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TOH has been crap recently. Even when they do the segments on a specific fix/install (like adding an overhead light + switch), the information density is very low. It always seems like they choose or pre-plan the easiest possible install, and they don't show or gloss over critical steps. I always get a kick out of the plumbing videos with Richard where he's installing a water heater or whatever and the main water shutoff is clearly brand new. Why can't they just show the whole process where he had to replace the crusty old gate valve that started leaking when he tried to shut it off. That and project houses for rich people with more money than sense. A recent one had a $60,000 radiant system and outrageously complicated distribution manifold with like 8 circulator pumps. Keeping that overengineered mess running will be a very nice cash cow for the HVAC company.
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B-Nasty posted:TOH has been crap recently. Even when they do the segments on a specific fix/install (like adding an overhead light + switch), the information density is very low. It always seems like they choose or pre-plan the easiest possible install, and they don't show or gloss over critical steps. They need to show work in an existing home, where the first step reveals another problem, and then even investigating the fix involves trashing loads of drywall and covering the house in dust. Film live!
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Oct 27, 2020 21:48
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"Today on This Old House we're continuing with our 300 hour lightbulb replacement. We just finished fixing the load bearing plumbing and cleaning the wasps out of aluminum wiring, so let's get going!"
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Oct 27, 2020 21:55
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csammis posted:I got a TOH Insider subscription so my wife and I could watch every season of TOH and Ask TOH and New Yankee Workshop...which is fine and all, but it also came with a Silva Bros. shirt so I can cosplay Tommy. Too bad my mustache game will never be as strong SpartanIvy posted:"Today on This Old House we're continuing with our 300 hour lightbulb replacement. We just finished fixing the load bearing plumbing and cleaning the wasps out of aluminum wiring, so let's get going!"
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Oct 27, 2020 22:03
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stealie72 posted:Is the subscription worth getting? As an incredibly boring person who loves watching ‘80s PBS and yelling whenever Bob Villa “helps” the plaster workers - I say yes, 100%. $96/yr for effectively unlimited TOH. The app even categorizes Ask TOH segments by topic so I could watch Rich gently caress around with geothermal or whatever with the simple touch of a button. Also  to the new titlequote:The Haunted Home Zone: Cosplaying Tommy Silva
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Oct 28, 2020 00:26
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SpartanIvy posted:"Today on This Old House we're continuing with our 300 hour lightbulb replacement. We just finished fixing the load bearing plumbing and cleaning the wasps out of aluminum wiring, so let's get going!" Deal, but they have to do it while living in the house with two kids online-learning.
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Oct 28, 2020 00:40
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Ashcans posted:Deal, but they have to do it while living in the house with two kids online-learning. And this is us currently, down to 1 bathroom in the master bedroom.
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Oct 28, 2020 02:37
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https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2020/10/f80/dishwasher_finalrule_2020-10-19.pdf Soon we will be able to buy dishwashers that finish a load before we go to bed again!
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Oct 28, 2020 03:30
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SpartanIvy posted:"Today on This Old House we're continuing with our 300 hour lightbulb replacement. We just finished fixing the load bearing plumbing and cleaning the wasps out of aluminum wiring, so let's get going!" https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AbSehcT19u0 Hed posted:https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2020/10/f80/dishwasher_finalrule_2020-10-19.pdf I feel like there’s a dark side to this, in the way of higher power and water consumption. Like, that’s why we developed enzymatic detergents, to break down food debris over time instead of with extra rinse cycles like traditional units. This is effectively like saying hey, start selling incandescent lights again, and don’t worry about water consumption even though that’s a critical issue in so many parts of the US as we pump our aquifers dry.
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Oct 28, 2020 06:22
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The only reason I ever care about when the dishes get done is being able to crack the door open to air dry everything as soon as it finishes. I'd much rather have one that pops the door open on its own than one that takes more electricity and water.
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Oct 28, 2020 07:52
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I just throw my dishes in a Speed Queen on tumble low to dry
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Oct 28, 2020 13:12
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Just wash your dishes by hand you bougies!
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Oct 28, 2020 13:52
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BonoMan posted:Just wash your dishes by hand you bougies! Cascade says this uses more water and energy than doing it in the dishwasher.
