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Hey, poster who just closed on a house: check this out! Perkins lane is a small street that runs along the bottom of the south side of the Magnolia cliffs. It's NW of downtown and right by the sound. There's a few unbuildable lots there because there's unstable cliffs above and the ocean below. A charming place until this happens! silicone thrills posted:The shots from before and after are insane
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Magres posted:The OP mentions new construction sometimes apply new techniques incorrectly, trapping moisture in the walls and leading to terrible mold problems. Can anyone expound on that? I've noticed (in the US PNW) that my current and previous rentals both have terrible mold problems, and the place before never had any despite being in the same weather conditions. Joe Lstiburek from Building Science does a really good job of explaining this whole thing. https://www.buildingscience.com/documents/insights/bsi-001-the-perfect-wall He has some good YouTube talks too where he really details moisture issues.
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There was a big scandal in Charlotte in the '90s when expensive new stuccoed houses had been built without weep screeds, and the sills and studs rotted out. I think Toll House may even have been involved there.
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Arsenic Lupin posted:There was a big scandal in Charlotte in the '90s when expensive new stuccoed houses had been built without weep screeds, and the sills and studs rotted out. I think Toll House may even have been involved there. I mean Nestle is bad, but maybe in this case it's Toll Brothers?
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I hate owning a home. The constant stress, the expense, the incredible time sinks. ... Just clean the gutters and installed guards. I am a king, a god, a gorgeous monster beyond your comprehension.
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Inzombiac posted:Just clean the gutters and installed guards. I am a king, a god, a gorgeous monster beyond your comprehension. Until tomorrow at least.
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i'm having my kitchen cabinet frames painted, and new doors and drawers put in. they have a few paint finish options. the cabinets I believe are currently a stained maple. primer/sealer and two lacquer coats (base) above + one clear coat (+275) primer/sealer, two coats conversion varnish, and one clear coat (+450) is it worth doing one of the bottom two?
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Inzombiac posted:I hate owning a home. It beats the alternatives. And now you have a new hobby.
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I did a ton of research and the ice melt that fucks stuff up the least is 100% CMA. Buy a jug and see if you like it; if you do, buy a bag and refill from there. It's safe for pets, safe for waterways, and (you'd be surprised how important this is) it won't gently caress up concrete or brick. It isn't the absolute most powerful, but it's been good enough in southern New England. If you get a snowblower, store it securely, i.e. locked up. It's one of those things that tends to walk away from a garage. Anne Whateley fucked around with this message at 02:19 on Jan 8, 2022 |
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Got 3 batts into installing my new insulation and found this and immediately wrapped up work because from what I've read of vermiculite this sure looks like a piece of it. I also took a picture of some small beads that I don't know what the gently caress. I did test some of the old insulation for asbestos and it came back negative, but now I'm wondering if that old insulation replaced vermiculite at some point. I'm going to send this piece and the dust from the attic floor to get sampled for asbestos, but what's the threads gut thought on it? Vermiculite or another piece of trash from poo poo the PO stored in the attic?    I was wearing a P100 half mask respirator the whole time so I at least didn't breath in a ton of it directly but I had the attic door open and the HVAC is up there so I'm kind of hosed regardless if it turns out to be asbestos containing. I disrobed outside and moped all the floors but there's really only so much I can do. Yay Mesothelioma.  e: house was built in 1950 e2: It looks nothing like the pictures on google for "exfoliated vermiculite" so maybe it's just a piece of broken decorative glass or something. SpartanIvy fucked around with this message at 03:18 on Jan 8, 2022 |
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amethystbliss posted:It’s our first winter in New England and we had the first big snow of the season last night. Any recommendations for snow removal equipment? Mainly looking to clear driveway and sidewalk. Much to no one’s surprise, our one shovel left behind by previous owner is not cutting it. We moved from California this summer and have basically no lawn equipment since we just paid for lawn care until we could get more settled. See if your lawn company does snow removal as well, or just ask around your neighborhood. We've got like 5 guys on our street with plows on the front of their truck and will do your driveway for cheap. Snowblowers are great but for lighter snowfall I like using a push broom or my leaf blower to get it out of the way. If you wanna put your kids to work, before we got a snowblower my dad used to get us to clear the driveway with one of those giant snow scoops.
