Home Buyin/Maintenance Thread - Where most of us are 30ish but act 47. Oh, and fuck home inspectors

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  1. Duck70

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    I like it off centered. Get a taller plant to put in the vase next to it and it will center the visual weight more
     
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  2. a.tramp

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    And then you instantly become “artistic” and move yourself away from “normal, average, everyone”
     
  3. WillySaliba

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    As you watch along with millions of others.
     
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  4. Degausser

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    I, too, think the tv looks good off center. I'd leave it like that honestly.
     
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  5. a.tramp

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    yeah, well, like billions would do it the other way ao like whatever!
     
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  6. Name P. Redacted

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    Guys if he just gets a bigger tv it fixes itself
     
  7. ned's head

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  8. Festus McBadass

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    Only one?
     
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  9. ned's head

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    Shitty weather killed most of Friday's showings and today's haven't started yet.

    BUT the first offer just came back unsolicited with more money and a leaseback so I'm gonna count it as two :badger:
     
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  10. dump

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    can’t wait for the offer to fall through
     
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  11. ned's head

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    You're about to see these hands fall through your face
     
  12. Imurhuckleberry

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    This is about the closest to magic I've seen in a bit and just saved me some time.

     
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  13. bigred77

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    That's like a $0.50 fitting

    Ain't no damn way I am trusting that over just going with a new fitting
     
  14. a.tramp

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    On a lot of pool jobs, you are looking at $300-$2000 in repairs if you can not heat a fitting out. Suction/return manifolds plumbed fitting on valve on fitting on valve with no spare pvc available. So yeah, $1 fitting. But what it is attached to and everything it is attached to can go up substantially.

    Case in point, 2 valves on this were cracked during the freeze. Ain’t no repair available unless you can heat and peal out or you are rebuilding the whole thing.

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  15. bigred77

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    Well, I'm waiting
     
  16. a.tramp

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    You will be waiting for awhile as I have no idea what you are waiting for.
     
  17. bigred77

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    I mean I am gunna wait for the right new fitting to fix my own shit
     
  18. a.tramp

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    I think you missed the point of what I was saying. In some cases, it is not just about the fitting. The fitting is the first in a chain of things that all have to be replaced to replace just one. So it would not be “wait for the right new fitting,” but rather “replace everything because one thing can not be replaced.”
     
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  19. Imurhuckleberry

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    Had to get the old fitting out without cutting the dry wall. Worked like a charm too.
     
  20. bigred77

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    I think you are thinking too much about thinking about it
     
  21. goblue31602

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    [​IMG]
     
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  22. DriveByBBQ

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    Off centered tv is very Wabi Sabi.

    “In traditional Japanese aesthetics, wabi-sabi (侘寂) is a world view centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of appreciating beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete" in nature.”
     
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  23. Imurhuckleberry

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    Did you live over there or just a random piece of info?
     
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  24. DriveByBBQ

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    Random knowledge. I’ve never been to Japan but I have an innate affinity and deep respect for their culture. Plan on visiting for my 40th birthday. Have you been?
     
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  25. Funshot Residue

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    Wabi Sabi sounds more like: got drunk doing home improvements, things ended up off center, but I said fuck it I'm artistic.
     
  26. Simon Templar

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    There is a whole book called Ikigai that is really interesting about Japanese life and things like wabi sabi if you’re interested. Okinawa is one of only five green zones in the world that has a higher life expectancy. It’s a pretty fascinating book.
     
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  27. Lyrtch

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    team asymmetry is good

    also buying a smart thermostat to install, have stranded wires, going to be an adventure it seems
     
  28. Name P. Redacted

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    If you have a soldering iron, coat those babies up.
     
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  29. Lyrtch

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    i do not and don't really want to go through all that trouble

    would probably just send the thing back if I can't get it to work, supposedly it'll be fine you just have to twist and straighten the strands to get good contact
     
  30. UncleJesse

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    I have made the choice to leave the TV where it is. Please respect my decision and no interview requests at this time.
     
  31. The Blackfish

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    One does not simply ignore the advice of a.tramp
     
  32. UncleJesse

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    It swayed my decision dramatically.
     
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  33. The Blackfish

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    That and the fact that it required no work on your part
     
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  34. a.tramp

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    Have a 4yd rolloff getting delivered today so I can demo concrete on Saturday to start working on my patio. There is Advil in my future....
     
  35. UncleJesse

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    [​IMG]
     
  36. a.tramp

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    Fuck I hate being a DIY’r sometimes
     
  37. texasraider

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    guys I think he never intended to center the tv
     
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  38. UncleJesse

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    I did, but my wife liked it the way it was and when a.tramp agreed as well I decided to leave as is.
     
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  39. Simon Templar

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    My thought as well. Either the TV wasn’t centered on the wall or he installed the fireplace off center. Neither make a whole lot of sense to me.
     
  40. Boom TittyMilk

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    Might want to procure something stronger than Advil
     
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  41. UncleJesse

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    I had to move the fireplace a little more off center than I wanted due to cable jack and power jack interfering with the mount. Was going to move the tv centered but now leaving.
     
  42. Simon Templar

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    I like it the way it is
     
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  43. UncleJesse

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    Thanks. It is off center on the wall but is centered up with my living room setup so it works.
     
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  44. Imurhuckleberry

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  45. texasraider

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    you should at least line up the left edges of the TV and fireplace
     
  46. UncleJesse

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    I did last night.
     
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  47. texasraider

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    I must have missed where you posted the updated pic :crossedarms:
     
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  48. UncleJesse

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    I'll take one when I get home just for you.
     
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  49. DeToxRox

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    I can’t remember where that last video of a tree falling on house went but this seems as good a place as any

     
  50. Boo MFer!

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    Lol at the one guy putting his arms up like he could stop it.