Author Topic: House buying/owning advice (Read 109210 times)

steve dave · « **Reply #1575 on:** October 05, 2023, 10:26:18 PM »

what was that message board thread where the guy was building his own home with zero experience and it was like this?

DaBigTrain · « **Reply #1576 on:** October 05, 2023, 10:34:01 PM »

Quote from: steve dave on October 05, 2023, 10:26:18 PM

what was that message board thread where the guy was building his own home with zero experience and it was like this?

This one?

https://goEMAW.com/forum/index.php?topic=26704.0

mocat · « **Reply #1577 on:** October 06, 2023, 07:31:46 AM »

Unbelievable

ben ji · « **Reply #1578 on:** October 16, 2023, 06:18:18 PM »

Can someone recommend a plumber/handyman in the KC area for a relatively simple job? Just need the faucet in my kitchen sink replaced but I can't get the job done because I'm a beta city boi. I've replaced a bathroom faucet but this one may need to be sawed off since the "Anchors" that secure the faucet to the sink are "sealed" or something..cant get em off.

wetwillie · « **Reply #1579 on:** October 16, 2023, 06:25:43 PM »

Damn, I've been telling my wife I can replace the faucet on our current sink no problem. Looks like I might be full of crap, I thought it was super easy.

CNS · « **Reply #1580 on:** October 16, 2023, 07:15:48 PM »

Quote from: ben ji on October 16, 2023, 06:18:18 PM

Can someone recommend a plumber/handyman in the KC area for a relatively simple job? Just need the faucet in my kitchen sink replaced but I can't get the job done because I'm a beta city boi. I've replaced a bathroom faucet but this one may need to be sawed off since the "Anchors" that secure the faucet to the sink are "sealed" or something..cant get em off.

Vielhauer plumbing has been my go to for quite some time. They get to us quick and are inexpensive.

I redid my master bath a few years ago and didn’t want to mess with setting my own shower base. I have another plumber I have worked with a lot as well. I had both bid the job and Vielhauer was half the price and did great. They have done quite a bit of small stuff for me. 10/10

mocat · « **Reply #1581 on:** October 16, 2023, 09:43:35 PM »

I have replaced the kitchen sink faucet and it is very satisfying to know that I am one handyman tier above ben ji

Skipper44 · « **Reply #1582 on:** October 17, 2023, 08:57:26 PM »

new vanity is the answer here

yoga-like_abana · « **Reply #1583 on:** December 13, 2023, 03:48:07 PM »

Has anyone here put a zipline in? Hoping/planning to put a larger one in and am wondering who to use/buy a kit from

steve dave · « **Reply #1584 on:** December 13, 2023, 05:50:24 PM »

Quote from: yoga-like_abana on December 13, 2023, 03:48:07 PM

Has anyone here put a zipline in? Hoping/planning to put a larger one in and am wondering who to use/buy a kit from

how elaborate we talkin? I've built several "home alone" style "ziplines" if my time on the ranch but never one I'd, like, open to the public.

yoga-like_abana · « **Reply #1585 on:** December 13, 2023, 07:25:34 PM »

Probably home alone style for now but large one is in stock for the future

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steve dave · « **Reply #1586 on:** December 13, 2023, 07:31:24 PM »

Quote from: yoga-like_abana on December 13, 2023, 07:25:34 PM

Probably home alone style for now but large one is in stock for the future

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there are a ton of cheap pulleys made pretty much for zip lines. get a really good one. that's the piece that will need to be high end. tight metal cable attached to very rigid frames on each end. can't have flex in them. from there I really prefer a thick rope dangling off the pulley v. handle bars. it allows for varying elevation and also makes pulling it back to the beginning much easier. a big fat tow rope has a lot of give to it and will provide some cushion when they slam into the end part. also obviously some springs/braking at the end of your cable helps that even more. but when I was growing up most of the fun was slamming into it top speed and getting launched off the rope. we had a long sand runway underneath the entire run which made wipeouts easier to handle.

steve dave · « **Reply #1587 on:** December 13, 2023, 07:36:04 PM »

ours growing up was a wooden tower on telephone poles. angled ladder up the side. basic wooden walls up top to stop us idiots shoving each other off it. simple as can be.