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Inzombiac posted:I hate owning a home. The constant stress, the expense, the incredible time sinks. *ice damming smiles, slides on the fifth ring*
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Bingo Bango posted:See if your lawn company does snow removal as well, or just ask around your neighborhood. We've got like 5 guys on our street with plows on the front of their truck and will do your driveway for cheap. For anything under five or six inches of dry snow, I've found a wide plow shovel is fast and easy and I don't bother starting up the snowblower. If it's wet snow or up to around eight inches, I use a sled shovel. If it's any more than that, a slow trudge behind the snowblower it is. (Caveat: I have plenty of places to shove the snow off the sides of the driveway. But it's still a fairly big driveway.)
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So I’ve got a kitchen with a built in washer drier stack. Lately, whenever we drain the kitchen sink the tall upright pipe that the washer drains into will gurgle very loudly. It makes me nervous. Should I be nervous? The kitchen sink drains fine, as does the washer.
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The Swinemaster posted:So I’ve got a kitchen with a built in washer drier stack. Lately, whenever we drain the kitchen sink the tall upright pipe that the washer drains into will gurgle very loudly. It makes me nervous. Should I be nervous? The kitchen sink drains fine, as does the washer. You got drain frogs, sorry to be the one to tell you.
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Justa Dandelion posted:You got drain frogs, sorry to be the one to tell you. Is this because of the drain flies?
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The Swinemaster posted:Is this because of the drain flies? If your drain flies then you should probably catch it.
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My wife got me a FLIR and I'm having way too much fun with it. 
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Got a new AC attached to my "old" furnace (new pump/motor) and occasionally hear dripping sounds but see no evidence of water coming out. Is that normal? My old one never did that but it was oooooooold.
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Armacham posted:My wife got me a FLIR and I'm having way too much fun with it. omg I want
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Armacham posted:My wife got me a FLIR and I'm having way too much fun with it. Dominic you rat, how could you give your brother the ol spicy ductwork
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kitten emergency posted:Dominic you rat, how could you give your brother the ol spicy ductwork 
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Inzombiac posted:Got a new AC attached to my "old" furnace (new pump/motor) and occasionally hear dripping sounds but see no evidence of water coming out. Maybe just condensation?
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Armacham posted:My wife got me a FLIR and I'm having way too much fun with it. Which one is this?
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H110Hawk posted:Which one is this? It's the flir one pro lt https://www.flir.com/products/flir-one-pro-lt/
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Where's the best place to make a post about getting advice on how to buy a house? We didn't think this would be a possibility until rather recently (have decent jobs now) and our parents haven't been very helpful because they've been out of the market for a long time now. We're looking in a few different areas but i know realtors work with specific locations so I'm not entirely sure what our first step is here.
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number 1 snake fan posted:Where's the best place to make a post about getting advice on how to buy a house? We didn't think this would be a possibility until rather recently (have decent jobs now) and our parents haven't been very helpful because they've been out of the market for a long time now. We're looking in a few different areas but i know realtors work with specific locations so I'm not entirely sure what our first step is here. The Home Buying Thread! https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3131399 Be prepared to give up all hope in humanity
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try finding a table for a printer in biden's america
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I just buy all my furniture at estate sale stores now. Lots of good poo poo coming in from all the boomers dying from covid.
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Armacham posted:I just buy all my furniture at estate sale stores now. Lots of good poo poo coming in from all the boomers dying from covid. My local small town antique/craft mall says their sales last year were 40% over their best year on record, primarily driven by people buying old furniture due to supply chain issues.
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Estate sale.. stores? Not estate sales themselves? I've never heard of this, do you live in Phoenix or some Florida retirement area?
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Great build quality there Champion. Just unboxed a new generator and one of the wheels bent off on a crazy angle immediately when I put weight on it. The bracket is missing the weld to secure it to the frame. 
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amethystbliss posted:Haha, thought it was pretty normal to not want to post a full pic of entire house exterior? Ah, well. New Englander here - I have a 24” McCullogh that’s about 10 years old and runs great. Only service has been an oil change every once in a while. I have about a 4,000 sf driveway. I can clear a like 4 inch snowfall in maybe 30 minutes tops depending on how wet it is. I try not to let it get much deeper than that or you have to do really narrow passes and it takes longer or you just have a ton of cleanup.
