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New dryers are dogshit while new dishwashers are amazing.
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Finally doing something I said I'd do last year, getting my water heater replaced. Manufactured in 2002!!!! The six year warranty is long past! I'll just do a standard 50 gallon natural gas unit.
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Aug 7, 2022 20:05
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Is there any reason to get a tankless hot water heater. Ours is old and is now leaking, so I think a replacement is due. We have a nat gas hot water heater. Two people.
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Aug 7, 2022 21:11
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Upgrade posted:Is there any reason to get a tankless hot water heater. Ours is old and is now leaking, so I think a replacement is due. We have a nat gas hot water heater. Two people. If your existing water heater was 100% fine what would you change about it? Does it do what you want it to do? Is it taking up very valuable space that you could otherwise use for something else? Tankless is definitely a good thing in the right situation, but it's not a default "upgrade" to an existing tanked heater.
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Aug 7, 2022 21:29
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Upgrade posted:Is there any reason to get a tankless hot water heater. Ours is old and is now leaking, so I think a replacement is due. We have a nat gas hot water heater. Two people. I would compare the energy ratings and do an estimate on installed cost vs X years of running costs, generally the tankless will cost more up front, and may or (likely) may not pay for itself over time. The only other factor would be that tankless gives you unlimited hot water essentially. But if it’s just 2 people and you don’t use a ton of hot I would suspect that’s not a big issue. E: reminds me I need to look into a new WH myself, existing is from 2007 and based on everything else in the house we’ve had to fix I’m sure it has the original anode rod and will fail at the worst possible time if I don’t get to it (our 20 y/o hvac died during the cen tx heat wave right after we came home with our newborn) Infinotize fucked around with this message at 21:35 on Aug 7, 2022 |
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Aug 7, 2022 21:31
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Motronic posted:If your existing water heater was 100% fine what would you change about it? Does it do what you want it to do? Is it taking up very valuable space that you could otherwise use for something else? Our current heater worked perfectly fine and I would change nothing about it. Our hot water heater is in a disgusting unused basement. Sounds like a 1:1 replacement to me!
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Aug 7, 2022 21:50
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Happy the thread touched on cleaning out dryer vents. Got me off my butt to do my first clean since buying the house 3 years ago. I, uh, wouldn’t classify it as an immediate fire hazard… but I also wouldn’t want my wife to peek in the shop vac right now.
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Aug 7, 2022 22:15
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Democratic Pirate posted:Happy the thread touched on cleaning out dryer vents. Got me off my butt to do my first clean since buying the house 3 years ago. I replaced our vent hose shortly after moving in, and, yea, glad that was done ASAP!
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Aug 7, 2022 22:26
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Upgrade posted:Is there any reason to get a tankless hot water heater. Ours is old and is now leaking, so I think a replacement is due. We have a nat gas hot water heater. Two people.
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Aug 7, 2022 23:18
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Upgrade posted:Is there any reason to get a tankless hot water heater. Ours is old and is now leaking, so I think a replacement is due. We have a nat gas hot water heater. Two people. We're also 2 people... we tried to downgrade to a 40gal regular water heater, but apparently they aren't common and they just subbed in a 50gal one without telling us. During the summer when it's mainly the water heater using gas, we average about $0.50/day in gas charges. Payback on a tankless unit is probably never for us. If I subtract the service charge to even have gas, we're talking $0.25/day for the water heater.
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Aug 8, 2022 00:40
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Democratic Pirate posted:Happy the thread touched on cleaning out dryer vents. Got me off my butt to do my first clean since buying the house 3 years ago. So this is on my to do list, but I'm scared to move my dryer because getting the duct hooked up in the first place when I installed it was such a bear. Sorely tempted by one of those magnetic duct boots.
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Aug 8, 2022 00:50
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If you are having dryer problems, have you tried wool balls added to the load? It helps prevent clothes getting stuck behind the dryer fins, which happens with a lot of front loaders
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Aug 8, 2022 01:43
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Anza Borrego posted:If you are having dryer problems, have you tried wool balls added to the load? It helps prevent clothes getting stuck behind the dryer fins, which happens with a lot of front loaders Even with dryer balls, the new dryers suck. Are there any dryers that aren’t front loaders?
