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

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  1. a.tramp

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    c-c-c-combo breaker!
     
  2. IV

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    And the best fucking part is my wife hates the houses location even though it’s fucking Primo (5 minutes away from the best public school in Alabama)


    /rant
     
  3. IV

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    damnit
     
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  4. ButchCassidy

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    IV is straight up not having a good time.
     
  5. IV

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    I mean it could be worse but that last one is a real kick in the dick
     
  6. Boo MFer!

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    I’ve heard some people are into that kind of thing…:welpseeyalater:
     
  7. Pharm

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    Anyone have any tips for cleaning dryer vent? Do I need to by one of those drill attachments?
     
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  8. One Two

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    Wrap your lips around the opening and blow really hard
     
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  9. IV

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    Sounds like a Auburn thing
     
  10. pperc

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    I think I agree with your wife
     
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  11. IV

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    Relative to Birmingham, we were discussing moving in 2-3 years yesterday though
     
  12. pperc

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    It was a bad joke about the house being located in Alabama. Sorry
     
  13. One Two

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  14. PAHokie

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    I used one of those 2 years ago and it worked great. Probably should give it a run again.
     
  15. ned's head

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    What's your venting situation? My old house had a straight rigid vent that went from the wall to the outside. A drill attachment would work great there. My new one does a 90 degree angle to the roof. I'd rather pay someone to mess with that imo. I've heard the drill versions can break inside
     
  16. ned's head

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    You're doing great in my eyes
     
  17. dump

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  18. Boom TittyMilk

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    Thought i was having a shitty day then i saw IVs posts and now it’s not as bad of a day
     
  19. One Two

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    Dump I told you that this is a Shelley Long burner account in confidence
     
  20. Pharm

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    straight vent to the outside. I’ll grab one at Home Depot today
     
  21. Barves2125

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    IV has a lovely house in a great neighborhood. It's just not as close to stuff as his wife is used to. It's up by the high school so not as quick a trip to Crestline, MB Village, EV, Homewood, or Downtown/Avondale/Lakeview. Still not far though.
     
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  23. IV

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    Her feelings also seem to wax and wane with the rolling 7 day average of Covid cases so the ultimate outcome remains to be seen
     
  24. ned's head

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    It looks like my backyard drainage issues may have been resolved by my massive trimming/removal project. And my roofer thinks the roof that the sellers thought was 20 years old may only be 10-15. I can't even imagine the disaster that's looming to balance out 2 pieces of good news
     
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  26. texasraider

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    As the owner of two different cordless Dyson cordless vacuums I can report to everyone that they are terrible.
     
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  27. Name P. Redacted

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    …is it really though?
     
  28. IV

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    Good enough
     
  29. goblue31602

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    I don't have one but I've heard the battery is terrible.
     
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  30. WillySaliba

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    I support this post. Never will I buy one again.
    Replaced mine 3 times under warranty and just threw the fucker out. Recycled the battery.

    Not sure I have one positive thing to say about it. I do love our corded ball animal though.
     
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  31. Festus McBadass

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    I just bought a cheap $40 Eureka from Home Depot and that thing sucks pretty good. Only have carpet in 3 rooms in the house so not investing in an expensive one. Hopefully putting wood down next year to eliminate tue need entirely.
     
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  32. goblue31602

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    Yep we have the same corded Dyson and love it. Briefly considered the cordless and the reviews are pretty bad.
     
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  33. WillySaliba

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    Worst part is that when it does actually work, it smells like absolute shit. Horrible design and nothing I did was able to overcome that.
     
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    we are now best friends
     
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  35. ned's head

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    My use case is a few minute burst on hardwoods to clean up after a little crumb monster wrecks dinner. For that, the Dyson is awesome.
     
  36. ned's head

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    Anyone have a good skylight cover rec? Our living room is hot as heck now. Any answers including shingles or drywall will result in one (1) knuckle sandwich
     
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  37. Fran Tarkenton

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    Got the Dyson cordless for pet hair and its good on hardwoods, terrible on everything else. And battery sucks ass. I generally like Dyson products but that is whatever.

    iRobot was worth every penny on prime day. Esp being able to map out the home.
     
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  38. pianoman

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    Yeah, my Dyson cordless is great for its purpose which is to get pet hair off hardwoods that the robo vacuum missed. I can see how it's battery would be bad if you were using it for the whole house.
     
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  39. goblue31602

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    Don't know if there are skylight specific solutions but I do know there are ceramic tints out there that don't darken the room much, if at all, but block UV rays from heating up the house. My parents have it on a 14ft long window in their south facing kitchen and their floors and counters are cool to the touch in the summer. Prior to the tint it basically baked their floors and cabinets.
     
  40. Lyrtch

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    dyson does great for our size place thats no carpet

    if you have some giant house it obviously won't replace a full vacuum though
     
  41. Funshot Residue

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    Temporarily remove skylight. Pull house out from underneath. Discard skylight and install new house.

    Kidding, the tint idea sounds cool. I installed a skylight (against my better judgement, as always) about 35' up in the air on a 12/12 roof a couple of weeks ago. This task is now on the "I will not do this again" list. Either pick bad idea or dangerous, not both.
     
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  42. a.tramp

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    Have you tried plywood?
     
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  44. NineteenNine

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    inherited one, was garbage.
     
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  45. pperc

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    Replace skylight with VELUX solar skylight that has built in shade that auto closes when too hot inside :) youre welcome.
     
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  46. comrade static

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    I was going to suggest this or a blanket.
     
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  47. ned's head

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    I was actually prepared to do something like this until I learned my roof had some life... prefer to do that at once.

    I have assessed my budget and have decided to go with a nice black spray paint
     
  48. pperc

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    Yeah those lights runs like $8k each
     
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