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Niall C.

15:49

@ChrisCudmore: LOL, nice edit

Chris Cudmore

Had to be done.

Tester101

16:05

@ChrisCudmore Thanks for the edit.

although... Isn't a lightsaber just a souped-up plasma torch?

Niall C.

@Tester101 off-topic, belongs on scifi.stackexchange.com

Tester101

OK. Is hole really a useful tag?

This question used it creatively.

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Q: Large sinkhole getting larger

I live in central Florida. I had a sinkhole 10' long by 2' wide by 6' deep. 3 years later it is now 25'L x 8'W x 2'D. Growing at this rate, from previous postings, it seems to be an underground stream. I'm very reluctant to try to fill it because who knows when it will stop, and it seems to be a...

Combining sink and hole, because the question is about a sinkhole

Niall C.

16:24

It doesn't really work on its own -- there are too many different things you could have holes in

And the sinkhole question is just mistagged

There are a few other sinkhole questions on the site, maybe it's time for a [sinkhole] tag.

Tester101

16:43

Do we need a glue and adhesive tag? Could glue be a synonym for adhesive?

Glue: An adhesive substance used for sticking objects or materials together.

Adhesive: A substance used for sticking objects or materials together; glue.

wax eagle

@Tester101 look like synonyms to me

Tester101

@waxeagle So I'd suggest Glue as a synonym for Adhesive, or the other way around?

wax eagle

@Tester101 adhesive sounds more technical and is slightly broader

Chris Cudmore

Wikipedia redirects Glue to Adhesive. I suggest we do the same.

Tester101

17:02

Tags are a PITA. bundled-cables, cables, cabling.

wax eagle

@Tester101 yes

Tester101

Contest idea! Most accepted tag synonyms, in one week.

lsiunsuex

houzz.com/exposed-ceiling - house agnostic or need a certain style to pull off an exposed ceiling (only in the living room) ?

in a heated debate with the wife - i want to do it, she doesn't (as usual)

Chris Cudmore

The ones with diagonal blocking look like crap

lsiunsuex

on the first page the 2nd photo with the orange painting probably matches the style of our house best

stained, painted, white, black - whatever - i like it though i think

point is - solves 2 problems - get rid of the shitty popcorn ceiling and 2: run a new HVAC duct to the master bedroom which is just above the family room

leave it exposed - some cool lighting and ceiling speakers - paint it black i'm feeling - would be cool i think

Tester101

17:14

Looks good, if you like the unfinished basement look.

Chris Cudmore

I don't like the whites at all. The blacks and naturals look ok, if the wood is somewhat nice.

Tester101

Looks like crap when you've got cables, ducts, pipes, etc. running all over the place.

lsiunsuex

our 2nd floor has really shitty air flow - like we just leave the windows open on the 2nd floor cause AC coming from the first floor has no effect on it - (and we just had a new furnace / ac installed in the last 2 years)

wood is original to the house obviously so 90 years old

i think i could pull it off - hide the light and speaker cables

nice shinny duct to fix the circ problem on the 2nd floor

Tester101

Hmm... Exposed cables, conduit required?

lsiunsuex

Blog Post!!!!!!!

just use the steel braided shit no?

forget what its called - they use it in metal studs / commercial

wax eagle

17:20

@lsiunsuex lol, I'm looking at some right now (they're building a wall across from my cube)

I know what you're talkinga bout

lsiunsuex

might just be called armored cable i think

i tried cutting through the shielding with a pipe cutter once. didnt work out so well - ate the blade :(

i aspire to have something like that someday

Chris Cudmore

dumb@ss forgot to take the price tag off his skylight.

lsiunsuex

no no - had to take a screen shot - houzz has really locked down saving their images

or it was a joke and i'm really f'ing exhausted

lsiunsuex

17:45

jkandsons.com/wayzata2.htm just disgusting

i'd love a 3 floor house (actual 3 floors)

Chris Cudmore

@lsiunsuex Look at the wine cellar in image 20

lsiunsuex

and the movie theater

wax eagle

@ChrisCudmore want. as it is I'm probably converting part of my crawlspace to wine storage

lsiunsuex

3rd thumbnail - 4th photo - wtf is the big room on the 3rd floor?

it cant be the master bedroom, is it?

wax eagle

@lsiunsuex maybe, may be a sitting area attached to master

lsiunsuex

17:55

never understood siting areas in bedrooms. its a bedroom, you sleep in it. if you need to work, you work in the den. if you want to socialize, thats the kitchen / dining room / first floor

wax eagle

@lsiunsuex well in this case it's probably a private are to receive guests...sort of like a solar

lsiunsuex

receive guests? on the 3rd floor in the back of the house? from where, the chopper? :)

wax eagle

Solar (room)

The solar was a room in many English and French medieval manor houses, great houses and castles, generally situated on an upper storey, designed as the family's private living and sleeping quarters. In such houses, the main ground-floor room was known as the Great Hall, in which all members of the household including tenants employees and servants would eat, with those of highest status being at the end, often on a raised dais, and those of lesser status further down the hall. But a need was felt for more privacy to be enjoyed by the head of the household, and, especially, by the senior w...

lsiunsuex

ahh

so i can omit that from my blue prints

wax eagle

@lsiunsuex yeah I'd say so

BMitch

18:57

Welcome to Project Update Thursday

Tester101

\o/

Chris Cudmore

Yay!

wax eagle

woot

Chris Cudmore

This is not DIY. I don't have the time.

