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Sorry if this is out of place for the thread but I just bought a couch and I'm wondering what product to use to protect it. It's polyester or something, not leather because my cat would destroy a leather couch. Is scotch-guard the tried and true solution? Sorry the only photo I have of the couch has the price in it. Not intentional and not really that much for a couch apparently as we saw some that were over $20k.
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Yeah I'm not expecting scotch-guard to protect against the cat just other normal spills or whatever happens to couches. The place I bought it from wasn't going to give any formal advice on products to use because they wanted us to buy their 5 year warranty (no thanks). They did say they didn't know of any other products in the space so I guess it's all good.
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May 16, 2022 00:07
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Sirotan posted:I really dig the look of the wires. I put picture rail up everywhere and love it. I bought a crimper and some steel cable to give things a more modern look. Looks great, did you know about this? https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/sets/
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May 16, 2022 17:59
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SA Forums Poster posted:How do I install a window A/C unit like this: Don't do this unless you're comfortable and 100% sure your AC unit isn't going to drop out your window where it could easily kill someone, but here's what I did previously:  I just put a 2x2 along the top L-channel thing so that it would be braced on either side by the window frame, and actually drilled + screwed the left side of that 2x2 into the metal window frame to ensure it wouldn't shift. Measured the space above the unit and the width of the groove on the outside edges to determine the dimensions of blanking plate. This would be best if it was acrylic but I just went with some fibreboard that had some kind of paint or protective sealant on the outside face. I screwed some extra cutoff piece of the 2x2 into the blanking plate so that I could toss some screws in the top of the blanking plate 2x2 and the L bracket 2x2 and use a hair tie to keep the board firmly in place (because I liked to remove it when it was nice out). The whole thing is sitting on foam to isolate it a little from the windowframe to minimize the vibration. e: Just so I don't lose face here in the home thread, that was a rental apartment which is why the sill/frame is in such poor repair. VelociBacon fucked around with this message at 18:39 on May 16, 2022 |
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May 16, 2022 18:33
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Sirotan posted:These are pretty cool, though my birds are not particularly accurate depictions. Yeah not all the images drawn by male turn of the century explorers at that page are particularly accurate either. Spoilered for mild NSFW which I've pixelated out.:   There's some other real fantastic ones in there that I'm also apparently not allowed to print and put up in the living room or entranceway.
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May 16, 2022 22:53
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Sorry to spam the thread, it's only because I just moved. One of the bedroom doors is rubbing at the far side, on the top. The hinges are properly fixed to the door and the doorframe. The top part of the doorframe is out of square and comes down about 1/8" on that far side. The door is square in the doorframe in all other dimensions. It's a solid wood door. Is the right move here to take the door off, cut it so it's parallel to the top of the doorframe, paint, and reinstall? This is a concrete condo that was reno'd in 2015, the door moulding/frame would be from that time. I'm not really willing at this time to reframe the doorway, and I'm more than happy to replace the (cut) door in the future if I decide to undertake that. For now I'd just like the door to shut properly and have even gaps.
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May 17, 2022 01:19
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Phil Moscowitz posted:You can usually sand/grind it down so the door fits I would think. I don't have a belt sander so it doesn't seem like an option.
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May 17, 2022 02:16
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Motronic posted:I wouldn't use a sander for that. If it was close I'd be using a wood plane. It's not only a hell of a lot cheaper but doesn't make nearly as much of a mess in what I would presume is finished space. There's a cool communal shop in the parking garage area, I was going to take the door off, bring it down the elevator to the shop, clamp a guide piece of wood along it and use a circ saw to make the cut. Then bring it back up, test fit, then back down for paint.
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May 17, 2022 02:24
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BonoMan posted:It was a rental for 12 years. The owner is a realtor who decided to do a full reno and sell since the market was hot. Did the seller misrepresent the exterior as being stucco and not EIFS or did you come to that conclusion? If it was falsely advertised maybe you can get out with your $30k.
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May 17, 2022 19:48
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Sorry to get back to my dumb doorway stuff which now seems like quite a small matter relative to the stucco stuff - sorry goon. I put a sock over a deadblow and gave some upwards motivation to the top of the doorframe, which moved it probably 1/16" up and the door now shuts properly. I didn't mention it before but these walls are steel stud and there's actually also a water sprinkler right above the center of the door so I'm reluctant to drive a 3" screw up into that space without knowing how it was framed out with the steel studs and where that water line might be. As you'd expect I now have some gap in the doorframe:   Is the process to clean it up with a scraper, sand if necessary, apply some caulking, and paint it?
