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toplitzin posted:I've got a couple of these in bedrooms/offices around the house: Awesome. I just installed a fan and i absolutely hate the remote and it's all built in to the module. Hopefully I can use that lutron controller to get something better going. Anyone have a recommendation for a universal remote? The one that came with my fan is glitchy af.
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BigPaddy posted:Recently move across country using PODS. Used a 16x8x8 container. Had three truckloads of crap hauled way, gave away tons of stuff, donated others including food we were not going to use. Sold all the cars apart from one we drove across the country in with the dogs and one that has no value apart to me as a project. I've moved my Ektorp and other stuff 3 times, including 1 across the country move. Held up fine. If all you have to move in Ikea stuff, or moving it will cost more than the stuff is worth sell/trash it, but I only used 1 pod per move, so trowing everything in cost nothing more. Re: fan chat. It is obscenely overpriced if not on sale but my Rejuvenation Heron looks pretty awesome in my 1920s house. It's also quiet, moves a ton of air, and has no remote. It has pull chains. The only annoying thing is it comes with 2 pull chains even if you don't have a light.
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May 4, 2021 00:36
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Man I have two antique cast iron fans that perform fantastically, big blade span and quiet and push tons of air on three settings...and my wife just complains that they have pullchains for each of the four light bulbs, and a switch in the housing to control the speed that she can’t reach without using the (tailor made) rod, and she wants a remote and a “sleek modern” replacement that’s going to have cardboard blades and Chinese garbage parts.
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May 4, 2021 02:21
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Retro fit a remote?
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May 4, 2021 02:25
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Phil Moscowitz posted:Man I have two antique cast iron fans that perform fantastically, big blade span and quiet and push tons of air on three settings...and my wife just complains that they have pullchains for each of the four light bulbs, and a switch in the housing to control the speed that she can’t reach without using the (tailor made) rod, and she wants a remote and a “sleek modern” replacement that’s going to have cardboard blades and Chinese garbage parts. That's a simple minor re-wire and a $30 remote.
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May 4, 2021 02:26
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Oh yeah?? Simple minor rewire will turn this ...into a modern silver thing with an un-replaceable 4000k single LED light that I hate blah blah? It’s more than the fans. I’m losing the wood trim (WHITE EVERYTHING WHITE except the beams thank god) and the fans “don’t match the aesthetic” and...look, I think I’m going to “win” on this part of the renovation but it involved adding recessed lighting and I’ll still probably hear about it forever.
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May 4, 2021 02:55
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I mean, I'm obviously just talking about being able to control fan speeds and turn all the lights on or off at the same time using a remote. But I get that you're cranked up about this. I was suggesting a middle ground compromise that might work for both of you.
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May 4, 2021 03:09
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Motronic posted:I mean, I'm obviously just talking about being able to control fan speeds and turn all the lights on or off at the same time using a remote. I know. Motronic posted:But I get that you're cranked up about this. I was suggesting a middle ground compromise that might work for both of you. It’s a good suggestion and will probably help smooth things a little.
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May 4, 2021 03:23
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That's a sweet fan and I don't know why anyone would want to replace it with a fake brushed Phil Moscowitz posted:It’s more than the fans. I’m losing the wood trim (WHITE EVERYTHING WHITE except the beams thank god) and the fans “don’t match the aesthetic” and...look, I think I’m going to “win” on this part of the renovation but it involved adding recessed lighting and I’ll still probably hear about it forever. Uh, seems like you're not too happy with the renovation... Though honestly I don't know what the gently caress I'd do if my husband wanted to paint everything white and get basic-rear end ceiling fans. Thank god he's on board with my hardcore moody Victorian restoration plans. I do not envy you. Still though, those fans would look just as killer in an all-white interior (and far better than any contemporary Home Depot crap) and would add contrast and help make the space feel sophisticated and unique instead of HGTV-basic.
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May 4, 2021 06:40
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BonoMan posted:This seems like a possible unexpectedly good place to ask this: I also used a free trial of this: https://s1.easycargo3d.com/ and measured all our poo poo and made a loading plan for the truck that I mostly followed. Had friends and family help on the loading end and then hired some movers for the unload.
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May 4, 2021 07:13
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Those fans are ballin. You could shine up the brass work and maybe refinish the blades if they're real wood. If you really do take them down try to sell them, I think they're pretty sweet.
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May 4, 2021 11:29
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Whoever started the trend of painting over perfectly good wood trim with white paint needs to be slapped something fierce.
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Queen Victorian posted:Uh, seems like you're not too happy with the renovation... Though honestly I don't know what the gently caress I'd do if my husband wanted to paint everything white and get basic-rear end ceiling fans. Thank god he's on board with my hardcore moody Victorian restoration plans. I do not envy you. Overall it’s a fantastic renovation. This is one of the few areas she and I disagree  Which is probably why it’s so frustrating! She would replace it with something better than Hampton Bay or whatever, probably some kind of Minka which I do like in a vacuum. I just think these fans are cool and much better quality than anything new under like $750 each, and seems criminal to get rid of them. Anyway, we’re 1.5 months out of our house and it’s starting to get old so I’m probably just cranky.
