I just learned that my attic fan does not have a cutout in the roof for it to blow out the hot air. It just points at the plywood from the roof, which makes it very useful, I'm sure. Oh, and the pipe for my dryer vent also stops near the edge of the attic and I guess just blows little bits of dryer lint on top of the insulation. This fun fact was hidden behind a bunch of 2x4s and plywood that I never went around since it requires some Catherine Zeta Jones level crawling through the attic. Owning a home is fucking cool.
Is that eero system worth a shit? I have an older router and need expanded coverage but don't know anything about the benefits of different mesh systems and don't feel like researching help pls
I can't comment on the eero system specifically but yes Mesh systems are worth it if you need expanded coverage.
Crappy old house around the corner for me just came on the market. I always dream of the renovation I could do to it when I drive buy, but I’m not in a position to make that move in this market.
Anyone have experience with smart blackout curtains? We currently have 2 tall windows in our master bedroom and it feels like the sun rises in our room. Would be nice to get some blackout curtains I could control with google home / set routine. Makes it a little harder our windows currently have roman style blinds so it would need to be something that installs behind that.
We call that a cowboy circulator. It's amazing trying to do any kind of project or improvement to find that you have to spend 10x as much to bring it up to code. Found out our sewer leak from the foundation work can all be done outside and will only cost $2k. Great news that I'll be toasting to later.
Home Depot sells a black Continental hose which I bought for the front of the house and it’s been great at avoiding twisting up. First hose that hasn’t been a pain in the ass. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Contine...de-Rubber-Black-Water-Hose-20258074/100676339
eero 6 Pro unlocks higher speeds (up to gigabit IIRC) and has better range vs. the eero 6. Also more bands or some sort of architecture to handle things more efficiently. I'm sure IT people would look down on it but I'm a simple man and it works for me (I have the 6 Pro). Make sure you understand what you're getting though. There is an eero Pro (old) and an eero 6 (new) and an eero 6 Pro (new and top-of-the-line).
Now the gable fan that I DO have working again is practically shaking my whole house and the blades occasionally make a clanging noise from hitting something on the housing. I'm realizing that in the entire time I've lived at this house, I don't think either of the two attic fans have been working. I've been here for over 10 years and just realizing that I don't know fucking anything. I have learned a lot of dumb shit over the years owning this home. Looking at the plywood above the attic fan to nowhere, it looks like it's newer plywood than what was used elsewhere on the roof. I'm thinking there must have been a roof leak or some shit that the prior owners had to fix, and when they did it they just sealed in the attic fan because it was easier to do it that way than to make the cutout and properly seal it off from the weather.
Got a ton done this weekend. Destroyed this eyesore of a shed and burned more than half of it: Spoiler Built a good firepit, going to landscape/make the surrounding area more asthetically pleasing: Spoiler Took us a shitload longer to decide where to put the outdoor shower, and how to set/frame it, but real damn happy with out it turned out. Spoiler Going back up next weekend to finish the shower - install hot water heater and showehead, landscape and figure out draining below the shower. Put down some landscaping carpet and continue cleaning up the yard. Have a contractor coming in mid-July to put in a new window and make an outdoor kitchen. Hoping to be finished in early August. Will probably be up there every weekend until then.
lol like wtf this is at least 12 years of this dryer vent hiding behind a small slot in my attic I can only barely squeeze through. It’s almost certainly like 36 years of this because this house is that old.
That shouldn't be an issue. Ridges, done properly, are self supporting. Better yet, If I was your contractor, I'd use trusses, block around the chimney, and go on about my business. This is based only on your description.
Gotcha. I wanted to do something like the attached photo, which is why I was thinking a ridge beam would be necessary and wasn't sure how that would work with the chimney.
If it wouldn’t cost so damn much, I’d tear it out yesterday. We’ve never used it and probably never will. But from everything I’ve read and seen, I need a 2” buffer to frame around it because wood is combustible and can’t be tied directly to the chimney. If it can’t be done the way I’d want, I don’t think I’d have a problem with trusses. Just not the ideal first option.
