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With this water filtration talk now I'm thinking of getting one. I'm just in a 2 bed apartment condo so would getting a whole house filter to cover my shower as well be that much more expensive or hard to keep up than 2 under sink filters? Edit: it's obviously way more expensive, still curious about the value of having a filtered shower though. TheLawinator fucked around with this message at 03:14 on Nov 7, 2023 |
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I strongly recommend to get your water tested before getting any type of water system installed or set up. These things are not cheap and there is a fair amount of maintenance and upkeep. There are also many different types of systems that are meant for removing different things and you won't know what you actually need to remove, if anything, until you have your water tested. If you just want filtered drinking water get an under sink unit or a filtered water pitcher and be fine with it.
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PainterofCrap posted:I used to use a yard vacuum. Yeah I bought a Ryobi lawn vacuum thing and it’s extremely cumbersome and doesn’t mulch worth a poo poo so the bag fills up super quickly. My ego mower turns 2-foot-tall swathes of leaves into a fine powder so I’m just going to stick with that.
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I should clarify that this is a walk-behind unit that sucks up everything. Joke's on me, I used it this past weekend to separate out & bin about 60-pounds of Scotch pine needles. Was wary about mulching it with the mower; the damned needles do a great job of inhibiting grass/undergrowth so I didn't want them in my lawn. It's this one, in the foreground, left side. Note the utter absence if grass.  The needle production from this one tree is spectacular. Probably a hay-bale's worth and the tree looks as lush as ever. In any event, push-behind yard vacuums now start at $700, so I'm holding on to it. Think I paid under $400 from Sears in 2017. PainterofCrap fucked around with this message at 04:52 on Nov 7, 2023 |
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Wrong thread, disregard!
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Douche4Sale posted:I strongly recommend to get your water tested before getting any type of water system installed or set up. These things are not cheap and there is a fair amount of maintenance and upkeep. There are also many different types of systems that are meant for removing different things and you won't know what you actually need to remove, if anything, until you have your water tested. This. You can also be buying a system that doesn't address the problem(s) you may or may not have. This is a before and after testing at an accredited lab situation. Call you county ag extension. They likely do this kind of testing.
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The concrete pad in front of my front door cracked, looks like from settling. It's a pretty big crack and there is a support for an awning on the portion that sagged, so I want to get it fixed asap. What's a reasonable price for that? The first foundation repair company I called guessed $2500-$3000 before coming out to estimate.
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BigHead posted:The concrete pad in front of my front door cracked, looks like from settling. It's a pretty big crack and there is a support for an awning on the portion that sagged, so I want to get it fixed asap. What's a reasonable price for that? The first foundation repair company I called guessed $2500-$3000 before coming out to estimate. Unknowable without specifics. What was their proposed scope of work? Get another estimate and see if they propose the same basic method of repair and compare prices.
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How big a slab, and how thick It there good drainage Is it on a slope what kind of soil Photo might help
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PainterofCrap posted:How big a slab, and how thick How big is the slab? What are the ground conditions? Photo might help. That's how close to a haiku we were.
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You're doing good work Jenkl.
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Related question: I'm hoping to fix my front door's stoop next year, and have no idea where to start! Should I Google like "concrete pourers in my city" and go from there? I want it to be just a solid slab, cause right now it's a jankily shaped together brick shitshow that I literally tell anyone coming to our place "please be careful when stepping into our stoop!" 
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Johnny Truant posted:Related question: I'm hoping to fix my front door's stoop next year, and have no idea where to start! That’s probably a pretty small job for a concrete company tbh. You’d probably over pay if you went with them. How big of a slab do you want?
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Real rough approximation would be like... 3x3'? I don't think I can batch any other concrete related projects to make it a bigger job, unfortunately.
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At small enough volumes or if you love lifting heavy bags of concrete, you can mix your own using pre mixed bags found at home depot. Only need a bucket, drill, drill mixing attachment and a finishing tool. it's just an option if it's too small for a company to do.
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Would a precast stoop work here?
