The Home Improvement Thread. Successes and Failures

[dxmnkd316]

Sorry Friends I am late answer
But That's good disscus..

Look, Borschy, I don't think the roofers from Maryland are going to do my roof

[Laura-4334]

Look Borschy, I don't think the roofers from Maryland are going to do my roof https://restonroof.com/oakton-va.

That's good

[walrus]

Much obliged burd. Good info. Probably just going to use it as an inflator in the end if I go that route.


St Clown: I agree on the capacity. It's probably too small. I was thinking about a hot dog but wanted to get some opinions.

If you have a shop vac you can use that, either suck it out or blow it out. Use a rag to block off the difference in size between the vac hose and your water hose. Let it run for 5 or 10 minutes. I do it all the time with conduit.

[dxmnkd316]

If you have a shop vac you can use that, either suck it out or blow it out. Use a rag to block off the difference in size between the vac hose and your water hose. Let it run for 5 or 10 minutes. I do it all the time with conduit.

god. That's a great idea.

[dxmnkd316]

That's good

Borscht? Sorry, not my thing. I'm more of a creamy wild rice soup guy myself.

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Perhaps it's more of a mapo tofu fan? Hard to say.

[aparch]

I'm slowly trying out some additional smart home features. I've had a doorbell camera and thermostat from Nest (now Google) for years but resisted other "smart home" features (mainly resisted Alexa/Google voice hubs because I just cant see the point other than novelty).

I'm thinking of ordering a smart light switch for the porch lights, because I always forget to turn the d*mn thing on when I leave the house in the evening or no ones home to turn them on when late from work.

Anyone else dabble with the IoT / Smart Home features?

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

I will never touch anything voice-activated. Wi-Fi enabled is OK in a few circumstances where the use case is valid, like doorbells and thermostats.

[St. Clown]

Bit by bit?

[aparch]

I will never touch anything voice-activated. Wi-Fi enabled is OK in a few circumstances where the use case is valid, like doorbells and thermostats.

Glad to know I'm not alone in the resistance to IoT everything. Haha.

[St. Clown]

Glad to know I'm not alone in the resistance to IoT everything. Haha.

I’ve no interest in voice controlled anything either.

I have been thinking about adding smart lights as anti-theft while on vacation, but those would need to be app-controlled. I’m still debating.

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Glad to know I'm not alone in the resistance to IoT everything. Haha.

The future of my current career path is literally IoT solutions for industry, but even I draw a "Do Not Cross" line in my own home. I also won't buy "smart" major appliances. If I ever spend $5k+ on a fridge, it's gonna be a Sub Zero. :-p

[burd]

Spent the last 4+ hours running a jackhammer (Hilti electric) busting up sidewalk. Like everything, I'm sure it's all about technique, but I'm properly whipped. A rental, so I had to get the job done in the time I had, but I'll now be slower to roll my eyes at those television characters watching girls go by while they hold the tool down with their big jiggling bellies.

[walrus]

Spent the last 4+ hours running a jackhammer (Hilti electric) busting up sidewalk. Like everything, I'm sure it's all about technique, but I'm properly whipped. A rental, so I had to get the job done in the time I had, but I'll now be slower to roll my eyes at those television characters watching girls go by while they hold the tool down with their big jiggling bellies.

Electric jack hammers suck, in reality all jack hammers suck but electric way more than air or hydraulic on the end of an excavator. Electric doesn't have balls it needs to work well.

[Kepler]

Spent the last 4+ hours running a jackhammer (Hilti electric) busting up sidewalk. Like everything, I'm sure it's all about technique, but I'm properly whipped. A rental, so I had to get the job done in the time I had, but I'll now be slower to roll my eyes at those television characters watching girls go by while they hold the tool down with their big jiggling bellies.

Your poor back.