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

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  1. gilstein21

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    Here’s a snapshot of what can see in app
     
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  2. JacobPalmer

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    So the clothes dryer I own has a 4 prong cord. My new place has a 3 prong hookup in the laundry room so I’m converting the 4 to a cord with 3. I’ll attach a picture of how it looks with the old cord off, but my concern is what do I connect to the ground? It’s a used dryer. There’s a wire attached to the middle prong (?)

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  3. WillySaliba

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    Do you own the place?
     
  4. JacobPalmer

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    Yes, got it last Friday. Should I just switch the 3 prong outlet to a 4?
     
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  5. spagett

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    Think about calling an electrician
     
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  6. southlick

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    This guy hooked the internal neutral wire to the ground.

    https://www.thespruce.com/convert-4-prong-dryer-cord-to-3-prong-outlet-1821521
     
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  7. JacobPalmer

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    Why do that when I can ask TMB electricians
     
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  8. WillySaliba

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    That was my initial thought. I wouldn’t mess with the appliance end personally. Make sure the breaker is off.
     
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  9. gilstein21

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    Ya this is where I will let the professional handle it. The internet advice may not be wrong, but I’d sleep better at night
     
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  10. southlick

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    But this guy didn't ground shit.

     
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  11. JacobPalmer

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  12. Snakes

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    So there is an obvious gap in the grout between the tile floor and the tile wall in the upstairs shower. I’m going to tear out the grout this weekend and replace it with waterproof tile caulk. Hoping that is the only leak. If it’s still leaking after sealing the tiles then I will look into plan B. I am Avoiding a tearout at almost all costs as we plan to sell the house next year.
     
  13. JacobPalmer

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    The dryer is working and I didn’t get shocked
     
  14. Tommy Jefferson

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    *yet
     
  15. BigReff73

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    Caulk the shit out that bad boy then
     
  16. NineteenNine

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    Under contract selling our Denver townhouse. :feelsgoodman:
     
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  17. Oranjello

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    I unfortunately do not have this option within my att app
     
  18. gilstein21

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    Download smart home manager, different from normal att app. I didn’t know about it either until last tech visit. Should be able to sync it to your account. Lots of stuff on there
     
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  19. Oranjello

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    Yeah, I have the app and it lacks any similar feature to the one in your screenshot. It’s probably a model-of-router thing
     
  20. gilstein21

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    You have the tools button as an option? Under that is device usage. I can see which device is in 2.4 vs 5 ghz network, signal strength, and can walk the house to map WiFi strength.
     
  21. Oranjello

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  22. Oranjello

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    Through the app I was able to block my NAS from accessing the internet but still working within the internal network. Will give that a month or so and see if the problem persists
     
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  23. gilstein21

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  24. Det. Frank Bullitt

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    gilstein21 what router and plan do you have ?

    I have fiber 1000 with modem/router model bgw210-700 and I do not have the option you have. Mine looks like Oranjello
     
  25. gilstein21

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    300 Mbps and same router, also my app is for iOS devices.
     
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  26. Oranjello

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    Weird. I have the same model
     
  27. Bruce Bowen

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    Buy your own router. Way more control/features, pays for itself over time not having their rental charge on your bill.
     
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  28. kentucky_dawg

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    Was that quote just for the labor? That seems high (assuming you dont have a massive shower). We just had ours redone for a similar reason (no waterproofing initially put in) for the whole tile shower and labor was around $2,300 (this also included any materials he needed -- grout, waterproofing materials, etc.)
     
  29. bigred77

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    This is opposite of correct
    You change the appliance cord to match the existing outlet
    It's a commonly done thing
     
  30. WillySaliba

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    I never said it was correct just my first thought. What I do know is 1000% correct is that I wouldn’t do shit but call my buddy who does appliance repair or my neighbor who is an electrician.
     
  31. gilstein21

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    I have no rental charge, but ya one day I’ll get my own modem
     
  32. double RL

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    I have an Asus AC3100 and it has settings that will stop what's happening to you.
     
