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AlternateAccount posted:Would sleeving a drilled hole or a notch with a strong piece of pipe or angled steel maintain the strength? The top of the beam is in compression. The bottom of the beam is in tension. At the center of the beam, the forces are minimized, so drilling a hole there doesn't change its strength much. Thus the hole itself is not the problem, it's where you put it. Any reinforcement would have to match the loading needs at that spot.
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May 5, 2022 14:16
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Weembles posted:I would defend this only if the house were on a steep hill and the pitch of the roofline matched the slope of the hill. To me it depends on where it is and what the local vernacular is. If it fits in with its neighborhood, then different strokes for different folks.
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May 26, 2022 00:20
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Doesn't look like a kakluuni to me, champ. It's not finnished.
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Jun 6, 2022 04:28
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Buses are not a good solution for anywhere with big industry. Not everyone will fit on the 42 to the shipyards. Obviously not a problem in the USA because they have no industry to speak of. Uh, #2 in the world in industrial output is probably enough to speak of.
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Jun 19, 2022 23:46
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BonerGhost posted:It's ugly in a way I don't understand. Design/architecture goons, tell me why I don't like this house. It's wearing a striped shirt with polka-dot pants. The cobbles and brick clash rather badly.
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Jun 20, 2022 22:21
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By popular demand posted:So other than using rusty saw blades it's A-OK ? They're trying to cut their power usage.
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Jun 25, 2022 17:54
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Platystemon posted:That’s not cold enough to warrant a fireplace. I don't think there's a flue, so it's either electric or purely decorative anyway.
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Jun 27, 2022 17:45
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Heroes on a half-shell.
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Sirotan posted:His reddit comments outside that thread say that the reason he has no money to fix things up is because he spends it all on guns and Funko pops. They sound like a perfect couple.
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Potato Salad posted:No part of this is intended to be brave or funny or edgy at all; quite to the contrary it's sad as hell No, you're being dumb and hyperbolic.
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Jul 27, 2022 18:08
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Electric arc lights
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My Lovely Horse posted:It's a fancy student dorm, I'm pretty sure the residents won't be able to either Coming home from a party drunk is going to be a real adventure.
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Aug 9, 2022 15:10
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That seems like something to take up with your builder and an architect/engineer. The maximum span depends on your joist spacing and the wood it's made of. At 12" spacing, you're looking at 2x10 or 2x12. 16" spacing is definitely 2x12. You would probably have to special order 20' long 2x12s, and they're going to be close to $100 each.
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Aug 10, 2022 01:26
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It's the early alpha of Windows 30.
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Admiral Joeslop posted:
Of course they couldn't take the plate off - the screw slot is full of paint.
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It needs the torso of an inflatable clown on the porch roof.
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Oct 12, 2022 21:53
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totalnewbie posted:What IS the proper way to make those stairs, as they're built now, stable? I would add diagonal bracing between the vertical 2x4s to keep it stiff left and right; then add some horizontal braces along the inside and outside to keep it stiff forward and back. In the end, just using a standard stair stringer is probably faster and cheaper.
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Motronic posted:That's not a sufficient or satisfying explanation considering this completely "unique" method. What it comes down to is they are using a lot of plywood, screws and construction adhesive to build an outdoor staircase that isn't going to be safe for more than a few years. Good job! She'll get a lot of YouTube hits out of it, at least. It's all about engagement, baby.
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Oct 13, 2022 23:32
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Leperflesh posted:What does residential construction code have to say about using live trees as critical support members of a structure for human occupation? I feel like tree houses are everywhere and somehow just conveniently bypass all sorts of code enforcement. Maybe "you can't make us tear that down it'll break the kids' hearts" is an effective strategy for obtaining variance permits, I dunno. Where I live, no permit or inspection is needed for a treehouse.
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Oct 13, 2022 23:41
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SpartanIvy posted:I can't tell where to aim my torpedoes in this bathroom That's why they keep a trowel and a mop next to the toilet.
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Orvin posted:The longer I look, the worse it gets. It's to the point where it can't be incompetence, it has to be deliberate. Like an art installation or something.
