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Our builder just put the handrail on the inside of the curve, with a vertical pole right in the center. It's so easy to use.
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peanut posted:Our builder just put the handrail on the inside of the curve, with a vertical pole right in the center. It's so easy to use. That's perfect for jumping down the stairs quickly.
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May 10, 2017 10:05
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peanut posted:Our builder just put the handrail on the inside of the curve, with a vertical pole right in the center. It's so easy to use. You can do that?!? Do your hands ever have trouble finding the vert rail in the dark, or is it a natural thing to grab? It sorta looks like you have to reach far forward and up/down to get a grip of this before ascending / descending.
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May 10, 2017 15:15
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It's in a very natural position, and easy to slide your hand up/down as you go around the tight corner. I tip-toe up/down the stairs in the dark carrying babby at least once a day. My feet have more trouble than my hands do... but My Big Fat American parents still said our stairs were narrow and steep.
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May 10, 2017 15:57
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peanut posted:It's in a very natural position, and easy to slide your hand up/down as you go around the tight corner. I tip-toe up/down the stairs in the dark carrying babby at least once a day. My feet have more trouble than my hands do... but My Big Fat American parents still said our stairs were narrow and steep. Have you ever used it to run across the exterior wall? If not, will you teach your children this after installing a net on the other side? (Safety third!)
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May 10, 2017 17:07
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H110Hawk posted:Have you ever used it to run across the exterior wall? If not, will you teach your children this after installing a net on the other side? (Safety third!) The kids will learn this themselves and peanut will shout at them when he sees the footprints on the wall.
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May 10, 2017 21:02
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Hmmmm I'll have to get another baby gate
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May 10, 2017 23:28
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Kitchen cabinets all in.    Final electrical starting tomorrow. And the great news, got an offer on current house, gone back and forth a couple times and I think we're real close.
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May 11, 2017 00:28
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Holy poo poo man, this is like a real house now. Happy to see it so close since I've been following from the beginning. It really turned out great (other than that banister, and I'd live with that, but paint it the same color as the wall in semigloss so it wasn't so obvious).
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May 11, 2017 01:05
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Gounads, you and your wife have great tastes. I've liked everything I've seen so far.
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May 11, 2017 01:15
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MrEnigma posted:They trimmed it out before finishing painting? How else would they hit the caulking with wall colour?
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May 11, 2017 04:35
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Just signed papers accepting offer to sell. Hopefully the rest of that process goes smooth and I only own a single house in July.
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May 11, 2017 13:30
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Is that a spot for a microwave over the stove? I would make sure you splurge on the actual microwave. We have a cheap one, and the heat from the stove has caused all sorts of problems. poo poo like control pad delaminating and the thin stainless warping so it interferes with the hinge  Probably because we cook more than normal, and sometimes have all 4 burners going, but still.
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May 11, 2017 13:36
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BrianBoitano posted:Is that a spot for a microwave over the stove? I would make sure you splurge on the actual microwave. We have a cheap one, and the heat from the stove has caused all sorts of problems. poo poo like control pad delaminating and the thin stainless warping so it interferes with the hinge Nope, just a big range hood. Microwave goes on that shelf closest to the camera on the peninsula opening to the right. Imagine appliances in black stainless steel hotness (http://www.lg.com/us/discover/black-stainless-steel-series) We bought our backsplash tile: https://www.wayfair.com/EliteTile-Pharsalia-2-x-2.25-Porcelain-Mosaic-Tile-in-Glossy-Gray-EML1163.html
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May 11, 2017 13:43
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Appliances look great! Very cool following the house build. That banister bugs me but it is a small detail. About a year ago updated my original 1960 kitchen and modified original cabinets to fit a dishwasher and fit a microwave over the stove, holy smokes does it make a difference. We have not had any issues with the microwave over stove and my wife cooks and bakes ALL DAY multiple days a week (sells cakes and cupcakes and stuff)
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May 11, 2017 20:04
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I never thought of myself as an autist, but that bannister is really spinning me out. I would go to considerable expense to remove those right-angles, especially given the rest of the house's pleasing and classic aesthetics.
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May 12, 2017 01:02
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You know, I think I've figured out why that bannister bothers me (and also why I've never seen anything like it). Most staircases I've seen that turn (but aren't spiral) usually have a landing and then a new set of stairs are connected at 90 degrees. Here the stairs sweep around that corner and combined with the bannister posts necessitates all those right angles. If it had a landing, then you'd have the rail from upstairs stop at the landing, a horizontal rail across the open side of the landing, and then a normal sloped rail for the remaining steps.
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May 12, 2017 06:21
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It's looking real good. And after they get the certificate of occupancy (presumably the last inspection?) you can maybe do whatever the gently caress you want with that railing. My sister is also building a house right now and it's really fun to see it all come together.
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May 12, 2017 14:31
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flosofl posted:You know, I think I've figured out why that bannister bothers me (and also why I've never seen anything like it). Staircases that turn without a landing are called "winder" stairs and they are somewhat common because they have less of a tops-down footprint and can fit into tighter floorplans. I have one in my house but it was built in 1985 and in general it seems the inspector just rubber stamped everything, so my handrail is not continuous like Gounad's. If you google image search for "winder stairs handrail" there are a bunch of different approaches to it, it is tough to make it look fluid, but I actually don't see any with the "right angles only" approach.
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May 12, 2017 14:48
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Does code require that the railing be on that wall? I wonder if you could just flip it to the other wall. That would at least help with how it ties into the landing area. EDIT: This dude can obviously do this slant. Why the gently caress did he do this?! 
