@NiallC. Or you can imply that we're too busy on weekends to spend time in the chat room. But I would have noticed a notification if you tagged me. :)
@NiallC. I vote for no, we don't want it, it's an "invent for me" "hobby project" and is dealing with things that are not typically included with the home when you sell it (other than woodworking projects, that's an easy line to draw and covers a majority of the site scope)
My old 3-unit condo has a nice old wooden entry door, with 3 horizontal rails and 2 vertical stiles, with a single large pane of beveled glass as the top panel. The door is very similar to the one shown below.
Over time, this door has become racked, i.e. not square; the latch side is sagging b...
@ChrisCudmore Good question, he's an odd user. Some questions he posts multiple answers, other times he edits an answer so many times the system turns it into a wiki, and now I see he posts answers as comments.
@NiallC. possibly. He's also gotten the auto-flag for deleting a bunch of has answers before. He posts useful stuff, but his style on the site is all over the place.
In that case, we've failed the audit. For the most part, I let him be crazy because I like his content. Occasionally I give him a heads up that too many edits will set off the auto-wiki.
I would think he's doing it for the attention to get rep, but then he posts answers as comments and deletes answers, so it may be more of an adhd or perfectionist thing.
My hot water circulating system was installed in 2006. It has a dedicated return line from all faucets. I've been having trouble lately with the hot water, it turns cold at the faucet when the pump is not on. I just replaced the back flow valve thinking that was causing my problem but I was wro...
I'm still having problems with my hot water circulating system. I did notice that the pump gets hot to the touch when it is running and I wondered, if the back flow valve is installed backwards might that cause the motor to heat up and the hot water to go cold at the faucet when the pump is NOT ...
@steve, now that you've registered your account, see merging accounts so you have access to edit, comment, and accept answers on your own question. — BMitch2 days ago
I have reason to believe that these are the same person
I recently had a recirculating pump installed in the far end of my system. (The master bathroom is at the far end of the house away from the water heater.) There are two outside faucets that are apparently tied into the cold water line. When I now turn the water on outside to water grass or plant...
I have a cheap leather couch that I really enjoy sitting on. The problem is that one of the seams on a cushion is coming apart. I know that my rear-end is heavy, so what's the best way to sew it back together so that it won't come apart again?
cut 2 2x4's at 45 degree angles on their ends and screw into the 2x4 by the window and the 2x4 i'm placing into the wall of the closet
find center of my new corner wall, 2 2x4 vertical and frame in the fireplace
2nd floor bedroom and i have access to the attic - bonus points for running a hard line for power back to the basement and put it on its own 15 amp breaker...
the room is unfinished :( just haven't gotten around to it
but i am accounting for those in the placement of the corner 2x4s, yes
the fireplace can be hung on a wall like a picture, but its 9 inches deep - i feel it'll look out of place; understandable that this will cause me drywall work, but the end result will look better i for sure
inside the wall installation calls for 4 inches overall depth (can include drywall) - putting it in the corner, i have almost 27 inches wide to play with. i only need 16 inches. so long as i'm in the center, 4 inches is there easily - plus the fact that i'm taking out the drywall
i'm assuming cutting the header and footer for the new corner wall, the cuts will be 45 degrees each side - that assumes the wall comes to a 90 degree corner
@ChrisCudmore Yup, mod votes to open, close, flag as spam, flag as offensive, maybe a few others, are binding and take effect instantly. You no longer have the ability to just give an opinion on a topic, you have to represent the entire community.
BMitch asked: What is your preferred screw type?
Rory Alsop answered: Badum tschsshshshs - I mean, flat head, obviously :-)
BMitch answered: The correct answer is a framing nail gun :)
Tester101 answered: Torx.
@ChrisCudmore Typically yes, as long as they did a good job picking the Pro Term mods. But there's some logic to it. An elected mod is mod for life, or at least until they resign or the community gets so upset that SE admins step in. The idea being that a mod will have to make some unpopular choices from time to time. The Pro Term is that exception.
@lsiunsuex If your windows are drafty and you don't have good weather stripping, then it works. It's not going to change a single pane window into double pane, but it will help the free flow of air.
Sometimes I use my mod powers to correct grammar errors on other people's posts in chat, I suspect SE might frown on that, but then we have an english.SE site, so they had it coming.
Sign posted by a friend: "Hunters please use caution when hunting pedestrians using walking trails"
Punctuation could really help with that sign.
I frequently put my punctuation outside of quotes, it's a coding habit. You wouldn't put the semicolon inside the quotes with a string in C like languages.
I have to say I'm a fan of the trailing {, it saves extra lines in the code, making it easier to read more code in a single screen. But proper indents are critical for making that style work well.
@BMitch Yeah, well part of my switch came with falling in love with a white-space formatted language so now I read code based on indentation more than anything else
My old 3-unit condo has a nice old wooden entry door, with 3 horizontal rails and 2 vertical stiles, with a single large pane of beveled glass as the top panel. The door is very similar to the one shown below.
Over time, this door has become racked, i.e. not square; the latch side is sagging b...
I have a cheap leather couch that I really enjoy sitting on. The problem is that one of the seams on a cushion is coming apart. I know that my rear-end is heavy, so what's the best way to sew it back together so that it won't come apart again?
BMitch asked: What is your preferred screw type?
Rory Alsop answered: Badum tschsshshshs - I mean, flat head, obviously :-)
BMitch answered: The correct answer is a framing nail gun :)
Tester101 answered: Torx.