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Oct 18, 2022 16:18
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Saint Freak posted:For whatever reason I found Canada's Worst Handyman funny, but Canada's Worst Driver just nerve-wracking. I guess because in Handyman they were largely just going to hurt themselves, but in Driver those people were out on the road with you. After a while CWD was just sad. It seemed to be highlighting people with genuine mental issues and making fun of them. I watched a few episodes of CWH and it seemed to be headed down the same path so I quit watching.
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Nov 21, 2022 16:37
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`Nemesis posted:not my pics, but the person who shared them said "kensington, near 5th and berks" The street sign says 37th and Wallace. Google maps shows an empty lot as of October, 2021. https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9646011,-75.1961653,3a,75y,61.61h,76.34t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sPyoGkk03RMwdsNNZQ1IBVg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192
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Nov 27, 2022 18:31
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Computer viking posted:What exactly is a "justice facility"? Court houses, prison, jail? Administrative building for the court system? In Kalamazoo, "justice facility" is a euphemism for a slaughterhouse. They have a thing about cows and pigs. It goes way back and is complicated.
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devicenull posted:Why is there a grab bar on the shower ceiling? It's not a shower, it's the bidet.
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That would last about two weeks if it were my house. I'd get fed up with tripping on it every time I walked through and would very shortly take a sledgehammer to it.
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Vim Fuego posted:
Don't doxx me, man. It was late, I was tired, and it actually worked.
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Dec 24, 2022 05:51
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:I'm aware of that. Just can't say I've seen a tall toilet bowl like that before. https://deabath.com/product/1938-vintage-kohler-sibley-toilet-bowl/ https://deabath.com/product/1908-antique-trenton-potteries-hightank-toilet-bowl/ It was a pretty common design in the early 20th. Specific year and model would be rather difficult to pin down.
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By popular demand posted:What do you store in the underfridge niche? Gnomes.
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LimaBiker posted:Why not just extend the toilet stalls all the way down to the floor? Because then it's a pain in the rear end for janitors to mop it. Putting them clear to the floor would also induce a lot of claustrophobic panic attacks.
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GreenNight posted:Is there a problem with my foundation, sir? It's lasted for 800 years, it's probably OK.
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Feb 23, 2023 20:32
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It's a Polish restaurant.
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value-brand cereal posted:This is so good. I love the little cut on the doorway step corner, to prevent.... ????? Something?! Probably to prevent whanging your shin on the corner of it.
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kid sinister posted:Painting the carpet? https://v.redd.it/cvvoc0pc2dla1 That's dye, not paint. And I bet it was carpet she was going to tear up and replace anyway.
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Cool Dad posted:It might have originally been a day care or something before it was...changed. Google street view shows it was a dry cleaners at one time. I presume it's had an interesting history since then.
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Leperflesh posted:what is that chart, it has two y axes and the one on the left has two labels? Left has one label, $. Annual energy consumption (in $) and purchase cost are close enough together they can use the same scale. For volume, use the axis on the right side. Having alternate y-axes on the left and right side is a common technique when you want to show related data with different values. In this case, they have "year" in common and you can see how they all vary together over time.
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Motronic posted:I don't understand this whole conversation. US refrigerators come in like 3 different standard exterior dimension sizes with some minor variances. This is a thing because of standard cabinet openings. In that case, you would have to go to the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers to find the source of their data and see how they are measuring it. I assume it's based on the average volume of purchased units, but I don't care enough to go look it up.
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Powered Descent posted:Huh, never even knew that was a thing. Went and looked and there are little clips around the fan intake where presumably a filter is supposed to go. Took some measurements and just ordered one that should fit for like ten bucks. Thanks bud, you've made my construction a little less crappy! Yeah, that filter is also designed to trap vaporized oil, so it needs to be cleaned now and then. Its main function is just to clear the area above the stove of vapor/smoke so you can see what you're doing.
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Lemniscate Blue posted:Calm down, Sparky. That's why I asked, because I have no personal experience with outhouses and I only know what I'd been told by older family members who lived in places with no plumbing back in the day. I'm sure both happened, depending on the location. Removing "night soil" was a serious profession in many cities, where moving the outhouse wasn't an option. I'm sure there were other places with lots of land where they preferred digging a new hole to cleaning out the old one. My dad regaled me with stories of tipping over outhouses as a Halloween prank, so they were neither securely anchored nor particularly heavy in his area.
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