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  33. tigr2ndbase

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    We didn’t knit pick but went over a lot of items. It’s a new house, not a perfect house. We had several spots had air bubbles in the grout that looked terrible. Had them touch that up. Ours was pretty well done and the builder worked with us on most everything since we weren’t pricks and over the top on every little thing with them.
     
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  34. CF3234

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    As others have said. That's not a grout issue, it's a tile issue. Just from that pic alone, it's obvious that they did an extremely sloppy job. They have at least 4 different grout widths in that pic alone. IMO, if you are going to throw a fit, they need to re-do the entire wall. However, there is no guarantee they do a better job because it's pretty obvious that whoever laid that tile doesn't give a fuck because that sloppy of work should have been corrected before it ever got to the grout stage. That's right on the borderline of the list of things that drive you nuts when the house is being built/remodeled, but only you ever notice it. It all comes down to how much confrontation you are comfortable with. Assuming that is your guest bathroom, you won't be in there enough to really notice it and be annoyed by it and 95% of the people who use your guest bathroom won't ever notice it because nobody goes into a house and starts evaluating the tile work in a shower.
     
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  35. Snakes

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    my wife would
     
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  36. Det. Frank Bullitt

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    Used one of those fly-by-night crews yesterday on tree work. Bad things haven't happened...yet.
     
  37. arrdub

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    I need to do this

    need a new roof < 10 anyway so yolo
     
  38. Det. Frank Bullitt

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    it's a long story, but between

    1) neighbor (who is a GC) hiring them and seeing them do a seemingly good job on his trees.
    2) no money till complete
    3) having (at least they told me) more jobs lined up this week in the neighborhood leads me to believe they will return.
     
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  39. Det. Frank Bullitt

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    and just like that they just pulled up one door away from me to start work on a neighbors tree.
     
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  40. Houndster

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    I had to do the same thing with my dryer when I moved in 1.5 years ago and just followed a YouTube tutorial. I haven’t had any issues
     
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  41. ButchCassidy

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    Don't want to pile on user Boo MFer! , but that tile job looks about the same as ours does, and it was my FIL first time doing tile.

    We have built in shelves as well, and love them. Our grout lines aren't the same thickness throughout, but we don't have the slanted tile like your home-builder did. I would definitely call it out to them.
     
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  42. Boo MFer!

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    I think the picture doesn’t do it justice. The angle makes it look worse than it is. That one spot that I circled is really the only area that jumped out to me when looking at it in person.
     
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  43. Oranjello

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    Now that I've cut the NAS off from the outside world, I'm going to give it a month or so and see what happens. In the meantime, I'll probably start looking into mesh routers. For a little more than the AC3100, can get similar features with mesh. My house is small and doesn't need Ubiquiti, so $250 is more palatable than $400. But I will keep the AC3100 in mind when shopping, thanks
     
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  44. CF3234

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    It's definitely the most noticeable spot. If it weren't for that, it's a lot easier to excuse the uneven grout lines in the chevron pattern.
     
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  45. Doc Louis

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    You'd think that but then someone would come over and notice it and say "Hey that looks like my countertop! They must have cut the slabs in succession. Small world, right?" And that realization they were lied to dawns on them.

    Or not, who knows.
     
  46. CF3234

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    wat?
     
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  47. Funshot Residue

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    You got a deal, or he needed work. Depending on size and tile selection, $6k isn't that high. Especially if you expect to find water damage to substrates.
     
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  48. BigReff73

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    Labor and materials and included a new frameless shower door so I do agree it is on the higher end of things.

    I also don’t doubt the numbers are on the higher end bc I saw the demo line item was like 600 bucks. If I went with them, I’d have already demo’d out the old one
     
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  49. Smuggy

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    The downstairs neighbor at the condo complained about the mold around his shower light so we got a plumber to come out and find the source of the leak. No leak was found from my shower or anywhere else in my bathroom. There's a p-trap directly above his light. Is it possible that calcium built up around the original leak and sealed it up? I'm kind of at a loss.
     

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  50. bigred77

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    Its possible
    Also possible is that it could be condensation