I’m renovating a whole house right now, and your hand built cabinets are making my IKEA kitchen plans feel rather sub par. All really amazing work. Can’t wait to see the next steps.
3 months later, and fully living that blue collar life. Spending most of my days away from a computer, swinging hammers while rehabbing a house. So far, it’s been great for the soul.
"A coping joint is way beyond my pay grade." — @svenllama
No one does this unless you are building a fancy ass house - but base is “supposed” to have a coping joint, not a miter. Because, well, nothing is ever straight.
Doing some circuit load calculations on a remodel, and I’m just so amazed at LED lights these days. I’ve got 12 fixtures on a circuit, and I’m at 40 watts. Each fixture is a 60 watt equivalent. A dozen lights in, and I’m using less power than a single old light!
5 months later, and I’m still at it. Rehabbing a whole house is a ton of work! 12 hour days of physical labor are hard as hell compared to 12 hour days in an office. I also use Twitter a lot less, which I’m thinking is probably a good thing.
"Took me six years to install the outlet and 20 minutes to install the bidet seat. Every bathroom should have toilet-level outlets, come on USA!!" — @cabel
Did a house remodel this year - all my friends asked me “why the heck did you put outlets next to the toilets?”
My trip to Japan last year may have been an influencer here.
Coronavirus pandemic is incredibly poor timing for putting a rental on the market. But the house I spent last year rehabbing is finally available for rent.
A friend was showing off their own painstaking brick-laying project
I took a year off tech and did a major remodel this last year. One day, I thought I had the floors dialed with my 4ft level - until my contractor came in and rolled his eyes at me. He came back with his 8 footer and showed me how many dips I’d missed. Stuck with me I guess.
A friend was asking about affordable flooring options
You can do some really nice vinyl plank flooring for ~$3/sqft material - probably $1-2/sqft installed. If it’s a rectangular room, and you feel mildly handy, it’s also very easy to install. Retrofit vinyl windows are pretty reasonable if you don’t need to change framing.
Removing baseboards is a great way to get a sense of the questionable design choices the previous homeowners made prior to quickly slapping new paint on the walls before selling.
The surface the hinge sits against is the jamb, typically ~5/8 thick. If your screws are only attached here - well that’s a big part of your issue. Top hinge takes a lot of force - and needs at least one long screw that actually attaches to the 2x4 framing behind it.
I took a sabbatical from my tech job in 2019, and spent the year swinging hammers on a gut job renovation. Now I enjoy nerding out about iOS AND construction.
My wife and kids really went over the top for my Christmas gift.
I have been eyeing a new miter saw since my 10 year old saw bit the dust. Has been even more important since buying a new house needing a little work. This thing is a beast!
A friend was looking for a miter saw recommendation
My last miter was 10" and super cheap. I hated it, but I couldn’t convince myself to replace it. Then it conveniently broke. I don’t need the slider. But this one does bevel cuts both directions, and that is super awesome.
This would be the most boring remodel in the world. More of a - lipstick on a pig. No new square footage, no layout changes. Trying to keep costs and complexity of this one down.
I use my iPad a lot when I’m doing remodel stuff. It’s amazing for snapping a photo, then marking up the photo with a pencil. Notes, measurements, etc.
A friend was looking for a table saw recommendation
I have the DW745S, and am quite happy with it. It’s fairly portable, and I really like the pinion fence over the clamp fences on a lot of job site table saws.
Wow. Never buy a range hood from Proline. Clear and utter contempt for customers. I was sent a dented and cracked hood. I’d waited patiently for months!
I ordered direct for swift delivery. Despite waiting on stocking and Covid delays, they refuse to make it right.
I’ll take a job site saw (I have the DeWalt) over nothing. But my dad’s cabinet saw and large out feed table really does make me jealous on a regular basis.
Installing a bidet is about the easiest job there is (excluding fancy integrated units). Sure, call a plumber, but also maybe just make sure you remember “righty-tighty”, and that it’s not leaking when you are done.
