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Motronic posted:"I can't believe it's a meter base!" Speaking of ugly access through a wall, when I had our A/C replaced we couldn't use the old copper (which routed via several turns through the interior wall space and out near the base of the walk-out basement wall) and the only good direct route ended up with a new hole about six, seven feet off the ground, with the insulated refrigerant line and water output from the condensate pump then making an outside run to the compressor. When (not if) we replace the upstairs unit I'm guessing we'll have the same problem. (Unless somehow we can manage to drop from inside the attic down past the first and second floors, into the basement wall, and then manage to curve outward to get through a fieldstone wall. I'm not holding my breath.) What's an attractive way to cover up that poo poo? edit: Guess it makes more sense to upload some pictures. edit 2: I really need to level the new A/C unit, it annoys me every time I look at it. This is the new A/C unit and aforementioned ugly routing:  This is the rear of the house for context: 
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Gounads posted:Overall, $17k over isn't too bad. We've heard much worse horror stories and I feel like we haven't skimped out on anything major. Worst home-building horror-story I've heard was one of my wife's old co-workers. They built a house, and after moving in the foundation basically started tilting and sliding down a hill. The house was declared unsafe for habitation (surprise), insurance didn't cover the loss because it was a construction defect, and the foundation contractor had declared bankruptcy and disappeared.
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May 14, 2017 17:31
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Budgie posted:I'd invest in a doorstop. Yeah, why not have the door open outward or to the other side? Otherwise it needs a hard doorstop in a place where one is always barefoot and asking to step on it (I don't know if I'd trust one of those little spring guys given how frequently they seem to just sorta fall off their mount), or wishful thinking that someone never slams open the door into the glass shower door (or have it blown by wind, etc.).
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Jun 2, 2017 17:45
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H110Hawk posted:Hinge doorstops are for just this problem. A-la http://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt-Satin-Nickel-Hinge-Pin-Door-Stop-15586/202033981 I've seen those damage doors and hinges, depending on the construction. Really, a lot of choice depend on whether the OP has kids, i.e., "mobile point sources of chaos and housing woe."
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Jun 2, 2017 21:03
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H110Hawk posted:Better the door than the glass. Kids gonna break poo poo. Put one on every hinge, spread the force! I'm reminded of a story my dad told me -- when he was about twelve or thirteen, he broke a window playing baseball in the back yard. He rushed down into town, bought a new pane of glass, and fixed the window before my grandfather got home. Three days later, my grandfather offhandedly said, "By the way, you didn't completely repaint that trim on the window you broke," and left it at that.
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Jun 2, 2017 21:20
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Gounads posted:Looking over the list from last week... That's a beautiful tub. Renovating our non-master upstairs bath is on The List, but sadly it's just not big enough for a tub like that (and who knows if the floor would support the damned thing).
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Jun 3, 2017 20:35
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I'm super happy for you -- I've been following this thread off and on since the beginning, since I would have loved to build my own house but simply would have gone crazy in the process.
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Jun 9, 2017 15:31
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There really should be a culvert where the driveway meets the road, or at least a hump where it meets the road so the water stayed on the road instead of spilling down the driveway. Tough grade for that, though, could bottom out a lower car. That's definitely a lot of water to redurect, though, and you definitely need to get it away from the foubdation. Any aerial drawings to give us and better idea of the layout?
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n0tqu1tesane posted:Could go with a slot/trench drain at the top of the driveway to divert some of the water from the road away. I was thinking that, if diverting water before it hits the driveway with a hump isn't an option. A trench draining into buried schedule 40 would be perfect, you could take it all the way to the edge of the property, as swampland isn't exactly ideal.
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