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There's a loving dead rat in my pool. Besides fishing the thing out what do I need to do? Shock it? Chemicals are maintained already.
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PainterofCrap posted:The general rule of thumb is that 1/3 of the height is buried for anchorage. That gets problematic for a 20' post. So another thing you can do is not dig a hole at all, and just drive a post into the ground. This is very unweildy for a really tall post, but you can perhaps drive say a shorter bit into the ground and then attach your longer bit to it via various and sundry attachment devices As with Motronic I don't know for sand, maybe that'd make it especially easy? Anyway you can do it by hand with a post driver, probably a thing you can rent: or there's pneumatic and hydraulic ones too
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# ? Mar 22, 2024 23:24 |
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Always hire someone to else use the post driver, let them pay for the inevitable injuries.
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# ? Mar 22, 2024 23:33 |
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PainterofCrap posted:I would prefer to not try digging by hand; a four-foot hole would take all day & wipe me out. Renting a Bobcat seems like major overkill. https://seymourmidwest.com/21324/ They have other sizes. The one I have the pipe unscrews and you can add addition length using a union, I've probably dug 40 4-foot deep post holes with mine over the years. Gets caught on rocks, but you said you have sandy soil. Whenever I hit a rock I would use a normal clamshell digger to grab it and remove it and then continue with the auger. I have mine set at the six inch size and have never adjusted it, so I'm not sure it's worth springing for the adjustable version vs. the fixed diameter version.
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# ? Mar 22, 2024 23:46 |
If you insist on doing it yourself (e: using a fence post driver), wear hearing protection cause that is right in front of your face and loud when you're really slamming on it.
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So I needed to hang some plastic in prep for removing ceiling drywall. It's not really possible to just tape it up there, so I present: I taped the edge of the plastic, then cut some cardboard strips, and just hung it from the ceiling with drywall screws and washers. I'm actually fairly impressed with how well it seems to work so far.
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That's brilliant.
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devicenull posted:So I needed to hang some plastic in prep for removing ceiling drywall. It's not really possible to just tape it up there, so I present: I hope I remember this when I need it
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devicenull posted:So I needed to hang some plastic in prep for removing ceiling drywall. It's not really possible to just tape it up there, so I present: Bingo, that's great.
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# ? Mar 23, 2024 05:29 |
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https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/swimming/residential/animals/dead-animals-and-pools.html Fun fun. My pool is very cold right now, but no one will be swimming in it for months. Facebook mentioned a few days ago someone used rat poison nearby, which would explain the water-seeking behavior. Fuckers.
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Arrath posted:If you insist on doing it yourself (e: using a fence post driver), wear hearing protection cause that is right in front of your face and loud when you're really slamming on it. And consider a hard hat. I once was really getting into it and slightly raised the driver off the post, and caught the rear edge of the driver on the post on its way back down. Pivoted the driver right over and onto the top of my skull. Lots of blood from that one, like a horror movie - scared the poo poo out of my wife we she saw me.
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# ? Mar 23, 2024 06:22 |
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Any thoughts on this gutter issue? https://i.imgur.com/Ptvr2jM.mp4 There's a bare spot on the ground where the excess water is falling. It's probably not a critical issue as it stands, but the water is landing closer to the house than it's supposed to -- the gutter normally drops the water off another 6' away or so and further downslope.
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# ? Mar 23, 2024 12:50 |
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Can't tell anything from there. Looks clogged, so start by cleaning it.
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Motronic posted:Can't tell anything from there. Looks clogged, so start by cleaning it. I went up there with a ladder a couple of weeks ago, and cleaned out some leaves. I didn't, like, scrub it clean or anything, but it was basically empty. I'd be surprised if somehow a bunch of gunk got up there in the intervening time span.
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:I went up there with a ladder a couple of weeks ago, and cleaned out some leaves. I didn't, like, scrub it clean or anything, but it was basically empty. I'd be surprised if somehow a bunch of gunk got up there in the intervening time span. Did you also clean out the downspout?
