Useless Conversation

[Brofellos]

I left it there to discourage me from attempting in the future.  All they do is ask for money at this point. 

[Morat20]

My house HATES ME. I just got done with plumbing work (two new toilets) and, three weeks later? An inch of water in my shower. Not draining. Toilets and sinks work, so gotta be a hairball or something, but Jesus fuck. I've spent over a grand on my house in the last month.

I don't want to spend anymore!

[Signe]

Your house needs to get a job.

[Yegolev]

[Signe]

Or, yes, you could burn it down.  That will show it!

[ghost]

Maybe your house is a member of the Tea Party.   

[Yegolev]

Really this seems like a simple case of using drain cleaner.  Why the crying?

[Signe]

Shh.  I like it when they cry.

[Chimpy]

I feel like I am walking a tightrope with no safety equipment right now.

Just closed on my house a couple hours ago and it is starting to sink in that I have locked myself to a geographical location more than I ever have before. That and the money thing, of course.

 

[Hammond]

Congratulations on the home purchase Chimpy. Just wait until you get to do the home repairs 

[Yegolev]

Yes congratulations, and don't stress out about the lockdown.  You won't worry about the location thing once your water heater ruptures.

[RhyssaFireheart]

Congrats, Chimpy, and whatever the ones above me have already said.  Take satisfaction that the place is yours, all yours!

[Merusk]

Yes congratulations, and don't stress out about the lockdown.  You won't worry about the location thing once your water heater ruptures.

AC unit always goes first.  Unless it's winter, then it's the $250 call to replace a $190 part because the family can't just put on a damn sweater.

It was ONLY 50 degrees in the house.  There was no need for the rush.

[Salamok]

Yes congratulations, and don't stress out about the lockdown.  You won't worry about the location thing once your water heater ruptures.

AC unit always goes first.  Unless it's winter, then it's the $250 call to replace a $190 part because the family can't just put on a damn sweater.

It was ONLY 50 degrees in the house.  There was no need for the rush.

Where can you find someone to replace a $190 part for $250?  I think they charged me $450 for a new blower fan that I doubt cost more than $150, maybe I got the Thanksgiving holiday discount.

[Samwise]

Yes congratulations, and don't stress out about the lockdown.  You won't worry about the location thing once your water heater ruptures.

AC unit always goes first.  Unless it's winter, then it's the $250 call to replace a $190 part because the family can't just put on a damn sweater.

It was ONLY 50 degrees in the house.  There was no need for the rush.

I try not to gloat about how nice the Bay Area's climate is, but some days you all make it REALLY hard.   

[Merusk]

Yes congratulations, and don't stress out about the lockdown.  You won't worry about the location thing once your water heater ruptures.

AC unit always goes first.  Unless it's winter, then it's the $250 call to replace a $190 part because the family can't just put on a damn sweater.

It was ONLY 50 degrees in the house.  There was no need for the rush.

Where can you find someone to replace a $190 part for $250?  I think they charged me $450 for a new blower fan that I doubt cost more than $150, maybe I got the Thanksgiving holiday discount.

I know people.  Advantages of industry connections.  Also, yes, if it was Thanksgiving weekend you got the "inconvenience" fee added on top of holiday and overtime rates.

[Chimpy]

Mildly grumpy about the fact that they did a total remodel of the kitchen less than 2 years ago including new custom cabinets and countertops but did not make an opening for a refrigerator larger than 30" wide. It is a large kitchen too. I mean, seriously, who redoes a kitchen in this century and doesn't at least allow for a 33" fridge?

So I am basically stuck with a small refrigerator unless I find out where they got the cabinets and how much it would cost to replace the top/bottom cabinets next to the fridge and the one above it.

[ghost]

Get a garage fridge ( if you have a garage).


Addendum-  also, my own mold related litigation appears to be resolving much more positively than Nerf's.   

[Abagadro]

That's because you are not nuts.

[Sky]

I've got a weird layout where I need a thin fridge at the end of the counter run so I have enough room for food prep. My kitchen is massive considering it's a 950sqft house. Why they did that, no idea. And every decent fridge comes with water/ice and I can't run a water line as it would either go through the cold zone crawlspace above or through solid concrete slab. My only gripe about an otherwise awesome kitchen.

[Chimpy]

I took some more measurements this afternoon.

