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timepenguin posted:So the prior owners built an addition onto the back of our house, an enclosed 2 (don't get me started on this) season room, and a covered porch. Part of the covered porch was segmented based on where an interior wall is and so it is a separate area/"room". For some reason, this area/room had french doors added on the wall splitting the porch but they left it exposed on the rear. They used some curtain to block it and just had stored some exercise equipment and other items in the area. We're tired of the poo poo curtain and I want to turn it into an actual little shop area and keep the wasp/bees and even birds that come in. Additionally, the room backs up to my office which only has one window which is on the wall for this porch room, so I'm also looking to get more light into my office. On the exterior wall facing the fence, this area/room does have 2 windows but they have shutters on the outside block light as well. If you go the French door route, you're going to need to add a bottom door sill of some sort for weather sealing. At that point you can just start framing in that opening until you get to a standard 2, 3 or 4 door setup. That's going to cost you at least $3500 in which case might as well do a garage door I'm in favor of the $4500 giant glass door Another option, since insulation doesn't seem to be a code issue here (?? will it?) is you could go with a custom steel window, which probably won't match your existing suburban aesthetic, but are cool as balls:      Basically it's a bunch of architectural grade T bar and angle iron, using usually 8x10" plate glass that's just glazed directly to the steel and then painted black. It would probably cost $3500-5000 but would let in a ton of light and you could still throw a curtain behind it for privacy. The whole thing would probably be assembled on site
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TacoHavoc posted:If you put a garage door there, remember to think about the headroom you'll loose to the track system + opener (if you put one one). I probably wouldn't do garage door there with the steps up in front of it, I think it'd look weird. I recall asking him about the track and I think he accounted for it being able to clear the existing double doors so I don't think that'd be an issue. I do think it could look weird which is why I thought the glass could work, the other additional all-season room has a bunch of glass doors along the rear so it should mesh with that. That room is on the left of the covered porch area. Yeah, all of this faces our backyard which is of course visible to the houses behind us and their culdesac. Framing and adding a door is where the contractor was going. View from my office to show what it looks like in the room: 
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Aug 10, 2022 18:25
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I feel like monster french doors is sort of the answer here. Of the two options provided initially I like the exterior barn/stable kinda door look over the glass thing. I think it fits the brick better. I would assume a half-lit or full-lit door would add a lot of light and make it feel more inviting while closed.
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Aug 10, 2022 18:29
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French doors come in a bunch of larger yet still standard sizes so just get the closest size and frame the rest out?
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Aug 10, 2022 18:59
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What is this crap in my lawn. You can blow it around by puffing at it with your mouth, but when I poke it with my phone it's sticky. Kind of looks like bug eggs of some kind? Kind of matches the description of mildew but it's only in the top of the grass. I'm in coastal NC
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Aug 10, 2022 21:03
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Looks like cottonwood seed
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Aug 10, 2022 21:40
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Things vary regionally, in Texas we had a cottonwood tree but 1) the seed season was closer to February (my friend was always sick on his birthday in February and blamed the neighbors cottonwood tree) and 2) cottonwood seeds have the density of a dandelion seed ball; this is at least twice the density with some medium moisture level content
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Hadlock posted:Things vary regionally, in Texas we had a cottonwood tree but 1) the seed season was closer to February (my friend was always sick on his birthday in February and blamed the neighbors cottonwood tree) and 2) cottonwood seeds have the density of a dandelion seed ball; this is at least twice the density with some medium moisture level content Might be some sort of spitbug situation?
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redreader posted:My washer seems to leak water every time it runs. I've cleaned the door and the gasket (the rubber seal thing). What's the next step? call a 'guy', try to replace the rubber seal/gasket thing myself, or just, put a towel under the washer? (water evaporates very fast, here). I inherited this from the previous owner, I have no idea how old it is but I assume 5 years or so. Can you access the drain tube the washer hose feeds into? I’m not a DIY person at all but our washer was leaking as well. I boiled some water with baking soda (about a buckets worth of water and a pack of baking soda) and poured it slowly down the tube in the wall that the washer drains into, and it hasn’t leaked in the 10 cycles since then. e: I did this after watching it for a cycle to figure out where the leak was coming from. In my case it was….quite obvious once I saw it in action. Obv my suggestion is only relevant if that is in fact the source of the leak. Highbrow Slick fucked around with this message at 23:18 on Aug 11, 2022 |
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Aug 11, 2022 23:16
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Front loading washer? Clean the gasket extra well, maybe use some vinegar or something to help with mineral deposits as well. Our old LG used to weep a bit from the door seal, usually from a combination of hair/fibers and hard water buildup. It was usually my reminder to run a cleaning cycle with a splash of vinegar in the drum.
