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https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4djfjgOMTT/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
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May 15, 2024 19:50
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I went out today and got a good look at my new balcony post-winter. Absurd amounts of split wood, stuck up screw heads just waiting to cut open your foot, and there's no amount of money in the world you could pay me to lean against the side railings. I wonder why the entire HOA board resigned right after these went up...
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May 15, 2024 19:58
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It is stuck. This one gets better the longer you look and consider it.
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May 16, 2024 00:45
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Best get out the angle grjnder, cut that bitch off and then grind it flush.
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May 16, 2024 00:49
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How about the other holes? Blind drilling into your floor, several times. Lucky he didn't hit power or water.
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May 16, 2024 00:54
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Is that a masonry drill bit?
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May 16, 2024 06:03
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First I thought "In what scenario was a socket on the end of the drill going to work where the proper chuck failed?" but is that an impact driver they've got it on?
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May 16, 2024 08:57
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Powerful Two-Hander posted:First I thought "In what scenario was a socket on the end of the drill going to work where the proper chuck failed?" but is that an impact driver they've got it on? Yeah. quote:1/4in. Cordless impact driver delivers 1, 460 inlbs of torque for driving larger fasteners
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May 16, 2024 09:11
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Platystemon posted:Yeah. Lol. I guess they're trying to go through? Or maybe...run it in reverse?
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May 16, 2024 09:13
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wesleywillis posted:I'll plow u r mom for some pizza. god that's tragic
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May 16, 2024 10:10
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Judging by the laminate floor, it's 100% rental property. Shouldn't be drilling anywhere without asking
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May 16, 2024 13:35
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Laminate flooring is super normal in owned houses lol what on earth
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May 16, 2024 13:57
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moist turtleneck posted:Laminate flooring is super normal in owned houses lol what on earth Yeah, but that specific combination of dinged up trim with layer upon layer of landlord white semi-gloss interior paint (the cheap stuff in the red can at Home Depot) and that crappy half-dowel extra trim piece to cover the gap between the flooring and the wall is rental as FUUUCK. That corner looks like a dozen rentals I had in the last 20 years, and it's such a dead ringer for a few rooms of my house - which was a rental for a few years before it got on the market and we bought it - that it's frankly spooky. I mean, I just said that my house has that poo poo too so maybe it's another ex-rental that the owners are slowly fixing that crap in too, but I'd put money on that having been a rental in the somewhat recent past.
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May 16, 2024 14:02
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quarter round was a pretty common style in the 90s, which would go with that color of flooring and flippers love that same paint whether it makes it look lovely or not 
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May 16, 2024 14:20
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That seems pretty common in a neighborhood where I used to live as well. It was filled with smallish houses built in the late 50’s and early 60’s that people lived in their whole lives. When they passed, their kids did minimal work to offload the house. So sometimes it was whatever contractor was the cheapest, and sometimes it went to a flipper. About the only difference is those houses had actual hardwood in them. But the trim had long ago been painted and/or replaced.
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May 16, 2024 14:41
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Tom Silva nooooo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvGlvC8g89g&t=229s And yes it looks bad vs using an oscillating saw but this was an extremely normal diy thing to do
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May 16, 2024 14:47
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Orvin posted:That seems pretty common in a neighborhood where I used to live as well. It was filled with smallish houses built in the late 50’s and early 60’s that people lived in their whole lives. When they passed, their kids did minimal work to offload the house. So sometimes it was whatever contractor was the cheapest, and sometimes it went to a flipper. My house is from the 60s and has a similar trim setup with baseboards and a shoe moulding. The baseboards are original and pretty dinged up in places due to being 60yrs old and likely never fully stripped before repainting. The shoe moulding is newer and I think it was put in after the carpet which had been installed was removed to expose the old hardwood. If laminate had been put in to replace the carpet I'm sure that the shoe molding would be quarter-round instead. There are also a couple holes in the hardwood of the living room because cable installers are the laziest fuckers in existence.
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May 16, 2024 14:59
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Platystemon posted:Yeah. all 121ft/lb of MASSIVE POWER. Yeah. Jesus christ people just get the right tool that will actually grip on it and has something more than that anemic af torque driver, and that thing will back out in a flash. Also that really does look like a masonry bit.
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May 16, 2024 15:11
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DrBouvenstein posted:Also better than those stairs some old dude installed on a whim at a park because the city said it would cost like $60k, and he was proud that his materials cost was only like $500. Oh, man, I remember that one now. Just a cargo-cult understanding of how stairs are built.
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May 16, 2024 19:21
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10k is a good deal for those stairs, top and bottom landing and embedded railings. The reason people were quoting 60 Grand, because government sucks at paying their bills. You're basically expected to receive your checks 12 months late, and for a different, yet lower amount with no explanation. So the cost of litigation is already built in. Somebody took the money out of a cash fund and handed it over to the contractor, probably up front. So things got done quickly because it was treated as an emergency.
