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Deviant posted:home ownership is like buying a mess and spending the rest of your life trying to clean it up Now that you've dealt with the root of the problem, the rest should just be minor irrigations.
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Nevets posted:Now that you've dealt with the root of the problem, the rest should just be minor irrigations. you come into my new home and you disrespect me like this
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Oct 6, 2020 00:58
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Sandwich Anarchist posted:How difficult is it to install a dishwasher into a kitchen that has never had one before? Depends on the hookups and space! Mine was fairly simple but also sucked because every time you touch something in an old home, five other fixes take its place. If you have the hookups and the space, it’s basically push it into place, plug it into an outlet, connect the drain to the insinkerator, and run a tap off the hot water. Mine? I had to replace the sink shutoffs with non leaky quarter turn valves. I’d already replaced the insinkerator, so that was good. I was also able to connect it to the switched outlet I’d put in for the insinkerator, but while demoing the cabinets I needed to move and fix the electrical box connected to the backsplash which led to me running up a new dedicated circuit for the fridge (which I decided to move because of getting rid of the cabinets opened up some space). From there I removed the old cabinets, and circular sawed the countertop to the new length. Cut plywood for the under counter spacer and cabinet end, shot some nails and glue to hold it into place. Slid the new dishwasher in, hooked it up, and it’s been great for... four years now I think. Much better than the one you had to roll up and connect to the sink faucet... what a huge upgrade.
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Oct 6, 2020 04:29
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My hinges arrived but they are the wrong zig zag pattern and literally the only kind I can find with the correct pattern is the one with ball finneals, so it looks like I'm spending $60 on hinges for a single door after all 
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Oct 6, 2020 19:39
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Apparently it’s fall stink bug season in Kansas City. These little bastards just showed up today. We moved to this house earlier this year - we’ve lived in the KC area for nearly two decades but I don’t remember them arriving in force in our past houses so I don’t know what gives. Does anyone have a good method of getting rid of them / keeping them out of the house? I’ve read they like to get up in attics for the winter - my soffit vents have screens so I’m not too worried about that. My bigger concern is that we open the door several times a day to let dogs out and a few have made it inside already. Getting them out of the house is a pain in the rear end due to the whole stink thing. If there is any way to get them out of the immediate house area that would be great. Thanks!
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Oct 6, 2020 23:34
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csammis posted:Apparently it’s fall stink bug season in Kansas City. These little bastards just showed up today. We moved to this house earlier this year - we’ve lived in the KC area for nearly two decades but I don’t remember them arriving in force in our past houses so I don’t know what gives.
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Oct 7, 2020 01:15
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csammis posted:Apparently it’s fall stink bug season in Kansas City. These little bastards just showed up today. We moved to this house earlier this year - we’ve lived in the KC area for nearly two decades but I don’t remember them arriving in force in our past houses so I don’t know what gives. Enjoy your new roommates! Once they lay eggs in your walls, that’s pretty much the end of it.
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Oct 7, 2020 01:26
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I caught a mouse. It was just chilling, sitting in the middle of the floor, and waited while I got a bucket and trapped it. It squeaked so I know it's still alive. Left it chilling while I went to work.
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Oct 7, 2020 11:50
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NomNomNom posted:I caught a mouse. It was just chilling, sitting in the middle of the floor, and waited while I got a bucket and trapped it. It squeaked so I know it's still alive. Left it chilling while I went to work. What are you going to do?
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Oct 7, 2020 13:16
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Mice can chew through plastic
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Oct 7, 2020 13:25
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 Doors are hung!  I guess I should have specified a tolerance when I told the framer the dimensions. The door is hung really balanced right now but I was going to fill in the void before trying to cover that huge gap with trim pieces, any ideas?
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Oct 7, 2020 13:40
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Uhhh I don't think your framer did a very good job.
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Oct 7, 2020 14:01
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Hed posted:
Window and door foam—spritz a can into the void, cover with trim. Easy peasy, and insulates the wall. E: on second glance that’s an interior door, right, just nail in some trim.
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Oct 7, 2020 14:30
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OSU_Matthew posted:Window and door foam—spritz a can into the void, cover with trim. Easy peasy, and insulates the wall.