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:I went up there with a ladder a couple of weeks ago, and cleaned out some leaves. I didn't, like, scrub it clean or anything, but it was basically empty. I'd be surprised if somehow a bunch of gunk got up there in the intervening time span. The downspout may be plugged, as well. Take a hose up there and try running some water to see where it goes.
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Ah, good catch, I did not clear the downspout. Guess that's on the list for next week. EDIT: two more discoveries: 1. Another downspout drains into a large black plastic hose that just goes underground, with no emergence point that I can find. At least water isn't flowing up out of the top of the hose, so presumably it's managing to drain away to...somewhere. I guess I can blast water down the hose when it's dry out, and try to ID where the water's emerging from? 2. A small amount of standing water pooled against the patio foundation in the back yard. That's a concrete slab with no basement underneath it, though, so probably not a serious risk. TooMuchAbstraction fucked around with this message at 14:46 on Mar 23, 2024 |
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H110Hawk posted:There's a loving dead rat in my pool.
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# ? Mar 23, 2024 15:57 |
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May I suggest a couple of frog logs so neither you or the animals have unpleasant surprises?
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# ? Mar 23, 2024 16:53 |
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PainterofCrap posted:I'm putting up a bat house. https://www.unitedrentals.com/marketplace/equipment/lawn-landscape/augers/one-man-auger-2-8-hp-27-42-depth-gas-powered The one in the picture with the 4 wheeled power unit appears to be a little beaver product. They definitely have attachments for adding augers to go deeper.
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Slugworth posted:Unless it's in vfib, shocking it's not gonna do anything. I'd just bury it, man. My condolences.
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I have a quick questions about fluorescent bar lights: Would a bad starter cause bulbs to burn out almost instantly on one end? I just put a new bar light in my vintage stove after the prior bulb burned out quite a while ago. I figured it was an ancient bulb so reasonable that if died. The new bulb flashed and then went out right after I switched it on. After testing the new bulb with a multimeter, one end of the new bulb gives 0 resistance, so it's definitely dead. The starter the stove uses is an FS-25 starter, and I've already ordered a new one, but want to make sure that's a reasonable cause to the bulb blowing out instantly.
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SpartanIvy posted:I have a quick questions about fluorescent bar lights: Would a bad starter cause bulbs to burn out almost instantly on one end? I just put a new bar light in my vintage stove after the prior bulb burned out quite a while ago. I figured it was an ancient bulb so reasonable that if died. The new bulb flashed and then went out right after I switched it on. After testing the new bulb with a multimeter, one end of the new bulb gives 0 resistance, so it's definitely dead. The starter the stove uses is an FS-25 starter, and I've already ordered a new one, but want to make sure that's a reasonable cause to the bulb blowing out instantly. Is there a particular reason you're not retrofitting with a bar LED? I've retrofitted several fluorescent troffers with LED bulbs where you bypass the ballast and any starter so it's much more simple from a wiring standpoint. This would also wholesale solve your problem by not using any of the stuff that may be giving you issues.
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SpartanIvy posted:I have a quick questions about fluorescent bar lights: Would a bad starter cause bulbs to burn out almost instantly on one end? I just put a new bar light in my vintage stove after the prior bulb burned out quite a while ago. I figured it was an ancient bulb so reasonable that if died. The new bulb flashed and then went out right after I switched it on. After testing the new bulb with a multimeter, one end of the new bulb gives 0 resistance, so it's definitely dead. The starter the stove uses is an FS-25 starter, and I've already ordered a new one, but want to make sure that's a reasonable cause to the bulb blowing out instantly. Yes, 0 resistance means it is sending full power to the filament in the bulb, which will burn it out in a hurry. Its job is to boil off electrons (Edison effect), not produce light directly.
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wesleywillis posted:https://www.unitedrentals.com/marketplace/equipment/lawn-landscape/augers/one-man-auger-2-8-hp-27-42-depth-gas-powered Thank you! There's a United Rental less than 10-miles from me and they rent that unit for $99+ tax etc. Now to see if I can hump it into my pickup, or if it's finally time to buy folding ramps.