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Aug 8, 2022 02:12
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I just got quotes for a tankless and conventional water heater with install recently. The tankless on demand was twice the price and according to the energy star readings would only save me $150 a year. Comparing the warranties and expected life span there was just no way a tankless could beat the regular water heater price wise at least.
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Aug 8, 2022 02:20
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nwin posted:Are there any dryers that aren’t front loaders? How would this work
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Hadlock posted:How would this work I was asking Anza because it didn’t make any sense to me.
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Aug 8, 2022 02:27
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While we're talking about water heaters I'd like to wish a special place in hell for the folks who thought this was a good design--to replace the anode I have to 1) move the powered vent out of the way (and all that entails to decouple from the PVC) and 2) get my wrench jaws around this stupid nut: Look at how offset it is! Of course my sockets can't get around it so I finally bought a 1 1/16 wrench just for this purpose:  This will never work, even with a mallet this is the most contact I can get:  This project of doing basic home maintenance on my 2004-era water heater was a fail. I'm going to spec a tankless to replace it just because I have a large family who will eventually take showers and if I get a return-ready one I can hook up the master bath in a few years when I reno that and get some hot water circulation instead of it being one of the longest-wait-for-hot-water places in the house.
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Aug 8, 2022 03:49
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Upgrade posted:New dryers are dogshit while new dishwashers are amazing. Although my new Bosch (praise be for miracles) doesn't do a great job of drying; all Bosches, AFAIK, don't have a heater but instead let the steam evaporate.
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Aug 8, 2022 03:59
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Hed posted:While we're talking about water heaters I'd like to wish a special place in hell for the folks who thought this was a good design--to replace the anode I have to 1) move the powered vent out of the way (and all that entails to decouple from the PVC) and 2) get my wrench jaws around this stupid nut: I had to do that poo poo on mine, only to find out that the previous owners had gone so long without changing the anode that the entire interior was hosed. 
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Aug 8, 2022 04:13
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Arsenic Lupin posted:Although my new Bosch (praise be for miracles) doesn't do a great job of drying; all Bosches, AFAIK, don't have a heater but instead let the steam evaporate. Yea I have the 300 and drying performance is meh, I don't really care though. The only way to get magic drying is stepping up to the 800 which was out of stock. It's just a few drips of water on my stuff, not enough to warp my cabinets even if put away wet.
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Aug 8, 2022 04:32
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Hed posted:to replace the anode I'm pretty sure an 18-year-old water heater should be disturbed as little as possible until you're ready to replace the whole thing, unless you've got documented regular anode replacements already.
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Aug 8, 2022 04:33
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nwin posted:I was asking Anza because it didn’t make any sense to me. It did not make any sense.
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Hed posted:While we're talking about water heaters I'd like to wish a special place in hell for the folks who thought this was a good design--to replace the anode I have to 1) move the powered vent out of the way (and all that entails to decouple from the PVC) and 2) get my wrench jaws around this stupid nut: Unscrew the top cap. There should be sheet-metal screws around the perimeter. You don't have to remove it completely, just enough to center the opening to get a socket on it. OTOH if it's eighteen years old you'll probably wind up ripping the fitting out of the tank or the anode has so much crap on it that you won't be able to get it out. It's gone 18-years without failing. Doesn't really owe you anything.
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Thanks. There were ten screws around the circumference of the cap, given the weird angles to work with and that it would be difficult to maneuver while also being obviously never done 15 of those 18 years under the previous regime I decided to forget it
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Aug 8, 2022 12:42
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I'm looking for a new bathroom vanity. The plumbing there is special, with the supply coming out of the floor, and the waste exiting to the left. I've been looking online a bit, and I can look at the photo and know if I could make it work or not. But are there any sites that have filters that could exclude stuff that doesn't work for me? If I could at least exclude the floating wall mounted and open shelving bottoms that would help.
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Aug 8, 2022 13:30
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Arsenic Lupin posted:This is why you bring out the cordless drill. You can buy special drill bits for planting bulbs. After letting that bounce around for a couple days I just ordered one. I'm going to plant SO MANY BULBS THIS YEAR. Last fall I did 110 out of two Costco Packs. This year I might do 200.
