss paint, not black stainless. So it's probably not going to match perfectly anyway. Eventually I have thought about an induction stove (getting the gas and a proper vent hood run would be a lot, and I'm not planning on staying in this house more than a couple more years) and going stainless would give us more options.
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emocrat posted:Looking for any and all advice about window replacement. current windows are original to the home which was built in 72 and is brick clad exterior. Get a quote from Window World and that will be the lowest possible price. If you want a similar look they or anyone can add a grid on the inside even though it's just two (or 3) panes. You won't make your money back on efficiency savings.
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Mice came back, so we checked all the heater pipes to make sure they aren’t coming through those holes. One of them had a bunch of nesting materials in it. One of them was like this. It wasn’t wet but we also haven’t been using the heater in a month. Put a paper towel down to see if it gets damp and is an active leak which would just be so loving cool. Anyway there’s a bunch of mice poo poo inside my vanity with my makeup. Placed all the traps out again. I feel perpetually dirty.
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Our fridge has an internal icemaker that requires manual refilling. Easy, no leaks, on-demand refills… It stopped working after we moved to our new house :/
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emocrat posted:Looking for any and all advice about window replacement. current windows are original to the home which was built in 72 and is brick clad exterior. There are a lot of factors that will vary with your location - climate, aspect, conservation issues, noise, security - and the material of your home at the moment. If your house is already very well insulated or you have sound issues consider triple glazing. Argon filled is better, but it is hard to put an exact price on it as where I am it is pretty much standard. Perhaps haggle and get it thrown in? If you have any windows that get large amounts of sunlight consider solar control / low-emissivity / IR rejection coatings (different name for similar function), which essentially reduce the amount of IR passing through the window while not significantly reducing transmission. If you have sound issues or security issues you can get laminated glass which is more intruder resistant. For frames depending on you are aluminium, UPVC or wood may be the standard. Just make sure that if you get metal frames that they are thermally broken, otherwise you will lose more heat through the frame than you save by the new glazing, and more importantly you create a cold spot that attracts condensation and then damp and mould around the frame. some links: https://www.guardianglass.com/us/en/products/glass-type/low-e-glass https://www.pilkington.com/en/us/products/product-categories/thermal-insulation https://www.vitro.com/en/architectural-glass/#residential-glass Whoever you get to install the glass it will likely be made by one of these companies, but they all have roughly comparable products in most categories. falz posted:If you want a similar look they or anyone can add a grid on the inside even though it's just two (or 3) panes. This will definitely improve how easy it is to clean, and is pretty standard. Don't get self-cleaning glass unless the window is not accessible for normal cleaning AND is exposed to direct sunlight AND it is exposed to rain (preferably a roof window) otherwise the self-cleaning won't work effectively and isn't worth it. falz posted:You won't make your money back on efficiency savings. I generally think of windows as about break even, but again this depends on where you are and what your energy costs are. But you will often get a much more livable home - less drafts, less condensation on failed windows, heating/ac running less so not causing humidity swings. Cost wise - there are windows to fit all budgets, but whereever you are it is worth finding a company that has been around for a while and offers a decent length guarantee on the frames and glass units. Bear in mind that in Europe there is a shortage of all building materials including glass, and for glass this has been exacerbated by a number of major suppliers shutting down their facilities for repairs. If you are in the US this might not be such an issue.
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CancerCakes posted:I generally think of windows as about break even, but again this depends on where you are and what your energy costs are. But you will often get a much more livable home - less drafts, less condensation on failed windows, heating/ac running less so not causing humidity swings. Yeah seconding this, quality of life improvement basically. Which is good and worth it. In my case I also have fewer flies and bugs getting in since replacing most windows in the last year or so. Unsure where they were getting in but they're not now so shrug.
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falz posted:In my case I also have fewer flies and bugs getting in since replacing most windows in the last year or so. Unsure where they were getting in but they're not now so shrug. Maintenance issue, or potentially install issue from the last set. Most people don't realize that you are going to have to caulk the gaps and should do so both inside and out when necessary. Just not the bottom on the outside.
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