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Medullah posted:If there's a better thread for this, please point me to it. Went from a 800 square foot house to a 1700 with an equally large basement, so I've got a ton of space with almost nothing on the walls and general lack of decoration. I'm a single guy and quite frankly I'm terrible at decorating. Are there any places where I can, say, upload some pictures and get advice from people smarter than me? We're about to give Modsy a try for room decoration, I'll definitely share how it works. I got a mattress from tuft and needle and really like it. Like 600 bones for a queen?
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Medullah posted:If there's a better thread for this, please point me to it. Went from a 800 square foot house to a 1700 with an equally large basement, so I've got a ton of space with almost nothing on the walls and general lack of decoration. I'm a single guy and quite frankly I'm terrible at decorating. Are there any places where I can, say, upload some pictures and get advice from people smarter than me? I got a Zinus foam mattress, a queen for 220 bucks 5 years ago and it's still going strong. I highly recommend for a spare bed or even your own, and it's more likely than not made at the same factory as tuft and needle/whatever other VC-funded mattress brand. Edit: you buy them from Amazon. Blindeye fucked around with this message at 14:19 on May 25, 2019 |
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May 25, 2019 06:24
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:We're about to give Modsy a try for room decoration, I'll definitely share how it works. Modsy looks like pretty much exactly what I wanted, interesting to see how it goes
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May 25, 2019 06:25
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Blindeye posted:I got a Zinus foam mattress, a queen for 220 bucks 5 years ago and it's still going strong. I highly recommend for a spare bed or even your own, and it's more likely than not made at the same factory as tuft and needle/whatever other VC-funded mattress brand. We just got a new frame and mattress from this company from Amazon for our guest bedroom it's absolutely best value.
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May 25, 2019 19:53
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EAT FASTER!!!!!! posted:We just got a new frame and mattress from this company from Amazon for our guest bedroom it's absolutely best value. Mind me asking which one?
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May 25, 2019 20:02
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Medullah posted:Mind me asking which one? Zinus, I think.
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May 25, 2019 20:41
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Subjunctive posted:Zinus, I think. Well yeah, I meant which specific model.
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May 25, 2019 20:47
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Ah! well then,
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May 25, 2019 20:54
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Oh hey, I found the order for the bed I am still using: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GTCAY04/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Not Zinus, I must have confused it for what a friend bought, but this has been good to us.
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Just want to give a shout out to https://repairclinic.com for being the best place to not only get repair parts for appliances, but for having excellent how-to videos. My mom's dishwasher died yesterday and thanks to their warehouse being a 20min drive away AND being open on Sunday, I was able to get a replacement pump and motor assembly this morning and install it in under an hour. The part cost $155 but I'm sure I saved a couple hundred bucks watching their instructional video a couple times through versus having to call a repair person. I'm sure it's less convenient if you don't live in SE Michigan but I'd highly recommend them if you ever need to get replacement parts.
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May 26, 2019 18:09
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I found click together hardwood flooring for 6 bucks a square foot. The store says they'll remove my carpet and install the new flooring for a total project cost of $16 a SF. That seems insane for the materials to be less than half the total cost. This is a 1400 SF flat home with no stairs and doing only 4 bedrooms and a hallway
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May 26, 2019 18:11
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:That seems insane for the materials to be less than half the total cost. Labor is routinely more expensive than materials. Whether it's appropriate in this particular situation, I don't know, but that kind of ratio is not at all unusual in general.
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May 26, 2019 18:18
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:Labor is routinely more expensive than materials. Whether it's appropriate in this particular situation, I don't know, but that kind of ratio is not at all unusual in general. For like... Building a house, or a staircase maybe. But these are prefinished slats of wood to be nailed down in 5 large rectangular rooms. I'm recarpeting an old house for $3/sf including materials, disposal, and labor, so the hardwood labor just seemed like a "go away we don't wanna do it" bid
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May 26, 2019 18:21
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:I found click together hardwood flooring for 6 bucks a square foot. The store says they'll remove my carpet and install the new flooring for a total project cost of $16 a SF. That seems insane for the materials to be less than half the total cost. This is a 1400 SF flat home with no stairs and doing only 4 bedrooms and a hallway That seems a little high. I did about 1100sqft of decent grade glue together engineered wood for around $9k total. If I recall the wood was 5/sqft, 1/sqft for underlayment, and 3/sqft labor. I had already removed the carpet and prepared the slab though.
