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Good afternoon. Let us say that two pieces of metal are bolted together. Two parts to the question:

1. I would imagine the only part of the bolt that is under tension would be between the head of the bolt and the nut. Is this correct? Thus, the part of the threads beyond the nut are just…present, not actually doing anything and have no forces on them.
2. How is the length decided? As long as the bolt can sufficiently pass through all materials and have at least one thread (arbitrary?) beyond the end of the nut, wouldn’t that have the same outcome as 30+ extra threads?

Thank you for your input!

So we have some projects we want to do like redo ceiling fixtures to put fans in, hang curtains, shelves, etc. the list goes on. Do we just test a single wall and assume all walls are the same? Test a wall and a ceiling? Test each prospective wall?

I am confused! Thank you!

Hello! We are on east coast 1950s brick house. Every wall we have tried to put a nail/screw/monkey hook has been met with some sort of stone or plaster or something.

Two questions:

1. If it is plaster, I read that it often has asbestos in it. Would we test every single wall that we want to hang a shelf or put up a picture..? This seems impractical.
2. If it is plaster, how do we mount shelves? All past homes have had drywall and we would just pop an anchor in. Surely people mount things in old houses…! I ran a magnet around a wall and there are definitely lines of screws. Not sure how a plaster wall is made or what the underlying structure is like.

Perhaps I am overanalyzing the entire situation.
Thank you!

Hello! We are on east coast 1950s brick house. Every wall we have tried to put a nail/screw/monkey hook has been met with some sort of stone or plaster or something.

The question is: do we test every single wall? There’s no way that is the move. And there’s no way that everyone that has an old brick house does that. How are you supposed to mount drapes? Shelves? Etc. Are we just overanalyzing the situation?

Thank you!

I decided to give the sky riding leveling method a shot. Watched videos and read all about the addon. When I get to the locations, probably 70% of the ones in first segment I had to fly around a bunch or would do figure 8s over and over (after about five or six I would just skip and move on). Then got to silvermoon second segment and not a single location granted xp despite how hard I tried. I even spam W.

What am I missing? So far 10-25 has taken an hour. People were getting much farther in that time…This is not stress free! Thank you for the help!

EDIT: For anyone looking in the future for tips… using A and D instead of W for spam worked perfectly. Just leveled my first Earthen up in 2.5 hours. Thank you everyone!

Hello all. I am trying to decide what the next card should be. I already have Chase Freedom Unlimited (CFU), Chase Sapphire Reserve (CSR), and AmEx Platinum. What would be the next card I should add to the repertoire? Currently, I try to maximize all the perks from each card and use the CFU for daily purchases. Maybe another plat for double perks?

Thanks!

Hello all. I have never had a house with real hardwood floors. We just purchased our first house and it has them (from 1950s!). I’ve done a ton of research and I think I’ve decided I want to screen and coat before we start moving furniture in. This is my proposed list. Any recommended changes or additions to technique or materials? Anything I’m missing?

1. Scrub an area with mineral spirits to check for yellow/brown substance indicating wax. If none, go to step 2
2. Vacuum, clean floors with Bona hardwood cleaner
3. Make sure no repairs are needed
4. Screen with 120 grit screen
5. Vacuum, microfiber cloth, vacuum again
6. Apply water based polyurethane per manufacturer (was considering Bona but it seems more challenging to find locally. Is big box store bought PU actually bad..?)

Thank you!