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Delta-Wye posted:I don't care what you say, that shower is cool and the backsplash is banging. I love the backsplash, too. And the kitchen color scheme, which I realize is not to everybody's taste.
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Vindolanda posted:There would be a drain in the floor for the condensing water.
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Shifty Pony posted:You tell me.
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I like the Befores on both of those.
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PainterofCrap posted:OK, I have a question. Tubs aren't just for people with children/pets; they're also seen as a luxury, a place where you relax.
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Youth Decay posted:Oh no I'm not dissing them, they are the best tubs (unless you have limited mobility and can't get in/out of them I guess). It's just kind of amusing to see fully renovated and flipped houses where they've gutted all the bathrooms and put all new fixtures in except the tub upstairs. Only way that thing is coming down is if the house falls with it. Yeah, it would be really easy to trip and fall getting out of them, and there's no place to install a grab bar. 
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deoju posted:The sooner barn doors, shiplap, and recovered pallets go out of style the better. Also exposed "Edison" lightbulbs.
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FCKGW posted:Most of the Edison bulbs I’ve seen are actually LED now and just mimic the look of Edison bulbs. I just hate the drat things because lampshades were invented for a reason, to soften light. Single-point light sources that are directly in your line of vision are hell.
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Blistex posted:They look really nice in vintage lamps and chandeliers. I refinished a 1930s arts deco lamp and considered an Edison, but I eventually chose a frosted LED, since they're better for reading under. That lamp is gorgeous. Nice work.
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Youth Decay posted:
Oh, and they painted the original built-in oak. Nice work there.
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Elviscat posted:Especially past that sink. In any case, having the sprayer just loose in the bowl instead of being retractable or at least having a hook above it is sloppy.
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About 15 years ago I paid a professional electrician to put a set of grounded outlets along one kitchen wall, because it has a refrigerator, microwave, convection oven, and air conditioner on the same circuit. With an appropriately-sized breaker. Yesterday I found out that he had put in grounded outlets, all right, but hadn't bothered to pull and connect a ground wire.
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Phanatic posted:It was 15 years ago and he wasn't just pulling Romex? The outlets already existed; I just asked him to ground them. They were two-prong at the time. IIRC I also asked that they be split so they weren't all on the same breaker.
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Motronic posted:I'm voting for "electrician only changed the outlets and did nothing else." Same. The odd thing is that the problem we had had, which was that running the microwave and the air conditioner simultaneously tripped the breaker, stopped.
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Motronic posted:Ohhhh...yeah, I didn't think about outright unsafe poo poo like that. And I really should have. Thanks for suggesting I look. Every circuit in the house, except the dryer and the garage store opener, is on a 20-amp breaker.
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I always heard that most geodesic domes leaked over time, especially the early ones. Also, as with A-frames, hanging pictures can be challenging. Still, they are cool and weird.
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MrYenko posted:Ya, the price reflected some of the weirdass issues (insurance particularly can be difficult,) but it also had a detached four car garage with a shop and office/bathroom. I was really bummed. Clearly you live in the garage and rent out the dome as an AirBnB.
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mcgreenvegtables posted:Despite being infinitely weird it's surprisingly relaxing and comfortable in there, once you dial in the 17 (most dimmable) light switches. My wife and I both just think it's kind of funny and impractical. Please, please, start a thread.
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Furthermore, the oil companies release a lot of carbon as part of their processing. It is routine in the oil industry to "flare off" (burn) natural gas that shows up in oil wells because it's just not worth it to set up the infrastructure to resell. Oil and gas refineries also flare. Oil and gas companies want you to believe it's all about the consumers' use of hydrocarbons, but it really, really isn't.
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Dareon posted:
PainterofCrap posted:When my family moved to Zurich from Philadelphia in 1970, we bought a number of transformers of various sizes/capacities to operate the appliances we brought with us, principally a Sears refrigerator and a huge Philco upright freezer. (settles back to watch Region 2 Touch of Frost episodes in blissful digital encoding). * it's way more complex than that, but European will do for this case Arsenic Lupin fucked around with this message at 18:31 on Jun 2, 2021 |
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mds2 posted:Are you the oldest goon? Nope. 62 here. PainterofCrap, wow, was your sister chic.
