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

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  1. texasraider

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    Well duh
     
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  2. ButchCassidy

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    Ah yes, my dad always had a retractable extension cord hanging from the ceiling in the garage.

    Was always a guessing game on how to get it to stay locked in place where you needed it..
     
  3. goblue31602

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    Got one on the ceiling out there, use it all the time.
     
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  4. Where Eagles Dare

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    Nearly all of my extension cords have been cut in half by a hedge trimmer :smug:

    Bitches taped back together tho
     
  5. WillySaliba

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    Lol do you get ripped to trim your hedges?
     
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  6. NineteenNine

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    Is there any other way?
     
  7. Where Eagles Dare

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    I'm ripped regardless, pleb
     
  8. WillySaliba

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    I’m cordless here.
     
  9. NineteenNine

    NineteenNine Divers are, in fact, wankers. It's science.
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    Does that keep you from getting ripped?
     
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  10. WillySaliba

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    It keeps me from cutting my electrical cord officer.
     
  11. Det. Frank Bullitt

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    Does "sjeoow" term relate to the light indicating power on female end?

    This is the table from the user manual, so I'm going to be picking up 2x50" at 12 gauge, based on 15amp draw imho.

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  12. theregionsitter

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    SJEOOW is the jacket around the wire, its a flexible jacket
     
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  13. Det. Frank Bullitt

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    After a little digging, looks like E is the desirable letter here, and T is the letter to avoid.
     
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  14. Duck70

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    Stop, I can only get so erect
     
  15. Imurhuckleberry

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    2nd opinion. Same result. Guess I'm buying a new 4 ton ac unit. :(
     
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  16. NDfanPSUgrad

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    Where can I get in ground pool advice? Other than it’s a terrible idea and you live in Pennsylvania where you will only get 3 months of use.
     
  17. Lip

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    there’s a pool guy on here somewhere.
     
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  18. Louis Holth

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    He retired
     
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  19. Louis Holth

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    From tmb, not pools.
     
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  20. Lip

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    who was it again
     
  21. Louis Holth

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    A.tramp
     
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  22. Imurhuckleberry

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    I know a guy named NDfanPSUgrad who seems to have a good feel for the pros and cons of this.
     
  23. pperc

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    I have a pool in PA. PM me. We enjoy it and I don’t mind taking care of my pool at all. Simple learning curve.
     
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  24. Houndster

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    My gf wants a pool as well
     
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  25. WillySaliba

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    Why are we PMing? Let us all judge your ways. Plus I live in PA too, however I 1000% will never get a pool.
     
  26. Lip

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    My August smart lock died after 4 years. Won’t recognize the batteries even after I’ve replaced them several times. I’m thinking about switching to a smart lock with a key code. Anyone have any favorites? I see the main brands as Yale, Schlage, Kwikset, etc...
     
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  27. NDfanPSUgrad

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    I said that too once.
     
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  28. WillySaliba

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    We just wouldn’t use it. Kids are past that age and both of us had pools growing up and want nothing to do with it. Like anything else if you’re going to use it, absolutely get one.
     
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  29. Where Eagles Dare

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    Yale seems pretty nice. Been to an airbnb thst had it
     
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  30. NDfanPSUgrad

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    I have amazing WiFi coverage there now because of your advice. Never fails.

    On that topic my only complaint so far is the AP in my office is completely opposite from the one bedroom in my house. I notice I only get 2 bars and my phone drops WiFi (really messing up my online poker on my phone). It appears my phone does not switch APs ever to the closer one. I don’t know how to change this and everything I research sounds like a phone thing and not a network thing.
     
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  31. WillySaliba

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    Interesting, going to read up on that. Do you have a droid?
     
  32. texasraider

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    I have kwikset’s at my cabins and at home. Don’t buy the ones with light up numbers. They go through batteries constantly.
     
  33. NDfanPSUgrad

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    iPhone

    I could see it through the controller which AP I’m connected to.
     
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  34. bigred77

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    I've got several different models of Schlage ones on a warehouse facility and agree the flat panel light up # ones go through batteries fast
    The raised button ones seem to go through batteries about every 9 to 12 months, depending on uses of course

    Sun exposure seems to effect battery life as well
     
  35. Anison

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    Big fan of Yale. Got this model last year and it has integrated well with our home security system.
     
