Advice The Home Improvement/Automation Thread

[Valve1138]

I've started thinking about our next move based on climate change. If that really does factor in, Denver is totally out.

Why?

 

[fly]

It's relatively safe, as opposed to your future as a part of the Gulf of Mexico. What are you reading about Denver wrt climate change?

Water rights.

 

[Jehannum]

Water rights.

ah.

Well, I expect in the grand scheme of things, it's probably safer to be in Denver at the head of the river than it is in Albuquerque, downstream.

 

[fly]

ah.

Well, I expect in the grand scheme of things, it's probably safer to be in Denver at the head of the river than it is in Albuquerque, downstream.

Maybe, but NM is off the list as well.

 

[Jehannum]

Maybe, but NM is off the list as well.

As it should be, for someone with such a purty mouth.

 

[Valve1138]

Water rights.

BIG WATER gonna steal it all?

 

[fly]

BIG WATER gonna steal it all?

California.

edit: It's actually illegal to have a rain barrel there.

 

[Valve1138]

California.

edit: It's actually illegal to have a rain barrel there.

In Colorado?

 

[fly]

In Colorado?

Yep, cause that water is 'owned' by California (I think it's CA, too lazy to google).

 

[Jehannum]

California.

edit: It's actually illegal to have a rain barrel there.

What's California gonna do if the shit really hits the fan anyhow? Blow gluten at you?

 

[nukes]

What's California gonna do if the shit really hits the fan anyhow? Blow gluten at you?

Nancy Pelosi Cannon

 

[fly]

What's California gonna do if the shit really hits the fan anyhow? Blow gluten at you?

...or if you're factoring global warming into your next move, just avoid the hassle.

 

[kiwi]

Yep, cause that water is 'owned' by California (I think it's CA, too lazy to google).

We share it with them.

 

[Jehannum]

Yep, cause that water is 'owned' by California (I think it's CA, too lazy to google).

boo. They should just get water from that big ol' lake next to them before it all runs off the edge of the world.

 

[Jehannum]

Cleared the crap out from around the water heater and lubed up the shutoff valves, anticipating the install tomorrow. Gonna be nice getting that extra floor space.

 

[Valve1138]

I'm going to use our butcher block Ikea kitchen island as a brew table.

Had to refinish the top. Sanded it with 220 and then 320 grit with my random orbit palm sander, and applied the first coat of Butcher Block oil.

This morning I gave it a light sand with some 400 grit and put a second coat on.

Looks brand new.

I'm tempted to put it on locking casters so it could double as a tasting bar.

Next up is plumbing.

The laundry sink on the opposite side of the room has a faucet with busted hose threads on it, it's original, and a little green in spots from the well water. I'll probably just swap it out.

As for the brew table, I'm thinking about putting in a 3/4 hose spigot on the wall I built for convenience.

There's hot and cold water 8' away and it'll be easy to grab a cold water line and make it easier to fill up the brew pot.

And then electrical.

And a condensate hood vented to the outside.

Goal is to be done by the end of the month.

 

[Jehannum]

Soon to be plumbed, the plumber just ran off to get the vent stack (2" PVC) and the copper for the installation.

 

[Valve1138]

Burned.

 

[Jehannum]

Burned.

If you look very carefully at the plumbing with the flex section cut off, you'll note the big fuckin' bonding clamp that bonds my pipes to the ground of my electric service

 

[Domon]

your garage is a wreck.

I speak from experience as someone who has multiple areas that are wrecks