No specific recs but my alarm guy told me our local fire department will come to your house and install fire detectors where needed throughout the house for free (equipment and install), and he claims they use good ones. May be worth seeing if yours does as well.
I’m curious if we should get a carbon monoxide detector. I’m sure the answer is yes, cause they’re cheap, but I don’t think we have any sources outside of our cars.
I want to say it can come from a furnace or gas stove but i'm not 100% sure. we have one on each floor.
Fence almost fully replaced. Those 40 year old 2x2 pickets just crumbled. Very happy with it. Dogs love it because they can see the squirrels more clearly. Funny thing was while the fence was down I was worried about the dogs running off. They would never cross the property line where the fence was supposed to be. Would just sit by it and look out. When we'd go out to the green space I would open the gate and they'd blast though it but wouldn't cross the fence line. Good fucking pups.
Looks great! must be nice with the dogs. Our guy goes straight to the gate to see if he can get out. He remembers which ways he’s escaped and always goes straight to them to see if he can do it again.
So: we bought a new house (that's 100 years old). It has a cellar aka partially excavated basement (there is unsealed slab for like 70% of the area, it's about 8' from floor to joists of the first floor above). I did moisture barrier over any dirt before we moved in. There's no smell, stays dry, has a sump pump in one corner. My wife really wants to finish the space (LOL) but also says maybe it could be kid hang out area (which is fine). Questions: 1) Can I paint/seal the slab? Do I have to use an epoxy if so? 2) Is there a way to secure the moisture barrier to the concrete slab? Tape? Glue? I'm fine to DIY, I just don't know what people do. 3) Anything else in particular I need to know about this sort of setup? It's a stone foundation, so I can't dig it out any further toward the wall. Eventually, we might do concrete, but the house is fine and that would be absurdly expensive.
Keep me posted on your findings. I have been wondering about epoxy floors in basement as well. I get leaks during heavy rains.
All I have to add is that if you DIY make sure that if the applicant you are using is flammable the space is ventilated and any source of flame (pilot light) is turned off. I have a coworker who learned that the hard way.
Not sure what you want in a TV but I’ve gone all TCL at this point for anything new. I think the quality is great and can’t beat the price. It’s basically the perfect TV to hang over a fire place.
Speaking of TVs I was mowing a couple of weeks ago and slung a rock and in a one in a million shot hit my tv on the back porch and shattered it.
TCL's can be great if you have pretty controlled environments. We couldn't really stop lots of sunlight coming into our last place so we went LG OLED because they were the best at combating that.
Honestly, that's exactly why I asked. I'd prefer something not solvent/epoxy based. Last house had a lot of stuff I had to prime with oil-base. Man, that was a bitch.
This is the only thing I worry about. It's perfectly dry...except when we get 6" of rain in six hours for a few days in a row. #Alabamathings
Looking at picking up a 65” LG OLED C1. Is that a good play or is there something better at the same price?
Good friend works at solo stove so I have a few. They’re doing collegiate logos laser etched on them soon. I’m 90% sure Oregon is on their list. I can get you his email if you’re interested
Satisfied customer. I also recommend this site for calibration/ set up. https://best-tv-settings.com/tv-settings-lg-oled-b9/
Stressed about TV location, i assume? Kidding dude. Good shit, I'm jealous and hope you get it at the same time.
On Solo Stoves, if you have a toddler just be really fucking careful. The top of them get incredibly hot and they are perfect toddler height for them to walk over and put their hands on it.
Obviously no fireplace because Maui condo, but it actually has some 6 1/2-foot high shelf unit/AV cabinet from like the 1990s, even though the rest of the place has been recently updated. Just weird to be putting in a bid on a place sight unseen. Right on the water, but beach access isn't as good as we'd like. Our partners will be there in seven days and can always retract the offer if they see it in person and don't like it. But unless you've got a few million in cash (and we don't) you're gonna have to compromise on something.