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« Reply #925 on: March 25, 2017, 01:58:45 PM »
I too have a ton of wire nuts, but after watching some videos of these in use, I'm going to pick some up for any project. 
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« Reply #926 on: March 25, 2017, 03:09:56 PM »
Kcfd is gonna get twisted and go James Garner on that

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« Reply #927 on: March 25, 2017, 05:32:23 PM »
It's fun to discover your outside faucet broke during the winter.

Ever better when it was all covered by sheetrock by the original owner.

Also, it was attached with a permanent pex connection so I can't twist it off.







Especially when you are just getting ready to watch basketball.

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« Reply #928 on: March 27, 2017, 02:37:27 AM »
that sucks _Fan.  I had a faucet go but I was fortunate to have an unfinished basement and a shutoff valve.  A connection and self taught brazing and I was back in business.
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« Reply #929 on: March 27, 2017, 02:45:32 AM »
Of course as soon as guests arrive another engineered-to-fail component on the beems completes it's mission of boning me.  Stay tuned for me soldering a capacitor into the climate control unit.

I will try to salvage one from a PC power supply to get it working before my Amazon bits arrive.

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« Reply #930 on: March 27, 2017, 07:00:12 AM »
that sucks _Fan.  I had a faucet go but I was fortunate to have an unfinished basement and a shutoff valve.  A connection and self taught brazing and I was back in business.

The fix wasn't too bad once I found it. The previous owner had soldered a pex fitting to the end of the old faucet and then attached it to the pex line. I had to rent a pex tool so I could put on a new fitting for the new faucet, but no big deal.

Worst part was cutting out the wet carpet in the closet and removing the baseboard. Then I sprayed the bottom of the walls with bleach and put several fans in there to dry everything over night before putting in some vinyl floor and new base Sunday afternoon while listening to Frank.

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« Reply #931 on: March 27, 2017, 08:45:21 AM »
that sucks _Fan.  I had a faucet go but I was fortunate to have an unfinished basement and a shutoff valve.  A connection and self taught brazing and I was back in business.

The fix wasn't too bad once I found it. The previous owner had soldered a pex fitting to the end of the old faucet and then attached it to the pex line. I had to rent a pex tool so I could put on a new fitting for the new faucet, but no big deal.

Worst part was cutting out the wet carpet in the closet and removing the baseboard. Then I sprayed the bottom of the walls with bleach and put several fans in there to dry everything over night before putting in some vinyl floor and new base Sunday afternoon while listening to Frank.

Do you have a dehumidifier? I've had to use one for a couple sump pump issues and it worked pretty well.  It's amazing how far water wicks up drywall. 
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« Reply #932 on: March 27, 2017, 11:41:45 AM »
I like handyman endksu very much compared to the pit'r endksu.

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« Reply #933 on: March 27, 2017, 11:49:32 AM »
I think most pit posters are very likable outside of the pit. I can't think of one that I disagree with in the pit that I also disagree with outside of the pit.

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« Reply #934 on: March 27, 2017, 05:28:28 PM »
I like handyman endksu very much compared to the pit'r endksu.

I appreciate your pit posts.  You and I might not see eye to eye, but you try to mount an intellectual defense instead of "pitting" all the time.
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« Reply #935 on: March 27, 2017, 05:46:24 PM »
Thanks.  I post kinda lazy and troll'y in there too much.  Ima stop doing that.

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« Reply #936 on: April 10, 2017, 10:16:45 PM »
ksubrian was too drunk to make it to my house tonight so i had to cut in a new ball valve around my backflow contraption like a chump

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« Reply #937 on: April 11, 2017, 11:19:01 AM »
Why in the huh?

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« Reply #938 on: April 11, 2017, 12:04:50 PM »
Getting ready to finish a basement within the next couple of weeks..  :horrorsurprise:

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« Reply #939 on: April 11, 2017, 12:05:38 PM »
Are you making it a movie theater? Only reason I can think to do that
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« Reply #940 on: April 11, 2017, 12:20:40 PM »
Getting ready to finish a basement within the next couple of weeks..  :horrorsurprise:
Good luck man. I'll build frames and run electric and plumbing and paint and trim and hang doors. But drywall mudding. Yuck.

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« Reply #941 on: April 11, 2017, 12:21:33 PM »
We just got done re-finishing a basement.  Old decor needed to go.  Also replaced carpet with Pergo.  Better for dogs and humans alike.  We like cooler basements for summer time napping, like put some golf on the 56" 4K and pass out.

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« Reply #942 on: April 11, 2017, 12:25:54 PM »
Are you making it a movie theater? Only reason I can think to do that
basically. I like to call it my rumpus room. also 2 bedrooms that are framed but not done down there and a bathroom that needs gutted

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« Reply #943 on: April 11, 2017, 12:31:48 PM »
Sounds great yla. The only positive to buying a house is you can make a movie theater
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« Reply #944 on: April 11, 2017, 02:25:08 PM »
We just got done re-finishing a basement.  Old decor needed to go.  Also replaced carpet with Pergo.  Better for dogs and humans alike.  We like cooler basements for summer time napping, like put some golf on the 56" 4K and pass out.

I've redone our first floor, but I don't want to touch the basement. Getting quotes for drywall work and carpet.

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« Reply #945 on: April 11, 2017, 02:39:07 PM »
Gonna put in that porcelain tile that looks like wood. I like that stuff it looks hot

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« Reply #946 on: April 11, 2017, 04:44:34 PM »
Where did you get your porcelain tile from?

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« Reply #947 on: April 16, 2017, 01:54:13 AM »
Handymanning the beemer (again)

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« Reply #948 on: May 22, 2017, 12:15:11 PM »
need advice. using a scraper and concentrate crap is proving to be a giant pain in the ass for the basement flooring the carpet adhesive is a bitch to get off.
I want to rent either a scraper or a floor buffer and put sandpaper on it to get this off. Tips/suggestos?

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« Reply #949 on: May 22, 2017, 12:25:19 PM »
It pretty much sucks no matter what. A floor sander like you are talking about will probably just get gummed up and not really work worth a crap, but I think they have carbide scraper type attachments for them. Call a rental place and see what they recommend, probably be like 100 bucks for the day.
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