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My auntie lived on the edge of some protected lake and she had an incinerator toilet because they couldn't/wouldn't run full plumbing.
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peanut posted:My auntie lived on the edge of some protected lake and she had an incinerator toilet because they couldn't/wouldn't run full plumbing. There I was, quietly taking a poo poo... <lights go out> <Undertaker gong sounds>
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Dec 19, 2017 00:02
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D34THROW posted:Exactly, I just don't understand why you wouldn't, when possible, install something like that to facilitate inevitable replacement of such things. Because it looks like poo poo. I'd rather just pay $20 in drywall and paint for fixing the wall if my fittings fail every 20 years.
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Dec 19, 2017 01:02
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FCKGW posted:Because it looks like poo poo. And isn't the most common repair on some of them (Moen?) a cartridge you install through the valve handle itself? We have a shower on the back wall of our house, and there is a little plumbing access panel for the valves on the exterior wall. It's ugly.
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Dec 19, 2017 01:16
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peanut posted:My auntie lived on the edge of some protected lake and she had an incinerator toilet because they couldn't/wouldn't run full plumbing. I prefer "turd burner".
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Dec 19, 2017 02:11
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apparently from ~2000 to 2003, american hot water heater co. and whirlpool sold models of gas hot water heaters with the wonderful feature of reverse threads on the fitting where the thermocouple screws into the controller. I cannot imagine why any engineer thought that was necessary. I found out by tryign to replace mine, and the replacement kit (of which Lowes had one, torn open but apparently intact) was supposed to come with an adapter with reverse threads on one side and regular on the other, along with the regular-threaded thermocouple provided, but guess which part was missing when I got it home. In the grand scheme of things this is very very small obviously but I really can't fathom why anyone thought a reverse threaded fitting was necessary for holding in place a copper tube with an insulated copper wire inside of it.
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Dec 19, 2017 02:17
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H110Hawk posted:And isn't the most common repair on some of them (Moen?) a cartridge you install through the valve handle itself? I recently noticed something interesting at my mother's house. The sink, toilet, and shower line up against the same wall. Usually the plumbing for all three will share the same wall but not here. The sink and toilet are against an exterior wall while the shower plumbing is on the opposite wall of the bathroom. If you need to get in there it would be through the bedroom drywall. Now I'm noticing something similar at every hotel and apartment I'm in. Access to the shower is through a wall in the same apartment, not the neighbors or hallway.
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Dec 19, 2017 02:18
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H110Hawk posted:And isn't the most common repair on some of them (Moen?) a cartridge you install through the valve handle itself? Yup, just had a Moen shower cartridge fail and it was a straightforward replacement. Pull the handle, undo the trim, remove a clip, remove the cartridge, installation is the reverse of removal, remove handle and spin upside down when you inevitably gently caress up the orientation the first time.
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Dec 19, 2017 03:13
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High rise apartment foundation is just dirt, trash and some concrete https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=c03_1513667038  cause liveleak.
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Dec 19, 2017 15:40
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Lime Tonics posted:High rise apartment foundation is just dirt, trash and some concrete  That is ... something special.
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Dec 19, 2017 15:58
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 How long until that thing just completely topples over?
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Buff Skeleton posted:How long until that thing just completely topples over?
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https://i.imgur.com/01WHuYi.mp4
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Dec 19, 2017 17:29
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Slugworth posted:Ehhhhh, if it's in a closet or something, go for it. Otherwise, an access panel is a bit of an eyesore.
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Dec 19, 2017 18:16
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The classic "make the new guy break his foot" prank.
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Dec 19, 2017 18:25
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Yawgmoth posted:Gonna build a house entirely out of access panels. I swear I remember hearing about some product that was a replacement for drywall, where you could just remove the top/bottom trim and then pop the entire panel off to access the studs/interior. Presumably it had some kind of hook- or tab-based installation onto mounting hardware that was secured to the studs. I don't know how it handled seams between panels, but it might be a reasonable replacement for a wall that you expect to need to open again in the future.
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Dec 19, 2017 18:37
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Yawgmoth posted:Gonna build a house entirely out of access panels. When you think about it, a door is just a large access panel.