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May 17, 2022 20:53
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The Dave posted:I really like what I see from the sprayed cork exterior application, but it seems to be a largely Canadian thing right now. They advertise it as a good way to insulate from the outside, as well as encapsulate stucco/masonry. The way this stuff always goes I don't know that I would trust anything that hasn't been around for a long time. I knew it when I bought about a month ago, and the P.O. paid for the special levy already, but the exterior of the tower I live in is getting redone this summer, looking forward to Hot Scaffold Summer I guess.
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May 18, 2022 16:36
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Who exactly does homedepot have installing their carpet? Seems like the kind of thing I wouldn't want done by a high school summer student.
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May 18, 2022 20:26
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I don't appreciate how any shower curtain is going to be able to effectively keep water in that shower. I think that's designed for a sliding glass door, it looks just like one of my bathrooms, comes up only an inch or so because it's expected to have a glass door there. So with that in mind is it aesthetics you're chasing? Maybe you could hem the curtain up?
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May 19, 2022 18:58
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Inner Light posted:
Can't you just hop the railing to the left and wash the window normally and then scoot back over? I know not all goons are of scooting dimensions or age but that one just seems not too much? Alternatively look for things they make to clean car windows (from inside), like little extension arms with a microfiber pad at the end.
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May 19, 2022 19:56
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Queen Victorian posted:That's one of those retractable roll up screen doors, right? When I was in university dorms, the sliding windows were close to the shared wall and the common prank was to open your neighbour's window and climb onto your windowsill, reach out and hop your way into their window, turn their CRT monitor on it's side, then go back. This was 3 floors up but I'm sure it happened in the top floors too.
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May 19, 2022 21:09
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Because otherwise if it swings out and promptly hits the railing then how the hell do you actually properly utilize the French balcony if you can't have the doors to it properly opened up? And clean the windows?
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actionjackson posted:there's wood paneling in the shower?? Ever been in a sauna? Cedar is naturally rot resistant but yeah it does seem pretty wild.
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May 21, 2022 18:05
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Man I could read this stuff forever, I love Scandinavian styles and influence. Thanks for posting. From here in Western Canada that's mostly stuff I've never seen.
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May 26, 2022 20:09
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actionjackson posted:after using PB blaster on my door locks and gel-gloss on my cultured marble vanity top, I definitely have many types of cancer Don't forget to Scotchgard also! Just did my sectional.
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May 27, 2022 01:23
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Any literature that supports radon being a risk? Not doubting just curious.
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May 27, 2022 18:09
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Tiny Timbs posted:Bet it looks like poo poo after a few months of use You clean it with only soap, it gains a new finish called ståinlëss. Jokes aside that's so cool. I get the impression the average age of the homes in Scandinavia is like 5 times that of here in North America where it's mostly new developments etc. Is it not common to have a backsplash that runs all the way up to the kitchen cabinets?
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May 27, 2022 21:18
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Inner Light posted:Lol dunno where you live but in some large metros the norm is 100 years old, not new development. I live in a 20 year old concrete floor condo but it has no backsplash. I am debating adding one but I don’t cook much so far and what I have cooked hasn’t been hard to clean off the painted wall if it splatters drat those floors look good. I'm in Vancouver (suburb), my 23 year old 2br condo was renovated in 2015 with the backsplash and all that. Doubt it had one before.
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May 27, 2022 21:26
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Inner Light posted:Thanks for saying so! That is realtor photo magic. The floors are generally OK, they are builder grade engineered wood from 20 years ago. There is some poorly repaired PO liquid damage in a highly visible area in the living space unfortunately, and the top coating is wearing/flaking away in several areas, but those are not noticeable unless you look close. Well they'd be sanding it down and refinishing it so you can have it look however you want. You could point at a good area now and say 'make it all like that'. If you meant they'd just sand the clearcoat down and leave the stain, it still shouldn't look any different. We have engineered floating maple floors here and the first thing I did was drop a bottle of white wine on the quartz countertops and it shattered everywhere, tried to get the wine mopped up ASAP but who knows. I'm relieved there's no smell. e: to the goon providing the Scandinavian content, can you include the English pronunciations of the Finnish words? I'd like to say them to myself in my dark room thank you VelociBacon fucked around with this message at 22:13 on May 27, 2022 |
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May 27, 2022 22:09
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His Divine Shadow posted:You can see in the photos, some of them are many decades old by the time they where photographed. I think they wear in nicely. Yes sorry I was referring to the tiles when I said backsplash.
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May 27, 2022 22:13
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peanut posted:Stainless countertops around the sink and stove are default in Japan. The alternative is usually "synthetic marble" which is vulnerable to staining. Makes sense considering their bathrooms which as I understand it are designed to be wet/splashed everywhere with a drain in the middle of the room.
