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Also, low beds don't use boxsprings, they use convex slats as the 'spring' cushioning and typically have mattresses of latex or foam, so they don't have as much height. It makes the entire thing sit low, as opposed to having two feet of mattress + boxspring, which requires these huge sidewalls to hide it.
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Phil Moscowitz posted:Grandad lamps always get no respect. I have one that I claimed that sat in the bonus room until it got kicked out to make room for more kid crap. Now it sits majestically in my office. the thick base molding that goes right on the exposed brick is really nice too
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May 21, 2019 17:05
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Phil Moscowitz posted:Grandad lamps always get no respect. I have one that I claimed that sat in the bonus room until it got kicked out to make room for more kid crap. Now it sits majestically in my office.
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May 21, 2019 17:06
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Jaded Burnout posted:Is it low beds or thick mattresses that are the contributing factor these days? E: you really don’t need box springs-slats with a piece of plywood on top or a bunkie or whatever work fine but a lot of mattress manufacturers won’t honor their warranty if you don’t use their box springs, and now they even require additional support under the bxoxnsprings because they are basically building the box springs out of toothpicks and popsicles sticks and paper mache. Kaiser Schnitzel fucked around with this message at 17:10 on May 21, 2019 |
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May 21, 2019 17:07
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Mount the base flush against the wall
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May 21, 2019 17:11
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Makes me want a gundelier
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May 21, 2019 17:14
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My office is in an old row building, used to be a feed store I think, then some kind of spice mercantile building (CHOAM lol). It's like Anyway my house has a completely different look and the gunlamp doesn't really fit. It goes pretty well in my office though. So here it lives until I build a camp/cabin. Phil Moscowitz fucked around with this message at 17:23 on May 21, 2019 |
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May 21, 2019 17:18
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Kaiser Schnitzel posted:slats with a piece of plywood on top Doesn't that somewhat defeat the point of the slats?
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May 21, 2019 17:21
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Jaded Burnout posted:Doesn't that somewhat defeat the point of the slats?
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May 21, 2019 17:46
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Kaiser Schnitzel posted:Yeah you don't really need the plywood, but if you cover it in batting/fabric it'll keep splinters out of your mattress and I guess theoretically spread the load out between the slats more evenly? And with no box springs you don't want gaps between the slats. Every bed I've had in my life has had just slats with gaps for ventilation. Just regular ol' lengths of wood on a frame with a mattress on it.
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May 21, 2019 18:18
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Jaded Burnout posted:Every bed I've had in my life has had just slats with gaps for ventilation. Just regular ol' lengths of wood on a frame with a mattress on it. My current bed is like that. Some mattress brands in the UK (memory foam etc) actually require this kind of base, or they’ll be too saggy. Imo the base is just needed to lift your bed off the cold floor and aid ventilation - it doesn’t need to do anything else.
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May 21, 2019 18:44
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I got this terrible ikea Malm thing thats super low, and has either wooden or springy slats you can buy to put the mattress on. It has these extra wide flat sides that I can put my glasses and phone on at night so no more night stands. it rules
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May 21, 2019 19:24
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Phil Moscowitz posted:Grandad lamps always get no respect. I have one that I claimed that sat in the bonus room until it got kicked out to make room for more kid crap. Now it sits majestically in my office. My grandfather has a table lamp in his living room that I dearly wish I had pictures of to post here. The base is a sculptural piece (made by him) of a forest glade, featuring a naked nymph and a satyr with a boner (is there any other kind of satyr?). I intend to make it part of my inheritance, if my dad doesn't lay claim first.
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May 21, 2019 23:03
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Antivehicular posted:My grandfather has a table lamp in his living room that I dearly wish I had pictures of to post here. The base is a sculptural piece (made by him) of a forest glade, featuring a naked nymph and a satyr with a boner (is there any other kind of satyr?). I intend to make it part of my inheritance, if my dad doesn't lay claim first. No, Saytrs are priapic. Fauns aren't, though, and people get them confused a lot.