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I want to thank this thread. We're buying a new-to-us house, and the realtor walkthrough noted "old zinsco panel". Thanks to you guys, my ears pricked up, I thought "Wait, haven't I heard something about this?", and I'll be having an electrician in when we take possession.
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KozmoNaut posted:My girlfriend and I are looking at apartments, and came across this beautiful bathroom. I love the curve up to it so stuff can't get caught in corners. E: This used to be a highly-recommended feature for kitchen floors: run the curve of the linoleum up to the kick of the cabinets, so that there were no corners for dirt to be trapped in. Arsenic Lupin fucked around with this message at 21:29 on Jun 16, 2021 |
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99% sure it's a planter.
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:I'm the inexplicable lack of a way into the bathroom Curtains on the right.
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:Prop loom, as there is no other equipment visible, nor anywhere to store it. Even worse than an out of context Chair imo. Good catch. I don't even see a shuttle.
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ulmont posted:16 oz = 16 oz, you say? Unless you're in the UK! I was taught "A pint's a pound the world around", and it is a LIE. Imperial pints are 20 ounces.
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3D Megadoodoo posted:I will build myself a copper tower Thank you so much for introducing me to that poem.
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dwarf74 posted:Ahhh the good ol clit-mouse
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First I invite people over. Then I suggest the hot tub. Then we turn up the heat and it's HOT POT FOR ALL. Well, almost all. Don't forget to stock up on shaojiu.
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I have a history question. I just read the Groverhaus thread from beginning to end, and the only responses are praise of his majesty. Did he delete all the criticism, or was it going on in another thread? (I really wanted to see "load-bearing drywall" in context.)
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:I believe all the dunking was in a separate thread in FYAD. Oh, darn. Then it's lost to pitiless Time.
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How is that tree's root system getting any water at all?
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Dream house of the day. Everybody on r/zillowgonewild agrees that you should just go the whole hog and turn it into a wedding chapel
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PremiumSupport posted:Yeah, that's going to be a really interesting case to sort out. According to one of the comments made before the post was removed (so take it with a grain of salt) it was one of POs kids who found the jar in an abandoned boat, thought it was neat and took it home. The jar then was broken in the move. The poster is obviously due some form of compensation for injury suffered through no fault of their own, but It's not clear that PO is the one who should be on the hook for it. PO didn't disclose a known hazard. That's not going to look good on the lawsuit.
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Computer viking posted:Basically this. If you live somewhere humid in the US south, where you both would want to keep multiple windows open for most of the year and there are a lot of mosquitoes and other bugs, netting seems like it would cross the border from "nice to have" into "basically a requirement to live here".
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MRC48B posted:From 1890 to the 1930s, steam heat systems in the states were specifically sized to be used with windows open 1" for ventilation. "Fresh air" was an obsession. People thought the tightly-sealed Victorian houses with gas lamps were bad for your lungs, and it was vital to breathe outdoors air. You walked your baby in a baby carriage so it could get fresh air. You hung your baby out a window so it could get fresh air. (In cities full of coal smoke, but welp.)  Having windows open was good for your health, and helped prevent tuberculosis. I was raised in the '60s, and getting fresh air was still a big deal; "go outside and get some fresh air." I still prefer sleeping with a window open. My husband and I slept with a window cracked open even when we lived somewhere that regularly had 10-below (Fahrenheit) temperatures.
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Sirotan posted:I got to reading on CO2 levels in homes the other day and the Victorians probably weren't entirely wrong. I'm going to pick up an air quality meter that measures CO2 levels just so I have an idea of how good or bad the air in my house is. It is 80yo and I'm sure plenty leaky, but now I'm just curious.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:I've said before: never buy a house from an electrician. Isn't Grover? Also, it's very weird to read the earliest pages of one of the housing threads, and have Grover be a respected authority.
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My Lovely Horse posted:Sounds probably aren't particularly comforting either, and I can't imagine the taste does much to save it. Really a failure on all senses except the one of impending disaster. 
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