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falz posted:Estate sale.. stores? Not estate sales themselves? I've never heard of this, do you live in Phoenix or some Florida retirement area? Tucson, Arizona, baby. So many olds die here that there are multiple estate sale shops
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SpartanIvy posted:Got 3 batts into installing my new insulation and found this and immediately wrapped up work because from what I've read of vermiculite this sure looks like a piece of it. I also took a picture of some small beads that I don't know what the gently caress. None of that is vermiculite. Vermiculite is pea-sized or smaller brownish to whiteish granules. It’s very dry to the touch and light weight. If you do have vermiculite in your attic, it’s not always or usually asbestos containing. It’s treated like asbestos because it was/is often mined adjacent to asbestos mines and there can be cross contamination. (Just like what’s going on with the J&J baby powder lawsuits). Vermiculite itself is not an asbestiform mineral. The one on the bottom looks like styrofoam. Is that what you might think it was if it wasn’t in an attic? BigFactory fucked around with this message at 14:34 on Jan 9, 2022 |
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BigFactory posted:None of that is vermiculite. Vermiculite is pea-sized or smaller brownish to whiteish granules. It’s very dry to the touch and light weight. If you do have vermiculite in your attic, it’s not always or usually asbestos containing. It’s treated like asbestos because it was/is often mined adjacent to asbestos mines and there can be cross contamination. (Just like what’s going on with the J&J baby powder lawsuits). Vermiculite itself is not an asbestiform mineral. Last weekend I got half way through adding new batting to my attic and discovered a few spaces between joists were full of something. Not being smart I decided to shovel it into an old cardboard box while only wearing a surgical style covid mask. Half way through I unearthed a piece of an old paper bag with Zonolite on it. A little research and yep, not necessarily asbestos containing and would likely not ping a >1% asbestos test but it was mined next door to a place that mined the worst kind of asbestos so supposedly it needs to be considered ACM. First quote is for $3,600 to remove the material, remove any other insulation that was exposed, and wipe down all my tools and boxes that got dusted. Two other shops didn't return my calls and two others declined to bid. The good news is that due to a class action lawsuit against the makers of Zonolite, there's a trust that will cover 55% of your abatement costs. Takes some of the sting out at least. Trying not to lose too much sleep over breathing in that poo poo for the 15 minutes I was kicking up a huge dust storm.
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spf3million posted:Agree, doesn't look like vermiculite. I wouldn’t worry too much. In my experience it’s fairly uncommon to actually find asbestos in vermiculite, but the only way to rule it out is extraordinary amounts of testing, so states are very cautious
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Thanks for the responses. I felt a lot better after searching it online more thoroughly. Everything I'd seen describing vermiculite before was "brownish gray and gravel like" which that fit the bill of, but every picture of "vermiculite insulation" on google is low quality so it's hard to tell much. Once I searched the magical phrase of "exfoliated vermiculite" and saw some HD pictures it was pretty obvious it wasn't the same stuff. Also it looks like most of the asbestos contaminated vermiculite, if not all, was mined from a mine that closed in 1900, so my 1950 house would almost certainly not contain any. The little spherical beads are not Styrofoam but something hard like glass or acrylic. When I first saw them I thought maybe they were falling out of the old fiberglass blown in insulation, like slag pieces from the fiberglass process? No idea though. I've found all kinds of random poo poo in the old insulation like cups, pieces of paper and magazines, drapery hangers, lightbulbs, etc. in that part of the attic so it's quite possible they were apart of something stored up there and fell off or spilled over the decades they spent up there. I probably seem overly cautious about asbestos but since it stays with you forever, and I do a lot of work on my old house, I'd rather play it extra safe for when I'm accidentally exposed.
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SpartanIvy posted:The little spherical beads are not Styrofoam but something hard like glass or acrylic. When I first saw them I thought maybe they were falling out of the old fiberglass blown in insulation, like slag pieces from the fiberglass process? No idea though. I've found all kinds of random poo poo in the old insulation like cups, pieces of paper and magazines, drapery hangers, lightbulbs, etc. in that part of the attic so it's quite possible they were apart of something stored up there and fell off or spilled over the decades they spent up there. That sounds like perlite but I have no idea why that would be in an attic.
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