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Thread: Home Remodel: Do, Don'ts, Advice
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09-06-2020, 03:04 PM #2376
Anyone remodeling a bathroom? So am I. I have a bunch of MOEN brushed nickel hardware (2 faucets, shower kit and hand held) along with a super sexy frameless 7' (2 pieces of glass) glass barn door that I want to get out of my house.
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09-06-2020, 05:12 PM #2377
Ha. Some guy left a large bucket of really nice lever style interior door handles with a free sign at the side of the road. My wife took them. They aren't compatible with the latches we have. I guess we'll have to get out our "free" sign.
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09-06-2020, 06:21 PM #2378one of those sickos
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Free stuff can sometimes be excellent. I had a big glue on mirror out for like 3 weeks and someone finally took it. It's so much better than throwing stuff away!
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09-06-2020, 08:33 PM #2379
Sign on a table that has had free stuff on it all week "Please do not leave your junk here for us to throw out." And at another location--Free, please don't take the sign.
Still see CRT TV's for free from time to time.
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09-07-2020, 04:29 PM #2380Registered User
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09-07-2020, 05:24 PM #2381
Cleaned up for you, nice.
We have shit all over the place here, especially along main routes at the end of dead end roads, that has been out "for free" literally for weeks. Fucking shitshow at some corners.www.apriliaforum.com
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09-08-2020, 06:53 AM #2382
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09-08-2020, 11:26 AM #2383
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09-08-2020, 09:05 PM #2384Registered User
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I need some dry rot repair advice on a inside sill of a casement window. The crank mechanism is moving due to loose screws in the dry rotted sill. Can I repair or put in a new sill with the window still installed ? I already have tried tooth picks, wood glue as well as some plastic weed eater line to tighten things up but the whole sill is one big sponge at this point.
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09-08-2020, 09:20 PM #2385
I don’t know how you avoid removing the window & likely siding/sheathing to see how far the damage goes (not sure if just pulling trim & some sheetrock gets you the right view)
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09-08-2020, 09:34 PM #2386Registered User
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Yeah I'd start by removing trim to get a better look but I'd imagine the window was never properly flashed and unfortunately will end up replacing window by the looks of the dampness/mold on the actual window frame as well. You could "maybe" rip out/replace the rotted wood and remount crank mechanism but it would be a band aid at best. What does exterior siding/trim look like? Depending how the window was trimmed out it could be close to same amount of time to replace window minus actual window cost.
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09-08-2020, 09:38 PM #2387Registered User
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The exterior trim is solid. I think the bottom seal of the window failed causing the mixture to collect. Bandaid for now is just fine. Can I just cut out the sill, then replace with new wood and remount the crank ?
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09-08-2020, 09:51 PM #2388Registered User
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Hard for me to tell from pic but you could probably pull off the lower trim and sill extension and sill(what's rotted) and rip a new sill out of 1x. Issues I can think off would be cutting out the sill and sill extension(I'd use a flush cutter). How the actual sill is attached to window frame( most likely staples but could have screws). And by that point you can see framing/spray foam and you might need a way to shim to the framing for a way to get a solid attachment.
Or not, but that's how I would go about it for a "band-aid".
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09-08-2020, 09:52 PM #2389
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09-09-2020, 05:11 AM #2390
Virtually impossible to remove a casement sill, fabricate a replacement and install it so it works correctly. That is more likely damage from water splashing in when it is raining and condensation based on the condition/staining of the sash. Replace.
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09-10-2020, 05:34 PM #2391
Not much to lose. Give it a shot.
Maybe a fein cutter to trim it flush with the aluminum. Unless it’s so rotten the entire sill falls off. The sill extends under that rail, and is usually structural, but doubtful in your case.
Alternatively you can scrape the rotten wood and treat the gash with minwax wood hardener, and then auto body bondo. But I think you’re too far gone.. . .
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09-14-2020, 11:14 AM #2392
Seems like a good thread to put this in:
This is the roof on a house in the Montreux neighborhood near Reno - all $1MM+, gated, golf course, snooty, etc. Elevation about 5700', definitely accumulates snow in winter. That little valley in the roof looks like it was designed to create ice dams.
Not my house, just something I walk the dogs by regularly. I live in the neighborhood next door, on the other side of their fence...
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09-14-2020, 11:24 AM #2393Registered User
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09-22-2020, 03:32 PM #2394I've concluded that DJSapp was never DJSapp, and Not DJSapp is also not DJSapp, so that means he's telling the truth now and he was lying before.
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09-22-2020, 07:59 PM #2395
Before you put the bondo down try some of this to stabilize the rot underneath.
Heh, wood hardener.
It actually works pretty well on rotted sills and such but I’d avoid applying it to yer JohnsonDamn, we're in a tight spot!
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09-22-2020, 08:07 PM #2396Registered User
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10-10-2020, 07:36 PM #2397
Home Remodel: Do, Don'ts, Advice
Need some pro tips...
My electrical panel is in the laundry room, which has an inaccessible crawl space under it, inaccessible attic above it. The laundry room was added at some point in time in the past and the foundation stem wall of the original house blocks you from getting under the laundry room...
I need to fish two circuits thru the crawl space and up to the panel - 6/3 for the future hot tub and a 12/2 for the garage.
So the panel is at like chest height and the accessible crawl space is 7’ away. So I need to fish down from the panel vertically about 4’ and then horizontally about 7’ to get into the accessible crawl space.
I know this is possible because we had a split system installed and the sparky did exactly what I am trying to do, he drilled a hole inside the crawl space and fished the power thru and up to the panel. I can look thru the vents and see the romex...
So how?
Drop metal fish tape down from the panel and try to get lucky with a fish stick with a magnet at the end from the crawl space side?
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10-11-2020, 10:44 PM #2398
String and fiberglass wand.
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