@BMitch Tile's overrated, it's like they say: For everything you might use tile, there's a linoleum from the 70s. You should see my shower, who doesn't like paisley?
@Jason blue tape is marking which ones are loose and need to be reattached, they're supported well enough by the mesh, so the tape is just a marker.
Blue tape is fairly standard for pointing out issues on a walk through before closing on a new home. You remove the tape as you fix things, and once it's all gone, you can close.
@TheEvilGreebo what if the only electrical devices in his house are lights. Imagine it. He uses a fire for heat and watches the paint dry instead of TV, for refrigeration he just blows on his food constantly to keep it cold. He could save some serious money changing all those lights.
@TheEvilGreebo In soviet russia, Marketing @#_$&*()@ you- err, I guess that's every country...
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On the topic of lighting: I presume fancy new LEDs bright enough to light a room are of the last until the dinosaurs come back sort, not the last a couple years instead of a couple months sort?
I know LEDs as a rule of thumb will basically be here until the nukes arrive, but these ultra bright ones they've developed that are bright enough to actually use as house lighting for all I know may not obey the same rules of the LEDs of yesteryear
Holy crap those things are expensive, nevermind that idea...
My can lights don't come with the trim, so if you wanted the trim around the fixture, you either buy that separate or get it with the bulb: homedepot.com/p/…
I may have been closer to $200 when I got the lights, and there were probably a few other things on the bill. I just remember doing a double take and then realizing that the led's aren't cheap.
There's still a screw in light socket, but you shove it up in the fixture, screw in an adapter, and the bulb has a friction fit to the sides of the can.
@BMitch Ah yeah, I thought "can light" meant the trimmed in can ballast
I'll just use arbitrarily random terms to talk about things I don't know anything about, because what I don't know probably can't hurt me (there are people who will bring water if I try and burn the place down anyways)
