The Home Improvement Thread

[E.H. Ruddock]

In the last week and a half, I've ripped up carpet and laid a new flooring in our music room, had a new pool pump installed (had help with that), got the pool from frog pond to crystal clear again, installed a new irrigation control system outside, fixed a bad sprinkler head, and tracked down and replaced a bad outlet that was causing every other outlet on that particular GFI circuit to short out. Most of this was done by watching YouTube videos when I ran into problems. We have about a month of summer weather left, I'm not doing shit from here on out.

when did you retire?

Nope, all in the evenings and on the weekend. I'm beat.

[doug rr]

In the last week and a half, I've ripped up carpet and laid a new flooring in our music room, had a new pool pump installed (had help with that), got the pool from frog pond to crystal clear again, installed a new irrigation control system outside, fixed a bad sprinkler head, and tracked down and replaced a bad outlet that was causing every other outlet on that particular GFI circuit to short out. Most of this was done by watching YouTube videos when I ran into problems. We have about a month of summer weather left, I'm not doing shit from here on out.

when did you retire?

Nope, all in the evenings and on the weekend. I'm beat.

you're a better man than all of us

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[doug rr]

ha

[Bammer]

In the last week and a half, I've ripped up carpet and laid a new flooring in our music room, had a new pool pump installed (had help with that), got the pool from frog pond to crystal clear again, installed a new irrigation control system outside, fixed a bad sprinkler head, and tracked down and replaced a bad outlet that was causing every other outlet on that particular GFI circuit to short out. Most of this was done by watching YouTube videos when I ran into problems. We have about a month of summer weather left, I'm not doing shit from here on out.

when did you retire?

Nope, all in the evenings and on the weekend. I'm beat.

This was my life the year before we had kids. At least every other weekend.

[E.H. Ruddock]

I had to buy a new chainsaw for debris cleanup and cutting up the tree that fell during Dorian. Not gonna lie, shopping for a chainsaw gets my blood flowing.

[wease]

I had to buy a new chainsaw for debris cleanup and cutting up the tree that fell during Dorian. Not gonna lie, shopping for a chainsaw gets my blood flowing.

I admit, I’ve never used a chainsaw.

[washing machine]

I had to buy a new chainsaw for debris cleanup and cutting up the tree that fell during Dorian. Not gonna lie, shopping for a chainsaw gets my blood flowing.

Hope you bought one in NOLA instead of the newly inflated chainsaw market in Dorian's path.

[E.H. Ruddock]

I had to buy a new chainsaw for debris cleanup and cutting up the tree that fell during Dorian. Not gonna lie, shopping for a chainsaw gets my blood flowing.

Hope you bought one in NOLA instead of the newly inflated chainsaw market in Dorian's path.

I bought online. I've checked out the ones I'm interested in prior to the hurricane as I knew I needed a new one. Finally found one of them at a good price so I pulled the trigger.

[washing machine]

I had to buy a new chainsaw for debris cleanup and cutting up the tree that fell during Dorian. Not gonna lie, shopping for a chainsaw gets my blood flowing.

Hope you bought one in NOLA instead of the newly inflated chainsaw market in Dorian's path.

I bought online. I've checked out the ones I'm interested in prior to the hurricane as I knew I needed a new one. Finally found one of them at a good price so I pulled the trigger.

What'd you get?

[E.H. Ruddock]

I had to buy a new chainsaw for debris cleanup and cutting up the tree that fell during Dorian. Not gonna lie, shopping for a chainsaw gets my blood flowing.

Hope you bought one in NOLA instead of the newly inflated chainsaw market in Dorian's path.

I bought online. I've checked out the ones I'm interested in prior to the hurricane as I knew I needed a new one. Finally found one of them at a good price so I pulled the trigger.

What'd you get?

I'm a Husqvarna guy now

[CopperTom]

How much patience should you have with a contractor? I met with one in July about replacing my roof. He came and measured and gave me a price. I haven't heard from him since. I called last week to check in, but he didn't call back.

[washing machine]

How much patience should you have with a contractor? I met with one in July about replacing my roof. He came and measured and gave me a price. I haven't heard from him since. I called last week to check in, but he didn't call back.

Get a couple more bids.

[washing machine]

What would cause a random puddle, about two feet long, to appear underneath one specific spot under your eaves? Happens every now and then and it can't be explained by recent rain because it's been pretty dry around here. I haven't gotten on the roof yet to go look, but when I do, I'm not sure what to look for besides pooling water.

[E.H. Ruddock]

What would cause a random puddle, about two feet long, to appear underneath one specific spot under your awning? Happens every now and then and it can't be explained by recent rain because it's been pretty dry around here. I haven't gotten on the roof yet to go look, but when I do, I'm not sure what to look for besides pooling water.

Is it a full roof shingle awning? Or an aluminum or vinyl awning?

[washing machine]

What would cause a random puddle, about two feet long, to appear underneath one specific spot under your awning? Happens every now and then and it can't be explained by recent rain because it's been pretty dry around here. I haven't gotten on the roof yet to go look, but when I do, I'm not sure what to look for besides pooling water.

Is it a full roof shingle awning? Or an aluminum or vinyl awning?

Full shingle

[washing machine]

Also, I said "awning" but I meant "eave".

[E.H. Ruddock]

Oh. Is there a gutter attached?

[washing machine]

No gutter yet. That will be a fall project.

[washing machine]

JK I'm having a baby. That will be a 2040 Project.