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May 16, 2024 19:48
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If you want something done, make it an emergency.
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May 16, 2024 19:50
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moist turtleneck posted:Laminate flooring is super normal in owned houses lol what on earth This is formaldehyde enriched laminate that Lumber Liquidators were blowing out for $0.29/foot in order to remain in business after insane lawsuits. It is truly the shittiest and the cheapest flooring money could buy, even before you think of formaldehyde poisoning. Contractors were quoting $1.50/foot installed, and every slumlord jumped on that deal. I bought and resold several pallets of this garbage, and it moved fast enough to never trickle up to actual homeowners.
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May 16, 2024 19:55
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Nitrox posted:This is formaldehyde enriched laminate that Lumber Liquidators were blowing out for $0.29/foot in order to remain in business after insane lawsuits. It is truly the shittiest and the cheapest flooring money could buy, even before you think of formaldehyde poisoning. Contractors were quoting $1.50/foot installed, and every slumlord jumped on that deal. I bought and resold several pallets of this garbage, and it moved fast enough to never trickle up to actual homeowners. Hold on, how do you know that from one photograph? And why didn't you say all of that in the first place.
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May 16, 2024 20:23
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Nitrox posted:This is formaldehyde enriched laminate that Lumber Liquidators were blowing out for $0.29/foot in order to remain in business after insane lawsuits. It is truly the shittiest and the cheapest flooring money could buy, even before you think of formaldehyde poisoning. Contractors were quoting $1.50/foot installed, and every slumlord jumped on that deal. I bought and resold several pallets of this garbage, and it moved fast enough to never trickle up to actual homeowners. "enriched" seems a bit odd to use in this context.
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May 16, 2024 20:28
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Also I'm pretty sure Pergo made a design that was exactly like that, something oak And yes, Pergo is formaldehyde free
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May 16, 2024 20:37
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SyNack Sassimov posted:"enriched" seems a bit odd to use in this context. Like you've never purchased something 'chock-full of essential asbestos'
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May 16, 2024 20:43
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It’s got what manufacturing plants crave
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May 16, 2024 20:53
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Cyrano4747 posted:half-dowel extra trim piece to cover the gap between the flooring and the wall is rental as FUUUCK. I think shoe is still pretty common? Typically painted or stained to match the baseboard, but I think it's more common in southern states to have it match the floor.
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May 16, 2024 21:11
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For those wondering https://youtu.be/dWu4gO9ZhKs?si=-8ApqzOF8vYsYXsM https://artisanwoodfloorsllc.com/hardwood-flooring-blog/the-lumber-liquidators-lawsuit-explained-and-the-dangers-of-formaldehyde-flooring/ Google "lumber liquidators formaldehyde" as there are hundreds of stories, updates and reports on the issue. State of California forced them to rip out every bit of affected flooring, but only in California. You might still be breathing that poo poo in your rental property, especially if you're in the red state with minimum consumer protection
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May 16, 2024 21:16
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Zesty posted:It is stuck. This one gets better the longer you look and consider it. Someone is free to fact check me but it looks like a pretty drat good non toxic match https://www.lowes.com/pd/Pergo-MAX-7-61-in-W-x-3-96-ft-L-Natural-Oak-Embossed-Wood-Plank-Laminate-Flooring/1266395 
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May 16, 2024 21:18
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SyNack Sassimov posted:"enriched" seems a bit odd to use in this context. I mean, we don’t say “impoverished uranium”.
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May 16, 2024 21:25
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moist turtleneck posted:Someone is free to fact check me but it looks like a pretty drat good non toxic match It's a very generic look, basically slightly yellow finish on natural wood grain. There's gonna be a lot of flooring products that look like that, which, yes, means that just from appearance alone you can't say "oh yeah, that's the formaldehyde stuff". Which is why people are providing the secondary evidence of the basic trim and thick paint. That's still not exactly a slam-dunk case in my mind, but it doesn't seem like an unreasonable suspicion, either.
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May 16, 2024 21:33
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Correct, so the assertion that it is 100% rental is Inconclusive
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May 16, 2024 21:35
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not to derail from the Laminate Wars but what on earth were they trying to accomplish to begin with? Torn between extension cord 'outlet' for the new loft, and demon 10-year-old
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May 16, 2024 22:02
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you will never accomplish a 10-yr-old by drilling into a floor
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May 16, 2024 22:10
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Probably running a cable or Ethernet They're gonna get that bit out and realize they need one a teensy bit bigger
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May 16, 2024 22:10
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moist turtleneck posted:Probably running a cable or Ethernet Now it’s a pilot hole. See, they planned this.
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May 16, 2024 22:27
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moist turtleneck posted:Correct, so the assertion that it is 100% rental is Put me down for team "Flippers and Landlords buy the same garbage"
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That garbage is like three times more expensive than ten years ago!!! Also new construction is scarier in other ways when conglomos are making them as fast as possible
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