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devmd01 posted:Whoever started the trend of painting over perfectly good wood trim with white paint needs to be slapped something fierce. Agreed. A previous owner did this with the wood trim in our house (probably to save money on some reno costs) and it will be too much in the foreseeable future to scrape all the white paint out of the nicely carved trim and replace the cheap stuff they were hoping to gloss over.
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May 4, 2021 12:22
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If it’s cheap white paint it would be an easy job for chemical stripper. Masking in place could be hard but then you’d have for refinish anyways.
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May 4, 2021 14:47
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Bobulus posted:Hey, anyone have any idea why a towel rod would be entombed in the wall of my home? Weird, what year is this place? This almost looks to me like it was framed in for something else previously - what's on the other side of that wall? It's not insulated so I'll presume it's interior. It looks like actual drywall (not plaster) so if it's earlier than idk, the 60s(?) they must've gutted it and redone it with drywall, so perhaps some legacy thing with a different configuration.
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Sirotan posted:Got this: https://smile.amazon.com/Honeywell-TH6110D1005-FocusPRO-Programmable-Thermostat/dp/B000UQ2GCY/ Late to the thermostat chat from a few pages ago. I have one of these (branded to the name of the company that installed my furnace, but it's exactly the same otherwise) and my only complaint about it is that it doesn't automatically switch from heating to cooling. I live in the cold belt (MN) and it's not uncommon to come home from work in the spring or fall and find it to be 90 degrees in the house due to solar heating through my windows, with the thermostat also set to "heat" because it dropped below 40 outside the night before. Is there a programmable thermostat I can swap with that does this? I don't need wifi or any other "smart" features, just the ability to recognize that it's getting hot in the house and switch modes.
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May 4, 2021 20:29
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PremiumSupport posted:Late to the thermostat chat from a few pages ago. I know there are thermostats that do have wifi and other "smart" features that will do it, if you're willing to pay for the extra poo poo to get that functionality. Also in MN, this is what was included with our furnace/AC install about five years ago (by Snelling Heating and Cooling, who did a very good job and I would recommend): https://www.lennox.com/products/comfort-controls/thermostats/icomfortwi-fi You can set it for heat, cool, or heat and cool. One of the pictures on that site you can see its says "heat to X, cool to Y".
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May 4, 2021 20:59
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Blowjob Overtime posted:I know there are thermostats that do have wifi and other "smart" features that will do it, if you're willing to pay for the extra poo poo to get that functionality. Also in MN, this is what was included with our furnace/AC install about five years ago (by Snelling Heating and Cooling, who did a very good job and I would recommend): https://www.lennox.com/products/comfort-controls/thermostats/icomfortwi-fi Thanks for that. It's good to know that there are thermostats that do have the functionality. Now the trick will be finding one that works with my system. I'm guessing that I need a Honeywell as the original system came with a rebranded Honeywell. The original installers were Laney's, up in the Fargo area. Very happy with the install and service, only real complaint is the thermostat.
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PremiumSupport posted:Thanks for that. It's good to know that there are thermostats that do have the functionality. Now the trick will be finding one that works with my system. I'm guessing that I need a Honeywell as the original system came with a rebranded Honeywell. Almost any new non-smart thermostat should have a heat and cool feature and you don't need anything special. That's a super basic thermostat that can be replaced with any other standard thermostat.
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May 4, 2021 21:11
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My Fujitsu Halcyon minisplit comes with "auto changeover" which will switch mode if the temperature drifts +/- 4F from the set point. Seems like just what you want.
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May 4, 2021 21:13
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Doing a bit of research (slow day at work) it seems that my existing thermostat may have that feature and it's just disabled, assuming it is just a rebranded TH6000 series. Will have to experiment a bit when I get home.
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May 4, 2021 21:19
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FYI typically that feature will enforce a minimum difference between the heat/cool set points. I think it's typically 3 degrees or something. This is to prevent it from triggering itself back and forth in an endless cycle of heating/cooling. edit: point being read the manual. This may require you to reprogram your setpoints if they're too close together, which sucks if you've already gone through and programmed a bunch of schedules. DaveSauce fucked around with this message at 21:26 on May 4, 2021 |
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DaveSauce posted:FYI typically that feature will enforce a minimum difference between the heat/cool set points. I think it's typically 3 degrees or something. This is to prevent it from triggering itself back and forth in an endless cycle of heating/cooling. Yeah, assuming it's a rebranded TH6000, the set points are 3 degrees apart. Reprogramming isn't a real issue. It's a weekday + Sat + Sun unit, so there's only 3 schedules to rework and mine are pretty simple. I like it cold at night and comfortable during the day. I'm also not overly concerned with manipulating temperatures when I'm not home to shave a few bucks off my utility bill. This system has already more than halved my utility bills from before it was installed. Apparently there's a step that got missed in the install (again assuming it's a TH6000) where the installer should have gone into the back-end settings and enabled the auto option which is disabled by default. The note in the installation manual says "Enable when installed in climates where both heating and cooling may be desirable on the same day." I now have instructions printed off on exactly how to do that.