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Anyone have any recommendations for good citronella torches or something for my patio? It's not too big but not too small either. Most of the ones I see online are "stake in the ground" and I'm not real sure how well that would work there. For reference - 
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May 26, 2019 18:59
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So I had leaking from one of my sprinkler lines, and in trying to repair the valve, I realized that 1) it's ancient and obsolete and 2) that it's installed in a way that makes maintenance a bitch. So I created an elevated joint with two compression couplings so I can more readily make repairs in the future. I also dug everything out and put in gravel and cobbles for drainage and a proper valve box since before it was just a few buried CMUs with 3 concrete pavers on top as the "lid." Then I liked the results so much I replaced all my valves:  
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May 26, 2019 22:59
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Just dropping this in here......... I had a cook out yesterday. After everyone left we noticed the downstairs toilet started leaking from the tank onto the floor. Being experienced in homeownership I had multiple packets of this around: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Oatey-LiquiLock-Gel-31419/202882917 So I dumped one in the tank and one in the bowl after turning off the water. I then went to bed and didn't think about it again because no more damage would happen. I woke up this morning, had my coffee and headed out to the home despot, and a couple hours later:  Yes, an entirely new toilet. Because just as I'm experienced enough to have liquilock around, I'm also experienced enough to know that chasing parts around for a leaking toilet is a losing proposition. It was "a simple tank grommet that would have cost $1", yet when I started taking the old toilet apart bolts were stripping shrew heads got chewed up because they were ready to fall apart etc. as they often do. And I didn't give a gently caress because I had a new toilet, a new set of closet bolts and a new fluidmaster "gently caress using wax rings" seal ready to go. Look at that.....it's even caulked down properly. 2 hours. Done. You want to own a house? Be ready to make sure you can get your poo where it needs to go on short notice.
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May 27, 2019 05:36
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I am more interested in this magic powder that turns all the water to toilet jello
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May 27, 2019 14:25
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couldcareless posted:I am more interested in this magic powder that turns all the water to toilet jello Even better than that is that if you add MORE water it turns back into water. So if you need to re-set a toilet (like because the seal is leaking) you can toss that crap in, do what you need to, then just turn it back on and fill/flush a couple times. It's the kind of thing everyone should have a couple packets of sitting around, even if you have no intention of ever doing actual plumbing work yourself simply because inside of 4 minutes you've stopped any water damage from happening without having to stick your hands or anything else in a toilet.
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May 27, 2019 14:34
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Medullah posted:Mind me asking which one? Hey sorry holiday weekend it's been a zoo around here - In our master we have a king memory foam green tea 12" on the upholstered square stitched platform. In our guest bedroom we have a queen ultima comfort 10" on the paul metal and wood platform. They are a great deal.
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May 27, 2019 20:22
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As it's warmed up, we have had some big ants wandering around the kitchen and bathroom (ground floor, they share a corner of the building). On research it seems likely they are carpenter ants. How paranoid do I need to be that they are filling the walls and eating the supports? At the moment we basically find a couple wandering around alone every day. I spent part of this weekend laying out borax baits, for a start.
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May 27, 2019 21:55
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I love those big dick toilets. The place I’m moving into now has all these little circle toilets that I barely fit on. Barbarism.
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May 27, 2019 23:03
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Yeah you never feel more like an oversized beef lord behemoth than when you're stuffed over a little circle toilet with no ability to maneuver a hand to the butthole region
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May 27, 2019 23:08
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:Yeah you never feel more like an oversized beef lord behemoth than when you're stuffed over a little circle toilet with no ability to maneuver a hand to the butthole region New thread title here
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:no ability to maneuver a hand to the butthole region You mean the suburbs?
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terro ant killer will wipe out any ants you have, I think it's just borax but I got a little bottle of that poo poo three years ago for cheap when I bought the house and I've never had an ant issue since. just dab some of that poo poo on some cut up index cards and that colony will regret ever crossing you.
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May 28, 2019 01:24
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If you don't need it immediately, Delta Dust is like Terro ant powder on murder steroids. More expensive but more effective, lasts longer, and kills more/all bugs. I've used both and Delta Dust is my favorite.
