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Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


Failed Imagineer posted:

More smart electronics should just be constantly screaming imo

I mean, a majority are. If you consider screaming on the EM spectrum.

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Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


My standard signature just includes "Thanks," and half the time the font color of the email differs. It really shows I care

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


I don't know if I could be trusted to have a house with centrally controllable inlet and exhaust air for individual rooms.

Like, when my brother came to visit I'd be inclined to cork off the air to his guest room and drop a nice nose hair burning fart or two in there.

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


aniviron posted:

Personally I wouldn't dare complain to someone with a device like that.

Right? Same here

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


~Coxy posted:

Running multiple drops of Cat6 to each room and avoiding lovely dumb hubs hanging off the wall is absolutely the correct decision.

I mean, he has this whole-rear end utility run loft setup, wouldn't hurt to hang a couple hubs next to his wiring junction boxes up out of the way and run the cable down from there.

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


stoopiduk posted:

I'm just about to start extending my shed/workshop with dubious planning/knowledge.

This thread has really made me feel better about my prospects, because instead of a series of cars that don't work I just have one car that does, and I won't buy anything off of eBay.

But how many piles driven into the upper mantle will your shed require?

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


Splode posted:

I'm imagining a thief knocking off the doorbell, plugging in a laptop and hacking the front door smart lock.

Meanwhile, his colleague breaks a window.

And opens the door for the nerd as he types away, of,course

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


NotJustANumber99 posted:

I'm also struggling hugely to record all these electrical wiring plans on any kind of legible document. Both to satisfy myself but also to hand to an electrician to show what I've done. There doesnt seem to be any software really setup to do it in? I'm going to use ms paint

This is the kind of book of forbidden knowledge that others will find later, in a deserted house, book wrapped in human flesh next to a tape recorder telling them in no uncertain terms not to read the book.

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


I'm still impressed that someone had the chutzpah to sell epoxy sprayed sea foam as building materials.

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


Your electrician has found his new "you won't believe this poo poo.." story for the rest of his nights at the pub.

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


Wifi Toilet posted:

The Russians just used a faucet

:golfclap:

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


Oh I get it now, NJAN99 is gonna do a Glass Onion dinner

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


aniviron posted:

Unrelated question, but is radon gas a problem in the UK?

Forget about the UK, what's the radon situation in the bedrock mole person realm that the piles pierced?

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


Have you considered forgetting about the house and just starting a cheap builders logistics firm? "Yeah you need a <anything> that may or may not work for 20% of sticker price? Sure, give me 25 minutes on eBay."

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


Put the standing tap on the end of the line that feeds into the soakaway, right above the soakaway, and gravel over the top so it drains into it like some fancy foot wash station at the beach.

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


To compartmentalize things enough that 99 can track a leak down to the individual room when one of the cheese bricks fully crumbles into dust?

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


goatface posted:

Extremely high intensity magnetic fields.

Finally an explanation for the miles of wire.

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


I really badly want, 30 years from now, a thread where a new owner starts getting into the guts of the L and just slowly loses their drat minds for our entertainment.

"So today I got into the ceiling crawlspace and got wrapped up in miles of copper. I was stuck up there for 18 hours, I think I'm lucky to be alive. I traced what I believe to be a lighting circuit to...an ice cream tub."

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


goatface posted:

Because band-aid sounds like a benefit concert.

Technically all concerts are benefit concerts for the band(s) performing, so it fits.

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


Bobby Deluxe posted:

Is that a child or have I grossly unserestimated the size of the house?

Jack and the beanstalk, but the beanstalks are subterranean piles.

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


Somewhat disappointed that the access hatch doesn't lead to a jeffries tube, honestly.

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


NotJustANumber99 posted:

Theres one on either side that does provide said access.

Its why I stopped the data cage and power trunk early



Oh hell yeah

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


Tell me the back cover is a gentleman staring forlornly into a swampy clay pit with piles sticking out of the muck.

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


UCS Hellmaker posted:

Love the loft pic there ngl

And you mean the pub has blocked your sewer multiple times? Oh god

And he's downhill from it. That will never end up poorly in the future I am sure.

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


An actual house is taking shape. I love it :allears:

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


Meow Meow Meow posted:

Mount the heatpump on a scissor lift stand so it can elevate itself to blow over the fence when running, and settle back down when off or when it needs maintained.

This might require a new PLC cabinet in the plant room, and/or a hydraulic power pack and associated plumbing but I think it fits the house.

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


I propose installing a bunker under the plant room to house a thorium salt reactor.

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011



-Oceangate CEO

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


Welp it can be damaged, time to rip off the entire run of gutters and replace them with thick(er) stainless.

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


goatface posted:

Would live in that shed.

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


NotJustANumber99 posted:

Like its ridiculous the temp in the house. Now its warmed up a bit to like 13 degrees outside. Its like stepping out into tropical weather from inside. Which means its well insulated I guess. But loving awful inside. and zero solar heating.

Well at least we know it can be sealed up like a tomb. And your HouseHAL 9000 hasn't even been installed yet.

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


Only 1k for all that assorted hellmaze of copper and the kms of tube in the slab? drat

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


Trainee PornStar posted:

Now the heating is kinda working doesn't that mean things are down to 'snagging' ?
A building at work went up & had about 10 folders full of 'snagging'.

i assume 'snagging' mean poo poo thats currently not working/has issues & needs sorting coz thats exactly what it looked like.

Sounds like what we'd call the punchlist in my industry. When we say "we're done!", then the client inspects things and says "the gently caress you are, this list of issues isn't per design/contract. Fix them and we'll check again"

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


While I would never have attempted to brew up my own wood stain, that looks pretty good and I applaud you your efforts in shunning modernity when not wiring the place with tens of miles of networking cable.

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


Muir posted:

eBay hasn't had any sketchy routers from North Macedonia available yet

"The CE stamp appears to be in Cyrillic but it was five quid so how could I not"

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


Leperflesh posted:

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Why in God's name would you just blithely open the door and invite the vampire in like that?

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


Tiling looks exactly like the kind of fiddly bullshit that would slowly drive me insane as I try to line up everything juuuust right until I'm halfway through (after 5 false starts where I caught my mistake) and I realize I hosed up and my eye twitches then I'm "here's johnny!"'ing the entire wall with a sledgehammer.

I'll just pay a dude

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Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


Anyone gonna visit the L and make sure 99 isn't locked in the attic by a now awakened house, or mummified in miles of cabling??

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