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  36. gopack2104

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    Northwest NC, close to Boone.
     
  37. Lip

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    Have you had the same issues with the illuminating numbers burning through batteries?
     
  38. Anison

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    Not in the year-plus that I’ve had it.

    EDIT: the numbers only illuminate when we touch the keypad or remote lock/unlock. And only then for a brief few seconds.
     
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  39. bigred77

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    Thats the same way the Schlage works
    Maybe the Yale guys figured something different out
     
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  40. BasementCrew22

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    I know that just looks like a water heater, but my god how we got here. Purchased a home about 2.5 months ago that had an electric tankless heater, installed last year. Worked great for faucets in the kitchen, etc. Long story short, it was way too small to heat water for a bath for our young one, among other things. Guy at Home Depot laughed at me when I told him the model installed and the size and features of our house.

    After going through a ton of options (since this closet is small), a friend of a friend found a hidden exhaust vent in the closet the electric unit was in, and we were able to take that one out and install a tank like this. Looked like they had a tank there previously but took it out and took out some of the set-up stuff. Cut out a piece of the side wall to access the electric panel without having to go in the closet.

    There was a plumber that wanted to put the tank in a closet across the basement and pull the exhaust through the ceiling, out the side of the house, about a 5k job. This tank was about 600 bucks that my brother in law (he’s a maitenance director at a large apartment complex) was able to install without issue. Gave him 200 bucks for the 2 hour job. What a headache that is now over, and for once, something was way cheaper than expected!
     
  41. bigred77

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    fuck I hate the fucks that built/previously worked on this house

    Just a simple thing like replacing the vanity light is a pain in the ass
    Apparently they didn't install an electric box in the fur down
    Just wire sticking out of a hole in the sheet rock
    Most fun part? They used 6" long wingnut toggle bolts to attach the fixtures to the sheet rock.
    Ever try backing out a 6" long toggle bolt that is a fucking flat head?

    Now I gotta get a cut in box and fix this shit right

    Oh, but it gets better
    Apparently they textured that fur down after they put up the light fixture, because behind that 3 foot long fixture was just bare sheetrock
    So after I get the cut in box installed, I gotta try and match that texture so we can paint it
     
  42. goblue31602

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    Burn the house down, start over.
     
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  43. Snakes

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    Well got under contract on our current house 4 days after listing. That went about as well as it could have gone. We ended up getting it sold at list price and we just have to cover closing costs. Which we were thrilled with. We now have both closings scheduled for the same exact day.

    The inspection for our new home came back with some minor issues but nothing that I couldn't fix with my dad in the first few weeks of moving in. We MIGHT have to replace the hot water heater, but the sellers gave us $2,000 off the closing costs to cover that. So we are thrilled. The biggest thing I'm nervous about now is the inspection for our current house.
     
  44. Det. Frank Bullitt

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    I didn't reply to any of your posts, but following your process along the way via your updates. Good to hear man, all things considered.
     
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  45. Snakes

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    Hey thanks man! it has been really stressful but definitely worth it. We didn't HAVE to move this year but saw a window where we could make some decent money on this one and get to our ideal "long term" neighborhood and it has worked out so far.

    Now we are planning a bathroom add on to our new house. We paid for the location and there is work to be done to make this house work for our family of four long term.
     
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  46. Snakes

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    I guess I never responded to this. These folks came back to us 4 hours later and offered us in full and we accepted after the other showings that day didn't result in any more offers. We never even had to counter offer. They just didn't want to lose the house. I was hoping for a bidding war and get way over asking but that was just a dream. We had to get that house under contract by this week or we would have possibly lost our contingency so it was a big weekend of celebrating when that finally got wrapped up.
     
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  47. PAHokie

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    Closed my cash our refi Friday night. Waiting on the wire of funds.....

    Hopefully get the quote from the landscapers end of this week and can lock in on my patio project.
     
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  48. Russellin4885

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    Have this guy. Never had any electrical cord problems with it. Have abused the shit out of it for 5 years and it still does it's thing.
     
  49. Det. Frank Bullitt

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    You have the 15amp version?

    Favorite extension cord or blade manufacturer?
     
  50. theregionsitter

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    Got my bar design back from the builder for the new house

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    Top cabinets are gonna be glass, I have to source my own wine fridge for the bottom. Those fuckers are expensive
     
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