Advice The Home Improvement/Automation Thread
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I'll add it to my to-do list. I'm starting to enjoy going to Lowe's. I think I'll be okay with the plethora of Lowe's gift cards I'm going to receive for Christmas.
Jehannum
Puts the "pro" in procrastination
On the bright side, you can unplug the extension cord, cut it in half, and use the halves to fish either end up through the walls to where you need it to be.
I had a neighbor who put a Y adapter on his front faucet and ran a hose under the house to his back yard and plumbed it to a fitting, then another faucet.
The people who bought the house didn’t know about it and being somewhat negligent, never bothered to shut off the outside faucet and insulate it for winter, and the hose burst.
Then they spent the next four months in a motel while they had sub flooring etc replaced. There was over a foot of standing water under their house before it got pumped out.
The people who bought the house didn’t know about it and being somewhat negligent, never bothered to shut off the outside faucet and insulate it for winter, and the hose burst.
Then they spent the next four months in a motel while they had sub flooring etc replaced. There was over a foot of standing water under their house before it got pumped out.
Jehannum
Puts the "pro" in procrastination
I've replaced all my sillcocks with frostproof ones after having a bad experience with something like that here in NM.
Original pipes in the old house were 1/2" cast iron, uninsulated, in a ventilated crawlspace which was fine up until we had a deep, deep cold snap in 2006 (talking < 0°F(reedumb) for 6 days), then the sillcock on the front managed to burst and take most of the main run of cast iron with it.
I replumbed with Pex, and insulated, but fuck was that an annoying couple of days.
Jehannum
Puts the "pro" in procrastination
And the smell of cold water on dusty cat shit in the crawlspace (because the PO had left the door off the crawlspace for a long-ass time) was awful for weeks.
I hate being without water.
Living in a mobile home park that is aging, we have water shut offs WAY too frequently and some last all day. No advance notice. There used to be separate shutoffs for each “sector” of the park (it’s 500 homes) but the shutoffs became problematic to they don’t use them and just shut off everything instead.
I just sold my house but I’m still going to live here for awhile.
Living in a mobile home park that is aging, we have water shut offs WAY too frequently and some last all day. No advance notice. There used to be separate shutoffs for each “sector” of the park (it’s 500 homes) but the shutoffs became problematic to they don’t use them and just shut off everything instead.
I just sold my house but I’m still going to live here for awhile.
I for one would never have done that to my trailer. Only because it came with outside outlets. But I would have at least made sure it had a ground.
Amazon product ASIN B07L5DPK8P
Installed one of these on my garage opener. Works pretty well
Installed one of these on my garage opener. Works pretty well
Darth Handsome
Not Nearly as Handsome as Advertised.
I need that about as bad as I need an avocado slicer. I figure I'll go up there about twice a year, if I decide to keep the Christmas tree up there.