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May 21, 2019 23:09
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PRADA SLUT posted:Also, low beds don't use boxsprings, they use convex slats as the 'spring' cushioning and typically have mattresses of latex or foam, so they don't have as much height. It makes the entire thing sit low, as opposed to having two feet of mattress + boxspring, which requires these huge sidewalls to hide it. Just to be clear, my current bed also has slats, it's just much higher up.
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May 21, 2019 23:15
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I asked for, and received, the "green bean lamp" from my grandparents' house. It is a table lamp base made of a wrought iron in the shape of a green bean vine, complete with beans. I don't have anywhere to put it right now though unfortunately.
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May 23, 2019 04:01
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The Wonder Weapon posted:To everyone recommending my game room turn into some sort of themed dungeon: I definitely spent some time considering it. I was originally thinking of a cozy, "hidden library" type feel along the lines of the picture below. Wood shutters on the window might work. Phil Moscowitz posted:Grandad lamps always get no respect. I have one that I claimed that sat in the bonus room until it got kicked out to make room for more kid crap. Now it sits majestically in my office. 
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May 23, 2019 10:02
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Can anyone suggest what kind of professional I should look to in order to understand how many of the basement support poles in my home are necessary? I was looking up architects, but I’m now second-guessing myself and wondering if I need to contact the services of a specific type of engineer. My 1960’s ranch house has a bunch of metal poles holding up the joists and beams from the unfinished basement, and the poles are sort of randomly spaced out and located on beams at random distances throughout the area. This makes finishing the basement (or at least getting a nice open game room for kids) kind of a bitch. When we bought the home the inspector said that the supports looked like they were overkill, and an uncle in the construction business is speculating that the original design of the house may have called for a second floor which was never added. I have zero desire to touch dick-fuckin-squat until someone with the proper physics knowledge gives it an eye-over and can suggest if some of these poles can be relocated (or removed entirely). What person in what sort of occupation should I be asking for this sort of analysis? Is it an architect, or structural engineer of some sorts? I’d rather not have to go through a corporation and pay the overhead, but if it’s necessary I’ll consider it.
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May 23, 2019 20:46
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A structural engineer is who the architect is going to call. If you google/call around around and tell people what you’re trying to do you should be able to find a structural engineer that does a lot of residential stuff. You may have the best luck calling a small residential architect and asking who they use. If you are getting whatever changes you are contemplating permitted etc. the engineer is going to have to take a good bit of time making/stamping a drawing-if you and bubba are just going to do it yourselves (you probably shouldn’t) the engineer can probably just tell you what to do and pretend they were never there and just charge you for a consultation or something. You also might actually need all those poles.
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May 23, 2019 21:07
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Google "basement specialist" in your area. There is an entire industry just focused on basement issues, from foundations to water to whatever. Structural engineers are one thing but the basement people usually have that, with a specific focus on basements in particular.
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May 23, 2019 21:08
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Bad Munki posted:Google "basement specialist" in your area. There is an entire industry just focused on basement issues, from foundations to water to whatever. Structural engineers are one thing but the basement people usually have that, with a specific focus on basements in particular. Good call, because the slab or whatever the poles rest on, is also going to have its load rating. You probably don't have a stem wall or piers under them.
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Bad Munki posted:Google "basement specialist" in your area. There is an entire industry just focused on basement issues, from foundations to water to whatever. Structural engineers are one thing but the basement people usually have that, with a specific focus on basements in particular. Will do, thanks. I’ll call a few places and see what’s up. Kaiser Schnitzel posted:If you are getting whatever changes you are contemplating permitted etc. the engineer is going to have to take a good bit of time making/stamping a drawing-if you and bubba are just going to do it yourselves (you probably shouldn’t) the engineer can probably just tell you what to do and pretend they were never there and just charge you for a consultation or something. I believe the poles are there for a reason, because nobody sane would waste all that money installing useless supports. That said, their locations are what’s puzzling me, and I wonder if it’d be safe moving them a few feet while supporting the same joists and beams. If I could get a few of them relocated, I could easily build up a decent looking semi-finished area that would be a hell of a lot more comfortable to relax in during the summer months. Also I was intending to be the bubba at large there but if an engineer gives me the “holy poo poo no” then I’m not going to touch anything. I’d rather not have my house cave in on my skull.
