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Our condo building required a COI to secure a reservation on the loading dock Every delivery company had no issue sending us the COI but yeah usually needed a day turnaround time to fax it to the hoa
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Motronic posted:This is not even remotely universal in the US. Wow, I had no idea. Good to know!
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So I previously saw the contractors record on Angie's list which I thought meant they were legit. (6 5 star reviews). I just yelped them, and holy poo poo. -one lady had human poo on her roof when they were done. Owner's reply was basically "lol" -someone got half the job they paid for with a promise for the rest to be done the next day. Never done. "I paid for it" "well I needed the money" "ok but I needed the work done" -someone had a bad experience and complained to the BBB, they came back when the home owner was away and gouged up the rest of their trees. -someone else asked for a trimming and got various shrubs/trees destroyed. Holy shitttttttt. Edit: not to mention one person saying 'where is your license' and finding out it had expired. This was in 2018.
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Good-Natured Filth posted:Has anyone successfully kept stray / outdoor cats out of their yard? What tips do you have? Not cats specifically but I’ve used one of those motion activated sprinklers to defend my garden successfully. It died kinda fast though.
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I'm guessing this is an obvious quick question but refuse to make assumptions just to be safe. Is this what is called double-wall gas vent? It looks like two walls with an air gap in between, but, again, not assuming anything.   Just for context, while our roof is being redone I was looking at everything up there and I can only find one vent for gas appliances (I found the plumbing stacks, bathroom exhausts, etc.), despite having a gas water heater and a gas furnace, so I started diving into can they share, and it turns out it all depends on type of furnace and water heater, specific types of piping needed, etc.).
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In Illinois at least, I've always seen gas furnaces vent out horizontally on the first floor, like this: 
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brugroffil posted:In Illinois at least, I've always seen gas furnaces vent out horizontally on the first floor, like this: That is for low temp exhaust. That water hearer is not low temp.
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PageMaster posted:I'm guessing this is an obvious quick question but refuse to make assumptions just to be safe. Is this what is called double-wall gas vent? It looks like two walls with an air gap in between, but, again, not assuming anything. Not all gas appliances need B-Vent, so Google the model number and find the installation manuals and look if it's specified. As for both venting out of the same exhaust...that's probably not kosher, but again, read the installation manuals. You might also want to look up what code says for your area.
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Angie's List has gone to hell; they no longer review, or host user reviews. It's now just another online yellow pages.
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Arsenic Lupin posted:Angie's List has gone to hell; they no longer review, or host user reviews. It's now just another online yellow pages. It's worse, because they try to push you into a flow where they just sell your info to contractors.
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Motronic posted:That is for low temp exhaust. That water hearer is not low temp. Yep. The poster mentioned only seeing one vent stack up at the roof for two gas appliances, water heater and furnace. I was saying I'd not expect a furnace exhaust to be routed vertically. That would leave one exhaust routed vertically, for the water heater, that they located. I did not consider if he has a furnace in his attic. Uncommon but not unheard of. brugroffil fucked around with this message at 04:43 on Dec 11, 2022 |
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Thanks everyone. No idea on the exhaust vents and there's definitely not one on the side of the house so I guess time to pay a professional to figure it out. Oh, and regarding the spacing around the vent pipes, I pulled out some photos during our initial repipe and there is a firestop(?) Like the flat metal plate with the hole through it Where it penetrates the floor above, so I might just need to clear some drywall around it in the picture.
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devicenull posted:It's worse, because they try to push you into a flow where they just sell your info to contractors. My Angie's list experience is the 2-3 contractors I liked not getting back with me ever and a bunch of lovely ones calling and spamming me. Then I quit Angie's
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Quaint Quail Quilt posted:Yes same
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I used Angie's List once early this year in a pinch. Never again. Lesson learned. I guess it's just Angi now. I'm curious how much they paid their Brand executives to come up with that one.
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Should be ang(r)i imo
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Is there a general goon preferred brand for standing shelves for a storage area?
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Not the answer youre seeking probably, but - home-built - heavy steel poo poo from an office built before 1995
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Jenkl posted:Is there a general goon preferred brand for standing shelves for a storage area? I have a set of these I really like, but I bought them back in the day when you could catch them on sale for 180-200 bucks. I don't think they're worth 350, but if you needed something quick they are sturdy. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Gladiator-4-Tier-Welded-Steel-Garage-Storage-Shelving-Unit-77-in-W-x-72-in-H-x-24-in-D-GARS774XEG/206727800
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I need foot deep standing shelves for the pantry; does anybody have favorite brands?
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Jenkl posted:Is there a general goon preferred brand for standing shelves for a storage area? The Whalen industrial shelves from Costco are the gold standard for me. https://www.costco.com/whalen-industrial-rack%2c-77%e2%80%9d--x-24%e2%80%9d--x-72%e2%80%9d.product.100178373.html They're usually $230 in store. Sorry, I didn't read pantry. I instantly went to garage.