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Oct 28, 2020 14:39
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You can actually reuse your slop bowl several times between washes with little impact to the flavor of your food. And you don't need utensils, just use your hands and wipe them off on the carpet/lawn.
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Oct 28, 2020 14:43
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wooger posted:They need to show work in an existing home, where the first step reveals another problem, and then even investigating the fix involves trashing loads of drywall and covering the house in dust. Film live! The older seasons definitely have that, the acton house was supposed to be a simple kitchen/bedroom addition and they just wanted to tear into the old house a little and they ended up with new beams, new chimney, new exterior wall in one place. It just got worse the further they got.
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Oct 28, 2020 15:25
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Smugworth posted:You can actually reuse your slop bowl several times between washes with little impact to the flavor of your food. And you don't need utensils, just use your hands and wipe them off on the carpet/lawn.  I personally like to use my booger hooks to scrape off the crusties in between meals
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Oct 28, 2020 15:33
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Smugworth posted:You can actually reuse your slop bowl several times between washes with little impact to the flavor of your food. And you don't need utensils, just use your hands and wipe them off on the carpet/lawn. Look at Mr. Fancy-Pants with a slop bowl. Just eat from a trough like the rest of us.
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Oct 28, 2020 16:28
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I just want This Old House to do a house that isn't necessarily a falling apart early 20th century cape, colonial, or Queen Anne; just a drab-as-poo poo mid-century ranch or something. Mostly, I want to know what the gently caress I could ever do to MY drab-as-poo poo mid-century ranch to ever get it to not look drab-as-poo poo. I know, the answer is nothing, my fault for buying a cursed property such as this.
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Oct 28, 2020 19:11
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 Hmm. Zoom, enhance.  Zoom. Enhance.  Weekend warrior job or just really lovely contractors? Like it's as bad as it looks, right? Why would you spend thousands on a metal roof and then skimp on eaves and fascia? Edit: Bonus decaying chimney that may or may not be capped off. 
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Oct 28, 2020 20:26
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me measuring bedrooms: These 3 bedrrooms are about 420-430 square feet. carpet measuring team: This quote is for 516 square feet. Your quote is (Expected value + $500) Let's see them loving explain this. The room's not wide enough in any dierction to require extra rolls.
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Oct 28, 2020 22:29
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DrBouvenstein posted:I just want This Old House to do a house that isn't necessarily a falling apart early 20th century cape, colonial, or Queen Anne; just a drab-as-poo poo mid-century ranch or something. There are a couple of those in the real early seasons, and it's funny to watch them turn a dated ranch into a dated colonial or the like. There is a lesson from those episodes, though which is if you just make it look trendy, it's going to date quickly. Some of the most successful renos in terms of not looking awful 30 years later were when they hired an architect. Money well spent imo.
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Oct 28, 2020 22:45
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Deviant posted:me measuring bedrooms: These 3 bedrrooms are about 420-430 square feet.
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Slugworth posted:That's your sq ft plus 20 percent waste, which is maybe a *tad* high, but not anything crazy. Most flooring bids I ever saw quoted 15 percent waste. Yeah, he went through the actual plan w me and explained the overages. After he showed me the layouts and the seams i was far less worried. He even showed me a few places i could put seams that would be less aesthetically pleasing but would bring the unit cost down. I was concerned until we discussed it, basically.
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Is there any downside to a solid core interior door? The door on our daughter's room is warped, and it looks like it's just way easier to replace then try to un-warp it. Got us thinking that if we were going to replace it, we might as well upgrade it to solid core (along with the other bedroom doors, probably not all at once). Of course they're more expensive, and looks like they're sold unprimed and unpainted, but I'm thinking more long term. Obviously they're heavier, so they might sag sooner, but I can't think of anything else. Would we need to upgrade the hinges? Or would the existing hinges be fine?
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Oct 30, 2020 00:16
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There are downsides for solid core compared to like wood and maybe mdf. But yes, I would take a solid core door any day over hollow core.
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Oct 30, 2020 22:32
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DaveSauce posted:Is there any downside to a solid core interior door? Solid vs hollow: only possible downside is you can do more damage to wall and frame by slamming it aggressively. Other than that sepends what solid core means though, is it solid wood? Or veneer + chipboard.