BMitch

@ChrisCudmore wait, since when did people actually update us on their projects during PUT?

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Chris Cudmore

19:01

Week 1: Get the crap out of the basement. Window Installer came.

Last week: Friday: Start Framing.

Saturday: Plumber, 2 Electritians and Framer all in.

Sunday: DIY!

BMitch

drywall mudding looks nice from afar. Quick sanity check: you drywalled the ceiling first, right?

Chris Cudmore

Monday: Interior walls drywalled, Framing complete.

Tuesday: Sprayfoam:

Wednesday: Drywall complete and taped.

Today: Mudding

Tomorrow: Sanding.

He hopes to have it paint ready when he leaves on Sunday for his week's vacation.

That'll give me and She Who Must Be Obeyed time to paint and install hardwood.

He'll come back and install the drop ceiling, and recall dates with electrician and plumber.

BMitch

nice, that's one of the cleanest job sites I've seen in a long time

Chris Cudmore

@BMitch That's the bulkhead around the ducts. The rest will be a drop ceiling. We didn't want to have to re-route all the plumbing under the joists.

He's really good, and scrupulously on time.

BMitch

Got it, I saw the hole behind the bulkhead and it had me scratching my head. Drop ceiling in a basement makes future utility work so much easier.

Chris Cudmore

19:07

The main thing is that we'll need to do the kitchen in a year or two. So access to the plumbing was important.

BMitch

I've got one bit of open ceiling in the center utility room, and it makes wiring a breeze. I just made sure to run some conduit during the renovation to places I couldn't easily reach.

Chris Cudmore

And wiring... I currently have two 15 amp outlets in the kitchen, not splits. One is on the same circuits as the two bathrooms. We'll need to get up there to replace all that.

BMitch

did you attempt to unscrew that bolt to see if your home would float away?

Chris Cudmore

In my experience with contractors, I've found that most of them do a good job -- But one who shows up when he says he will is to be cherished.

@BMitch Nah. I wasn't concerned about it. Just wanted to know what it was.

BMitch

if you opened it up, the next thought would be "close it quick! and where's the air freshener?"

Chris Cudmore

19:11

It's in the missing tile on the photo above. Cabinetry going over it. I'll mark a circle on the cabinet floor saying "Cleanout HERE!"

BMitch

which she who must be obeyed will promptly cover with a bottle of mr clean.

Chris Cudmore

But of course!

Tester101

Is there a plumber in the house?

Chris Cudmore

My house?

Or in chat?

Tester101

The chat "house"

Chris Cudmore

19:19

I gave the plumber a pencil. He might show up.

Tester101

We need somebody to snake the Blog line, there seems to be nothing coming down the pipe!

Chris Cudmore

I'll do one when I do the engineered wood. I took too many shortcuts with the tile.

Amateur tip: 3/8" notched trowel means you can get away with not leveling the concrete floor.

BMitch

two important tips every plumber should know: sh*t flows downhill and don't bite your nails.

Chris Cudmore

Actually, the number one tiling tip is: Drop the tile in tight to the adjacent ones and pull it away to leave the gap. Don't slide it in to close the gap, or you get mortar building up in the grout lines.

BMitch

@ChrisCudmore saw that one from Mike Holmes

Chris Cudmore

19:39

Let's not talk about Mike Holmes. My mom watches Mike Holmes, and then considers herself an expert.

I think Gordon Ramsay and Mike Holmes should team up. "Not only does your food suck, but you've got dry rot from that half assed reno you did."

Chris Cudmore

19:51

Is this thing on?

BMitch

20:05

sorry, I'm kinda around, the 11 cop cars on my street plus helicopter were a little distracting

wax eagle

@BMitch wow, any clue what's going on?

Chris Cudmore

What did you do this time?

BMitch

apparently someone on a motorcycle thought a good way to escape was to go down a dead end street

wax eagle

@BMitch lol g/l with that :)

BMitch

I told to cop to add an extra $200 for speeding because we just got an additional fine approved

he got excited about earning some extra money

wax eagle

20:08

@BMitch nice :)

BMitch

If anyone is looking for work, this answer could use a cleanup:

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A: Fixing broken fence posts with Simpson Strong-Tie E-Z Mender and concrete

Are you thinking of just cutting off the damaged posts and reusing them? Iwould think they are too rotted to reuse .I have used similar products for posts but did not have much sucess unless it was a open design fence like a spaced picket or rail type and 4ft tall. The fence appears to be about 6...

Tester101

Hello @vanillaike. Welcome to Project Update Thursday.

@Aaron How are the new tools working out?

Aaron

20:35

Whoops, got stuck on one of those work phone calls

@Tester101 haven't even opened the box yet, currently sanding and mudding the bedroom closet to get it ready for paint

BMitch

21:18

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Project Update Thursday - 16 August 2012

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