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100 HOGS AGREE posted:terro ant killer will wipe out any ants you have, I think it's just borax Borax and sugar water. All you need for ant destruction if you're willing to wait a few days. The neurotoxin ant killers are interesting and immediately satisfying, but they die too fast to bring that poo poo back into wherever they're living and kill the entire colony.
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Terro is what I grabbed at the hardware store because I wanted to do something immediately, so good to know it wasn't a total waste of my time stuffing little cards under things. I'll look into Delta Dust as well and follow up with that if we keep seeing them appear. As soon as I identified them I got paranoid and started searching for signs they're in the house but I haven't found anything to indicate we have more than a few visitors.
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Back with another question, are longer warranties worth buying on water heaters? Everything I see online says making do with the standard 6-year and keeping up with maintenance is the way to go. Also, if we're looking for a cheap, sturdy lock for an outdoor shed (where we're planning to stash the mower if we get one ASAP), what would y'all recommend?
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My 12 year warrantied water heater failed in less than a year, and while they swapped it out with a new one, it doesn't give me hope that the new one will last 12 years. Read the fine print on what is warrantied, ie parts and/or labor. If one or the other is all that's covered don't waste your time unless you're handy. The parts are fairly expensive on their own and the labor is so expensive you might as well just buy a new water heater. Additionally, to send new parts out for the warranty, the manufacturer may require your unit be inspected by one of their contractors, which if they don't cover it could be $200 by itself. It's all a scam and even though all my poo poo was covered 100% by the companies involved, I still feel ripped off somehow. Probably because I lost 8 hours of vacation time and hours on the phone trying to get companies to do what they're required to. It took me a full month from my first call to get my water heater replaced.
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babydonthurtme posted:Back with another question, are longer warranties worth buying on water heaters? Everything I see online says making do with the standard 6-year and keeping up with maintenance is the way to go. I wouldn't purchase any extra warranty plan, but the heaters with longer warranties (10-12y) are usually of a much higher quality. One tip is to look at the drain valve. Low-end WHs use a crappy plastic faucet hookup, while better models use the traditional brass.
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babydonthurtme posted:Back with another question, are longer warranties worth buying on water heaters? Everything I see online says making do with the standard 6-year and keeping up with maintenance is the way to go. I imagine you want a lock that will resist just twisting off the shed with a metal bar. Just get a cheapo whatever lock, because odds are anything you put on there is gonna be stronger than the latch itself is. It's just a deterrent to lazy thieves or teenagers.
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Years ago we had foundation problems and had weeping tile installed. Then when we re-landscaped and planted a cherry tree fairly close to the house. Now that I think about it, are the roots from the tree going to be a hazard that close to the foundation or can they not get enough purchase in the gravel? Or even better purchase in the gravel...?
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I'd always understood it that you don't want trees anywhere near the house if you have any choice in the matter. Roots are destructive in any number of ways, and no I wouldn't expect them to have any trouble growing in gravel.
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gently caress trees We just hacked down a ton of enormous trees in our community that had been installed by the builder based on instant street appeal and no thought for long term growth. They got huge and hosed up our sidewalks, sewers, and irrigation
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babydonthurtme posted:Also, if we're looking for a cheap, sturdy lock for an outdoor shed (where we're planning to stash the mower if we get one ASAP), what would y'all recommend? Buy one which you can change the keying on so it can match your house. I think ours was $20 from the locksmith re-keying our house. It went from a nice Abus lock to a nice Abus lock with a comically lovely core. It holds shut a rotting door and could trivially be ripped off by someone.
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:gently caress trees Nice snow shovel.
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I didn't lift a finger, the HOA did it all  ... as part of my $270/month HOA fee  I'm so excited to be moving to a regular house soon
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My tenants Samsung French door refridgerator had the freezer stop functioning 2 years in. I put in forced defrost mode for a while then reset it but it's still not freezing. I've already ordered a replacement fridge but does anyone have any experience fixing something like this? Were gonna out it in the garage for extra fridge storage but it would be nice to get freeze functionality back. Also my wife wants to look into converting our 50 gallon heater into a tankless system. Anyone know generally how much that runs with install?
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