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The structural engineer I got to check the work on my house charged around £700+VAT, and that included most of a day site visit and calcs & marking up drawings for significant changes to most of the house. I can't imagine one would cost you too much to check on your supports. The best guess I'd have for why they're placed where they are is either there's some rhyme or reason that you're not seeing (like they're underneath specific walls and transferring load straight down) or that just happened to be the most convenient order to put them up in during construction. Either way your SEng will have the answers. And anything can be solved with enough steel.
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Ripoff posted:Also I was intending to be the bubba at large there but if an engineer gives me the “holy poo poo no” then I’m not going to touch anything. I’d rather not have my house cave in on my skull. But think of the ladies!
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May 24, 2019 01:14
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Jaded Burnout posted:And anything can be solved with enough steel. And that's where my shop comes in! :v
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May 24, 2019 01:27
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Hopefully those metal poles are called lally columns and aren’t actually what I’m picturing in my head. If it is just a bunch of metal poles than maybe they are all needed. Floor sagging again? Throw in another pole!
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Hello Hello Hello!
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May 24, 2019 01:51
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This one is a real product image.
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May 24, 2019 01:52
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just erect a circular stage around them and let the kids play on that
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May 24, 2019 02:47
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Jaded Burnout posted:Every bed I've had in my life has had just slats with gaps for ventilation. Just regular ol' lengths of wood on a frame with a mattress on it. I’d never even heard of a box spring until I moved to America.
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May 24, 2019 02:57
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Platform/slat beds have become way more popular in the US in the last 2 decades because foam mattresses have become way more popular. The last time platform beds had an upswing in the US was in the 70s/80s when futon mattresses gained a bit of popularity. Then in the 2000s memory foam exploded in market share as companies started rolling out their own polyurethane TempurPedic competitors, and interest in latex foam mattresses and “hybrid” latex-poly mattresses followed suit. Then you start getting brands like Casper/Leesa/Purple/etc that capitalize on foam’s packable nature to ship straight to online shoppers and you’ve got the current explosion in platform beds.
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May 24, 2019 06:11
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This bed is on "sale" for $1900. They didn't have any pictures of the upholestered version on their website but they sent me one https://www.dwr.com/bedroom-beds/min-bed-with-headboard/6353.html
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May 24, 2019 16:31
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""""""""within reach"""""""
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May 24, 2019 16:41
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That is a good looking frame though
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May 24, 2019 16:49
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actionjackson posted:This bed is on "sale" for $1900. They didn't have any pictures of the upholestered version on their website but they sent me one The upholstered configuration isn't on sale.
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Ripoff posted:Also I was intending to be the bubba at large there but if an engineer gives me the “holy poo poo no” then I’m not going to touch anything. I’d rather not have my house cave in on my skull. but what if you decide to sell and females come over to assess the value efb
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PRADA SLUT posted:The upholstered configuration isn't on sale. Which configurations are on sale? I can't find any combinations that qualify.
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May 24, 2019 17:52
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My other thought is to get the ikea delaktig bed and then get the headboard upholstered if possible. The frame is anodized aluminum and the headboard is fiberboard, ash veneer, stain and lacquer
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May 24, 2019 18:01
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actionjackson posted:Which configurations are on sale? I can't find any combinations that qualify. I don't know, but the price will be in red if it is. It's probably a product they're not selling anymore and are clearing inventory
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actionjackson posted:My other thought is to get the ikea delaktig bed and then get the headboard upholstered if possible. The frame is anodized aluminum and the headboard is fiberboard, ash veneer, stain and lacquer I’ve said it before wrt “period” decor and stuff like bookcases (Billy is welcome anywhere post-1965) but there ain’t nothing wrong with mixing (or tweaking) good ikea pieces into a room. Esp when the alternative is something ludicrous like $2k. I will buy a few different $4-8k chairs and $10k lights given the opportunity but that DWR bed is a hard sell.
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