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Aug 8, 2022 16:43
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What sort of contractor do you call when you have a yard drainage issue with the possibility for needing hardscaping? General landscaper, hardscaper...? Or is this venturing in to GC territory? Our house is on a slope, and it's mostly fine, except for the corner by the front entry has a pretty steep slope. The backyard is somewhat gentle, but they graded the front yard to be mostly flat, so the result is a steep transition... The issue is the rain runoff from the driveway/gutters sweeps down the front walk and tears down the hill, which is eroding the hill away by our foundation, so that's not great. Not sure if we can address this by adding plants to slow down the water... I suspect that would either cause flooding/pooling or just make it find somewhere else to do damage, so I'm trying to figure out if we need a retaining wall, french drains, or both.
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Aug 8, 2022 18:40
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DaveSauce posted:What sort of contractor do you call when you have a yard drainage issue with the possibility for needing hardscaping? General landscaper, hardscaper...? Or is this venturing in to GC territory? From my research on this (not experience yet) a waterproofing contractor may be a good first stop? They generally do catch-all foundation/pump/drain/runoff work.
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Aug 8, 2022 19:03
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Guy Axlerod posted:I'm looking for a new bathroom vanity. The plumbing there is special, with the supply coming out of the floor, and the waste exiting to the left. I've been looking online a bit, and I can look at the photo and know if I could make it work or not. But are there any sites that have filters that could exclude stuff that doesn't work for me? If I could at least exclude the floating wall mounted and open shelving bottoms that would help. I think you want a pretty standard cabinet vanity then. You typically cut holes in the back/bottom/side as needed to fit your plumbing. Nothing off the shelf is going to have a hole in the right place.
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Aug 8, 2022 19:28
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NomNomNom posted:I think you want a pretty standard cabinet vanity then. You typically cut holes in the back/bottom/side as needed to fit your plumbing. Nothing off the shelf is going to have a hole in the right place. Yeah, I keep having to go through pages of stuff with drawers in the way. Why do so many cabinets have a drawer on the bottom?
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Aug 8, 2022 19:46
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Is there a thread recommended shop vac (or brand)?
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Aug 8, 2022 19:57
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MrLogan posted:Is there a thread recommended shop vac (or brand)? Ridgid shop vacs are the gold standard for corded.
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Aug 8, 2022 19:59
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MrLogan posted:Is there a thread recommended shop vac (or brand)? Ridgid
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Pilfered Pallbearers posted:From my research on this (not experience yet) a waterproofing contractor may be a good first stop? They generally do catch-all foundation/pump/drain/runoff work. OK cool, didn't know that specialty existed. Good starting point, at least! MrLogan posted:Is there a thread recommended shop vac (or brand)? Ridgid is the standard.
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MrLogan posted:Is there a thread recommended shop vac (or brand)? Rigids seem to be the standard as you've heard, but I have a legit ShopVac brand one from when Lowes sold them (maybe they still do?) and it's quite nice. Stainless steel canister and all.
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Aug 8, 2022 20:44
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Motronic posted:Rigids seem to be the standard as you've heard, but I have a legit ShopVac brand one from when Lowes sold them (maybe they still do?) and it's quite nice. Stainless steel canister and all. They went out of business.
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Aug 8, 2022 21:07
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Costco has a nice looking stainless steel canister one right now, dewalt I think? not sure of quality though.
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Aug 8, 2022 21:10
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Jenkl posted:They went out of business. Time to troll ebay for pre-aquisition used inventory  https://www.ebay.com/itm/325225594469 classic! edit: apparently the chinese conglomerate just re-opened the same US factory https://www.inquirer.com/business/shop-vac-vacuum-williamsport-lowes-china-20210919.html Qwijib0 fucked around with this message at 21:21 on Aug 8, 2022 |
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Aug 8, 2022 21:17
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Someone put it really well last year. Look in the back of trade trucks. You'll see rigid vacs. That's a big selling point for me. Plus their parts and accessories are widely available both online and in store.
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I have a ridgid vac but it doesn't turn on anymore
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