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toplitzin posted:We did a thing today. You spaced it out from the baseboard? Are you going to just add quarter-round?
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tetrapyloctomy posted:You spaced it out from the baseboard? Are you going to just add quarter-round? Laminate usually calls for expansion space at the edges, so adding quarter round is the most sensible way to do it without pulling trim.
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Jan 19, 2020 01:05
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Yup, 1/4 round is in and so is a rug.
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Well this sucked to wake up to this morning. Have a plasterer coming in tomorrow morning to quote. Looks like it was attached using a bees dick worth of adhesive, and likely had some water ingress onto it over the last 15 years.     
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mutata posted: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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Yeah, that's basically what we're thinking, at least for a couple rooms. Those or the old school ones that take regular size bulbs which are even uglier but at least take normal LED bulbs.
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Jan 19, 2020 03:54
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Yeast posted:Well this sucked to wake up to this morning. Heckin WOAH
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Jan 19, 2020 07:40
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I know it’s camera angle, but that StarJoist ™ in the third picture gives me the willies.
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Jan 19, 2020 14:06
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.. at least there's no insulation to clean up?
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Jan 19, 2020 14:43
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With rug and quarter round
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Jan 19, 2020 17:43
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Lookin' good (but I'm more interested in the guitar in the corner).
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Jan 19, 2020 20:56
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It's a cheap Gibson for loving off in Rocksmith.
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falz posted:.. at least there's no insulation to clean up? There's a silver lining to everything. (in this case its drilled to the roof) 
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Jan 19, 2020 22:12
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toplitzin posted:With rug and quarter round I am triggered by that sloppy butt-joint on the quarter round on that back wall. Practically dead-center under the window. C'mon, toplitzin, you're better than this. 
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Jan 21, 2020 16:19
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Honestly I was a little twitchy about putting in all that effort just to throw a giant rug on it. To each their own, though.
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Jan 21, 2020 16:35
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Jaded Burnout posted:Honestly I was a little twitchy about putting in all that effort just to throw a giant rug on it. To each their own, though. That was sort of my immediate reaction, would have gone with a much smaller rug.
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Jan 21, 2020 16:48
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We installed the cheapest floor material and its our first install job. Trust me, there's a reason the rug is there already.  
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Jan 21, 2020 18:52
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Was that click-lock style planks or something else?
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Jan 21, 2020 19:05
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Keep talking about that dude's floor, but quick question: Best screws for exterior aluminum siding? Or is there some other mount solution I should use? I'm installing some simple security cameras outside.
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Nevets posted:Was that click-lock style planks or something else? Tongue and groove style backing/padding attached laminate. Where you have to keep the whole row at just the right angle until the last board is in, then rotate the whole row into place. It was an 11*10' room for under $150. I didn't have high expectations of easy/good for finish. We took the Adam Savage approach of do it once cheap as possible to see how it goes, and next room we do we'll get higher quality click lock style instead.
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My only experience has been with the click-lock stuff, where gaps between boards meant you didn't whack it into place hard/often enough when laying it down. I've wondered how tongue & groove laminate flooring avoids unglued boards separating from each other due to contraction. I always figured they just painted the tongues black so it wasn't as noticeable.
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I put the click-lock stuff in my bathroom a couple months ago and I'm pretty happy with how it looks, how easy it was to install, and how inexpensive it was.
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Yeah, this was the sub $1/sqft stuff. Will definitely get better stuff next time.
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Did you use a block and mallet to knock them together during install? Literally impossible to do that properly without that imo.
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mutata posted:Keep talking about that dude's floor, but quick question: Best screws for exterior aluminum siding? Or is there some other mount solution I should use? I'm installing some simple security cameras outside. Do you have to go through the siding? A quick google search says normal steel screws with aluminum can cause some galvanic corrosion. My guess is they wont react in a way that destroys the siding, but rather causes rust/deterioration and makes for an unsightly black streak down the side of your house. I would try to go into the soffit, if that's possible, and don't forget the little bushing/grommet things for the wires.
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SopWATh posted:Do you have to go through the siding? I suppose not, now that I look at it. I'll have to check the angles. The soffit is also aluminum, but I suppose it's easier to replace than the whole siding. Good point!
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falz posted:Did you use a block and mallet to knock them together during install? Literally impossible to do that properly without that imo. The tool less pieces actually assembled better, but yes, there was plenty of percussive assembly. Again, I'm not mad at it, it was literally the cheapest floor with padding to find out what kind of effort it takes.
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Any reason I should bat an eye at Allstate giving me a quote for homeowner's insurance that's 1/4 the cost of USAA with better coverage and a smaller deductible? They've got plenty of bad reviews but USAA has completely sucked rear end at every insurance thing I've called them for so the bar is pretty low.
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I've had no experience with Allstate but my current homeowners is with USAA and I did compare them to the Costco insurance option and they were right in the same ballpark. Personally my dad and brother's all use USAA for home/auto and with all our claims over the years have only had positive experiences which tracks with the high satisfaction results for USAA in all the polls I've seen. Kinda meandering here but given they are 1/4th the price I would consider getting some more quotes to see where they fall in comparison. Oh and I'd recheck your details on the two quotes, maybe you entered square footage wrong or some weird poo poo like that?
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I would double check line items and make sure your roof is actually covered and did one of them miss flood insurance or some junk. I went around and around with three different companies and it seemed like even though they could see the house from their Google maps thing, they insisted the siding was vinyl rather than brick and I had to be like, look at the picture you're all talking about when you mention the "beautiful landscaping" which is usually not actually covered in the same way if at all.
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All the line items were there, but when I followed up on the quote with a human the final offer I got ended up being only a couple hundred dollars cheaper than USAA. Apparently accounting for a $50k increase in home value since purchase tacked on another $1,200/yr.
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Tuesday a company is coming out to do environmental testing for our bathroom renos. 
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A nice place to chill with friends
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 Concerned that something removed there might have actually been load bearing...
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ntan1 posted:Concerned that something removed there might have actually been load bearing... They drywall? Unless Grover built it.....no. Without further context it looks like new bracing was put in to account for it as a cantilever-ish (still supports on the corners). Can't really say for sure with much more context.
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Oh yeah, that was more of a joke. Those studs were probably supporting the soffit joists that are straight above it, but otherwise not supporting any real structure of the house. GC has confirmed this as well. However, still need a field visit by the structural engineer just to confirm connections in the low roof plan, now that the walls are opened up. The wall behind with the door frames though is absolutely load bearing (and needs to be temporarily supported/jacked up while dealing with foundation work).
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Motronic posted:They drywall? Unless Grover built it.....no. On further analysis it was determined that the wall being removed is load bearing:  This is an upside down image of the roof structure. This was not accounted correctly for in the plans, so our structural engineer is coming out for a field visit to confirm next steps. And - this is why you never DIY load bearing walls.
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You'll be ok! It's just the roof, not the whole second floor! ...Right?
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Getting close to putting down tile for this bathroom. Anyone have recommendations on tile underlay? It's just plywood at the moment, and I know I can just do mortar, but I'm seeing all this Schluter leveling plastic that looks pretty good
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