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Oct 7, 2020 15:17
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csammis posted:Apparently it’s fall stink bug season in Kansas City. For some reason, Pennsylvania gets all the new bugs first, so we've been dealing with stink bugs for decades. There's no great way to deal with them, besides the typical pesticide sprays. They look fat, but they are able to squeeze into the tiniest openings, so they'll end up in the house eventually. Wait until you get the newest China-import pest: spotted lanternflies. They don't climb in your house, but they're more destructive to plants/trees than the stinkbug.
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Oct 7, 2020 15:25
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falz posted:Trim + stuff a bit of insulation in there, should be good. OSU_Matthew posted:Window and door foam—spritz a can into the void, cover with trim. Easy peasy, and insulates the wall. Thanks guys! I'll put some insulation in there since, while yes there's a door here and all, all the walls and ceiling are insulated for sound since this will be a home office.
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Oct 7, 2020 15:45
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csammis posted:Getting them out of the house is a pain in the rear end due to the whole stink thing The first summer I spent at the apartment I used to live at I suddenly had a fly problem and figured there had to be something dead or rotting somewhere but I couldn't find it. I tried some simple traps with apple cider vinegar and that sort of thing but the flies showed absolutely no interest. Within a few days there were literally hundreds of them—I had a huge window facing the sun that they all liked to sit on like a writhing curtain. The worst part was that if you squished them they released this awful, bitter smell that would stick in your nose and mouth for days. Management was useless but I eventually identified them as cluster flies which are harmless other than smelling awful and giving you nightmares. Anyway, I would obviously seal up any cracks you can and try pesticide outdoors, but the best way I found to get rid of them from indoors was to suck them up with a little shop vac.
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Oct 7, 2020 15:55
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OSU_Matthew posted:Enjoy your new roommates! Once they lay eggs in your walls, that’s pretty much the end of it. If you haven't tried the jar of rubbing alcohol trick--give it a try. You can catch a dozen bugs in seconds and there is never an odor versus spraying them with stuff that is going to get on your walls/ceilings/etc. or trying to gently pick them up with a tissue and flushing them--your fingers still end up smelling and it wastes a lot of flushes...
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Oct 7, 2020 16:03
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Thanks for the stink bug input! I'm definitely going to try the mason jar + rubbing alcohol idea once the day warms up and they come out again.Wallet posted:the best way I found to get rid of them from indoors was to suck them up with a little shop vac. The only problem I have with that is then I've got a shop vac full of stink bugs. At least I can just cap the mason jar and then...uh...huck it into the Kansas River I guess. I can't make it worse than it already is.
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Oct 7, 2020 16:14
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You could also huck the shopvac into the river, if needed.
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Oct 7, 2020 16:19
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actionjackson posted:have any of you guys had your kitchen cabinets repainted? how much did it cost? I have a small place, but would like to get my maple cabinets painted and hardware added I did this a couple months ago myself. It was probably ~$350 to do it myself, and an insane amount of work. So. Many. Corners. I could see someone charging that. I also wouldn't pay it. As an FYI I'd suggest 48 hours for ventilation afterwards. We didn't wait long enough and had a couple of very loopy days in the house - even after letting it set for 24 hours and ventilating like mad.
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Oct 7, 2020 16:31
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csammis posted:Thanks for the stink bug input! I'm definitely going to try the mason jar + rubbing alcohol idea once the day warms up and they come out again. You could use a vacuum with a bag that you can just get rid of immediately after. I used a shop vac because the vessel was non-porous and easy to leave soaking in some soap and water outdoors for however long it took for the stink to vacate.
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Oct 7, 2020 16:52
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I had my cabinets painted this past July by CertaPro. I got 3 estimates; the other 2 from local companies, and all were in the low $5k range. CertaPro sprayed my cabinets and set up a make shift paint booth in my basement and sprayed the doors there, front and back. They did not paint the inside of the cabinets - only up to and including the lip of the doors. The other 2 companies would have done the same. I also had new hardware installed. It was a tremendous undertaking, but the quality is very good, especially since it was sprayed. They painted and then clear-coated with a satin finish. Before and After:   Walls painted in this photo (ignore the mess)  Certa Pro also painted my entire 2300 sqft house. The painting alone was $5k. So to put it into perspective, painting the entire house was the same as just the cabinets.
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Oct 7, 2020 18:18
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let's talk about light bulbs. what color temperatures y'all like for bedroom/bathroom/main space? 2700K seems too yellow for my liking.
