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Another fence repair under my belt. Had to sink 3 new studs and replace the rotted pickets. It's not falling over now, so me and the neighbor will fix the rest later (there's a lot more). Aas far as I am concerned, It stands up and keeps the dogs apart, so job done. Hmmm, wait a tick, what's this can doing here in the middle of the street? I bet I can kick it far
#repair #homerepair #goodatfencesnow
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Old IKEA sofabed with enlarging tears in its microfiber upholstery. This section is bolted to the main frame, disassembly would be hard. Still comfortable, still works as a backup-backup couch bed, and I'd rather hang on to it. We can cover it for aesthetic purposes, but any tips on easy ways to stop the tears from progressing? Is there a good fabric tape for this? #FabricRepair #HomeRepair #FurnitureRepair
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I HAVE LIGHT 
That was weird.
WAIT was my house playing #AprilFools?
Probably something still needs fixing. More investigation tomorrow.
Anyone else go through the "I Am Incompetent and Cannot Conduct a Life" thing every time something at home breaks down?
A couple nights ago I came home to find the alien and lights in my second story shop window. Was out. I figured it had gotten unplugged, but no, the plug was dead! This floor is basically a storage warehouse, so all the other outlets were behind shelves. I found ONE across the room, crawled under a shelf and -- dead. The ceiling lights are on the same breaker, so that wasn't it. But I was envisioning a broken plug or connection upstream, and
I went through all my old construction photos, pre-drywall, to figure out where the other plugs on the floor and the wires connecting them were located. It appeared the first plug in the run was near the stairs, right above the breaker panel on the first floor.
And that's when I remembered that the first plug on the circuit downstars had a GFI plug that had caused me trouble once before (Ironically, it had been hidden behind a bookcase in my wife's writing office). Was there one on the second floor? If so, it would be that first plug, deep behind a shelf. Also behind a lot of flat things that I'd put BEHIND that shelf.
I pulled out multiple sheets of plywood and perfboard blocking the way, and way behind the shelf, I could just see the plug. Unable to see clearly, I stuck my phone back and took a closeup of the plug with my phone. Yeah, that spoiler picture. Red LED. Poorly marked reset button.
With difficulty I reached back, found the reset by feel, and pushed it. The lights came on! Yay! My fears of an expensive electrician visit were relieved!
The lesson here is, if you're building or remodeling something, TAKE LOTS OF PICTURES during every stage of construction, especially before the drywall and insulation go up. Get clear shots of every interior and exterior wall, and don't forget the ceiling.
Knowing where your studs, rafters, beams, and hidden systems, pipes, wires, ducts, are, can save you hundreds or even thousands of dollars later.
Even if you don't understand what you're looking at, you can show them to a professional when they are coming in to aid in troubleshooting or modifications. Sure, there are ways to "look" through walls, but pictures are much quicker and more certain.
Now my alien returns to his mission to bring cheer to a dark modern world!
#homerepair #DIY #homeowner #homeownership #repairs #electrical #homerepair #troubleshooting #lifehacks
Update on solar hot water: it's cooking! Solar collector at 167°F, top of tank 155, bottom of tank 147. The tank has a "mixing" valve at top, to mix in cold water with outgoing hot water to make it a human friendly temperature.
#SolarHotWater #HomeRepair #plumbing
For those following the solar hot water project it got assembled this morning, flushed with water, checked for leaks, emptied, and then pumped full of a glycol/water mix. The motor purrs like a kitten as it circulates the liquid through rooftop collector and heat exchanger at bottom of 120gal storage tank.
The solar controller is checking bottom of the tank and comparing it to collector. When I plugged it in:
top of tank: 120° (heated by electric earlier)
solar collector: 102°
bottom of tank: 57°
In last twenty minutes the bottom of tank has risen to 70° and collector is up to 115°.
#SolarHotWater #electronics #homerepair
Hey all,
Our one functional bathtub in this 110 year old house has developed several bad problems this week: leaky drain, constantly dripping tap (more water bills), and the floor is damaged so the whole thing wobbles.
We got the drain fixed, but it came to $1300. The tap will be another $1200. We'll have to fix the floor ourselves. Our all-trans household is out of savings because we also had to have our furnace replaced to survive another Minnesota winter.
Anything helps, and thank you!
$700/$2500
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Guess I should move on to some chores for today. Some drywall patches today, having completed various networking and alarm cable stringing recently.
It was a good opportunity to fix a badly mounted utility box (3-gang switches) and insulate an non-insulated strip of wall.
