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08-23-2019, 10:52 AM #1201
I installed a bidet on my toilet. Ill post some pics later....
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08-23-2019, 11:02 AM #1202
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08-23-2019, 11:08 AM #1203Registered User
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08-23-2019, 11:31 AM #1204
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08-23-2019, 11:36 AM #1205
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08-23-2019, 11:40 AM #1206
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08-23-2019, 11:46 AM #1207
Yeah but there is something else going on too - check out the rot to the right of the deck on the exposed osb. Window flashing maybe. And there is flashing behind the 2x. Maybe it wasn't overlapped by the tyvek. But with rot above the deck as well it feels like there is a building paper problem too - which woudl mean it will show up elsewhere if it was a repeated installation error.
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08-23-2019, 11:48 AM #1208
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08-23-2019, 11:51 AM #1209
I have to renovate a bathroom.
Any real life feedback on how the Kerdi, Wedi etc. board is holding up now that its been out a while?
Last bathroom I helped do 15 years ago was cement board + blocker. I hate working with cement board so other than materials cost Kerdi, etc. seems like a good alternative.
Also, preformed pans vs. made in place. Any advice?"timberridge is terminally vapid" -- a fortune cookie in Yueyang
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08-23-2019, 12:11 PM #1211"I don't pretend to have all the answers, and I think there's something to be said for that" -One For The Road
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How unhealthy is having batts in the walls for weeks, waiting for drywall? Should I wait until the day before drywallers show up? Right now it would be great to put them up to have some sort of work privacy and AC control....
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08-28-2019, 11:40 AM #1215Registered User
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Just a dumb question i knew the answer of but didn't like it, ha. Drywallers come Saturday I hop, batts go up Friday.....
Any of you experts recommend wood walls in commercial building? I know the fire inspector may not like it, but we have a work area that will take a thrashing and I'm considering a beefier wall in this work area. nicely sanded plywood seems to be trendy and would look good, but I don't want to install top-of-the-line boards that will get knicked and dinged via storage equipment. My question is mainly fire issues, is there anything that won't easily burn quick in a fire without paying a lot? What would an architect recommend for this space?
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08-28-2019, 12:03 PM #1217
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Fire rated 3/4” acx on top of drywall is standard for commercial construction comm rooms and misc back-of-house spaces. They make fire rated paint for plywood as well. I wouldn’t hang non-rated wood in a commercial building.... but fire rated ply will be expensive. More cost effective would be plastic/HDPE/FRP wall panels. Cheap ones will look like a run down gas station bathroom. Nice / architectural ones will be more expensive than rated wood.
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08-28-2019, 12:25 PM #1218Registered User
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Wall is something we just put up, separates two rooms internally. not an outside wall, no other occupants other than us.
Any idea why the drywall needs to be installed too? Jong-question but i'm curious.
Thanks much, I may go with Fire rated 3/4” acx on the bottom half of the wall only to save money now. I can't find these boards on Lowes/HD, and local lumber yard doesn't look like they have them. Where do people buy these things?
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08-28-2019, 12:43 PM #1219
I'm guessing you can likely do whatever you want interior finish wise, but there are certainly cases where smoke/fire resistant materials are required. Your local building department likely could answer your question, but they will ask a bunch of building-scale questions to dig down to the right answer.
Does the space have fire sprinklers? If it does & you are talking about walls that aren't demising walls, you're likely pretty good.
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08-28-2019, 12:50 PM #1220
likely you're ok [tho technically a full partition would require a permit, fyi, to deal with exiting at the very least]
it is a better wall from a fire/smoke perspective
i wouldn't until i had a hard answer saying it was required...cheaper to just replace dinged sheetrock, or bumper pieces of plywood or put up FRP
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08-28-2019, 01:08 PM #1221
In a traditional use the drywall is there for insulation and fire rating, the ply is there to mount stuff and protect. For your use you could just mount the ply to the studs no issue....
You will have to make a phone call to the lumber yard and talk the salesman. They sell it. It’s just likely not stocked.
For your use, I agree with others that it likely isn’t required to be fire rated. I’d still install the fire rated stuff just for peace of mind and to avoid going down the rabbit hole with the building Dept.
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08-28-2019, 01:14 PM #1222
Our old house had a west-facing set of windows upstairs, with no exterior shading (trees etc). Got ridiculously hot in summer. Prior owners had tinted the windows and installed interior shuttered doors -- that helped a little but it still got hot. We added exterior solar screens, which helped a lot -- they go in place of the exterior bug screens, and also function as bug screens. Install in spring in place of bug screens; swap back out in fall.
Old house also had those cellular pull-down window coverings in a couple rooms. They seem to work OK for insulation, but they all tore or broke within a couple years of moving in. They're opaque too -- light passes through but can't see through. I didn't like the look that much, so replaced with traditional blinds.
An additional layer of tape-on insulation on the water heater wouldn't hurt anything, and might help. Also insulate the hot pipe + flex hose coming out of the tank.
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08-28-2019, 01:20 PM #1223
Double-wall cellular shades. They work. We have a shitload of west-facing windows in our house and very little tree-provided shade on that side of the house. Close the windows & shades in the morning and house stays cool enough to not use the A/C. I'd suspect you'll see a *big* improvement from installing them on that window.
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