BG Homeowner and DIY Thread - Out of the Basement Edition

[Jaybar]

Nice work! That photo makes it so much more clear what you meant

In re: Square corners. Best practice is to not over grind the corner (so bring the disk up to but not beyond the edge) then hand chisel the remaining bit off to square it up. I am not aware of a dremel like attachment for concrete.

In re: Lexel, I've sold it before when I worked at an Ace hardware, but I wanted to read up on the product with new eyeballs. There is some SERIOUS false advertising on their website. They claim 400% joint movement but their testing only passed with 25% movement. This won't mean much for your project since it is so small and won't see much movement, but holy crap that's abysmal. Silicones are rated at 200% and polys are 75-100% typically (however I've tested a lot of silicone sealants and we would often get 400% passes). Plus no information about what it actually is. I am guessing it is a hybridized silicone product but it advertises as adhering to wet surfaces.

Well anyway hope it works for you, it looks so much better than that thing you had before.

[Cantih]

Here's something for the thread. An unending source of can't look away.

The Los Angeles subreddit has a local fixture, there's this dude who had been posting these for years

Things seen this week during structural inspections!
https://imgur.com/user/AlphaStructural
https://www.reddit.com/user/DMAS1638/submitted/

[Jaybar]

The shit I've seen scares me, and that is pretty on par.

[Ksandra]

Any guess on what these holes might be?

[BaneTheBrawler]

kinda look like the legs of some sort of outdoor structure like a clothesline. maybe a washtub, if they're actually plumbing, but i doubt that.

[Salodin]

Any guess on what these holes might be?

Is that in a spot where central air could be?

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[Jaybar]

They look like expansion anchors for something to be mounted onto that concrete pad.

[Julian]

Still no house here... one of the houses we made an offer on just sold. For $250 more than we offered... ;-; 250 fucking dollars

[archibaldcrane]

They look like expansion anchors for something to be mounted onto that concrete pad.

^

[Ksandra]

So, we had asked about it awhile back, and did the final showing on Monday, which is when I took the pictures.

Oddly enough we found out today what they were. Apparently they were mounts for the seller's ham radios. lol

We get our keys tomorrow!

Still no word on whether our buyer is going to be able to purchase the property.

[BaneTheBrawler]

neat! radio tower was actually my first thought but i thought it was too unusual and the pad a bit too small but i guess not everyone does 100ft towers like the ones ive seen.

[archibaldcrane]

Buying a house from a ham radio nerd smh

[Ksandra]

Buying a house from a ham radio nerd smh

More like buying old people house. They’re about 90 years old.

The house is covered in wallpaper.


Thankfully, they maintained the place really well.

I am itching for Black Friday. You should see how dated the appliances are.

[Jaybar]

Are they 1960s appliances? There is a market for old shit like that.

[archibaldcrane]

We're still using the old ass fridge and dishwasher left in our house, hopefully we'll renovate the kitchen in the next year or two.

[Ksandra]

Are they 1960s appliances? There is a market for old shit like that.

I wanna say 70s/80s. But yeah we can see if anyone wants them as they are all functional.

We're still using the old ass fridge and dishwasher left in our house, hopefully we'll renovate the kitchen in the next year or two.

Our plan is to do an extension to the kitchen, but I gotta get the appliances now. I am gonna hate going back to a no-water dispenser life in the meantime.

[BaneTheBrawler]

faucet, yo. unless your city has shit water quality. grab a brita.

[Ksandra]

faucet, yo. unless your city has shit water quality. grab a brita.

We have a britta from the years we had no water dispenser. Can't compete. Especially with little kids who can barely life the pitcher without spilling everywhere.

[archibaldcrane]

We just put one of these bad boys in the fridge

[Ksandra]

I don't see the ice dispenser in that.

I am just spoiled. I have lived with both and just love having a fridge with dispenser. I don't hate those that don't, but it's what I like.