I get itchy when I can't do laundry.
I'm not talking about literally itchy. I'm talking about mentally itchy. It is an essential tool for my work.
The way this house was plumbed in some places is, to put it succinctly, very badly.
The original position for the washer and dryer has a functioning waste pipe that goes right into the sewer line, shared with the kitchen sink.
For about six of the 12 years that I've been here, my house would always smell really badly in the summer, and I couldn't figure out why. Turns out, nobody ever capped that old waste pipe. Once I found that out and capped the sucker, my house no longer stank like a fucking sewer in the summer.
Anyway.
The position that the washer and dryer are in now, somebody cludged up a PVC line that runs along the ceiling of my basement, out of the foundation, along the OUTSIDE of the foundation, and then connects into the air gap pipe for the sewer line.
Yeah. I hear you. What. The. Fuck.
335 days of the year, this works fine. Because 335 days of the year it's not this fucking freezing.
After I discovered this, one winter when I was trying to do laundry and ended up flooding my house, I went out in the freezing cold and wrapped heat tape on that outdoor pipe and put some insulation over it. However, that was all done eight or nine years ago. It needs to be redone.
But not in 0° weather!
With the incredible bitter cold that we've had the last few days, some part of that pipe froze up outside of the building, and thus, an entire washer load of water overflowed into my utility room and dining room yesterday.
Hey! At least I got the floors clean?
Tonight, I called up my inner Red Green and duct taped up a temporary solution.
I pulled the hose off of my shop vac, duct taped the shorter connector into the old waste pipe across the basement stairs, and duct taped the washer outlet line into the other end of it, Then I took a bunch of wire and secured the hose in many places so when the water rushes out of the washing machine, it shouldn't dislodge the shop vac hose.
I hope.
As you'll see in one picture, the dehumidifier for the furnace also mysteriously runs into the cludged-up line, so of course that overflows when it gets this cold. I now have a piece of black pipe running off that small line into a 5 gallon jug. When the jug is about a third full, I can take the hose out and pour the contents of the jug down the sink.
I'm running my first test load of my new #RedGreen system now, and if the hose happens to disconnect at the waste pipe from the water pressure, the only thing that will flood is the dirt floor crawlspace. Water could possibly run down the concrete basement stairs, which really isn't as big a problem as flooding the floor that I live on.
Sometimes I really wonder why people make the decisions that they make. I don't understand why, when the previous owners moved the laundry room, they didn't put in a dedicated pipe or connect the current waste pipe to the old waste pipe.
I can see that there should be ways to do that, so I'm going to call a plumber friend over later in the month to see if she can help me with that.
I'm pretty proud of myself for using the 5 gallon jug to keep the cats out of the basement, too.
Replacing a number of light fixtures in our new home, and another day, means another #electrical crime.
In the last one they'd rammed wood screws through the bolt holes rendering it useless and I had to replace the whole box. This time they used proper bolts but decided after the first two mounting screws to go ahead with nine more, including two two-and-a-half inch drywall screws through the threaded ground holes.
Got the leaking sillcock replaced!
The days are getting shorter and colder. Had to make sure I got it replaced before freezing temps showed up.
Apparently the outside foundation is much lower than the floor inside so my measurements were a bit off at first. Nailed it the second time. 
Just have to mud tape and spackle the inside and then spray the outside with some foam insulation!
Perhaps one.of the most challenging tasks in the garage: figuring out where in the heck the joists are. #homerepair #projects #diy
This is the most helpful article I’ve read on drawer slides. I’ve been battling ours for years, and have needed to replace some of them more than once. I didn’t realize how many factors determine if you’re using the right ones. Turns out our contractors installed ones that weren’t right for us.
Sigh.
If I had known all of this, it would have alleviated a lot of frustration for me.
https://www.woodmagazine.com/woodworking-how-to/doors-drawers/drawer-slides-demystified
WOOD MagazineDrawer Slides DemystifiedSlides come in many different types, and determining which to buy can be confusing. Here’s how to pick the best one for the job.
Speaking of washing machines, Mine started leaking recently. And it is a really bad leak. found the source of the leak and looked up the part I need. The part is a $25 part. But to change the part, I have to take the entire freaking washing machine apart. And that is not a joke. There is no way to avoid it. A $25 part requires many many hours of labor to replace. Not sure if I am up for that.
Did a bit of writing about goings on in #ThisOldClownHouse
"Today I found myself suspended repeatedly halfway through a 14"x20" hole over a goblin's abyss to wire up a bathroom light. "
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