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May 27, 2022 23:16
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Harriet Carker posted:Can anyone recommend baby's first cordless drill? I have no idea what I need. I want to drill some holes to put things like this up. I have never drilled a hole in my life. Do I need screw bits or drill bits or both? Highly recommend this Dewalt 20v Max drill set. I have it plus some other dewalt stuff and I'm very happy with all of it. I've worked construction for years in my past and this drill feels as good as anything I ever handled on a job site or in the shop. It has a clutch feature which is handy for quickly getting fasteners seated and ready for torquing down, has good LED coverage where you're drilling, just nice product for absurdly cheap. e: don't forget that you'll also want a little set of bits as well as probably a matching bit holder and matching screwdriver bit set and this and this and this. VelociBacon fucked around with this message at 07:05 on May 31, 2022 |
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May 31, 2022 06:59
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Verman posted:I finally stepped foot into my local tool library today. Holy poo poo what a cool place. $50 suggested donation to become a member. They host classes on all kinds of topics, have a wood shop you can book for private use, lots of tools and other stuff. Yard, auto, general diy, etc. Super awesome place. What country?
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Jun 1, 2022 17:07
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Inner Light posted:Guessing this is tool 'library', meaning this is a private organization not anything government run. Like a 'maker space' which had their heyday a few years back. Also guessing it is good old USA. I guess I'm surprised to see a socialist solution in the states. I moved about a month ago into a condo that has a communal workshop in the basement parking area and it's been fantastic.
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Jun 1, 2022 23:23
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Friend posted:Digging out the stump of an old bush, I'm used to finding random blocks of concrete and old bits of trash buried near the foundation but this was just... He swore he'd quit that life.. until everything in his life fell apart and he was dragged back in.
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Jun 4, 2022 22:06
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Mirthless posted:If you're not planning to install it yourself, you're probably going to have to buy from whoever is installing the carpet. I recommend calling the three or four biggest local places around and get quotes until you get a real idea of how much this is going to cost. I just had three bedrooms done (about 450sqft of actual carpeted room) and it was $2500 total installed. YMMV depending on demand in your area and what the sizes of your rooms are and what's being installed. OOC when you have carpet installed do they pull the existing baseboards and reinstall them after or? Just feels like that would add a lot to the cost but also would be kinda necessary to get it right, I dunno.
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Thanks for all the responses, makes sense.
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Jun 6, 2022 15:36
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Toilet bases can have some clear caulk, as a treat.
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Inner Light posted:Ok thread denizens, feast your eyes upon one of my toilets I'd leave it.
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Jun 10, 2022 19:50
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SpartanIvy posted:I had a pair of these and they sucked beyond explanation so I ended up tossing them. Not trying to be a piece of poo poo but were you pulling in the right direction? I've found these type of strippers suck if you'll pulling the wire the 'wrong' way. Maybe just me.
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I. M. Gei posted:Trip Report: Install guys came out today, we have new windows and everything went great Try to get a copy of the email/whatever correspondance/invoice/etc they sent to the manufacturer as proof because I bet they hosed up and are lying to you :c
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Am I the only one who thinks the contractor just called Lowe's with the order and said the numbers wrong? You paid for a contractor to replace the windows, it's on the contractor to ensure the correct thing is bought for the project, no?
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Jun 14, 2022 16:50
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nwin posted:Nice! This is the one and only time I plan on drilling into the wall, so hopefully this doesn’t happen again. I think it was the lag bolts that did me in-I read that wires are supposed to be far back enough that you shouldn’t hit them with a nail or screw on normal occasions. Drilling into the wall is nothing to be scared of, just need to take the normal precautions. I would recommend you pick up a stud finder that also alerts you to AC current behind the drywall. You can also kinda intuit where wires might likely run based on where outlets are located but it's reasonable that someone would be unable to guess that correctly.
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It's better than the vomit yellow/green that's also on there. I dunno if I love either but it's your place you should do what keeps your marriage intact.
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Jun 20, 2022 21:37
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BaseballPCHiker posted:Anyone have any experience with those snap off type screws that go into floorboards and the joist to cut down on squeaky floors? That doesn't really sound like the kind of thing you want for the reasons you mentioned. I could swear I've heard of something that uses an expanding foam sort of thing that is engineered to firm up but not expand overmuch and bulge. I still would be pretty concerned about doing it in a heritage home. I have 7 year old (engineered) maple floors maybe I'll hit you up in 85 years and we can reminisce.
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Good work, looks much nicer.
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devicenull posted:Kitchen counter chat: Consider epoxy... we went with and it's been great. The only issue I've had with it is red 40 dye (christmas cookies ugh) seems to sink into it and become impossible to remove. This would of course not be a problem if you were going with black. I'd check the iFixit website.
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