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Chillyrabbit posted:At small enough volumes or if you love lifting heavy bags of concrete, you can mix your own using pre mixed bags found at home depot. I mean I'm always down for more tools...  guess I'll do a little digging into doing it myself! That's probably something that requires a permit, hmmGuy Axlerod posted:Would a precast stoop work here? I didn't know these existed until your post, so now researching ahoy!  Fake edit: oh this actually reminded me that I wanted to actually increase the size of the stoop lol, totally forgot about that!
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Getting multiple smaller decks repaired, house painted, and garage door replaced. Total chaos of contractors and my own time to take care of little things to make everything go smoothly, and *now* is the moment the hot water decides it’s time to give up. Just ranting.
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It's always something.
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Johnny Truant posted:I mean I'm always down for more tools... I realize that where I'm at people play fast and loose with permits all the time but I'm really struggling to see how "replacing an existing stoop" would fall into permit-required territory.
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IOwnCalculus posted:I realize that where I'm at people play fast and loose with permits all the time but I'm really struggling to see how "replacing an existing stoop" would fall into permit-required territory. I mean I have never done anything myself (so far) that's required permits so I'm probably being overly cautious? Idk, a stoop is something that is hosed up could potentially injure someone? That was my thinking 
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In my experience, with stuff like electrical, the official guidance is basically "get a permit if you stare too long at an outlet" so you can't really ask officials if work should be permitted or not because they'll always say yes. But for something like a stoop, it should be pretty concrete (lol) if a permit is needed or not, and your local permit office should be able easily answer the question.
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FISHMANPET posted:you can't really ask officials if work should be permitted or not because they'll always say yes. I don't know where you formed this opinion but it's absolutely not true. Plenty of jurisdictions are entirely reasonable about this kind of thing. Typically the kind that have their own employees doing code enforcement and not an outside contracting firm.
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My state issues electrical permits, and they provide little guidance beyond "all electrical work must be inspected", and inspections are done by private contractors. So I guess I'm just in one of those unreasonable jurisdictions for electrical work. At least most everything else goes through the city, which is much more reasonable.
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Struensee posted:It's always something. It's loving always something. Luckily I got the local garage door installers to come out that day and put new springs on the door, and the front door just needed a $10 part.
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Johnny Truant posted:I mean I'm always down for more tools... You could absolutely do it yourself something that size isn’t really even complicated and YouTube university will definitely help guide you.
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FWIW in my area I believe a stoop that's three or fewer steps and not fastened to the home would not require a permit, similar to how, here at least, a floating deck below a certain height and not attached would be ok to do without a permit. I think any more steps or building something you physically attach to the structure get you involving the city.
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 I have this fountain in the courtyard next to my house. This is the furthest north I’ve ever lived (MD/PA line near Baltimore)…what do I do with it for the winter? I was thinking about draining it and covering it. There aren’t any fish in it.
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TheWevel posted:
Taking the pump out if you can get to it easily is probably smart. https://www.timberlinelandscaping.com/next-year-winterize-your-water-features-to-enjoy-them-in-the-spring/
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Baddog posted:Taking the pump out if you can get to it easily is probably smart.
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Jenkl posted:How big is the slab? I lol'ed, but I've received a report notifying me that "photo might help" is only 4 syllables, and that you are breaking the sacred rules of haiku.
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God drat that's embarrassing. Photograph would've done it. Too late now.
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Baddog posted:I lol'ed, but I've received a report notifying me that "photo might help" is only 4 syllables, and that you are breaking the sacred rules of haiku. barely a haiku it isn't about nature it's a senyru the 'rules' of haiku were generally just guidelines anyway Deviant fucked around with this message at 04:12 on Nov 9, 2023 |
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I'm toying around with running network cable - two drops upstairs, two downstairs. This walkthrough has an illustration that shows the conduit for a power outlet going through a drilled hole in the inner part of a wall. Can I just... drill holes with a hole saw like that and be OK? Would it do anything negative to structural integrity if I do it wrong? And how would I go about doing it in the second floor without making a gigantic hole in the wall to fit a regular power drill?
