Advice The Home Improvement/Automation Thread

[Mr. Argumentor]

Was looking for a set of thread chasers on Amazon and came across this gem:

Amazon product

Somebody needs to rethink that brand name, because hooked on phonics says "DIYAREA" doesn't imply a do-it-yourself spirit.

I bought that thing 20 years ago when Craftsman made it.
Same case and everything

 

[Jehannum]

The kids blew the wax ring on their torlet last night.

Or I just noticed last night.

Whatever. It's gross either way.

 

[fly]

Was it not fucking bolted down? wtf

 

[Jehannum]

Was it not fucking bolted down? wtf

It was. It looked like the PO had stacked two gaskets for some reason.

One of them was only on like half way.

Gonna have to spray some bleach on the backside of the the downstairs bathroom's ceiling, 'cause that's where it was leaking.

 

[fly]

It was. It looked like the PO had stacked two gaskets for some reason.

One of them was only on like half way.

Gonna have to spray some bleach on the backside of the the downstairs bathroom's ceiling, 'cause that's where it was leaking.

That guy is just the gift that keeps on giving.

 

[Jehannum]

That guy is just the gift that keeps on giving.

He definitely didn't sweat the details.

 

[fly]

AND ITS ALL SMALL STUFF!

 

[Jehannum]

Finally put my new shelving together. Much happier with this than my old 1-sheet bookshelf, a set of wall-mounted shelves, and a 4'x5' particle board thing that was sort of vaguely still holding together with all-thread and hope.

 

[Jehannum]

I've wanted to integrate my garage doors with the rest of the HA for a while, but it looks like I won't get that opportunity.

This smart garage door controller is no longer very smart

MyQ just broke the rest of its smart home integrations.

www.theverge.com

Hooray for the Cloud™, keeping me in their walled garden again.

 

[Domon]

I've wanted to integrate my garage doors with the rest of the HA for a while, but it looks like I won't get that opportunity.

This smart garage door controller is no longer very smart

MyQ just broke the rest of its smart home integrations.

www.theverge.com

Hooray for the Cloud™, keeping me in their walled garden again.

You finally switch off openhab?

But yes, fuck my over that bs

 

[Domon]

Oh, HA users have already bypassed it.

Requires a small hardware addon though

What is ratgdo?

 

[Jehannum]

You finally switch off openhab?

But yes, fuck my over that bs

jesus christ, no, I'm not switching off openhab. I like my shit to work from week to week rather than getting ratfucked by walled garden bullshit.

 

[Domon]

Ah, you just meant generic Home Automation when you said HA. Thought you had moved to Home Assistant.

Ratgdo should work with openHAB too though. Its just mqtt

 

[fly]

Oh, HA users have already bypassed it.

Requires a small hardware addon though

What is ratgdo?

Mine should be here soon

 

[fly]

jesus christ, no, I'm not switching off openhab. I like my shit to work from week to week rather than getting ratfucked by walled garden bullshit.

I mean, if you're using it on openhab, its broken too. This isn't a Home Assistant issue...

 

[Jehannum]

I mean, if you're using it on openhab, its broken too. This isn't a Home Assistant issue...

I had a MyQ binding working on openhab up until last week though.

 

[Jesus Christ]

jesus christ, no, I'm not switching off openhab. I like my shit to work from week to week rather than getting ratfucked by walled garden bullshit.

yes, my son?

 

[fly]

I had a MyQ binding working on openhab up until last week though.

Yes, so did we. So its exactly the same. Nothing to do with HA and everything to do with them using Cloudflare bot protection.

 

[Jehannum]

Yes, so did we. So its exactly the same. Nothing to do with HA and everything to do with them using Cloudflare bot protection.

I see.

You've mistaken my use of "HA". I mean "home automation", not "home assistant".

 

[Valve1138]

Chamberlain cut off "3rd Party Access" to the API.

Loosely translated you have to pay them out the ass as a "partner" to use it now.

I bought a Meross thing to replace the MyQ shit.