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Aug 12, 2022 03:01
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Thufir posted:How much does it leak? It not too much you could just put a $20 washing machine tray under it and call it done. As far as I can tell it's less than 1/4 of a cup each time. We don't even notice it every time. Maybe even half of that. Not a lot.
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Aug 12, 2022 15:59
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It's all fun and games until what's leaking fails completely Water damage. Not even once
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Aug 12, 2022 16:03
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Hello friends, I am new to this thread, finally moving into my first real house this weekend (had a condo previously). How do you guys feel about ring cameras? I’ve always hated them but we’re moving into a rough neighborhood and started thinking it might be a good idea to get one.
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Aug 12, 2022 16:53
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gently caress that noise. If you want to snitch to the cops at least have the balls to do it yourself. Plenty of other options including home brew that don’t contribute to police state bullshit.
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Aug 12, 2022 16:56
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I have a ring and I like it, but the use case is not "makes your home more secure" its "I don't want to walk to my front door when someone rings the doorbell because I'm lazy" and "did my amazon package get delivered".
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I appreciate both of your perspectives! I do get a lot of packages, but I’m also home all the time so maybe I don’t need one after all.
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Aug 12, 2022 17:13
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My mom's Ring doorbell camera was pretty essential to helping her deal with a man who kept attempting to break into her home in the middle of the night. The video was more than enough to identify the individual. Any doorbell camera is going to let you do the same sort of thing, though. I use Eufy myself, since it merely reports my data to the Chinese government and doesn't require a subscription for the privilege.
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Aug 12, 2022 17:24
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I bought a Logitech Circle View doorbell camera because it works with Apple Homekit. I haven't gotten to installing it yet though.
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Aug 12, 2022 17:27
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There's been a lot written about Amazon sharing ring video/audio data with law enforcement without your explicit permission. Definitely read up on that if that sort of thing bothers you. Google recently acknowledged that they will share audio/video without a warrant too, but only in more extreme cases, where I think Amazon is more loose. No idea how other companies handle it Synology does video control too if you want a totally closed loop, but it's gonna require a lot more technical skills. There's a dedicated smart home thread somewhere too
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Aug 12, 2022 17:39
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Hadlock posted:There's been a lot written about Amazon sharing ring video/audio data with law enforcement without your explicit permission. Definitely read up on that if that sort of thing bothers you Urgh, yeah that definitely worries me. I just discussed this with my husband, who works in IT, and he is dead set against anything “smart” in the house. So I guess it’s a no-go. My other idea is to get a big floofy dog :3
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remigious posted:I just discussed this with my husband, who works in IT, and he is dead set against anything “smart” in the house. He knows what he's talking about. It's a very reasonable position to have.
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remigious posted:Hello friends, I am new to this thread, finally moving into my first real house this weekend (had a condo previously). How do you guys feel about ring cameras? I’ve always hated them but we’re moving into a rough neighborhood and started thinking it might be a good idea to get one. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/08/amazon-studio-plans-lighthearted-show-of-ring-surveillance-footage/ You can roll your own security system or just set up your own camera without being a participant in the warrantless police surveillance of your neighborhood or signing everyone up to star in Ow, My Balls.
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Aug 12, 2022 18:02
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My main usecase for my camera is preventing ups and fedex from gaslighting me.
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Aug 12, 2022 18:10
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Smart devices are crap and Ring has historically had legitimate issues with sharing data inappropriately But at least specifically to this dumb TV show, it is user-submitted and/or staged footage They didn't just comb through customer mpegs to find silly clips
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I hope my smart roomba leads to amazon delivering things to my home using mortars
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an iksar marauder posted:I hope my smart roomba leads to amazon delivering things to my home using mortars Your roomba will be used to tell the Amazon drones which window they need to open to find you.
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Motronic posted:He knows what he's talking about. It's a very reasonable position to have. I believe that Ring is the worst of the worst in this segment and that's really saying something.
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Rasputin on the Ritz posted:gently caress that noise. If you want to snitch to the cops at least have the balls to do it yourself. remigious posted:Urgh, yeah that definitely worries me. I just discussed this with my husband, who works in IT, and he is dead set against anything “smart” in the house. So I guess it’s a no-go. My other idea is to get a big floofy dog :3 GoGoGadgetChris posted:Smart devices are crap and Ring has historically had legitimate issues with sharing data inappropriately Yup it's all garbage not even once. Definitely don't ever put them inside your house.
