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Fallom posted:I put a vent in the ceiling because my cabinets couldn’t handle a range hood We had that when I was a kid. It was fine because we had an electric stovetop that couldn't boil an egg. In my first house I thought I had a really really crappy range hood. Turned out all the fan blades had been snapped off the hubs (HOW?!?!?) so when you turned it on it sounded like it was working but it didn't actually move any air...
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I have a recirculating vent with no vent to the outside right now. It’s on my list of poo poo for next summer.
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I've not even known of the concept of a recirculating vent until a few years ago.
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ntan1 posted:Flooring removal in progress: Worth every penny, from the looks of it.
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His Divine Shadow posted:I've not even known of the concept of a recirculating vent until a few years ago. It is 1000% pointless and nonsensical, I guess they’re just designed as a con, to trick people into thinking they have a real vent. Or is there some use case where they’re not worse than nothing?
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We have nothing. Have to open a window and run the whole-house fan to sear a steak or else we get smoked out. My parents seem way better off with their “fake” under-microwave fan recirculating through a filter.
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wooger posted:It is 1000% pointless and nonsensical, I guess they’re just designed as a con, to trick people into thinking they have a real vent. Or is there some use case where they’re not worse than nothing? eddiewalker posted:through a filter. Better than nothing, I suppose.
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They reduce condensation above the stove top.
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wooger posted:It is 1000% pointless and nonsensical, I guess they’re just designed as a con, to trick people into thinking they have a real vent. Or is there some use case where they’re not worse than nothing? I remember reading something that justified them along the lines of clearing steam away while cooking.
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Jaded Burnout posted:Worth every penny, from the looks of it. Besides being illegal to do it alone (legality questions are sort of in this grey area, since it's possible to get away with a lot of stuff), the main problems with doing this removal yourself are: 1) Waste location, since hazardous waste programs in the county only accept a maximum of 50lb of Asbestos and there are stringent regulations in otherwise dumping in an approved asbestos facility. 2) Needing to have the grinders or chemical to remove the mastic 3) Needing to have to fully suit up for the job, full mask + everything, since mechanical removal of Asbestos is really, really, bad for your health. Then, you have to throw away everything contaminated. But the actual labor for this sort of demo isn't that bad. It's just really messy.
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I have a microwave above the stove with a vent that actually vents through the roof. This is good. The damper on the microwave is clearly broken as there's a draft coming into the microwave and thus the kitchen. Is the microwave damper sufficient to stop a draft or should there be a second damper in the duct itself further up the line, maybe in the attic space? EDIT: I forgot to say that I plan to replace the damper on the microwave this weekend, I just need a helper to hold the microwave so I don't just drop it on the stove top after I unbolt it from the cabinet above. If I'm going to take that down, I might as well do the needful for the rest of the project if the microwave damper isn't usually sufficient. I should add that the microwave is probably about 20 years old at this point, so I don't know if newer technology/manufacturing methods have made significant strides in making the single microwave damper sufficient. SopWATh fucked around with this message at 20:20 on Jan 17, 2020 |
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ntan1 posted:Besides being illegal to do it alone (legality questions are sort of in this grey area, since it's possible to get away with a lot of stuff), the main problems with doing this removal yourself are: Just don't be this guy: https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeImprovement/comments/dyvj3u/so_i_messed_up_bad_real_bad_one_more_warning_to/ quote:Two weekends ago, me and my wife decided it was time to replace our falling apart laminate floors. The location of the laminate we were replacing was in the kitchen, dining room, family room, Living room, and main hallway. We thought it would be nice to have all the rooms including the kitchen and dining room all one floor. He did post an update: https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeImprovement/comments/egfguc/asbestos_contamination_update_my_consequences_of/ $28,800 to remediate it and had to throw out anything made with fabric Sirotan fucked around with this message at 20:29 on Jan 17, 2020 |
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Sirotan posted:Just don't be this guy: Ignorance is bliss, as they say.
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just another posted:Ignorance is
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Sirotan posted:$28,800 to remediate it and had to throw out anything made with fabric You know, my licensed, officially certified, asbestos abatement is under 1/4 of that price.
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ntan1 posted:You know, my licensed, officially certified, asbestos abatement is under 1/4 of that price. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
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drat at that asbestos post. And of course insurance didn't cover it, cause why would they? It was his dumbass mistake. poo poo like that is why, as much as I hated it at the time, I'm kind of glad now I did a summer of asbestos work (air and material testing.) Before that summer, I, like a lot of people, had no idea it had the potential to be in things like flooring, siding, glues/mastics, etc... I basically only though it was on forms of insulation. I've got at least a couple potential places I could have it (kitchen floor and bathroom floor/mastic under the floors) so you best believe they're getting tested before I remove them. DrBouvenstein fucked around with this message at 22:08 on Jan 17, 2020 |
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DrBouvenstein posted:drat at that asbestos post. How hard is it to test for asbestos? I had mold remediation after a flood a while ago, and they messed with my basement flooring in the process. It was a well-respected company and they tented and sealed the house and removed/cleaned every single object, and they gutted and cleaned the entire hvac system, but I've always wondered if there was any asbestos that might have left residual traces.
