Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Thu June 09, 2022 8:49 pm
Red Mosquito
The Home Improvement Thread
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Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Fri June 10, 2022 12:43 pm
doug rr wrote:no brainer, new fridge..next
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Fri June 10, 2022 12:44 pm
Aces. Not even gonna try.Monkey_Driven wrote:HVACuation
Anyway we are north of $15k.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Fri June 10, 2022 2:21 pm
Damn dude, was that just the unit and install? Or do you have to get duct work done?Bammer wrote:Aces. Not even gonna try.Monkey_Driven wrote:HVACuation
Anyway we are north of $15k.
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.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Fri June 10, 2022 9:04 pm
Looks like a COAX cable and an Ethernet cable.wease wrote:Found these in the window frames at the condo we moved Mrs Wease’s cousin out of. Any ideas what they’re for?
Both could be used for security or broadband.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Fri June 10, 2022 9:37 pm
But why would they be sticking out of holes in the sides of the window frames?oasisfan35 wrote:Looks like a COAX cable and an Ethernet cable.wease wrote:Found these in the window frames at the condo we moved Mrs Wease’s cousin out of. Any ideas what they’re for?
Both could be used for security or broadband.
(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.)
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Sat June 11, 2022 1:42 pm
We pretty much need everything.bodysnatcher wrote:Damn dude, was that just the unit and install? Or do you have to get duct work done?Bammer wrote:Aces. Not even gonna try.Monkey_Driven wrote:HVACuation
Anyway we are north of $15k.
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.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Sun June 12, 2022 12:33 am
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.wease wrote:But why would they be sticking out of holes in the sides of the window frames?oasisfan35 wrote:Looks like a COAX cable and an Ethernet cable.wease wrote:Found these in the window frames at the condo we moved Mrs Wease’s cousin out of. Any ideas what they’re for?
Both could be used for security or broadband.
(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.)
That is also ridiculous though terrible installs are becoming all too common. Still surprised though.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Sat June 25, 2022 4:07 pm
AC went out last night, lucky to get someone out this morning. Capacitor blew. Nice little $300 Saturday.
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Posted: Sat June 25, 2022 4:10 pm
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 wrote:AC went out last night, lucky to get someone out this morning. Capacitor blew. Nice little $300 Saturday.
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Posted: Sat June 25, 2022 4:23 pm
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.E.H. Ruddock wrote: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 wrote:AC went out last night, lucky to get someone out this morning. Capacitor blew. Nice little $300 Saturday.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Sat June 25, 2022 8:32 pm
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.
Last night I had a new water heater installed, gobbling up the rest of my last paycheck and then some.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Sat June 25, 2022 8:47 pm
Why do you need a water heater in your car?Biff Pocoroba wrote: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.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Sat August 06, 2022 12:36 am
Steve Albini wrote: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.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Tue April 25, 2023 3:11 am
I just pulled the trigger on a pair of 34,000 BTU natural gas patio heaters.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Tue April 25, 2023 11:05 am
wow
baller
baller
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Tue April 25, 2023 2:33 pm
Getting an estimate today to have a Bradford Pear cut down in our front yard. Probably the absolute worst tree on the planet.
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Posted: Tue April 25, 2023 3:04 pm
ha ha. i just looked this up under the "dirtiest trees to avoid planting" on the googs, and sure enough, there it is.E.H. Ruddock wrote:Getting an estimate today to have a Bradford Pear cut down in our front yard. Probably the absolute worst tree on the planet.
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.
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Tue April 25, 2023 3:08 pm
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. 
Re: The Home Improvement Thread
Posted: Tue April 25, 2023 3:21 pm
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.