Home Improvement/Repair Questions

[Road Guy]

this looks pretty solid

 

[Supe]

Yeah, that one falls firmly into the NFW category, even for me!

 

[knight1fox3]

When in doubt, use the buddy system! :thumbs:

 

[Road Guy]

our hold house stairwell had one of those 20 foot ceilings on one end and I had to construct something out of 2X10's to get to it, was pretty sturdy but fairly expensive for a one use. It held up fine but the wife was freaked out when I was on the thing- wish I had taken a photo back then!

 

[Audi Driver P.E.]

Ugh, that sucks.  My 250# ass definitely doesn't need to be 20' in the air on a ladder.   And I don't think the HD scaffolds go over 10 or 12 feet.

They go to 15 feet, IIRC. How tall is your foyer?

 

[Audi Driver P.E.]

Assuming you're roughly 6', that looks about right for an HD rental.

I may just say f-it and go buy one of those Werner ladders.  21' with extensions (the Little Giant type) for $120 at lowes, and the split height adjustment would let me use it ont he stairs where I need to fix drywall waves and pops.

After using one of those, I don't see how I ever got along without it.  Handier than a pocket on a shirt.

 

[Supe]

They go to 15 feet, IIRC. How tall is your foyer?

It appears to be 20', but I need to double check.  It's definitely no less than 18.

 

[Supe]

What a clusterf*ck Saturday was.  Ever since our trees were removed and the HOA STILL hasn't given me my approval to replant trees, the front of the house looks like absolute shit.  Front yard is all torn up from the stump grinder tracing the roots, and with all the new sunlight, weeds, clover, etc. took off like crazy.  I had finally had enough and committed to at least making the mailbox area and planter beds by the house look less shitty.  Unfortunately, I picked a 95° day in NC to do it.

I was f*cking DYING.  I could not keep enough gatorade/water/cooling towels handy.  Only cost around $200 for everything, but ended up digging a hole, transplanting a gardenia, digging up a shit ton of crab grass, dumping about 10 bags of mulch, 3 bags of dirt, and planting a buttload of annuals in a new barrel-looking planter, and then planting new flowers in three of our old pots. 

It damn near killed me and took all day, but even with the shitty lawn, it looks 10,000x better.  

 

[Supe]

On the plus side, my coworker has one of those 21' multi-use ladders from Werner (like the ones Little Giant sells) he said I can borrow.  I may just give it a shot and see how stable it feels.  If its not too bad, I can fix the f*cking doorbell while I'm up there instead of hiring an electrician (someone pushed the doorbell button in so far it cracked and got stuck, so the circuit was closed all day and fried the chime unit.  Was buzzing when I disconnected it, so transformer is probably OK.)

 

[knight1fox3]

It damn near killed me and took all day, but even with the shitty lawn, it looks 10,000x better.  

Well what was Mrs. Supe doing the whole time?!

On the plus side, my coworker has one of those 21' multi-use ladders from Werner (like the ones Little Giant sells) he said I can borrow.  I may just give it a shot and see how stable it feels.  If its not too bad, I can fix the f*cking doorbell while I'm up there instead of hiring an electrician (someone pushed the doorbell button in so far it cracked and got stuck, so the circuit was closed all day and fried the chime unit.  Was buzzing when I disconnected it, so transformer is probably OK.)

Eh, get the Nest Hello instead as a replacement. :thumbs:

 

[Supe]

Well what was Mrs. Supe doing the whole time?!

She helped later in the day.  Of course, she also helped the side closest to the house, which was in the shade...

Eh, get the Nest Hello instead as a replacement. :thumbs:

I've been looking at several of the Nest/Ring-esque options for home security, but the doorbell is one I'm screwed on.  The trim around the door is very narrow, so one of those would only work if mounted to the brick, which would in turn mean cutting out a chunk of interior wall to be able to reroute the lines through the brick veneer.  No thanks.

 

[Road Guy]

I haven't looked at the ring but thought those were wireless?

 

[knight1fox3]

I've been looking at several of the Nest/Ring-esque options for home security, but the doorbell is one I'm screwed on.  The trim around the door is very narrow, so one of those would only work if mounted to the brick, which would in turn mean cutting out a chunk of interior wall to be able to reroute the lines through the brick veneer.  No thanks.

But the Hello specifically has a narrow design footprint and also comes with an angle bracket for extra narrow installations. I was skeptical as well for my installation for some of the reasons you mentioned. But it worked out nicely. May want to double-check all the measurements & dimensions.

 

[knight1fox3]

I haven't looked at the ring but thought those were wireless?

Negative. And I wouldn't want something that ran on batteries either, especially in winter. It uses the same low voltage infrastructure as most existing doorbell systems. 

 

[Supe]

But the Hello specifically has a narrow design footprint and also comes with an angle bracket for extra narrow installations. I was skeptical as well for my installation for some of the reasons you mentioned. But it worked out nicely. May want to double-check all the measurements & dimensions.

I'll need to check.  I didn't know they came out with slimline versions like the Ring Pro.  This looks like it would be very close to my setup:

 

[Road Guy]

we just don't answer the door  I mean this isn't 1980 when people used to come visit randomly..

 

[Supe]

we just don't answer the door  I mean this isn't 1980 when people used to come visit randomly..

I just want to use it to evaluate when I should answer the door naked/dressed up like a devil, as opposed to knowing when the neighborhood kids just want to invite my daughter over to swim.

Also for calling bullshit on the Amazon Prime 1-day assholes who never deliver packages but say they did.

 

[Audi Driver P.E.]

You're saying you don't just always answer the door naked?  It explains the Amazon Prime thing, for sure.

 

[Supe]

You're saying you don't just always answer the door naked?  It explains the Amazon Prime thing, for sure.

Unfortunately, Megan's Law dictates some discretion when it comes to naked door answering.

 

[Audi Driver P.E.]

Unfortunately, Megan's Law dictates some discretion when it comes to naked door answering.

This Megan person sounds like a real downer.