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Easy - buy a home testing kit at home depot or on amazon, pay 75$ to send to a lab. That being said, I never actually did an asbestos test, because I asked all of my neighbors with exactly same looking houses and they specifically said that asbestos is under the flooring and in the HVAC ducting.
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TofuDiva posted:How hard is it to test for asbestos? I had mold remediation after a flood a while ago, and they messed with my basement flooring in the process. It was a well-respected company and they tented and sealed the house and removed/cleaned every single object, and they gutted and cleaned the entire hvac system, but I've always wondered if there was any asbestos that might have left residual traces. I read that horror story the other day and pledged to buy this kit before I rip out a wall in my kitchen, even though I'm pretty sure there's no asbestos in it: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072FJ987Y/ref=cm_sw_r_em_apa_i_PrJiEbCXPR4HY
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My house was built in 2004 and seems to be of quality construction (according to our home inspector). Asbestos got phased out of p much everything well before then right?
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That Works posted:My house was built in 2004 and seems to be of quality construction (according to our home inspector). Asbestos got phased out of p much everything well before then right? Yes.
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Didn't 45 bring back asbestos manufacturing somewhere, or am I thinking of something else equally bad? Make Asbestos Great Again
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falz posted:Didn't 45 bring back asbestos manufacturing somewhere, or am I thinking of something else equally bad? Make Asbestos Great Again He's talked about how Abestos would have stopped the towers coming down. Asbestos policy was in the news relatively recently since it's only in the last couple of years that Canada stopped exporting it.
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You can get an a testing kit on Amazon for like $30 and that includes the lab fee. I've sent a couple of suspicious looking materials to them and it hasn't come back as asbestos yet! They not only tell you if it is or isn't asbestos, but what it actually is, which is kind of helpful. I've found some suspicious sub flooring underneath the linoleum in my kitchen and I'm going to get it tested before I touch it. E: can jet fuel melt asbestos beams?
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Senor Tron posted:He's talked about how Abestos would have stopped the towers coming down. This is the thing I was thinking of. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/is-epa-allowing-asbestos-products/
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And the work is done, leaving slab: 
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does anyone have any opinions about flush mount LED ceiling lights? We have some old ones that I'm not crazy about that I'm thinking of replacing with a set of these
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~Coxy posted:We had that when I was a kid. It was fine because we had an electric stovetop that couldn't boil an egg. Mine is fine over my regular stovetop because it’s a powerful fan venting to the outside 
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El Mero Mero posted:does anyone have any opinions about flush mount LED ceiling lights? Yeah, I'm curious about stuff like this too. What are the best boob light replacement fixtures that give pleasant lighting? We're tending towards track lights in a few places which let you direct your lighting and turn 1 source into several, but the fixtures themselves can be so ugly...
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Not sure what the question is. They’re flush mount lights with integrated LEDs you can’t change. That’s it. I’ve installed a couple of the mid-range ones that Home Depot sells in-store and will buy a couple more to replace the rest of the house. I like the cleaner look. They seem reliable but I’ve only had them in for six months. Tiny Timbs fucked around with this message at 17:26 on Jan 18, 2020 |
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We replaced our hall lights and basement lighting with those flush mount leds, really happy with the lighting quality. Picked them up at Costco for like $25. Takes maybe 10 min to install.
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Fallom posted:Not sure what the question is. They’re flush mount lights with integrated LEDs you can’t change. That’s it. Can you post a picture of what you’re taking about? In what way are they better than recessed can lights? Other than not having to recess them.
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I used them to replace some big boob light fixtures in places where a can light wouldn’t be appropriate or even possible (no space or attic access). They look like this: https://mobileimages.lowes.com/product/converted/080629/080629704701.jpg Tiny Timbs fucked around with this message at 19:37 on Jan 18, 2020 |
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I know LEDs are supposed to outlive style trends, but I hate the idea of replacing entire fixtures because their “bulbs” burned out.
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eddiewalker posted:I know LEDs are supposed to outlive style trends, but I hate the idea of replacing entire fixtures because their “bulbs” burned out. Yah this really bothers me about hallway lights in particular, I've got a lot of boob lights that need to be replaced, what happens if I replace them with a fix LED style fixture and one fails prematurely after only a year and its been discontinued? I have one mismatched fixture for 10 years or I have to spend hundreds replacing all of them again and hope against a repeat? Sure LED lights SHOULD last for a very long time but I'm sure I'm not the only one who has had a few fail prematurely. I feel like the only option may be to buy a few spares to keep in a closet somewhere just in case. The whole thing just feels like a bad idea. Unfortunately when I look at flush mount options it often seems like the choices that use traditional bulbs are mostly just different themes on boob lights, with or without the nipple, and all the nicer contemporary fixtures are either integrated LEDs or incandescent style fixtures that don't look right with LED bulbs and screw using 120w for a single hallway light in 2020. Makes it very tempting to just do recessed lighting everywhere.
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Elem7 posted:incandescent style fixtures that don't look right with LED bulbs You might be surprised. Even Home Depot has a ton of nice looking LED replacement bulbs for things like G25 globes or B11s. They even have a faux filament design to look more like incandescents. The key, as always is to make sure you're mindful of color temps (use 2700K).
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toplitzin posted:We did a thing today. What's your plan for the baseboards?
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