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spf3million posted:That looks... deep. And it sounds horrible from start to finish. At least I've managed to stay mostly dry. Why didnt we think of that? Some traumasquad
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Epitope posted:Why didnt we think of that? Some traumasquad Stockholm syndrome? Dig up stupid - the Simpsons ?
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spf3million posted:I'm about to turn 37 years old and I just completed the purchase of my first house! I'm excited to be a future participant in this thread. 
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I’m not a homeowner for another month but I’ll be a proud SAHoT THOT
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Someone make a gang tag, obv.
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spf3million posted:I'm about to turn 37 years old and I just completed the purchase of my first house! I'm excited to be a future participant in this thread. spf3million posted:Plumbing seems good
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Canine Blues Arooo posted:Someone make a gang tag, obv. 
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Nice!
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Hadlock posted:That is some kind of quick set spray or something that goes on as the last step of pouring concrete in some areas. Looks pretty new yeah, they may have poured that a couple months before listing the house ??? That looks like new broom finish poured next to some older acid wash concrete, unless I am missing something
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take heart, you got a plumber out, things are moving forward!
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Anza Borrego posted:??? In texas, particularly the dry summer months, they spray new sidewalks and concrete roads with white stuff, it apparently is this, or some variant, "white pigmented, wax-based concrete curing compound". Presumably it helps keep the moisture in so that the cement cures properly (full moisture) when it's 104F air temp and 120F ground temp for 16 hrs a day. I'm just guessing though. Main features seem to be 1) reduces shrinkage; retains moisture to reduce “plastic shrinkage cracks”; 2) Improves durability; proper curing will increase the long life of concrete https://specchem.com/pave-cure-cw-w-dye-tx-type-i https://specchem.com/speccity-white I do not claim to be an expert on concrete, I just have seen them spray white gunk on top of concrete continuously for 20 years in texas
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Anyone here have a lead on a homeowner available cold patch asphalt adhesion promoter? There appear to be a bunch of products available but all targeted at municipalities.
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Sweeper posted:take heart, you got a plumber out, things are moving forward! Much better than the quote for $21k I got 2 weeks ago (included cement repair). I'm expecting 3 more quotes. We're on the up and up!
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spf3million posted:I got four plumbers out today! I don't know what was up the last week and a half but suddenly everyone has techs available for a quote. Maybe because I'm asking for quotes on a main line replacement ($$$) instead of a leak detection/repair ($). One quote so far is to trench through the driveway direct to the house. $5,400 for 1" copper, 14" deep, saw cutting/trenching, backfill and compaction. No cement repair. In 2023 I would want some solid evidence-based reasons why I should be using buried copper for a main. Expensive, relatively short lifespan compared to alternatives, etc. I'd ask this to be quoted out in PE or whatever wonder plastic they are using for buried lines now.
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Yeah I'm also questioning the copper main line as that sounds incorrect or at least ridiculously more expensive than it should be. Might be a regional thing (MN/WI/IA) but everything here is poly of some sort usually 1" black polyethylene.
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skybolt_1 posted:Anyone here have a lead on a homeowner available cold patch asphalt adhesion promoter? There appear to be a bunch of products available but all targeted at municipalities. I've used something like this from our local place : https://www.asphaltsealcoatingdirect.com/catalog/asphalt-primer (The tack kote stuff, not the over oil primer) fake edit : We do not add water when we do it.
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Democratic Pirate posted:My kingdom for a landscaper to clear the nutsedge that poked through the defenses under a 6’ run of river rocks in our side yard. https://www.domyown.com/sedgehammer-herbicide-p-1348.html You're welcome
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Canine Blues Arooo posted:Someone make a gang tag, obv. Something based on this would be choice 
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Yooper posted:I've used something like this from our local place : https://www.asphaltsealcoatingdirect.com/catalog/asphalt-primer Thanks. The area I need to patch is very small, wondering if I could use one of the Henry spray asphalt primers available locally....
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skybolt_1 posted:In 2023 I would want some solid evidence-based reasons why I should be using buried copper for a main. Expensive, relatively short lifespan compared to alternatives, etc. I'd ask this to be quoted out in PE or whatever wonder plastic they are using for buried lines now. Wandering Orange posted:Yeah I'm also questioning the copper main line as that sounds incorrect or at least ridiculously more expensive than it should be. Might be a regional thing (MN/WI/IA) but everything here is poly of some sort usually 1" black polyethylene.  I guess I have some research to do.
