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SkunkDuster posted:You are being kind of vague. How many flex tandems are required for a task apparatus of ten vertically composited patch-hamplers? That's the great thing about flex tandems, it's really up to the individual. The important thing is just that they're pressing the task apparatus.
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Let's take bets on how many shingle layers exist. I say 3.
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Just shingles or are we counting other roofing materials as well?
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Jan 17, 2023 05:07
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The shingles look hosed up because they aren't staggered very well.
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His Divine Shadow posted:The worst is when the snowblower doesn't work and you got a shitload of snow you need cleared. Guessing that you have water in the float bowl, and that when it froze, it partially blocked the jet. On 4-stroke small engines: roughly 95% of the time, it’s water in the float bowl.
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Cyrano4747 posted:Just shingles or are we counting other roofing materials as well? We can go other materials. I stick with 3.
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PainterofCrap posted:Guessing that you have water in the float bowl, and that when it froze, it partially blocked the jet. Good to know, if it happens again I'll try and drain the bowl.
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Looks like he shingled right over one of those cheap low profile roof vents lol
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ROJO posted:The shingles look hosed up because they aren't staggered very well. Yeah, that's what stood out to me. It's clearly got problems but I think maybe it looks worse because whomever did it didn't use the pattern correctly. It's like a magic eye of novice roofing.
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His Divine Shadow posted:I have a lovely driveway to clear, large parts of it there are buildings on both sides, or a car or two. And it's not a straight path so I'm going to and fro and a lof of the time there's no good place to throw the snow so I gotta throw it right ahead. When you say the one hand on the clutch doesn't work... you mean it's so sensitive that the auger lever pops if the drive lever is released just a tiny bit? Assuming it works the same as mine, where if both drive and auger clutch levers are held down you can release the auger one and it stays there... I'd go crazy if that didn't work. My main annoyance with having to keep at least the left hand on to keep the drive and auger going is that I can do a nice left-hand 180 without really stopping (left hand holds down drive clutch and left steering lever, right hand keeps chute pointed the right direction), but I can't do the same with a right turn. It'd be nice if it were symmetrical: holding either lever down will keep the other one down. But if you actually cared more about that convenience than safety there are certainly some much cheaper and easier options than going out and buying another old snowblower to hold the levers down...
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ROJO posted:The shingles look hosed up because they aren't staggered very well. They are architectural shingles and meant to have a little texture to them and I can’t decide if that’s what’s making them look weird or if something is really wonky.
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BonoMan posted:My brother-in-law's roof did this. He says he can't get to that part of the attic to see it. He's got a roofer coming out but just wondering what this could be. Guessing that someone wasn't paying attention at the pre-fab truss plant and missed a (hugely) knotty piece of pine that exploded at the knot, or someone didn't secure a brace properly at one of the joints & now a purlin is thirsting for freedom. e: goddammit Motronic VVV Based on the general waviness, it looks like a second layer over super-hammered shingles, or possibly a third layer. The way they hung the shingles over the edge is highly suspicious. The rumpling at the chimney tells me they went straight over some rotted sheathing under old shingles there. PainterofCrap fucked around with this message at 16:41 on Jan 18, 2023 |
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Kaiser Schnitzel posted:They are architectural shingles and meant to have a little texture to them and I can’t decide if that’s what’s making them look weird or if something is really wonky. Yeah, but there's also something really weird going on. Like parts of the shingles are lifting near the chimney and a few other sections. The way they're all misaligned kind of fucks with your eyes and makes it hard to notice the other problems, but that warping doesn't look normal at all. It's not even the whole shingle, it's like the "teeth" are separating all on their own.
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Thinking about getting a new range -- 30", gas, would be great to have convection. Real buttons/dials would also be nice, my current one has terrible touch buttons that don't work half the time. Any suggested/unsuggested brands?
