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Does anyone have good recommendations/resources for washing machines & dryers? I've heard a lot of people complaining that their new appliances, with all the new eco-friendly models, have problems. For instance, mold build up with side load washers or clothes not drying well. I'd rather have a solid set of machines that will last than one with a bunch of bells and whistles.
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Cithen posted:Does anyone have good recommendations/resources for washing machines & dryers? I've heard a lot of people complaining that their new appliances, with all the new eco-friendly models, have problems. For instance, mold build up with side load washers or clothes not drying well. I'd rather have a solid set of machines that will last than one with a bunch of bells and whistles. One of these will probably last long enough to become an heirloom your kids pass down to your grandkids.
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Apr 21, 2016 02:23
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Years ago I bought Kenmore washer and dryer, turns out they were possibly the most common ones ever made and sold by several manufacturers. All the parts are easily replaceable, commonly available, and cheap; plus there are tons of youtube videos on fixing them. There is something to be said for simple. Now if I could only find a refrigerator to match 
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Apr 21, 2016 04:31
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I need to decide outlet, switch and niche location by Sunday  The more the merrier, right?!
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Apr 21, 2016 04:31
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wormil posted:Years ago I bought Kenmore washer and dryer, turns out they were possibly the most common ones ever made and sold by several manufacturers. All the parts are easily replaceable, commonly available, and cheap; plus there are tons of youtube videos on fixing them. There is something to be said for simple. Now if I could only find a refrigerator to match Sadly, thanks to Sears being run into the ground by a crazy Randian, Kenmore appliances kinda suck these days.
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Apr 21, 2016 05:22
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Zhentar posted:Your framing is bizarre and fascinating. Those little jacks are permanent, I'm guessing? What's in between the sill beams and the concrete (it's much thicker than typical US sill seals)? Those blue squares are insulation (approx 90x90cm.) The subfloor will go on after this rain lets up. The jacks are permanent (earthquakes  ). Our builder said that black layer on top of the foundation is a vent for the crawlspace. Older houses have brick-size vents at regular intervals, but this kind of skinny megavent is the new standard. It keeps animals out, at least.Edit: 2018 Link http://www.interra-usa.com/page/joto-vent peanut fucked around with this message at 14:55 on Jun 21, 2018 |
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Apr 21, 2016 06:00
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We have an old hoover washer we bought used for 100 euros, lasted 5-6 years maybe. We line dry everything so no need for additional complexity with dryer functions.
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Apr 21, 2016 07:43
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peanut posted:Older houses have brick-size vents at regular intervals, but this kind of skinny megavent is the new standard. It keeps animals out, at least. I like it... do you happen to know a name for the product or what it's called? Right now concrete and block in my area has doubled in cost. Not only do I think it's absurd that that was the standard anyway, but now that cost is way up I think that crawl space designs can make it back.
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Apr 21, 2016 14:32
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Magnus Praeda posted:One of these will probably last long enough to become an heirloom your kids pass down to your grandkids. That seems exactly what I'm looking for!
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Apr 21, 2016 20:21
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peanut posted:Those blue squares are insulation (approx 90x90cm.) The subfloor will go on after this rain lets up. So ~4x4 beams 1m O.C. You subfloor must be fairly thick? 3/4"? 1"? I'm pretty sure you need those jacks even without any earthquakes. The IRC doesn't offer any span tables for 4x4 joists, but spaces 1m OC a 1m maximum span sounds about right. I'm curious to see how the second floor will be framed. xwing posted:I like it... do you happen to know a name for the product or what it's called? Right now concrete and block in my area has doubled in cost. Not only do I think it's absurd that that was the standard anyway, but now that cost is way up I think that crawl space designs can make it back. I think it is this "Joto Vent". But don't do it! Turn away from the dark side, choose the conditioned crawlspace!
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Apr 21, 2016 20:29
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Zhentar posted:I think it is this "Joto Vent". But don't do it! Turn away from the dark side, choose the conditioned crawlspace! This is for my own personal interest. I have no professional use for it right now. My day work is entirely commercial/civic where a crawl space doesn't happen. It is interesting to me though that raised homes with crawl spaces totally went out for slab on grade here in Florida. It's really localized our current situation though with concrete and block masons... we're looking at having to go to steel framed in our projects because all our budgets are getting blown. There's no reason any of that couldn't work for residential and be a cost effective though. I'm also a total nerd with different stuff... we've got a AAC block manufacturer in the county and I've been itching to use that somehow.
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Apr 21, 2016 21:05
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Ah, I'd thought you did more residential from some of your other comments. I recently read about someone building their house with AAC (here). Interesting stuff, but I can't see a whole lot of value to it for residential construction (cold climate, at least) unless the installed cost is competitive with CMU blocks.
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Apr 21, 2016 21:42
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Zhentar posted:Ah, I'd thought you did more residential from some of your other comments. I used to design more residential. My current firm is all commercial and civic. I might moonlight doing some residential work in the coming years though for the added income since there's no real conflict of interest to do so. The company referenced there in that article, Aercon, is in my county. So it should be decently competitive since shipping wouldn't really be a cost. I've been waiting for the opportunity to design for it, but it's so hard to get anyone to do anything different and I think I'd need a fire-rating issue to justify it. Who knows, I've got a contractor pretty much bending over to do use Tailored Foam and a synthetic stucco system where the I don't see the benefits at all.