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MJP posted:I'm toying around with running network cable - two drops upstairs, two downstairs. This walkthrough has an illustration that shows the conduit for a power outlet going through a drilled hole in the inner part of a wall. I can't seem to find the illustration you're referring to, so I'm assuming it's a picture of them drilling through the bottom plate (wood along the bottom of the wall). The answer is basically no, you'd probably need a sawzall if you wanted to damage it enough to break it. Just get the hole roughly centered. You'll be ok. As for the hole, you don't make it small. Just make the hole so you can fit your drill. It's often easier to patch a bigger piece of drywall anyways. If you're really concerned you might look into a variety of angled/flexible bit holders but you're gonna be making your life more difficult for nothing.
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MJP posted:I'm toying around with running network cable - two drops upstairs, two downstairs. This walkthrough has an illustration that shows the conduit for a power outlet going through a drilled hole in the inner part of a wall. Assuming you're going to put your low voltage box into an empty wall cavity, yes you can just punch a hole anywhere and you're not doing structural damage. If you mess up you can just patch the drywall and make a hole somewhere else. You can cut the hole for your box and use a long flexible drill bit to go through wall plates if you don't have access from underneath, ala https://www.lowes.com/pd/IDEAL-Flexible-Drill-Bit-1-2-in-x-54-in/1001867600 (this is not a recommendation for this specific product, just an example). Or, cut a hole in the ceiling/wall underneath and drill upwards.
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Sirotan posted:Assuming you're going to put your low voltage box into an empty wall cavity, yes you can just punch a hole anywhere and you're not doing structural damage. If you mess up you can just patch the drywall and make a hole somewhere else. I had absolutely zero clue that flexible drill bits are a thing. Thank you for this. Dumb question, but if I'm installing from a second floor, and I've flex drilled a hole through the wood (joist? I don't know the exact term, pls forgive), how would I run cable down through another floor into the basement? I'm guessing the answer is "drill the hole in the 2nd floor, drill a hole in the basement directly below it, push the cable through, and hope for the best" but if there's a right way to do it I'm all ears. I already have an oscillating tool thingy so I might grab a small piece of drywall to practice punching holes in stuff, but this looks like it's actually doable.
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MJP posted:I already have an oscillating tool thingy so I might grab a small piece of drywall to practice punching holes in stuff, but this looks like it's actually doable. You're cutting one hole. You do not need to learn how to use/control an oscillating tool to do this job. You're just making it harder on yourself if you do. You need a jab saw: https://www.amazon.com/IRWIN-Tools-Standard-Drywall-2014102/dp/B000B3EGN8/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=drywall+saw&sr=8-5
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MJP posted:I had absolutely zero clue that flexible drill bits are a thing. Thank you for this. Dumb question, but if I'm installing from a second floor, and I've flex drilled a hole through the wood (joist? I don't know the exact term, pls forgive), how would I run cable down through another floor into the basement? I'm guessing the answer is "drill the hole in the 2nd floor, drill a hole in the basement directly below it, push the cable through, and hope for the best" but if there's a right way to do it I'm all ears. If you were really lucky you might be able to do that, yes. I think it would be more realistic and less frustrating to think about cutting a hole in your 1st floor wall somewhere under where you want the 2nd floor drop to be, drill up from the basement into that wall cavity, use a fish tape or fish poles to stick something from basement to 1st floor, attach cables to pole/tape, from the 1st floor pull the cable into the room. Then, on the 2nd floor above this wall space, cut your hole into the wall and use the flexible drill bit to drill down into the wall cavity. Now from the 2nd floor, run your fish tape/pole down into the 1st floor and you should be able to grab it from the 1st floor, attach your cable, and then pull it all the way to the 2nd floor. You could consider adding an additional drop in that 1st floor hole you've made, or just patch it back up once you've got cable to your 2nd floor. The most important steps are going to be understanding your cable path, making sure you are lined up correctly so you're drilling into the wall space you think you are, and ensuring you are not drilling into anything you shouldn't be (electrical, plumbing, etc). Sirotan fucked around with this message at 17:22 on Nov 9, 2023 |
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