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^^ I have a 5 year old Kenmore, manufactured by Frigidaire with a convection oven and it's been great. The oven part is pushbutton but the controls for the range burners are 100% mechanical. So I bought a new build a few years ago and as such, we needed to do some landscaping. We have a pull-thru garage so I had a 20x30 concrete pad poured behind it. They did a good job, did it largely by hand (including excavating), still not a crack in it to this day but the grading of it wasn't optimal... but close enough I didn't worry about it. That was 5 years ago. This morning, out of the blue I get a text. It is (verbatim other than name): quote:"Slidebite, you are my favorite concrete customer of all time. I hope you know that. Hope you're doing well. Concrete guys' name" Goes to show I guess treat a small business guy/contractor like a human being you can make a good impression. From what I recall, he gave me a quote, it was reasonable (not crazy cheap, but fair), I paid him 50% up front and the balance as soon as he finished. I seem to recall helping him moving some equipment around when he was by himself and gave him a couple of 10' expanded metal ramps I took from our old loading dock at the office that I was going to scrap anyhow. I literally haven't had much more than a passing thought of this guy since the job was done. I'm actually not sure how to reply other than a "Hey, thanks, concrete is holding up well. Hope you are doing well!" but then the other side of me is thinking he's going to ask me for money or something since it's so completely out of nowhere or try to get me into an EXCITING BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY so I'm not even sure I want to reply 
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Lol yeah you're right to be wary! I'd have been tempted to say "aww I bet you say that to all your customers"
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I did just reply with a "Thanks for the nice note. Pad is holding up, hope you're doing well" He was a nice young guy. Guess I'll wait for the inevitable Amway or ACN pyramid scheme pitch. or midnight knock on my door
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yeah that feels like a circle back courtesy, my pool guy did the same. i wouldnt overthink it
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Dude was probably using the ramps you gave him and kind of pinged in his brain to say thanks to you again.
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I have no reason to think it wasn't with genuine intentions, it was just so out of nowhere.
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Yeah, the possibility of wanting to charge crystals is not 0% there
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Deviant posted:yeah that feels like a circle back courtesy Is that like a reach-around? Maybe that's the angle this guy is going for.
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Don't be jealous of my attic making GBS threads spot: I placed an order for a proper recessed light cover before making this post.
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slidebite posted:
This happened to my parents when I was little. A guy who'd painted the house a few years earlier showed up drunk and asked for money.
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I had a temporary Lally column snap in my crawlspace tonight, made the house shudder. It's the middle one of three that supports a big beam down there that bisects the house and that the joists rest on (in the picture below, the Lally closest is what snapped; one is behind the spot from where I took the picture). The other two look okay. Of course this happened after hours. I sent some pictures to a foundation guy who was kind enough to get back to me. He said it isn't a leave-the-house emergency but it does need to get resolved as soon as possible. Just looking for a second opinion given, you know, my goddamn house shuddered.  edit: here is a shot of the Lally broken -- the flashlight is on the spot on that beam where it was. 
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Absolutely agree with the foundation guy assuming there isn't a 120 gallon fish tank on the floor directly above the broken lally. You want that taken care of asap not because your house is in jeopardy of literally falling into the basement but because the floor is going to be flexy and things will start moving that should have been supported by that column so you're gonna start seeing (more) nail pops/drywall cracks/etc.
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BonoMan posted:My brother-in-law's roof did this. He says he can't get to that part of the attic to see it. He's got a roofer coming out but just wondering what this could be.  Awww congrats! In 9-36 months your house is going to give way to a whole new house!
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H110Hawk posted:
ha! So update on that, my B-I-L said it was only going to cost $450 to fix and that something did pop loose (I can't get the exact details from my wife). I'm guessing that $450 bandaid is going to turn into a $10,000 new roof sooner than later. But they're about to sell so they'll be entering the "GODDAMNIT YOU POS PO!" hall of fame soon I guess.
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Motronic posted:Absolutely agree with the foundation guy assuming there isn't a 120 gallon fish tank on the floor directly above the broken lally. Awesome, thanks. There's nothing above it (closest is a lightweight couch about five feet away). I installed a replacement temp lally this morning just for my peace of mind until the foundation folks come in next week.
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:This happened to my parents when I was little. A guy who'd painted the house a few years earlier showed up drunk and asked for money. Oof. Sounds like a way to end up dead in some places.
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BonoMan posted:Ah so it's a Rockwell pre-fab roof. Makes sense Only Rockwell could find construction use cases for spurving bearings. Re the waviness of the other tiles there: my mom's roof looked like that, except with tile instead of shingle, before she finally got the roof redone. I never did find out how much they had to redo as part of it but seeing as the roof was so loving leaky that a rainstorm resulted in water sheeting down the inside of a window once, I bet drat near every inch of sheathing was rotten.
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uhh is it normal for a marble hearth to just pop right off with no effort? what the gently caress did they use here?
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Whatever it was (some kind of thinset or adhesive, I assume), it looks completely burnt.
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Fellatio del Toro posted:uhh is it normal for a marble hearth to just pop right off with no effort? what the gently caress did they use here? I don't know where you are or how old the place is, but if that was here in Sweden and the house is older than 30-40 years I'd get that poo poo tested for asbestos ASAP.
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