Project Update Thursday 04

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

Sep 22, 2011 18:51

Welcome to Project Update Thursday!

The Evil Greebo

What's that?

By which I mean, what is the intent of "Project Update Thursday"?

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

Well.

It's for our users to share their projects in a space that's better for it. It's a way to build up support for a blog. It's a way to connect this community. And it's a way for me to not be alone in this chatroom. :)

The Evil Greebo

Sounds like a "last shall be first" kind of answer, but ok :)

Our current project is "save up a metric crap-ton of money to afford two new HVAC systems"...

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

oh ho?

The Evil Greebo

house built in 1940 - ductwork was never done properly for AC - AC died jsut before Irene, so we've decided to split the house into two zones

which means we need to upgrade the panel to 200A (was planned anyway) ... so... metric crap-ton o' money

never used this chat engine before - cute the way users "float" in

BMitch

Sep 22, 2011 19:10

no new project updates from me, this past weekend I was busy carrying my home through the woods and building my bedroom next to a waterfall

(aka I went camping)

The Evil Greebo

That or you had your bathroom redone by the same guys that did oscilatingcretin's

BMitch

:)

details screwed up like that always make me worry that something else worse is wrong

The Evil Greebo

Yeah - how much force should you have to use to install a liner anyway? What did he do, swing from it like a chimpanzee?

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

@TheEvilGreebo it's always troubling when that's a real possibility.

BMitch

@TheEvilGreebo I've heard contractors are descended from chimps

The Evil Greebo

Sep 22, 2011 19:15

Hey - you guys will appreciate this - my mother in law has copper drains: picasaweb.google.com/106945064958447877272/CopperDrainPipes

I couldn't believe it when she told me, had to take pics

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

that's old school.

The Evil Greebo

I'm tempted to steal her house for scrap ;)

Tester101

Rip out the copper and install PVC, might pay for itself and the HVAC repairs.

The Evil Greebo

if they were gold maybe... copper isn't quite so valuable YET... so I'm waiting ;)

Tester101

Last I checked it was ~$4.00/lbs.

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

Sep 22, 2011 19:19

that pipe alone is probably 3-4 lbs

(okay, more like 10-15, if I'm being real.)

@auujay hey there! I haven't seen you in a while, how's life?

auujay

Doing alright. Last weekend we worked on our bathroom remodel.

Got the drywall hung and a first coat of mud.

Plus hung the new door (well old door in a new location and frame)

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

tell us more!

auujay

I should really put pictures up were everyone can see them. Currently they are only on facebook. When I get home I will put them up on picasaweb for everyone to checkout.

I am almost ready to order tile, we are pretty much set on one (florimusa.com/en/prods-168-1.asp) but not finalized on a color.

We want to do one color for the tub/shower surround and another for the floor.

Probably 'almond' (florimusa.com/en/prod-168-1758-almond.asp) on the floor and 'beige' or 'noce' on the walls around the tub.

The Evil Greebo

Ooh, porcelain

don't drop any... sharp sharp sharp

allindal

wow, there are actually people here

The Evil Greebo

Sep 22, 2011 19:34

/me denies being people

allindal

/ ping 10 10 158.92.45.1

you are in fact a person

auujay

It is a small bathroom and I originally planed on using 12x12 for everything, but I have some samples and they are really heavy. Makes me a little worried about putting them on the wall. They also have a 9x12 wall tile (it is 20% thinner) that would be a bit lighter but I don't know if I like that look.

The Evil Greebo

I dunno what you just pinged but it wasn't me ;)

allindal

wasn;t supposed to be

The Evil Greebo

auujay: a good back buttering and a heavy thinset mix should hold that fine till it sets

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

Sep 22, 2011 19:37

@allindal yes there are. welcome!

@TheEvilGreebo put an @ in front and s/he'll get an alert. :)

The Evil Greebo

Oh is THAT what the @ is for...

and nice, autocomplete on tab

auujay

Because this room is so busy it is hard to see who is talking to who

/sarcasm

The Evil Greebo

Sorry were you talking to me?