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Ah, see that's the rub: I had assumed that "solid core" meant "solid wood." I now see that they are two different things. What's the difference? Lowesdepot is incredibly sketchy about telling you if a door is solid wood or veneer over "other," and prices range from like $150 to $400.
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I don’t mind solid core for refits in my existing house because some of the solid cores are MDF or whatever with veneer and heavier than solid wood equivalents.
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Those of you with fireplaces, how do you store your firewood? I might put together a log rack from 4x4s, but being from the South, I wasn't sure how much firewood I need for the season. To start off, I bought a stack of firewood from the local firewood supplier. For the time being, I laid out an unused ladder and stacked some firewood along the rungs. I figured it'd be better than leaving it directly on the ground. I got a combination log rack and tool kit for inside, but I know I'm not supposed to store logs inside for long term. I paid for a deep chimney cleaning, so I'm gonna use the poo poo out of it.
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Bioshuffle posted:Those of you with fireplaces, how do you store your firewood? The cheapest outdoor wood storage is 2 (or 3 with a central one) cinder blocks, holes up, with PT 2x4s laid across and also stuck down into the holes to form the left and right sides. Then toss a tarp over it. Works surprisingly well, holds a lot, and can be moved around or whatever easily. I tend to only bring in what I plan to use for the night, because the wood pile will harbor a lot of insects. I have a small welded steel rack by my fireplace inside where I put wood. Don't store your wood outside against your wall either, keep it spaced away from your house because of aforementioned insects, but also mice.
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Oct 31, 2020 16:46
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And fires. I don't know where you live, but don't keep combustible things butting up against your combustible house.
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Oct 31, 2020 17:50
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If anybody has some experience with diy insulation: I've got a cold hundred year old farmhouse with no subfloor or insulation over a crawlspace with a vapor barrier. Are Rockwool batts the go-to here if I don't mind the price premium over fiberglass? How stupid an idea would it be to go with an undersized (4 inch instead of 6) batt with the intention of pulling it out in a few years and running radiant in the joist bays above it?
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Oct 31, 2020 18:57
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Our haunted house is a monster, and the piss poor paint patching I did YEARS ago remains to horrify the perfectionists.
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Oct 31, 2020 21:14
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H110Hawk posted:Our haunted house is a monster, and the piss poor paint patching I did YEARS ago remains to horrify the perfectionists.  This is fabulous... Next year I’m stealing this idea and putting giant green monster eyes in the windows
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Haha, I thought about doing oversized cobwebs with some ~1 inch rope, like those crazy spiderweb playground jungle gyms, but home reno projects took too much time. That's awesome.
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Captain Organ posted:If anybody has some experience with diy insulation: I've got a cold hundred year old farmhouse with no subfloor or insulation over a crawlspace with a vapor barrier. Are Rockwool batts the go-to here if I don't mind the price premium over fiberglass? edit: Any ideas what would cause a brick veneer to fail like this? According to Google streetview it's been like that since at least 2016.  
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Nov 1, 2020 17:09
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The concrete slab under your door is sinking by the looks of it.
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unlimited shrimp posted:I enjoyed working with rockwool relative to fiberglass and I imagine it's less likely to be pulled down by critters, but if it does end up hanging down to the crawlspace floor then I don't think it will wick up moisture into the joists the way fiberglass would. Either the slab is settling, or they hosed up the angle iron that goes under the veneer to leave the drainage gap.
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Our floors and walls are insulated with stiff foam boards. The attic is ?? Might be soft.
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Captain Organ posted:If anybody has some experience with diy insulation: I've got a cold hundred year old farmhouse with no subfloor or insulation over a crawlspace with a vapor barrier. Are Rockwool batts the go-to here if I don't mind the price premium over fiberglass? Rockwool is awesome. In 2013 I moved into a brick house that had NO insulation in the walls. And it was directly next to overhead subway tracks in Brooklyn NY. Renovated the whole house, using (Roxul) Rockwool comfortbatt in the walls and rockwool safe'n sound in the floor joists. Along with triple pane windows, the house was incredibly quiet and made a huge difference in keeping in heat. If I had to insulate the house I live in now, I would use Rockwool all over again. I don't have an answer for your second question, but if you need to cut the rockwool to shape, you must buy some cheap bread knives. They cut rockwool like butter.
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