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devmd01 posted:Whoever started the trend of painting over perfectly good wood trim with white paint needs to be slapped something fierce. Yeah, I get sad when I see really nicely formed woodwork painted over in black, white, or grey.
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Is there like a sous-vide thing I can get for my bathtub to keep the water warm? Or are heated tubs without jets a thing? Like a big electric blanket or radiant heating thing on the outside of the tub? My current tub has jets and apparently I could maybe add an inline heater to heat the water as it recirculates? But they current basic pump is broken and I wish there was a way to remove the jets because all they do is grow mildew.
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I mean a sous vide circulator isn't the worst idea. Sure a bathtub is higher than it's max capacity, but it's already warm and just helping slow the chill a little. I doubt it would burn out over the hour or so this spend in a staying warm bath.
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May 6, 2021 02:38
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Propane or mapp torch on the outside if the tub is cast iron. Don’t use a brûlée torch, that’s more for searing.
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Pod arrived today and of course stuff has shifted so I had to break a jack out with and extension bar to get under the door and lift it up past the obstacles. Movers will unload it tomorrow and then we will see how much of the crap we brought with us never gets unboxed 
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Heat up some some stones. https://www.amazon.com/Hot-Stones-E...20271491&sr=8-3
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Kaiser Schnitzel posted:Is there like a sous-vide thing I can get for my bathtub to keep the water warm? Or are heated tubs without jets a thing? Like a big electric blanket or radiant heating thing on the outside of the tub? My current tub has jets and apparently I could maybe add an inline heater to heat the water as it recirculates? But they current basic pump is broken and I wish there was a way to remove the jets because all they do is grow mildew. I've always thought it was stupid that spas don't have a heater that's not in the jet circuit. It's a never-ending struggle between filling it up overly-hot to begin with, and putting up with running the jets when you don't really want them to maintain water temp.
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toplitzin posted:I mean a sous vide circulator isn't the worst idea. I have used a sous vide circulator to warm up a bath in an apartment with a woefully undersized water heater. The only way to do it is to clip it to something that spans the tub, and you'll have to do some shenanigans when it comes to water level. It's ridiculously dangerous and takes forever. This should go without saying but don't loving get in the tub with that thing in there, you're asking to get electrocuted. They're not designed to be completely submerged and your big goony body will raise the water level more than you expect. ~Coxy posted:I've always thought it was stupid that spas don't have a heater that's not in the jet circuit. the jets circulate the water. How would the water get heated otherwise?
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Our bathtub system is integrated with the water heater, and can add extra hot water, maintain temperature and reheat cold water (while I'm taking a shower immediately next to the tub  )Here's a before/after installing a Toto Sazana prefab shower/bath with an Eco Cute style water heater. https://www.watn.co.jp/2018-6-22furo/
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When I was a single man living in a 1920s vintage apartment building, I used to sit in the tub and watch movies on my laptop. My method of keeping the water warm was opening the drain and turning the hot water on for a bit every once in a while. This could usually be accomplished with a foot and required far less effort than anything discussed above.
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peanut posted:Our bathtub system is integrated with the water heater, and can add extra hot water, maintain temperature and reheat cold water (while I'm taking a shower immediately next to the tub I've seen those Japanese style tubs with integrated heat control and all sorts of functions. Are they available in any form in the US?
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Heckin maybe! https://www.eco2waterheater.com/product-info
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Just take a shower OP
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PremiumSupport posted:Yeah, assuming it's a rebranded TH6000, the set points are 3 degrees apart. Reprogramming isn't a real issue. It's a weekday + Sat + Sun unit, so there's only 3 schedules to rework and mine are pretty simple. I like it cold at night and comfortable during the day. I'm also not overly concerned with manipulating temperatures when I'm not home to shave a few bucks off my utility bill. This system has already more than halved my utility bills from before it was installed. Update to this: It was indeed a rebranded TH6000 series, and the back-end code worked. No more 90 degree house when I get home from work! 
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peanut posted:Our bathtub system is integrated with the water heater, and can add extra hot water, maintain temperature and reheat cold water (while I'm taking a shower immediately next to the tub Every time you post a Japanese bathroom I'm just enraged. Having the shower with a bench and bath right there is so nice. What's the thing that looks like a folding table on the wall opposite the showerhead in the finished pics?
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Should a HRV be good enough for a washroom? I've taken a few showers in my new place and with the system on by pressing the wall switch - it still gets insanely steamy. I can hear it working but it feels like at my FIL's, my old house, even my apartment the fan kept the mirrors and area generally steam free. Should I be worried? Do I need to set a speed on the device by my furnace?
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