</snark>

@auujay now I'm just playing with the user interface, don't mind me...

auujay

@TheEvilGreebo, do I look for oa specific type of "heavy" thinset mix or do you mean just don't use too much water to thin it out.

?

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

@auujay hey, it's important to know these things. i get @lerts when i'm not around, as well, so that's part of their use.

The Evil Greebo

Sep 22, 2011 19:40

@auujay I just mean dont use too much water - think creamy peanut butter

Jif, not Peter Pan ;)

Tester101

@auujay what color grout are you thinking of using?

auujay

with the 'almond' I was thinking a white as I think that can look pretty sharp with an offwhite tile. for the beige wall tiles I don't know something subtle.

I am worried about trying to keep white grout clean inside the shower.

Tester101

Sometimes a darker grout looks good with light tiles, makes the tiles pop a bit more.

The Evil Greebo

My wife cleans houses and hates grout cause its impossible to clean

save future grief, put mildew colored grout in the shower ;)

auujay

The floor I ripped out had about 4" white square tiles with thick brown grout lines.

The Evil Greebo

Sep 22, 2011 19:47

it was white when it was installed ;)

auujay

it was not great looking, but mostly the huge grout lines and small tiles

Tester101

@auujay have a look at this

The Evil Greebo

/me waves goodbye

auujay

@TheEvilGreebo later

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

byee @TheEvilGreebo

so it's just the five of us.

I wonder where @KarlKatzke is.

usually he pops in beforehand and does a pep rally...of sorts.

Tester101

Sep 22, 2011 19:58

Didn't he say something about not being around this week, in last weeks chat?

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

oh yeah.

Probably. I know ChrisF and SteveJackson can't make it this week, either.

so we're just missing three. and we had two new faces! very exciting.

So I just won an 18-Vold Lithium Ion Drill from Lowe's

i feel powerful.

auujay

nice

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

yeah i'm kinda proud. i keep talking about it.

Plus, as Tuesday was my birthday, this is kind of like the best belated birthday gift ever.

BMitch

nice, lookout world, @AarthiDevanathan is on the loose... with power tools.

Tester101

Landlords going to hate you when he sees all the holes you put in the walls with it.

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

Sep 22, 2011 20:03

@BMitch yeah this might prove ~dangerous~ for all involved. Otoh, I can make that storage ottoman now.

@Tester101 actually, I don't intend to, since I don't intend on living here after my lease is up

Tester101

You have to test that thing out on something... walls are easier to patch than the floor.

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

@Tester101 I was going to build something.

idk what. maybe a storage ottoman

actually, that's a good question: if I drill holes in the drywall (with my metal studs) how would I fill them?

auujay

just some spakle will fill small holes fine

if you punch a really big hole you will need to fill it with something solid first

the metal studs should not impact patching drywall later

at least I can't think of how it would matter.

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

Sep 22, 2011 20:20

hmm. good to know!

Tester101

Patch a larger hole. How big is too big

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

A+ our site is awesome.

so, uh, how was your day / week?

Karl Katzke

Sep 22, 2011 20:41

Just popping in. Sorry, I was sick last night and forgot what day it was.

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

no worries. we've been quiet of late. it'll pick up, i'm sure.

Oh hey! Karl! high fives

GUESS WHAT KARL.

I WON A KOBALT DRILL. FROM LOWES.

Karl Katzke

WHAT WHAT

Heh

How did you win it?

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

I just, I tweeted a response and I was #1, so I got it.

Karl Katzke

Nice.

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

see:

Thanks to everyone for playing! Congrats to @lolmichele, @ScottNied1 and @colourature for winning our NYC #WhatTheHex riddles!

Tweeted by Lowes on September 22, 2011 at 5:35 PM

Karl Katzke

Sep 22, 2011 20:46

We'll corrupt you into a tool-hoarding home impovement snob yet. :D

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

oh god. next thing you know i'll be drooling over makita things

ooh shiny. (heh. bit.ly/L4uU4)

Well, I'm calling it.

Should I? It's almost time, after all.

Karl Katzke

Go ahead. Sorry, got dragged back to work.

Aarthi Devanathan Ψ

Thanks for coming to Project Update Thursday! We'll see you all here next week, same time same place. Bye!

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