Home Improvement

Tester101

10:14

Ground Fault. An unintentional, electrically conducting connection between an ungrounded conductor of an electrical circuit and the normally non–current-carrying conductors, metallic enclosures, metallic raceways, metallic equipment, or earth.

So if you intentionally connect the ungrounded conductor to the normally non-current-carrying conductors, it's not a ground fault.

BMitch

11:20

@Tester101 Of course it's not a ground's fault, it's the device's fault, the device shouldn't be doing that and should be corrected with a persuasive hammer tap.

lsiunsuex

12:03

homedepot.com/p/…

i kinda get the impression the machine rental is included in 1 bag's price?

"Free 24 hour machine rental with the purchase of 10 bags"

Chris Cudmore

12:46

Are mod elections to replace a current mod or is it to add an additional one?

Tester101

15 hours ago, by BMitch

For those that don't know, Vebjorn Ljosa is stepping down. He hasn't been active in a while and felt that it would be better for someone else to take his place.

Chris Cudmore

@lsiunsuex lowes.ca/blown-in-insulation/…

Yeah. There appears to be a $10/bag premium

lsiunsuex

13:05

@ChrisCudmore the main wall of the staircase is by far the coldest wall in the house - thinking about drilling a hole in each cavity and blowing insulation in

but knowing this house, i'm either gonna end up wasting the loose fill or end up gutting the wall; neither outcome is desirable

Chris Cudmore

Is Blown Cellulose appropriate for vertical applications?

lsiunsuex

i've seen it used on TV - better then nothing at all is my opinion

Chris Cudmore

Frankly, cost aside, once I have several patches, I'd rather just re-drywall. Same amount of taping.

Tester101

I think blown cellulose will compact under its own weight in the cavity.

So you'll end up with a half insulated wall.

lsiunsuex

mmm

Chris Cudmore

13:08

I wonder if a spray foam company could do it through a hole.

@Tester101 That's what I was thinking.

lsiunsuex

thats a lot of spray foam, no ?

Chris Cudmore

Not cans.

You'd hire someone to do it. They might have a special nozzle for this purpose

Tester101

I don't think spray foam would work through a hole, unless they have a flexible tube or something that can actually go inside the cavity.

lsiunsuex

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@Tester101 thats exactly what their using

that video looks exactly like what i've seen in these walls as i've demo'd them - blocks of white, solid foam

Tester101

I'd let a pro handle that. I could just see the wall exploding, because there's too much foam in it.

lsiunsuex

13:14

i'd drill another hole beside the hole for the tube and put a borascope in there to watch the foam expand

BMitch

13:44

@ChrisCudmore My family did that in an older home, plaster walls and wallpaper. They just cut small patches of the wall paper, drilled a 1-2" hole, and blew it in. You need to check for fire blocking, and realize that it will settle over time, so it's imperfect, but better than nothing.

Chris Cudmore

@lsiunsuex And then post it on Youtube. It'll be more entertaining than half the crap on there.

@BMitch I wonder if putting a nozzle near the bottom of the cavity and occasionally hooking the vacuum up to it on blow would re-distribute it.

BMitch

@ChrisCudmore it's not so much that there's a cavity that you can blow out, it just compacts over time. In the attic, you go from 12" to 8" over the years, thinner, but still evenly distributed. In a vertical wall, as it compresses, you end up with an uninsulated portion at the top of the wall.

lsiunsuex

with blowing it in - i'm kinda thinking the blown in will cling to the lath and keep itself up on its own. also all the nails coming into the cavity from the outside from the shingles will grip it as well

Aaron

15:36

so if my kitchen sink is draining slowly, and I've augered and haven't found anything, what do you think are the odds of leaves falling on the vent in the roof and clogging the vent?

Chris Cudmore

15:49

@Aaron I don't know how likely it is, but it's fairly easy to check if you have an appropriate ladder.

lsiunsuex

16:01

@Aaron is the sink drain connected to a garbage disposal ?

whenever ours drains slowly, its because food has backed up into the disposal - running the disposal for a minute usually clears it

lsiunsuex

16:22

apple.com/apple-events/october-2013

i hope they bring back Elvis!

