DemonSpeedn
You talking to me?
Fixed my dryer this past weekend, woke up this morning to no hot water came home from work flicked the pilot back on, don't know how it went out in the first place
The Home Improvement Thread
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TacoXpo
HOAX DENIER
High winds cause mine to go out semi-regularly.
In your house? Ever hear of beano?
rofl
Boomtacoma01
Tommy want wingy..
Well this past week was utter shit on the home improvement front.
I was out of town last weekend when the hot water output from the water heater decided to spring a leak. Great. Luckily our dog walker came over to feed our bullmastiff and called us quickly. She cut the hot water off and the leak stopped. It leaked enough to saturate an 8x8 area in our ceiling. It decided to crater on monday creating a huge mess. I spent most of the afternoon cleaning that up and inhaling god know how much rock wool insulation. Got the leak fixed with a compression coupling, the old stuff demoed, replaced and textured with a local guy that does work in the neighborhood. He will be back to paint on Wednesday.
On top of all that had to hang Christmas lights this morning. The wife insisted on "helping" took twice as long as need after she decided I need to weed eat flower bed to make the lights look better. That forced a full tear down and rebuild of my Stihl weed wacker which didn't want to run worth a crap. That killed another 2 hours. Then I got conned into going to Kroger, Wells Fargo and Gawd Damn Costco. I am wiped and drinking....... Rant over.
I was out of town last weekend when the hot water output from the water heater decided to spring a leak. Great. Luckily our dog walker came over to feed our bullmastiff and called us quickly. She cut the hot water off and the leak stopped. It leaked enough to saturate an 8x8 area in our ceiling. It decided to crater on monday creating a huge mess. I spent most of the afternoon cleaning that up and inhaling god know how much rock wool insulation. Got the leak fixed with a compression coupling, the old stuff demoed, replaced and textured with a local guy that does work in the neighborhood. He will be back to paint on Wednesday.
On top of all that had to hang Christmas lights this morning. The wife insisted on "helping" took twice as long as need after she decided I need to weed eat flower bed to make the lights look better. That forced a full tear down and rebuild of my Stihl weed wacker which didn't want to run worth a crap. That killed another 2 hours. Then I got conned into going to Kroger, Wells Fargo and Gawd Damn Costco. I am wiped and drinking....... Rant over.
TacoXpo
HOAX DENIER
That sucks! I've just been through that.
Although water heater pans with the right plumbing can solve that one. I would like to see a drain behind the toilet with the floor slanted in that direction. That way if the toilet tank starts to leak it will drain or if the bathtub overflows, etc. I'd also like angle stops for shower feeds.
taco4x4rar
Well-Known Member
For the life of me I have never understood why builders have thought putting water heaters in an attic or upstairs was a good idea, nothing good ever come from it in the long run.
Boomtacoma01
Tommy want wingy..
Here is the kicker. The water heater is on ground level in my house which is a 1 story. The water lines that feed the rest of the house are in the ceiling. Naturally it was in a tight place where my big ass couldn't fit. When the ceiling caved in I had some access. Lucky me 
tex
That's Mr Asshole to you
Here is the kicker. The water heater is on ground level in my house which is a 1 story. The water lines that feed the rest of the house are in the ceiling. Naturally it was in a tight place where my big ass couldn't fit. When the ceiling caved in I had some access. Lucky me
Sucks but be thankful it was not a slab leak and cost a lot more to fix.
taco4x4rar
Well-Known Member
Here is the kicker. The water heater is on ground level in my house which is a 1 story. The water lines that feed the rest of the house are in the ceiling. Naturally it was in a tight place where my big ass couldn't fit. When the ceiling caved in I had some access. Lucky me
Huh, that really sucks
TacoXpo
HOAX DENIER
Boomtacoma01
Tommy want wingy..
Pier and beam 60's era home. I got lucky...
TacoXpo
HOAX DENIER
The only bitch about them is similar to my other complaint!
They typically don't make it roomy enough for 'modern' sized belly's!!! 
Slab leaks suck. I truly wish builders thought a bit more like maintenance people. One apartment complex that I sold was built by the owner. ALL of the plumbing and gas lines were exposed in the back of the building. It looked like crap but was very, very functional!
Seriously. I wished the building code called for the slabs to be twice as thick or at least have more piers to support sinking in the swamp that is Houston. Also I wish the roads here had to have double the amount of specialized compacted soil (can't think of the term as I haven't had my coffee yet
) and rebar so that the roads wouldn't sink as bad. Like the Europeans do with their roads.
taco4x4rar
Well-Known Member
Seriously. I wished the building code called for the slabs to be twice as thick or at least have more piers to support sinking in the swamp that is Houston. Also I wish the roads here had to have double the amount of specialized compacted soil (can't think of the term as I haven't had my coffee yet
Houston is just a shitty place to try and build, between the swamps and flooding I'm surprised anything lasts longer than 15 years
I'm not sure how much this was a "home improvement"; but I just threw out half a truck bed of Easyriders, American Iron, 4x4, and a bunch of different gun/shooting magazines. I'm thinking the improvement will be regained space and less nagging from my wife.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
The only magazines I keep any more are Overland Journal and Crawl. The rest get pitched within a few months of reading. Oh and I keep that Book of the AR15 that comes out once a qtr or so. I used to have mountains of magazines though.
Silverback
Lima Gulf Bravo Foxtrot Juliet Bravo
Installed a utility sink, cabinet and cupboard in the laundry room.
I kept all of my Horse Backstreet Chopper mags and a couple of the Big Twin mags from the early 90s.