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Oct 7, 2020 18:20
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Deviant posted:let's talk about light bulbs. 2700 bedroom 2700 or 3000 main 5000 office and bathroom
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Oct 7, 2020 18:30
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Deviant posted:let's talk about light bulbs. 2700K for bedrooms, living areas (especially those used at night) 3000K kitchen 5000K basement, garage
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Oct 7, 2020 19:06
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But I hate 2700k so much, it looks yellow and ugly  I might try 3000 and see how it plays in bedrooms.
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Oct 7, 2020 19:10
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In commercial it mostly goes 2700 in bathrooms or social spaces, 3000-3500 in workspaces, 4100 in back-of-house/parking garage/mechanical.
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Oct 7, 2020 19:11
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Deviant posted:let's talk about light bulbs.
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Oct 7, 2020 19:15
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Deviant posted:let's talk about light bulbs. I just buy random ones of different color and mash them together. Works well.
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Oct 7, 2020 19:32
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4000k everywhere but the bathroom, 3500k there. Living room and bedroom and corridors have cream shades that temper most of the light down a little (similar to 3000-3500k) but the light reflecting off the ceiling is 4000k. Dining room is a crappy white paper shade so effectively 4000k there. Kitchen is 4000k spots.
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Oct 7, 2020 19:34
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We replaced the 4 bulbs in our living room ceiling fan fixture with Philips Hue bulbs and absolutely love it. We actually use different color schemes quite a bit more than I figured we would, it makes a pretty huge difference.
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Oct 7, 2020 19:38
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i might do more Hue eventually but for now i just need to get light bulbs into all the sockets, lol. So if i change out a $2 bulb later, it's no big deal.
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Deviant posted:But I hate 2700k so much, it looks yellow and ugly Maybe it's a generational thing: those that grew up with incandescent bulbs prefer the 'soft white' glow of those vs. harsher whites/blues. There is a fair amount of evidence that the warmer temps are better for you at night due to the cooler temps interfering more with melatonin production.
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Oct 7, 2020 19:58
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B-Nasty posted:Maybe it's a generational thing: those that grew up with incandescent bulbs prefer the 'soft white' glow of those vs. harsher whites/blues. I never feel like the 60w 2700ks throw enough light. Maybe 75ws are the way for me.
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HycoCam posted:WiFi CCT bulbs that you can change the temperatures at will. Like the 2700K end for hanging out. Like the 5000K for working/cleaning. i.e. Kitchen lights are 5000K until 9PM then switch to 2700K until 5AM when they go back to 5000K. (Home Assistant handles the automatic temp changing.) Also, there are some random patches of grass growing in my Bermuda grass, and I can't decide if it's crabgrass or st.augustine grass that's spreading. I had a nightmare that what I assumed was St. Augustine grass or a similar variety was actually crab grass that's grown out of hand and taken over my entire yard. It's been driving me crazy. When I try to Google for pictures, it looks exactly the same.
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Deviant posted:let's talk about light bulbs. 2300 inside, 3000 outside.
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Speaking of haunted home zone, wife wanted to make some decorations for the house. Bought some 4'x4' sanded 3-ply pine (super thin) - $20/sheet plus a jigsaw. Lowes wouldn't sell paint for curbside pickup so wise old me thought "I'll just run to sherwin williams and buy some primer!" They were nearly picked clean of exterior primer save for their primo-paint-your-house-for-30-years primer. Fine, $26, and the label says it's enough sq ft. before I cut down the boards, should be plenty! Well those boards sucked that paint to their core and so I went and bought a gallon for $63.
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H110Hawk posted:Speaking of haunted home zone, wife wanted to make some decorations for the house. Bought some 4'x4' sanded 3-ply pine (super thin) - $20/sheet plus a jigsaw. Lowes wouldn't sell paint for curbside pickup so wise old me thought "I'll just run to sherwin williams and buy some primer!" They were nearly picked clean of exterior primer save for their primo-paint-your-house-for-30-years primer. Fine, $26, and the label says it's enough sq ft. before I cut down the boards, should be plenty! Well those boards sucked that paint to their core and so I went and bought a gallon for $63. Funny enough, I had the exact opposite experience where I ended up trying to paint over the wainscoting with paint that included primer. After three or four coats, I ended up just buying actual primer for the other rooms. Made my life a whole lot easier.
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My wife is proud of me every day that I come home and don't have the Home Depot 12 foot skeleton in tow. $300 is too much for an impulse buy, but she was not so lucky when it came to the $80 banjo skeletons from Costco.
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