I would think if you like the Timber frame look that a copy of the front bent (Timber truss) at or near the chimney end would do it. You need the lateral tie from that cross member more than the vertical bearing of the upright, I suspect. You'll need a design with an engineers stamp if you're getting permits etc.
Yeah, I was wondering if I could do that. In that photo, I thought if I could replicate the lateral tie both near the chimney and at the end of the porch/deck I could possibly make that work.
For cereal yall know dryer lint is like one step below gasoline on the flammable scale right? get that fixed right quick
Yeah in all seriousness we just found out that we have a flexiduct running to the roof and we haven't run our dryer since while we're waiting to fix it. Quite the feat with a 2 year old
Has anybody ever buried a hose for water access somewhere else in the yard? I need to run a hose about 75 feet underground. Instead of just burying it, I was thinking of running it thru some pipe (PVC or something), for extra protection, and burying it in that.
Like a garden hose? Why not use 1" water line? You're digging the trench anyways, get the right stuff imo. Weight of soil would collapse a hose, and sleeving it is just more work and $.
I’ve done exactly this, though on a short run (about 6’ under a pathway) and just had it snaking through beds under straw otherwise. Used pvc slightly larger than hose. It is 5+ years going strong. Poor man’s irrigation system! This was on a slope which made entry/exit an easier challenge.
Gracias amigo. It's literally just a spigot coming from my well into my yard, and about 75 yards away is the outdoor shower. Do water lines generally have the same connectors as garden hoses? Or will I need to clamp it? If I can just screw it in like regular, that'd be ideal. If it's as simple as connection a garden hose, but the water line offer much more security, that'd be ideal.
I’m almost at 4 weeks of waiting for my appraisal to come back on the selling of my house. Anyone else experience waiting this long for an appraisal? We are supposed to close in 2 1/2 weeks.
I’ve also dropped a pvc line in the ground off an existing spigot to a remote spot in my yard and - with very limited plumbing skill - that wasn’t terrible. Digging the trench is the hardest part by far. A few glue kits and the right pvc cutter and you’d be fine. You’ll want to put on the right hardware to let you drain the line in winter I suspect too, which involves some extra valves and thinking about gravity.
It really depends on where you are located. Rural oklahoma is taking 3-4 weeks where as metro okc/Tulsa is usually less than a week. I’ve heard Nebraska has funky rules or something going on there and is taking at min a month to get back no matter rural or metro.
Who has an outdoor kitchen w/ sink? Looking for something with a sink and prep area. No grill because I'm under a patio. Maybe even an outdoor bar area would be more accurate?
If I'm following you, this is going from a frost free hydrant across the yard to another location, correct? You want the hydrant (spigot) to control the shower as well?
Yes, there will be a hose/water line that runs approx 75 ft from the above-ground spigot. It will then go into an electric hot water heater: Which controls the shower. What do you mean frost free? It freezes from mid-Dec - March, but I will have all lines winterized and ready for that time.
Your above ground spigot should be a frost free hydrant. Thinking we are using different terms for same fixture. Best permanent fix would be to tee off the well line and run an underground line (24" deep) over to the shower, then figure out how to hook up to the heater. Hose would work short term, but I wouldn't bother burying it.
So frost free hydrant is exactly what I have Spoiler I'd really like to DIY this and avoid digging 2 ft in. More research needed.
Do you know where you ordered and a rough estimate on cost? Our windows (2) are about 6 feet tall, and 3 feet wide
It was from a local chain called Hirshfields. Just look for a local Hunter Douglas dealer. They weren’t cheap. I think the black and motor combo was at least double the price of the rest of the blinds we put in.
(mostly) finally finished my decorative fence this evening. Going to have a parking area behind that spot so I had to create a barrier. Wife didn't want it to look white trash with fuckin cars all over the backyard. Spoiler