The Home Improvement Thread

[spike]

[Bammer]

no brainer, new fridge..next

[Bammer]

HVACuation

Aces. Not even gonna try.

Anyway we are north of $15k.

[bodysnatcher]

HVACuation

Aces. Not even gonna try.

Anyway we are north of $15k.

Damn dude, was that just the unit and install? Or do you have to get duct work done?

I ended up going with a heat pump and it saved me almost $2k over a dedicated a/c unit that complemented the pre existing furnace. I don’t know your setup, but a heat pump was far sufficient enough for our place and the western WA climate. Never had an issue with cooling in the summer, and very rarely did the furnace have to turn on to help back up the heat pump in the winter.

[oasisfan35]

Found these in the window frames at the condo we moved Mrs Wease’s cousin out of. Any ideas what they’re for?

Looks like a COAX cable and an Ethernet cable.
Both could be used for security or broadband.

[wease]

Found these in the window frames at the condo we moved Mrs Wease’s cousin out of. Any ideas what they’re for?

Looks like a COAX cable and an Ethernet cable.
Both could be used for security or broadband.

But why would they be sticking out of holes in the sides of the window frames?

(And none of those were either of your guesses. It was more like some sort of industrial wiring used to tie stuff or hang stuff. Nothing close to coax or Cat5.)

[Bammer]

HVACuation

Aces. Not even gonna try.

Anyway we are north of $15k.

Damn dude, was that just the unit and install? Or do you have to get duct work done?

I ended up going with a heat pump and it saved me almost $2k over a dedicated a/c unit that complemented the pre existing furnace. I don’t know your setup, but a heat pump was far sufficient enough for our place and the western WA climate. Never had an issue with cooling in the summer, and very rarely did the furnace have to turn on to help back up the heat pump in the winter.

We pretty much need everything.

[oasisfan35]

Found these in the window frames at the condo we moved Mrs Wease’s cousin out of. Any ideas what they’re for?

Looks like a COAX cable and an Ethernet cable.
Both could be used for security or broadband.

But why would they be sticking out of holes in the sides of the window frames?

(And none of those were either of your guesses. It was more like some sort of industrial wiring used to tie stuff or hang stuff. Nothing close to coax or Cat5.)

Eh, I've seen a lot in sills/frames around here apparently the shades can hide everything and lord people don't want anything on the walls.

That is also ridiculous though terrible installs are becoming all too common. Still surprised though.

[Mickey]

AC went out last night, lucky to get someone out this morning. Capacitor blew. Nice little $300 Saturday.

[E.H. Ruddock]

AC went out last night, lucky to get someone out this morning. Capacitor blew. Nice little $300 Saturday.

I’ve learned that a $300 AC repair bill is something to be grateful about. Not trying to diminish what you had to spend, but after some much steeper repairs we had a $300 one earlier this year and i was relieved.

[Mickey]

AC went out last night, lucky to get someone out this morning. Capacitor blew. Nice little $300 Saturday.

I’ve learned that a $300 AC repair bill is something to be grateful about. Not trying to diminish what you had to spend, but after some much steeper repairs we had a $300 one earlier this year and i was relieved.

Oh no I'm thrilled, I was so worried it was the condenser and we'd be out 5k. I just wish it had happened Thursday, they got to charge us extra for an "after hours" call.

[Biff Pocoroba]

I mentioned I paid off my car this week.
Last night I had a new water heater installed, gobbling up the rest of my last paycheck and then some.

[JuanHamm]

I mentioned I paid off my car this week.
Last night I had a new water heater installed, gobbling up the rest of my last paycheck and then some.

Why do you need a water heater in your car?

[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.

[Bammer]

I just pulled the trigger on a pair of 34,000 BTU natural gas patio heaters.

[96583UP]

wow

baller

[E.H. Ruddock]

Getting an estimate today to have a Bradford Pear cut down in our front yard. Probably the absolute worst tree on the planet.

[Chris_H_2]

Getting an estimate today to have a Bradford Pear cut down in our front yard. Probably the absolute worst tree on the planet.

ha ha. i just looked this up under the "dirtiest trees to avoid planting" on the googs, and sure enough, there it is.

my neighbor has a honey locust tree, and it's terrible. they have small leaves that make raking impossible, and they also have these large, dark, banana-like pods that they drop. i'm going to poison it.

[spike]

I spent like three hours installing a light fixture for my folks on Sunday. Every other fixture I’ve done took like 20 minutes tops.

[E.H. Ruddock]

We also have an electrician coming today and a guy replacing our pool pump motor. And I still have to plant most of my vegetables. It is never ending.