BMitch

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Q: 2013 Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection

In connection with the moderator elections, we will be holding a Q&A with the candidates. This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the candidates on the topic of moderation. Participation is completely voluntary. This is an alternative form of the Town Hall...

lsiunsuex

Fontforge can generate Unified Font Object file format. An UFO is a directory representing font data with one or more glyph layers. And could be ideal for your task. unifiedfontobject.org — allcaps 39 mins ago

some comments just strike me as "selling a product" comments.

Aaron

17:08

There is a disposal, but how do I find out if that's the holdup?

i.e, how do I bypass it?

can I just disconnect it from the flange and look into it?

because when I put water in the sink the whole thing ends up filling up, and then when I pull the p-trap there is a bunch of water in there

BMitch

17:44

@Aaron Pull the P-trap, put a bucket under the disposal (maybe some plastic or a tube into the bucket to avoid any mess) and run water down the sink drain, see if it goes any faster.

If you don't hear a bunch of gurgling in the drain after the water flows out, chance are it's a partial blockage and not a stopped vent.

Chris Cudmore

17:58

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Q: Nicely mounting 2x4s to wall

I would like to make some bookshelves similar to what is seen here: My question is how to nicely mount these to the wall. Obviously I could simply angle some screws into the wall studs, however I think that'd look a bit messy and would like to hide the mounting method.

mounting shelving

It made the hot questions list.

lsiunsuex

18:40

Vote for me! Vote for me!

BMitch

So glad to see a bunch of people putting their names in the hat. When these elections first start, I always worry that no one will run. Then again, I took a few days to put my own name in the hat.

lsiunsuex

If I'm elected, I will be hosting a free brick oven pizza party at my house for all my supporters!

beat that, @ChrisCudmore

Chris Cudmore

To be honest, I'm not going to be upset if I don't win. A week's worth of solid question answering, I'll be at 10k

lsiunsuex

19:05

sooooo..... when amazon says 2 day shipping; and the product was ordered on sunday, and shipped on monday, that doesn't mean it'll be delivered on tuesday? wednesday makes it 3 days, no ?

Aaron

Man I augered the crap (well, not really, it's a kitchen sink, not a toilet) out of that thing, and it's still draining slow

I wonder how to clamp off the dishwasher hose so I can get some good vacuum action on the sink plunger

Chris Cudmore

Time to bring out the heavy chemicals.

Aaron

@lsiunsuex no, wednesday is 2 days, shipped monday arrived tuesday is overnight

lsiunsuex

sounds like false advertising - should then say, x days after the day of purchase

no bid deal - only a bluetooth headset cause i got pulled over on my way home for talking on the phone from the wedding sunday, but i hate waiting... amazon.com/gp/product/B009L7G8GI/ref=shptrk_scth

BMitch

Sunday is not a day, at least not in business speak.

lsiunsuex

19:16

sunday is a day if your a programmer!

thats like saying zero isn't a number

BMitch

I do all my programming with only 1's, thank you very much. :)

lsiunsuex

and no; i didn't get a ticket. the cop thought he was gonna catch me with an expired inspection, saying "you know your inspection expired in september, 2 months ago, right?" um... no? look at it again, officer (moron) - it doesn't expire until november!

... he let me go haha

Aaron

One of the things on Cisco which drives me nuts is that the routers all start ports/slots at '0', and the switches start at '1'

lsiunsuex

@Aaron agreed

Aaron

@lsiunsuex why did he think it expired in september? I missed a step there

lsiunsuex

19:21

he mis-read the sticker (in NY, its on the windshield) - he was even pointing to it reading it outloud - Dude - its november, not september punched out

Aaron

ah

no recurring inspections required here in MD, just emission

lsiunsuex

we need them every year, 1 year from the last

Chris Cudmore

7 or 8 versions in, Java finally fixed the "January is the 0th month" issue.

They released a whole new date/time framework.

lsiunsuex

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Aaron