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Currently building up a Unifi setup. Got a couple interior cams as a test, waiting for their new Pro doorbell to actually be in stock to start putting up exterior cameras. Fully local storage. I can remote in to it, but it's not stored in the cloud. edit: don't quite have all the IOT stuff locked down, but that's in the near future.
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Here is the smart home/security thread https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3635963
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DaveSauce posted:Currently building up a Unifi setup. Got a couple interior cams as a test, waiting for their new Pro doorbell to actually be in stock to start putting up exterior cameras. You'll have to let us know over in the security thread how it goes, I want to do something similar, especially to monitor attics and crawls.
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slurm posted:You'll have to let us know over in the security thread how it goes, I want to do something similar, especially to monitor attics and crawls. I would bet the folks there are 10 steps ahead of me, same with the crowd in the network thread in SH/SC. I know some people there have UniFi, but lots of people there advocate for Blue Iris instead. But I got a lot of equipment to buy and ethernet to run before I can really call it solid... DaveSauce fucked around with this message at 21:37 on Aug 12, 2022 |
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Highbrow Slick posted:Can you access the drain tube the washer hose feeds into? I’m not a DIY person at all but our washer was leaking as well. I boiled some water with baking soda (about a buckets worth of water and a pack of baking soda) and poured it slowly down the tube in the wall that the washer drains into, and it hasn’t leaked in the 10 cycles since then. I pulled the washer and dryer away from the wall and there was no leaking or water damage from the outflow tube of the washer, and no water pooled behind it or water damage on the floor there either. It MUST be leaking from the glass/rubber seal at the front, which is where I see the water when it appears. Now that I've seen there are no water stains under or behind the washer, I revise my estimate down to about 1-2 tablespoons at a time. I also unearthed the safety 'stick this laminated quick-guide to the side of the washer' thing, and it says leakage can be due to the trap (there's only one) at the front being super dirty , or the door seal. It's definitely not the trap, and I do a tub clean once a month or so. I just took some wipes and wiped the poo poo out of all of the nooks and crannies of the seal and the door where it sticks to, and I'm running a 15 minute rinse cycle to see if it still leaks. I also saw that the dryer tube was completely crimped to the dryer and the wall with some kind of metal thing so I decided 'there's no way in hell I can take that poo poo apart and put it back together again without buying some stuff, so I'm not touching it now' but I'd say that the dryer outlet tube has probably not been removed in like, 5-10 years. I'll check the side of the house where it comes out to see if I can do anything on that side, but yeah I think that's worth a visit from someone. The dryer DOES run pretty well though! edit: the 15 minute rinse resulted in no leaking at all. I think for now I'm safe. The dryer outlet didn't look too bad either, I could stick my hand in and it didn't have a giant wad of crap in there or anything. just a fuzzy tube. redreader fucked around with this message at 22:19 on Aug 12, 2022 |
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Scarodactyl posted:My main usecase for my camera is preventing ups and fedex from gaslighting me. I got a nice video of the Amazon guy backing over my mailbox.
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Scarodactyl posted:My main usecase for my camera is preventing ups and fedex from gaslighting me. How does that actually help, though? "I have video of you coming up to my door and not delivering it." "Sorry we missed you! We'll try to deliver another day!" "No, really, you intentionally didn't deliver. Your guy walked right up and--" "Please contact us 24/7 online to resolve any complaints you have! Sorry we missed you! We'll try to delivery another day!" "ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?" *call disconnects* If they gave a poo poo, they wouldn't do things like that and like throwing boxes at your garage door from a moving truck in the first place.
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I am loving in love with stealth cable installs for wall mounted televisions. (First time home buyer and I did all the work myself please be gentle, I hate the lobsided subwoofer) 
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Sundae posted:How does that actually help, though?
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Good job not hanging your TV too high. Did you run the cables through the wall?
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Upgrade posted:Good job not hanging your TV too high. Did you run the cables through the wall? Yea, 2in hole saw behind the TV and behind the media center and ran the wires in the cavity between the studs. The way the room is laid out their is literally only one place to put a TV so I didn't care about the wall damage because it's always going to have some screen there. The TV is actually higher than I planned (the bottom is about 32in off the floor) but I didn't account for the difference in the mount I used and the one at my previous residence but it worked out perfect with the media center that I found cheap.
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my TV is a bit high but it's just right if you slouch a little bit. No regrets, but maybe a sliding mount would have been a good idea.
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