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Verman posted:The Whalen industrial shelves from Costco are the gold standard for me. I wanted these but I was cheap and the cost per shelf square foot tipped me down to their stamped steel 5 shelf ones. If you're not in a hurry just wait until they're on sale, something like $65-75 I think. Cheaper for the same size as the Home Depot stamped ones with a little nicer details too. Doubled up verticals with hidden tabs vs open single tabs from home depot. I have.... Too many of them. 6 I think, last time I counted I missed a couple. I had to slide them across the basement slab 20-30 feet and they moved easily unloaded. The shelves themselves are holding up nicely, no sags. The home depot one I have sags considerably, it's unsealed particle board. Vs the melamine shelves from the Costco ones. The biggest drawback is you have to have a center shelf vertically, so the shelf height configuration is limited. They work best if you have a lot of identical tubs.
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PainterofCrap posted:Not the answer youre seeking probably, but You're right not my first choice but I'm open to building something if there aren't affordable options. Any recommendations for where to source plans? And thanks for the recs everyone. The prices on these metal shelves are a bit of a shock, but not entirely unexpected.
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Jenkl posted:You're right not my first choice but I'm open to building something if there aren't affordable options. Any recommendations for where to source plans? These aren't as heavy duty but I've got a couple different sets of this type of wire shelving (HDX and another brand I can't remember) and I find them very useful and customizable: https://www.homedepot.com/p/HDX-6-T...2PS-1/203846551 Also cheaper. Comes in various depths.
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I'll say this. Costco was sold out of shelving and I decided to build my own garage shelving. With lumber prices, it cost me just as much as buying it.
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Lumber prices are nuts. I spent $100 on 2x2s for furring out a room
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Vim Fuego posted:Lumber prices are nuts. I spent $100 on 2x2s for furring out a room I was so, so certain that I was going to google that and come up with the world's greatest auto-correct misstep, only to learn that I am ignorant even though I've done it before.
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Vim Fuego posted:Lumber prices are nuts. I spent $100 on 2x2s for furring out a room I bought a few studs for a small wall last month and I was very relieved that it was down to $3.75 a stud. I paid over $6 when I built my shed, and I know that wasn't at the peak.
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Qwijib0 posted:hopefully the wholesale price falling means some of that gets passed through shortly I'm fully expecting LoweDepot to just pocket the difference at this point, like every other goddamned profiteer during the pandemic.
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Yeah I had to pay between 7.50 and 12.00 for my studs (cad), most of it around 7.50. it was awful. I think it peaked around $15 per 8' 2x4.
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Qwijib0 posted:hopefully the wholesale price falling means some of that gets passed through shortly oh that's cute you think prices will come back down. CEOs are on record saying they have no intention of rolling back price increases even after costs are back down.
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opengl posted:oh that's cute you think prices will come back down. CEOs are on record saying they have no intention of rolling back price increases even after costs are back down. Is the demand for wood that inelastic? There are a lot of people out there who are rapidly burning through covid savings and stimulus money, and eventually it's going to run out. That, plus the economy slowing, and other parts of it getting more expensive is going to mean people are less willing to spend $400 on lumber for some small bullshit weekend DIY. I'm not saying it's going to happen tomorrow, or quickly, but eventually they'll hit a point where they figure they can make more money selling more wood for a bit less.
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I picked up these shelves from Uline for my garage and they have been great: https://www.uline.com/BL_3867/Wide-Span-Storage-Racks-Particle-Board AFAICT they are less expensive than the Costco wire shelves and come in a ton of different size configurations. While the particle board isn't my favorite, I don't think it won't get as dirty and clean easier than the wire shelves. Looks like Uline has wire shelves as well as: https://www.uline.com/Grp_263/Industrial-Wire-Shelving
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But then you're giving the uhleins more money to fund regressive politics.
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Qwijib0 posted:But then you're giving the uhleins more money to fund regressive politics. I thought this was a joke at first, but nope https://www.propublica.org/article/uline-uihlein-election-denial
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They dumped huge amounts of money into Illinois this last election and lost every single race and ballot measure they pushed lol
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This is unfortunate news for a number of reasons, Inner Light fucked around with this message at 03:08 on Dec 15, 2022 |
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Inner Light posted:This is unfortunate news for a number of reasons, their trucks are easily available and affordable, and their cardboard is of sound quality. I may have to start looking elsewhere. I cannot personally vouch for this list, but it’s the one that’s been floating around https://theaestheticunion.com/uline-alternatives edit: there’s also https://refuseuline.com/#manifesto kreeningsons fucked around with this message at 02:32 on Dec 15, 2022 |
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