I am. I think when I bought a couple replacement windows I'm one "size" small for egress. Pretty sure the 2 replacement windows meet current code.

On a rental if it's 2" smaller do you have to...

When did the egress size change?

My house was built in '85, none of my windows meet current egress requirements. I'm not about to replace them just because a standard changed.

Didn't you post this on another forum and get some answers?

Good turbine gun for interior use?

Need to spray a lot of waterborne poly.

Would also be cool if I could spray latex.

Worth quoting.

I've seen a lot of used washers for sale this year that pretty obviously have bad pumps. Sized or frozen hank the homeowner missed a few steps last fall.

The electric sun joe gets rave reviews and is probably fine for your use.

I bought a Simpson with their engine (Honda clone). I'm on year 3 with it, I wash the house 1x per year, the tractor and...

This.

You have a frost free hose bib, normally that is installed on a house wall and the length of the copper tube moves the shutoff location inside your heated basement so the pipe can't freeze....

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You get the idea.

Couldn't get the angle right in the narrow screenshot

If you half ass it twice, isn't that full ass?

I figure from there it's good to go....

Just an FYI with all this tankless talk.

A tankless electric needs a LOT of power to instantly heat the water. You'll most likely need to run a new circuit, and in some houses may not have the...

I'll have to look at it again tomorrow.

Someone did a decent job of painting it in, with the screws out it moves but seems caught up internally.

How do I get my mid 80's Anderson operators off?

We're gonna need some pics of the wife in the tub to figure this one out...

At the very least a detailed diagram.

What is with the brick corner along the right? Looks like a hell of a buckle to it, extending up past the brick too.

Can't tell if this is a camera angle issue or your house is gonna fall down....

This one is gonna need pictures.....

Seems like less work (i.e. no messing with roof) to tear it down and just fix the pellet vent as needed.

Nothing wrong with vinyl the material.

My point was more that the style clearly doesn't match the house, and as VT-Freeheel pointed out they details are likely going to be lost.

The vinyl windows really tie the details together.

Did they tyvek over a door?

Have to remember this trick next time.

A building that small I'd go with two inch XPS insulation roughly cut to the stud base. Then you follow up with a can of great stuff and hit any little gaps

$300 to not get tossed around the first time the auger hits a rock seems like a bargain.

Any tobacco or cotton?

Way to beat around the Bush on that one...

Slopes from less then 30" to 8' where the walkout basement is, but arguably that end is OK as there are large garden boxes.

This deck/porch was a functional disaster when I bought, it's the last...

No, I have a 56 foot deck where some of it is more then 30 inches above ground and this technically needs a railing. But for 5 years my non code compliant deck has not been an issue, nor was it for...

The thought has occurred to me.

Photos of a railing on my porch?

This has nothing to do with my insurance company, I've been here 5 years and there is no issue.

New bank, backed by Freddie Mac, needs a handrail installed....

You're talking to the carpenter.

They said they just need me to send photos. 2x4 and a box of screws was my thought. Maybe a roll of wire fencing in place of ballaster.

Cheap railings?

Bank has put the all stop to ky refi until I put railings up. Need about 40'. Don't want anything fancy or permanent as next summer porch gets redone and new column and railings...

Is shiny galvanized the new white picket?

Update: I put in the last "wrong" section last weekend, pretty sure the appraiser didn't see the 2" mismatch in the corner.

After considering all the other long term options here and looking at...

What the hell are you guys talking about?

$60 sqft around here last I checked, and that was through a relatively new installer advertising on FB.

I went back and looked at my soapstone quotes from 2016, $5500 but that was only 3cm...

This is the other way I've seen it....nope.

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Here's my way with a bit of an edge band

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I have, they're nice if you use them a lot. For my needs 90% of the time I can break down sheets with a skillsaw and guide. If it needs to be a good cut, I out a fresh blade. If it needs to be...

Fair point, wood always moves but this is a year round house so expansion should be minimal. I'll disregard that concern (that I only had after some deep thinking and drinking).




I probably...

Parents built a house in '90, tiled countertops. A few years later the ripped off the cheap stuff and did it with nicer tile and epoxy grout.

I looked at some large format slate and porcelain...

Concrete everywhere but the sink. I messed up a template and the 45 on the left doesn't line up. The sink is just sitting in a piece of plywood.



45 in the corner may have issues with...

I can't come up with a great way to do butcher block in the corners.

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Countertops

Tile totally out of style?

What about a laminate with hardwood edge trim?

Tried concrete, wasn't super impressed with the results and made one section wrong. Looking to get...

Hammer and a cold chisel. Please tell me you didn't use a wood chisel.....

You've got to attack it from the edges, it will suck, and make a mess. Then you have to grind the mortar off.

As for...

To think I payed a walkway with 4x6 pavers on raked gravel and drove a garden tractor on it in winter. 10+ years and minimal movement. Probably still there, parents sold the house a few summers ago.

To me this makes the case for NOT using copper rings.

With the SS bands, if I cut a band to save a fitting (I'm cheap too, plus it's an hour trip to get more) the PEX has formed so tight to the...

Ring crimp tool sounds worn out or out of adjustment.

I use the SS clamps. The tool was cheaper, less of a calibration concern and not going to corpse. If you've ever tried to remove a band you...

I don't trust the shark bite fittings.

Pex is fine. Was actually crimping the rest of my dual vanity as I posted earlier.

I would say yes. And depending on how many fittings are needed buying the crimp tool is probably cheeper then shark bite.

I don't trust them long term, moving pieces and an internal o-ring.
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Back when I bought the house I had a couple weeks to gut and remodel the only bathroom (shag carpet, squirrels and a 5' tall shower) before moving in. Did things quick to get it clean and usable and...

Call the building department and speak to an electrical inspector. I think the electrician is milking the job. At very least he should be able to put in a temp emergency fix.

Does your AHJ require everything be brought to current code when changing the mast, meter and service?

If not, stop trying to leach off an insurance claim. You should have ponied up years ago to...

Nice alignment on the left set of black cabinets

Never seen the porcelain material before. Probably not DIY friendly.

I could do corian but not really into the look. Honestly a lot of the porcelain/quartz options sort of look like the monolithic...