They actually bought a custom 39" top cabinet and a custom 33" bottom cabinet to make that opening. They could have bought a standard 36" top and 30" bottom (which two other cabinets in the kitchen are) and made the opening 33" (and bought a 33" above the fridge).

Sure, your existing fridge is 30, but you should have built it for what you (or a buyer) would be more likely to buy.

Oh well. Guess I will hold off on appliances a bit longer and then do the cabinets + the countertops.

[Arthur_Parker]

Anybody have underfloor heating or have an opinion on it?

[Ironwood]

It's the cats ass for bathrooms.

[Chimpy]

Anybody have underfloor heating or have an opinion on it?

Had it in an apartment in Chicago. Shit was awesome. Nice, consistent and quiet heat and your feet are never cold.

[Signe]

Had it all over the house when I lived in Portsmouth.  It was lovely, especially in the bathroom!  That was such an awesome house.  I miss it.

Also, HAPPY FATHER'S DAY ALL YOU MOTHERFUCKERS!  Hope you get loads of ties and novelty golf balls.

[Sky]

So far it's the one thing I regret not installing (in my bathroom).

I'm interested in even more specific a product. Anyone have experiences or opinions about the electric mat type of radiant in-floor? I've got a slab I can't run pipes in and it's barely heated by one duct and supplemented by an oil-filled electric baseboard dealie. My eventual plan is to pull up the existing floor (one room vinyl the other carpet, both directly on the slab no subfloor) and install the electric mats under tile.

[Sky]

Also, HAPPY FATHER'S DAY ALL YOU MOTHERFUCKERS!  Hope you get loads of ties and novelty golf balls.

I sent my dad a box of Last Supper After-Dinner Mints. It was that or the yodelling pickle.

[Paelos]

Buying my dad anything is an exercise in futility, so he gets a phone call and a long discussion about golf.

Also my parents celebrate their 40th anniversary today.

[Arthur_Parker]

My Mrs is great, conversation about a new carpet for the living room & dining room shifted to include new furniture, stopped briefly at laminate with under floor heating and now moved to buying a new house or extending this one.

We're one week back from a two week holiday in the Caribbean.

My idea of treating myself is maybe spending £4 on a t-shirt.

[Merusk]

So far it's the one thing I regret not installing (in my bathroom).

I'm interested in even more specific a product. Anyone have experiences or opinions about the electric mat type of radiant in-floor? I've got a slab I can't run pipes in and it's barely heated by one duct and supplemented by an oil-filled electric baseboard dealie. My eventual plan is to pull up the existing floor (one room vinyl the other carpet, both directly on the slab no subfloor) and install the electric mats under tile.

No personal experience since all the homes I did radiant in had a subfloor to install the pipes.  However, I do recall seeing exactly that product on a This Old House or Hometime a few years ago.

Googling around tells me you may also be wasting a lot of cash and energy because under your slab won't be insulated.  You'll be heating the slab area, which is trying to equalize between the 50 degree ground and your house.   Not to mention since you won't have a thermal break a greater portion of your entire slab will be distributing the heat, not just the bathroom area.

What's the reason you can't grind-down (For a new topcoat), trench and insulate the pipes in the existing slab? It's not structural is it? 

For Father's Day I got Django unchained and a book of 6 deluxe car washes at the regional fancy wash place, Mike's.   Oh.. and the wife just called to tell me she got rear-ended in my car. Whee.

[Hawkbit]

Dropbox is so utterly fucking awesome.

I'm about five hours into my lab when my PC hard locked.  I log back in and my .sql file is completely fucking blank.  The file size is the exact same as it was ~3k, but there's no data there.

Five minute serious freakout ensues, then I remember Dropbox has a restore feature.  I only lost a few minutes work, but that's so much better than five hours. 

/whew

[Lantyssa]

Worst Father's Day ever.  I couldn't stand in the aisle long enough to pick out a card the other day.  But then dad wasn't even conscious enough to listen to someone read it today had I gotten it.  So yeah.

[Paelos]

Is he undergoing treatments?

[ezrast]

My condolences, Lant. He knows he's in your thoughts even if he can't show it.

[Nebu]

Buying my dad anything is an exercise in futility, so he gets a phone call and a long discussion about golf.

The gift that keeps on giving.