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Apr 21, 2016 22:19
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Magnus Praeda posted:Sadly, thanks to Sears being run into the ground by a crazy Randian, Kenmore appliances kinda suck these days. Except Kenmore doesn't make anything at all (and they haven't in decades, if they ever did); the majority of their current lineup is made by Whirlpool and GE (Panasonic, Sanyo, LG, Bosch, and Electrolux also make appearances). They're usually identical or close to identical to the Whirlpool, GE, etc stuff.
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Apr 22, 2016 05:50
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Magnus Praeda posted:One of these will probably last long enough to become an heirloom your kids pass down to your grandkids. Seconding. Speed Queens are tough to kill and work like champions. Screw side load washers, I had nothing but trouble with our old one, and you can't soak really badly stained stuff in one. I used to bleach my chef's whites in the old top-loader and it was great.
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Apr 22, 2016 09:58
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3cm subfloor and a buttload of scaffolding.
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Apr 22, 2016 10:44
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peanut posted:
I lived in Japan for a few years. The old style houses were very cool, different, and cold. They also made sense in that there wasnt alot of furniture, the elders never had to worry about sofa's and entertainment centers. On striking trend i remember is that a few two story homes had living room and kitchen up stairs and bedrooms down stairs.
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Apr 22, 2016 11:43
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I've seen that in houses on tiny lots, especially in urban areas. Carport and a bedroom or bath downstairs, living room upstairs, more rooms on the third floor, and maybe a rooftop terrace.
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Apr 22, 2016 14:46
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some texas redneck posted:Except Kenmore doesn't make anything at all (and they haven't in decades, if they ever did); the majority of their current lineup is made by Whirlpool and GE (Panasonic, Sanyo, LG, Bosch, and Electrolux also make appearances). They're usually identical or close to identical to the Whirlpool, GE, etc stuff. Fair enough. They're still poo poo (my parents have had three Kenmore dryers in the past ten years). Admittedly, I think that might be that most major appliances are being made as cheaply as possible. They're hard and expensive to repair to such an extent that it's often cheaper just to get a whole new unit.
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Apr 22, 2016 16:01
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Inherited a newish Kenmore front loader washer, can confirm it is utter poo poo. Already replaced two parts over a year of ownership and I am thinking I should give up on it despite it only being like 5 years old. If I do get a new one Speed Queen seems like the way to go.
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Apr 22, 2016 16:30
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I didn't mean to imply that Kenmore was some quality, just that they (mine) are easily and cheaply repaired. There probably isn't anything that can't be replaced with a screwdriver and pliers in about 15 minutes.
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Apr 23, 2016 05:40
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#itshappening #hammertime #kawaiiandsugoi EDIT: The dude on the bottom is holding something like an upside-down hammer. It's a heavy wooden sledge on a long pole that allows someone below to hammer down a beam from above. peanut fucked around with this message at 02:39 on Apr 25, 2016 |
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Apr 24, 2016 00:22
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4 hours later
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Apr 24, 2016 05:16
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The roof is on and we're having a bbq with the carpenter dudes  EDIT: VVV 6 dudes plus a crane operator. All the beams came pre-cut and labeled so it was all wooden hammers and a few bolts. peanut fucked around with this message at 09:34 on Apr 25, 2016 |
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Apr 24, 2016 12:05
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All that in one day!? How many workers were there?
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Apr 25, 2016 05:56
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peanut posted:EDIT: VVV 6 dudes plus a crane operator. All the beams came pre-cut and labeled so it was all wooden hammers and a few bolts. This is seriously mind blowing to me. Does the subfloor just magically slot into place too, or does that get fasteners?
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Apr 26, 2016 04:03
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Puzzle magic, then bolts.
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Apr 26, 2016 05:10
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Roofed.
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Apr 26, 2016 09:20
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peanut posted:The roof is on and we're having a bbq with the carpenter dudes The progress is amazing. Out of curiosity, what does one serve at a BBQ in Japan?
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Apr 26, 2016 13:06
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Korean bbq (yakiniku), fried chicken, onigiri, some stir-fried vegetables and beer. But we got so much sake as gifts from neighbors. Please come drink it.
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Apr 26, 2016 13:29
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X-ray view from future toilet
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Apr 30, 2016 10:47
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Windows come on Monday
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May 3, 2016 23:03
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Ceiling line
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May 3, 2016 23:04
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Window frames. Security grills are the current standard for bathroom windows, but I'm not sure why.
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May 7, 2016 23:31
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peanut posted:Window frames. Security grills are the current standard for bathroom windows, but I'm not sure why. Why are the windows different sizes and at different heights? Will one be in one room and one in another?
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May 8, 2016 01:09
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Yes. The window in the corner is the shower, and the smaller window will be above the washer. I asked to make the shower window higher to line up, but the unit bath has some height restrictions.
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May 8, 2016 01:23
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I find the way the bracing is done, as well as the lack of jack or cripple studs in favor of housed dados, to be really neat. It's like the 1940s never ended from a craftsmanship point of view.
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May 8, 2016 02:53
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Japan has been way into timber framing for thousands of years, no reason to quit now.
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May 8, 2016 03:31
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There's one major company called Sekisui that does it like this. They made the cubic houses near mine. https://youtu.be/Hx56wDkpr9s
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Tim Thomas posted:I find the way the bracing is done, as well as the lack of jack or cripple studs in favor of housed dados, to be really neat. It's like the 1940s never ended from a craftsmanship point of view. Except that now, in true Japanese style, most of the craftsmanship is done by robots.
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