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A lot of that in the US is also a result of many of those 'charming old buildings' being full of nightmarish levels of safety hazards due to the day and age they were built in, and being cheaper to tear down wholesale and replace than remodel up to code.
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Time for a rousing game of 'Hearth or Window'?
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Jaded Burnout posted:Oh, and I wouldn’t go with a small company for a big project again because their warranty is only as good as the solvency of the company. If he folds (which is looking very possible) then it’s worthless. That's actually a strategy here. Roofers and tract housing buildiers especially seem to fold and reincorporate under a different name every five years or so like clockwork, just about when you could reasonably expect warrantied problems to tick up.
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May 27, 2018 13:51
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Is it staying that color? Looks pretty good as-is.
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Jun 15, 2018 07:39
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This is why I dread building. I don't have the time to do it all myself, but I also don't have the time to hover over the contractors and make sure they don't half rear end it.
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Jun 17, 2018 14:33
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Jaded Burnout posted:I ain't touchin' that garden. Winter kill it then rent a sickle bar mower and go scorched earth.
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Jul 4, 2018 05:56
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Check out kastein's thread in here for some of that as well, IIRC he put in-floor heating in the house he has completely gutted and rebuilt.
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Jul 5, 2018 07:46
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That looks really nice. All the time and effort paid off there.
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Aug 12, 2018 15:21
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The Dave posted:You need a little more practice to know better than to do any sort of mudding or plaster work on your own again. God I hate it so much. The Dave is a Wise Dave. gently caress plastering, by the time I'd get it acceptable it would be more than worth my time to pay a professional and buy a six pack of something to relax with.
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That's not a load bearing stud, is it? Half an inch seems like a lot to chop out of a 1.5" thick piece of dimensional lumber if it's got to bear any weight.
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Apr 7, 2019 07:21
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n0tqu1tesane posted:Yeah, I've had issues with certain bluetooth earbuds fitting underneath ear muffs. The models with just a wire/remote between the two earbuds tend to be too big at the earbud to fit properly. The headband style tend to leave the actual earbuds as small as possible, which works underneath earmuffs. I have these at work: https://www.amazon.com/3M-WorkTunes...8-1-spons&psc=1 Earpro with built-in bluetooth for listening to podcasts while working under hideously loud fans.
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May 19, 2019 05:06
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Paying someone else to do that is a drat fine idea.
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Oct 21, 2019 08:01
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Rexxed posted:When I took woodworking in high school I glued up a tabletop for my big senior project. I used bar clamps across the boards. To my horror the next day they had all slid slightly back and forth so the ends weren't flush (fortunately not much vertically). I had to cut the ends flush and add on some extra pieces to make the dimensions I had originally planned. That was a real lesson in clamping for glue without any other kind of registration pins or more clamps. I feel you have a good amount of clamps and more is always good. I did similar back in the day, and with the advice of my granddad glued it up oversized, then squared the ends and planed it flat after.
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Nov 2, 2019 02:35
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Yeah, I buy them in bulk 25 packs for work.
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Jan 17, 2020 03:20
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It's all about sizing with wire nuts. They're meant to be cutting into the soft copper wires a little as you screw them on. Otherwise they can, as you've seen, be yanked right off. They're color coded based on what size wire they're meant to take.
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Just Winging It posted:I mean, I'm the weirdo who breaks out the feeler gauges to check my gaps, but I can't understand doing such sloppy work at all. A lot of that is legitimately dangerous, wildly leaning walls, compromised trusses, accidents waiting to happen. It's baffling how these people sleep at night. They sleep the sleep of someone whose business will have declared bankruptcy and reincorporated under a different name in the next county over by the time the owners notice.
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Darchangel posted:You joke, but if I were single, this is about how it would go for me. Saaame. I keep looking at plans for a pole barn with a two bedroom apartment over it, and it is tempting.
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Jaded Burnout posted:I think the stain is the key to lowering maintenance for me, I love the as-new natural look but hate the natural greyed look after UV exposure, so I'm going to be doing that to the extension at some point. You can get clear uv-resistant exterior stain if you like the raw-ish woold look but don't want bleaching.
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