steve dave · « **Reply #1588 on:** December 13, 2023, 07:37:23 PM »

the giant knot in the tow rope at just above ground elevation when you hit the end was obviously known as "ball buster" so just fyi on that

wetwillie · « **Reply #1589 on:** December 13, 2023, 07:46:06 PM »

sd I'm genuinely surprised you survived into adulthood

steve dave · « **Reply #1590 on:** December 13, 2023, 08:03:18 PM »

Quote from: wetwillie on December 13, 2023, 07:46:06 PM

sd I'm genuinely surprised you survived into adulthood

BITCH BARELY

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Phil Titola · « **Reply #1591 on:** December 13, 2023, 08:48:24 PM »

Quote from: CNS on October 16, 2023, 07:15:48 PM

Quote from: ben ji on October 16, 2023, 06:18:18 PM
Can someone recommend a plumber/handyman in the KC area for a relatively simple job? Just need the faucet in my kitchen sink replaced but I can't get the job done because I'm a beta city boi. I've replaced a bathroom faucet but this one may need to be sawed off since the "Anchors" that secure the faucet to the sink are "sealed" or something..cant get em off.

Vielhauer plumbing has been my go to for quite some time. They get to us quick and are inexpensive.

I redid my master bath a few years ago and didn’t want to mess with setting my own shower base. I have another plumber I have worked with a lot as well. I had both bid the job and Vielhauer was half the price and did great. They have done quite a bit of small stuff for me. 10/10

Noted! I need some small crap done like flip where the disposal is and the hot/cold are the wrong way so just going to buy a new kitchen faucet and have them do all that at once.

DaBigTrain · « **Reply #1592 on:** December 13, 2023, 10:16:29 PM »

Quote from: wetwillie on December 13, 2023, 07:46:06 PM

sd I'm genuinely surprised you survived into adulthood

Yeah but look at him now!

Phil Titola · « **Reply #1593 on:** December 26, 2023, 04:56:02 PM »

Got a MyQ video keypad for the garage. It's pretty nice. that old crusty keypad that everybody has kinda sucked. Biggest worry is the battery life. I doubt I even use the video feature to help save battery, already have a camera back there.

yoga-like_abana · « **Reply #1594 on:** February 04, 2024, 08:41:01 AM »

Needs minor adjustments but zip line from the front area of our house to where the school bus picks up is successfully in. Freaking awesome

ben ji · « **Reply #1595 on:** February 04, 2024, 10:23:55 AM »

Quote from: yoga-like_abana on February 04, 2024, 08:41:01 AM

Needs minor adjustments but zip line from the front area of our house to where the school bus picks up is successfully in. Freaking awesome

What kind of speeds can you reach on the zipline? Has anyone been injured? If a really fat person used it would it break or would they just get going super fast and then go flying off when they hit the "stopper" at the end?

We need a video of this bad boi in action.

yoga-like_abana · « **Reply #1596 on:** February 05, 2024, 09:47:46 AM »

350# weight capacity but heavier people tend to go slower but kids definitely rip ass on it. No one has ate crap other than on a dismount. Definitely need to work on a better brake at the end. The one that came with the kit isn't quite up to snuff. If I could figure out how to upload a video I definitely would. Think the next one I buy will be a much better cable and need to build a platform for it still

Dugout DickStone · « **Reply #1597 on:** February 05, 2024, 10:13:38 AM »

had a client who sold ziplines and fellas, they get sued lots

meow meow · « **Reply #1598 on:** February 05, 2024, 11:26:49 AM »

bought house in september, with a cool 7.375% rate

what should be my time to refi this thing, when it gets to 6.375? below 6?

DQ12 · « **Reply #1599 on:** February 19, 2024, 05:14:11 PM »

Quote from: DQ12 on July 31, 2023, 02:41:11 PM

i don't know why you guys are being jerks about old houses.

Check out this hot POA. It needs a lot of work, but you dump 400k into that baby and you're sitting on 7300 sq ft. You're a 3 minute walk from the streetcar, and a short ride down to the Royals game. All for less than $800k. My wife and I could both, realistically, commute via streetcar from there. My child(ren) would have issues with schools, but there are some really quality and educational youtube channels these days!

Is that alluring or what?

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3512-Kenwood-Ave-Kansas-City-MO-64109/2341351_zpid/