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Beef Of Ages posted:Is there a particular reason you're not retrofitting with a bar LED? I've retrofitted several fluorescent troffers with LED bulbs where you bypass the ballast and any starter so it's much more simple from a wiring standpoint. This would also wholesale solve your problem by not using any of the stuff that may be giving you issues. The main reason is I'd have to disassemble the entire top of the stove again to rewire it and I want to put it off as long as possible. I should have done it when I was restoring the thing but I didn't. I also haven't found a 30" LED tube light that doesn't require a ballast, but if you can find one, I might prioritize the conversion. SpartanIvy fucked around with this message at 03:21 on Mar 24, 2024 |
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H110Hawk posted:There's a loving dead rat in my pool. Personally I think you should just let it stay dead. Of course if you have a defibrillator handy, go for it why not.
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# ? Mar 25, 2024 15:43 |
the water level in my toilet refills normally after a flush, but then slowly drains to a very low level over an hour or so. what should I look at first? thanks
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A MIRACLE posted:the water level in my toilet refills normally after a flush, but then slowly drains to a very low level over an hour or so. what should I look at first? thanks I'd start with the flapper valve. They're rubber and rot and leak after a few years. They're cheap and easy to replace.
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Seconding the flapper.
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# ? Mar 25, 2024 23:01 |
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Oh, the water level in the reservoir, rather than the toilet?
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# ? Mar 25, 2024 23:10 |
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To follow up on my previous florescent bulb and starter question. I ended up deep diving into how florescent bulbs work and long story short I've got a new and modern electronic ballast I'm going to install on my stove. I tested it with a 24" linear bulb I had on hand and it works great! (There is a starter pictured there but that's from a previous test with the old ballast) e: Because it may come up again, I'm not bypassing the ballast for an LED bulb because as far as I have found, nobody makes a 30" T8 LED bypass bulb. The one 30" LED bulb I've found (and ordered) still requires a ballast.
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# ? Mar 26, 2024 00:44 |
Flipperwaldt posted:Oh, the water level in the reservoir, rather than the toilet? no, in the bowl. it fills up to a normal level and then slowly disappears
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A MIRACLE posted:no, in the bowl. it fills up to a normal level and then slowly disappears Nothing in the tank flush or fill valves can affect the static water level in the bowl. It finds the natural level against the trap cast into the backside of the bowl unit. A blocked vent can pull the water level down via suction, though but you would eventually see that.
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A MIRACLE posted:no, in the bowl. it fills up to a normal level and then slowly disappears How slow? Over minutes, hours, half the day, full day? And has the toilet bowl always drained itself like that, or is it a recent development?
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# ? Mar 26, 2024 02:25 |
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Yeah, this sounds like a vent problem. Either keeping the bowl too high to begin with and/or siphoning when other drains are being run. A MIRACLE, do you have any other drain plumbing stuff going on that is our of the ordinary? Noises, back ups, slow drains? How long have these and your original symptom been going on?
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# ? Mar 26, 2024 02:25 |
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Here is why we're asking you those questions: https://youtu.be/Y2o8upCxcqA?si=5MyUJ_dTdZZOW-6Q
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# ? Mar 26, 2024 03:14 |
Yea there’s some other weird stuff. It is happening very slowly this afternoon Other stuff - one of the sinks is very slow to drain inexplicably - shower randomly splashes a bit of water the next day - dripping sounds in toilet after finishing flush cycle - drain flies in the very old tub that I vanquished with boiling water and a drain cap
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# ? Mar 26, 2024 06:27 |
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Sounds like it's time to get a plumber or drain cleaning service in there.
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An quick update with a success story of the oven repair, in case someone ever needs this information (lol sure)mobby_6kl posted:So tha fan in my oven (Whirlpool JT 369) from the previous post finally completley poo poo itself it seems: I ended up taking off one more cover holding the rear convection fan motor just to get a peak inside before I ripped anything off, but the actual correct process was pretty simple:
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