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The Twinkie Czar posted:I recently noticed something interesting at my mother's house. The sink, toilet, and shower line up against the same wall. Usually the plumbing for all three will share the same wall but not here. The sink and toilet are against an exterior wall while the shower plumbing is on the opposite wall of the bathroom. If you need to get in there it would be through the bedroom drywall. Supply pipes aren't ran through exterior walls in places where it freezes during the winter. Now you can have fixtures against that wall, it's just that they're supplied through the floor, or through a side wall and hidden inside a cabinet.
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Dec 19, 2017 18:45
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:I swear I remember hearing about some product that was a replacement for drywall, where you could just remove the top/bottom trim and then pop the entire panel off to access the studs/interior. Presumably it had some kind of hook- or tab-based installation onto mounting hardware that was secured to the studs. I don't know how it handled seams between panels, but it might be a reasonable replacement for a wall that you expect to need to open again in the future. The solution is to simply wood panel all your walls, that way you can easily hide the seams in the paneling and have easy to access sections removable all over the house to reach various plumbing/wiring points.
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Dec 19, 2017 18:46
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Yawgmoth posted:Gonna build a house entirely out of access panels
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Dec 19, 2017 18:48
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Ashcans posted:The solution is to simply wood panel all your walls, that way you can easily hide the seams in the paneling and have easy to access sections removable all over the house to reach various plumbing/wiring points. I guess that would work, except for the bathrooms/kitchen. But so long as your plumbing is all on internal walls that can be accessed from the other side, it should be fine.
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Dec 19, 2017 18:54
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Ashcans posted:The solution is to simply wood panel all your walls, that way you can easily hide the seams in the paneling and have easy to access sections removable all over the house to reach various plumbing/wiring points. Yes, but then you have to have wood paneling.
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What was the order of operations here? Did they install a barn door, realize it was crap for sound control, and then install the glass door? Or was the glass door there first, and the barn door is purely ornamental?
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Facebook Aunt posted:What was the order of operations here? Did they install a barn door, realize it was crap for sound control, and then install the glass door? Or was the glass door there first, and the barn door is purely ornamental? Yes
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Facebook Aunt posted:What was the order of operations here? Did they install a barn door, realize it was crap for sound control, and then install the glass door? Or was the glass door there first, and the barn door is purely ornamental? First off, the horse bolted.
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Lime Tonics posted:High rise apartment foundation is just dirt, trash and some concrete This is probably still crap construction, but: large buildings like that don't necessarily rest on the exterior wall. They'll have huge steel or reinforced concrete pillars going into the ground somewhere internal of there. That poo poo falling apart could just be cosmetic concrete... and of course there's garbage in the crawlspace. There's no way the building would be standing at all without reinforced concrete and/or steel supports going into the ground somewhere. What we see in the video is unreinforced concrete maybe two inches thick. It may not be load-bearing at all.
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I cannot wait until this fad is over. These are the worst doors ever (even if this one were functional) Facebook Aunt posted:What was the order of operations here? Did they install a barn door, realize it was crap for sound control, and then install the glass door? Or was the glass door there first, and the barn door is purely ornamental? Given the card reader and the fact the track wouldn't allow it to cover the full opening, I imagine it was purely ornamental.
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Leperflesh posted:This is probably still crap construction, but: large buildings like that don't necessarily rest on the exterior wall. They'll have huge steel or reinforced concrete pillars going into the ground somewhere internal of there. That poo poo falling apart could just be cosmetic concrete... and of course there's garbage in the crawlspace. Entire apartment blocks just tipping over because of lovely foundations and lovely geotech is not uncommon in china. 
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Dec 20, 2017 01:54
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Well they aren't called apart-ments for nothing.
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Dec 20, 2017 01:56
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If you don't know anything about roofing, you should watch this: https://youtu.be/xw5n-5uoGbU
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Dec 20, 2017 03:36
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devicenull posted:I cannot wait until this fad is over. These are the worst doors ever (even if this one were functional) As for this one, my guess is it's currently covering like, a closet door or something. The crappy construction being that it looks horribly out of place, and when open would interfere with the other door. My only doubt regarding this interpretation is I don't know if it would clear that door handle.
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Slugworth posted:I actually like them, but there's no way they'll be popular 3 years from now, so I'm abstaining. it definitely wont clear the pneumatic closer on the top also you can see the baseboards continue below the door, it literally does nothing as far as i can tell
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no, this a good improvisation
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Dec 20, 2017 04:56
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Oh my god, I think I’d genuinely like most of those settings.
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Probably works better than my shower head
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What is it?
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