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May 12, 2017 16:23
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PleasusChrist posted:Does code require that the railing be on that wall? I wonder if you could just flip it to the other wall. That would at least help with how it ties into the landing area. It was explained before. Minimum height requirements for those spans. A straight slant would fail per code apparently in that section. That plus bannister post placement necessitated either the right angle party or a curved sloping bannister which would be super expensive as a custom part.
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May 12, 2017 16:39
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PleasusChrist posted:Does code require that the railing be on that wall? I wonder if you could just flip it to the other wall. That would at least help with how it ties into the landing area. If his state is IBC based it likely can be only on one side.
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flosofl posted:It was explained before. Minimum height requirements for those spans. A straight slant would fail per code apparently in that section. That plus bannister post placement necessitated either the right angle party or a curved sloping bannister which would be super expensive as a custom part. I saw the part about the minimum requirements, but the slant would actually be higher than that. I guess maybe this falls outside of the max height as well? I am fully aware that I could be misunderstanding this, so sorry if that's the case. PleasusChrist fucked around with this message at 16:52 on May 12, 2017 |
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May 12, 2017 16:44
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It's to confuse ghosts so they can't get upstairs
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May 12, 2017 17:06
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PleasusChrist posted:I saw the part about the minimum requirements, but the slant would actually be higher than that. I guess maybe this falls outside of the max height as well? Probably? I imagine it has to do with how wide each stair is since they're basically wedges and a slant would violate code (either too high or too low) at some point because of that. Ultimately, it's Gounad's place and he seems OK with it . I will say, if I were considering buying a place and saw that, I'd definitely think it was weird, but I don't think it would sway me one way or the other by itself.
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May 13, 2017 01:11
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"I can't believe it's a meter base!" (I also can't believe the coax and cat 5 was put through the siding that shittily......I'm hoping you're going to box and caulk over that and connect the conduit in some weathertight manner)
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May 13, 2017 02:05
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What in the gently caress did they do? You're either going to get raided by the DEA when the power company reports you, or you're going to get permanently disconnected for stealing power. there shouldn't be power sans meter
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May 13, 2017 08:39
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The Sexual Shiite posted:What in the gently caress did they do? You're either going to get raided by the DEA when the power company reports you, or you're going to get permanently disconnected for stealing power. Looks like LED cans. Pretty typical in our area to activate a few circuits from the SAW pole.
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May 13, 2017 09:31
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Knew I'd get someone. Generator hookup
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May 13, 2017 12:53
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Nice.
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Gounads posted:Knew I'd get someone. Dick
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May 13, 2017 15:07
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I've had a power company guy run staples through the meter face because I was a scoutmaster. I didn't ask for it.
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New Homeowners Slashes Electricity Bill With This One Simple Hack!
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Motronic posted:(I also can't believe the coax and cat 5 was put through the siding that shittily......I'm hoping you're going to box and caulk over that and connect the conduit in some weathertight manner) Looks like interior wiring waiting for the telco/cable company to put their NID on the side of the house.
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Two months ago: Me: Oh crap, I bought plug-in shop lights, those be ok? Builder: Yeah, those are fine. Today: Electrician: I can't use these. -- Good news: Electricians are blazing through everything on the weekend. Except for a few things we're waiting on for placement (like above a vanity that's not there yet) they'll be done today. Hopefully we can get that propane tank in soon, heat the place, and get floors in.
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Motronic posted:"I can't believe it's a meter base!" Speaking of ugly access through a wall, when I had our A/C replaced we couldn't use the old copper (which routed via several turns through the interior wall space and out near the base of the walk-out basement wall) and the only good direct route ended up with a new hole about six, seven feet off the ground, with the insulated refrigerant line and water output from the condensate pump then making an outside run to the compressor. When (not if) we replace the upstairs unit I'm guessing we'll have the same problem. (Unless somehow we can manage to drop from inside the attic down past the first and second floors, into the basement wall, and then manage to curve outward to get through a fieldstone wall. I'm not holding my breath.) What's an attractive way to cover up that poo poo? edit: Guess it makes more sense to upload some pictures. edit 2: I really need to level the new A/C unit, it annoys me every time I look at it. This is the new A/C unit and aforementioned ugly routing:  This is the rear of the house for context: 
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This morning was paperwork morning, reconciling recent bill the builder sent over. And also adding up the overages and underages from original contract. Overall, right now we're looking to be about $17k over the original budget. There's a $4000 question since builder is asking for $12k for the decks and the quote was more like $8k. $13000 was stove/flu cost which we paid direct, so between those we're just about *even* with the builder and his original contract. Some highlights: Saved $12k on retaining wall My workshop cost me $1k in electrical Over by $2700 on plumbing fixtures Over by $3800 on kitchen cabinets/counters Over by $2000 on lot clearing since we're going bigger yard And a ton of little things. Overall, $17k over isn't too bad. We've heard much worse horror stories and I feel like we haven't skimped out on anything major.
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Gounads posted:Overall, $17k over isn't too bad. We've heard much worse horror stories and I feel like we haven't skimped out on anything major. Worst home-building horror-story I've heard was one of my wife's old co-workers. They built a house, and after moving in the foundation basically started tilting and sliding down a hill. The house was declared unsafe for habitation (surprise), insurance didn't cover the loss because it was a construction defect, and the foundation contractor had declared bankruptcy and disappeared.
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12-1 cable install appointment Shows up at 1:15 Looks at pole, tells me he can't install today. Have to get the main line extended and a new tap installed Super.
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