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The Home Improvement Thread. Successes and Failures

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So our garage came with a pegboard on one of the walls, which is nice. But the pegboard has no space behind it, meaning you cannot get any hooks in there. I suppose I can try to use a small 1/4" peg or dowel, but there is very little board depth holding it in, versus the weight of whatever is resting on the peg/dowel, so I don't think that would work very well). Is there another obvious solution I'm missing? (Other than nailing/screwing into the wall behind the pegboard through the holes, which is a possibility, but more of a last resort solution.)
 
French Rage said:
So our garage came with a pegboard on one of the walls, which is nice. But the pegboard has no space behind it, meaning you cannot get any hooks in there. I suppose I can try to use a small 1/4" peg or dowel, but there is very little board depth holding it in, versus the weight of whatever is resting on the peg/dowel, so I don't think that would work very well). Is there another obvious solution I'm missing? (Other than nailing/screwing into the wall behind the pegboard through the holes, which is a possibility, but more of a last resort solution.)
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I can't think of anything terribly simple. I'd probably get more pegboard and go over the top of what is there. I can see myself destroying the existing pegboard trying to get it down. :-)
 
French Rage said:
So our garage came with a pegboard on one of the walls, which is nice. But the pegboard has no space behind it, meaning you cannot get any hooks in there. I suppose I can try to use a small 1/4" peg or dowel, but there is very little board depth holding it in, versus the weight of whatever is resting on the peg/dowel, so I don't think that would work very well). Is there another obvious solution I'm missing? (Other than nailing/screwing into the wall behind the pegboard through the holes, which is a possibility, but more of a last resort solution.)
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How is it attached to the wall?
 
I just came home from Menards.

2x4-8ft construction stud = $12.09 WT Fuck?!
2x3-8ft construction stud = $7.69

i was grabbing for the 2x4 until I saw the price. I’m just building some shelves for inside my shed, and don’t need that much strength. Thankfully.
 
St. Clown said:
I just came home from Menards.

2x4-8ft construction stud = $12.09 WT Fuck?!
2x3-8ft construction stud = $7.69

i was grabbing for the 2x4 until I saw the price. I’m just building some shelves for inside my shed, and don’t need that much strength. Thankfully.
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holy shit
 
French Rage said:
So our garage came with a pegboard on one of the walls, which is nice. But the pegboard has no space behind it, meaning you cannot get any hooks in there. I suppose I can try to use a small 1/4" peg or dowel, but there is very little board depth holding it in, versus the weight of whatever is resting on the peg/dowel, so I don't think that would work very well). Is there another obvious solution I'm missing? (Other than nailing/screwing into the wall behind the pegboard through the holes, which is a possibility, but more of a last resort solution.)
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I’d take it down and add some spacers behind the pegboard so you have room for the hooks.
 
French Rage said:
A number of screws around the perimeter.
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probably drywall screws. I'm not wild about pegboards but have used them. If it works for you in that location, you might just take it down, screw in some furring strips and screw it back on. Quick job that will allow it to work in that location.

I have come to prefer just a sheet of 1/4 inch underlayment or other plywood on the wall and use drywall and trimline screws to hang the tools with. More flexible and you don't have to mess with pegboard hanging hardware. But I don't hang wrenches or heavier tools there, just things like small squares, japanese and smaller saws, protractor, carving and scoring knives, etc.
 
dxmnkd316 said:
Mud and drywall are the next things to go plaid on pricing. Hearing that from the contractors at work.
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I know a general (house) contractor who had his HVAC guy give him an estimate of X on April 1; on May 1, when everything was requoted because planned square footage went down, the HVAC was up 30%!

My neighbors? Wood deck quote 4/15/20: $900 materials. Same plan, same deck quote 4/15/21: $3600 materials.
 
Water heater bit the dust. We knew it was bad, but lost track of calling the warranty outfit earlier. We got very lucky, a lot came out when I drained the thing. I think I caught it early. Some damp carpet, already dry after a day or two of fans. No standing water down there or anything.

Had the new one installed today. Plumber said the old one was too tall. The vent didn't have enough vertical length before bending to the slanted portion. Basically melted the top of the thing. We've got a low boy now, but it is still the same 40 gallons.
 
state of hockey said:
Water heater bit the dust. We knew it was bad, but lost track of calling the warranty outfit earlier. We got very lucky, a lot came out when I drained the thing. I think I caught it early. Some damp carpet, already dry after a day or two of fans. No standing water down there or anything.

Had the new one installed today. Plumber said the old one was too tall. The vent didn't have enough vertical length before bending to the slanted portion. Basically melted the top of the thing. We've got a low boy now, but it is still the same 40 gallons.
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You're gonna be so happy.

Water heater technology has advanced faster than quad cores.
 
Kepler said:
You're gonna be so happy.

Water heater technology has advanced faster than quad cores.
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Sorry, but what? They're still just insulated vessels, a mechanical relief valve, a flame, and a temperature element. I don't see how they could have advanced that much.
 
While building the shelves for my shed a couple things came to mind as to why I need two or three saw horses.

1) I don’t have a proper workshop, or even a workbench, so I’m having to stack some studs on the ground to lift my sheets off the ground as I rip them with my circular saw.
2) These shelves would take so much less time if I had these theoretical saw horses.
 
Kepler said:
You're gonna be so happy.

Water heater technology has advanced faster than quad cores.
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Anyone else go with the tankless water heater? My wife and I needed a new water heater in 2008 and decided to go tankless. Besides the nice feature of just having a small metal box on the basement wall instead of a forty gallon drum on the floor, it's really nice with a house full of guests.
 
SJHovey said:
Anyone else go with the tankless water heater? My wife and I needed a new water heater in 2008 and decided to go tankless. Besides the nice feature of just having a small metal box on the basement wall instead of a forty gallon drum on the floor, it's really nice with a house full of guests.
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I'm torn.
I love the immediate demand response of tankless and not having to keep the tank warm all day.
I love that many electric distribution companies are using traditional tanks as remote switchable off-peak time energy dumps (aka storage devices) when there's surplus electricity*.

Disclosure: I have a 110 gallon on off-peak from when I built this house. Tankless tech wasn't quite there yet at the time.


*I suspect in the future, those off-peak, normally overnight, kWhs won't be going to water heaters but charging cars.
 
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