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Democratic Pirate posted:Want to see the leaky section mounted to a trophy display on a wall in the garage Seriously, spray paint that fucker gold and mount it on a trophy plaque thing.
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spf3million posted:He also quoted 1" PEX for $4,700 vs the $5,400 for copper. The guy said copper would last longer If you can swing it: get copper. Buried PEX should be fine, but copper’s performance is a known quantity for well over a century.
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PainterofCrap posted:If you can swing it: get copper. Buried PEX should be fine, but copper’s performance is a known quantity for well over a century. The only reason people in our area recommend PEX is because of the poo poo in our water.
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MarcusSA posted:The only reason people in our area recommend PEX is because of the poo poo in our water. This is the wildcard - does your water have stuff in it that reduces the lifespan of copper? This is kind of unknowable but yeah. Though this is really all elementary. 50 year / 75 year lifespan isn't really going to matter to you personally. I'd go with cheaper here.
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skybolt_1 posted:This is the wildcard - does your water have stuff in it that reduces the lifespan of copper? This is kind of unknowable but yeah. Yeah I guess it does? A guy at work who also lives in the area said that was the case with our water district. It's water in LA so I wouldn't doubt that being the case. We are going to have to completely repipe the house in a year or so because back in 2003 they used lovely pipe when building the place. We are going to go with the cheaper stuff because we won't be here but for another 15 years at most so it's not gonna be our problem.
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MarcusSA posted:We are going to go with the cheaper stuff because we won't be here but for another 15 years at most so it's not gonna be our problem. ....Gary?
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StormDrain posted:They've become the PO! We're all the PO, eventually.
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MarcusSA posted:Yeah I guess it does? A guy at work who also lives in the area said that was the case with our water district. It's water in LA so I wouldn't doubt that being the case. PEX-a aka expansion PEX aka Wirsbo / Upnor has a 50 year + expected lifespan. They have some impressive test data to back that up. Like anything else the reality is going to boil down to your specific installation / installer. I just had to replace a section of 1" copper that was maybe 25 years old due to a pinhole leak. 
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Epitope posted:Stay a renter, retain your innocence I like the house but moving in and having a $10k bill to fix poo poo along with another 15-20k to re pipe is not cool at all. Another house in our community went on vacation for a 2 weeks and came home to their entire first floor being essentially ruined and it took nearly 5 weeks for them to get back to be able to live there. Fuckin lovely rear end 2003 era copper pipes.
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skybolt_1 posted:PEX-a aka expansion PEX aka Wirsbo / Upnor has a 50 year + expected lifespan. They have some impressive test data to back that up. I don't know what polythylene is rated for/tested for but I know there's a lot of it in the ground since the 50s that doing just fine around here.
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I had a leak today... the tube on the top of the RO popped out of the fitting. Luckily, it's directly above the top loading washing machine that had it's lid open, so all the water just leaked into there!
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Guess who left the hot water faucet running all day in his kid’s bathroom, despite working from home? 10 plus loving hours. In California. I think I’m going to have to sell the house to cover the bill
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Second house I ever bought less than 24 hours after I got the keys washing machine drain overflowed and ruined 1000 square feet of laminate. And there was evidence it had happened before and wasn’t disclosed. loving Gary. Ended up all is well though I got brand new engineered veneer for like $1500 out of pocket.
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bird with big dick posted:Second house I ever bought less than 24 hours after I got the keys washing machine drain overflowed and ruined 1000 square feet of laminate. And there was evidence it had happened before and wasn’t disclosed. loving Gary. Guys I'm getting ready to list in a few weeks. More things than ever before have been breaking. Today I found my washing machine hot water line valve leaking, but luckily the on-call plumber got here in under an hour and fixed it for $150.
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4 quotes are in: 1) $5,400 for copper, $4,700 for PEX 2) $4,200 for copper 3) $5,800 for copper if they can hydrojet under the driveway add $1,500 if they have to cut the cement, plus an extra $950 for permit and inspection optional 4) $8,100 for copper completely trenchless, including permits None of the above include cement repair. 4) seemed the most professional, he marked out USA survey points as he was leaving and seemed knowledgeable about the permitting requirements. I'm not sure trenchless is going to really be worth it since I need to get cement poured anyway. I figure half the cost is in the mobilization/demob already.
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