House Build - what the hell am I getting myself into

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devicenull: May 30, 2007; Grimey Drawer

OSU_Matthew posted:

^^ What still needs done with the land purchase lawyer?

These are awesome! Thanks for the link--I'm gonna pick up a set. I've got steel braided hose, which is slightly more resilient, but it's going on six-seven years now and it's probably about time to replace them anyways. Laundry hoses were just an example for a water sensor, my basement used to flood and even though I'm pretty sure I've fixed the source of the problem, it's good to have some warning if it ever happens again.

I heard about the revolv hub thing, that's an incredibly short sighted thing to do when you're trying to build confidence around a product designed to incorporate into the life span of a home. I completely agree with a lot of the criticism, but I'm of the mindset that there's a lot of really cool potential with home automation, and it's been a cheap way for me to get some peace of mind around home security and safety with some extra added convenience in the process.

The Floodcheck ones are possibly not so great http://structuretech1.com/2012/07/floodsafe-washing-machine-connectors/

You want one of these instead: http://www.timeoutbykeeney.com/

I retrofitted one in place of a couple rusty gate valves, and it's been working pretty well so far!

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devicenull: May 30, 2007; Grimey Drawer

Gounads posted:

Sat down, did up all the finances the other night. Going with the normal hardwoods. This stuff just adds up too fast.

We just bought engineered hardwood from https://www.floorstoyourhome.com/ for our house... Apparently it's no longer being produced or something, so we got it for under half price. It came within a few days, looks exactly you'd expect.

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devicenull: May 30, 2007; Grimey Drawer

n0tqu1tesane posted:

Passive PoE just seems like a good way to send 12-48v through a device that wasn't designed for it on accident, potentially frying the device.

Shouldn't matter: http://electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/27756/why-are-ethernet-rj45-sockets-magnetically-coupled

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