▲ 6 r/roomba

Frequently gets stuck until it dies while I'm at work

New 100/1000 series.

Is there any way to use the app to shut off the roomba when it gets stuck, beause I've found absolutely nothing online about it or on their site.

Often times at work it says that the roomba is stuck and needs help. It'll literally try to get unstuck until its dead, creating way more wear and tear than necessay. My house has tall thresholds and I've reluctantly taped cardboard to make a ramp for it to get out of its housed-room. It was going great until it started going off to the side of it and pivoting itself at an angle towards the floor and side of the cardboard or step. Sometimes it also gets trapped behind a door somehow, and again it just says its stuck and continues trying to escape until the battery dies.

This is pretty irritating if there's nothing I can do on the app if I'm not home.

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u/Rochev7 — 7 days ago

Too much air- 4.6 F150

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2008 F150. My plow truck developed an issue this spring after sitting for a while, as it does. Runs like crap, no power. Two codes: p0113 (intake air temp circuit high) and one for the maf which comes on with it since they're integrated.

Wiring and connectors checked out, no leaks in the intake as per the spray method with carb cleaner and I took it apart and looked everything over several times.

At first, unplugging the maf would make it run normally. After a few times it made it worse, and now it will stall right away with the new one if it's unplugged.

I bought a new oem MAF assembly and it didn't help.

My long term fuel trims are 22% at idle.

BUT- my IAT and MAF readings are normal via live data. My MAF reading is in lbs and reads .05 lbs at idle, quickly jumping up with throttle input. The intake temp sensor is normal, as is the ambient.

Not sure where else to start digging. I did clean both maf sensors with their specific cleaner too.

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u/Rochev7 — 30 days ago
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Bones under front door

Very old New England farmhouse. I've spent a long time looking at what these could be. They were right under my front door, found during floor removal and repair. I regret not digging more to see what else I could find. There was a lot of glass and pottery too.

u/Rochev7 — 2 months ago

1790s floor boards came out beautifully. Except the wood filler. If you're in the other room and it's light out, you can't see it and it looks incredible. I was told I needed to fill the nail damage from the top layer of flooring with filler which took me 3 weekends. This whole project has countless hours. After sanding and sealing (no stain) they are totally unsightly. I tried staining some filled areas and it doesn't match consistently enough.

Seems like I need to dig all of it out and refinish again but with stain this time, and maybe fill the damage with the marine varnish I have? The spar worked great on splintering areas but leaving holes may also be unsightly. Not sure what to do!!

4th pic is after the filler, before sanding of course.

TIA

u/Rochev7 — 2 months ago

I have an old cast iron vent pipe that runs off my 2nd floor toilet, and it goes through the roof (PVC by that point). It does go down to the basement and is branched into the septic pipe (also PVC). I have a private well+septic.

When the toilet flushes you can hear it quite loudly through that pipe if you're outside. It sounds just like the water rushing down the toilet flange, but echoes out the roof vent. The toilet has always flushed fine and no other drains make noise, including the other toilet.

Not sure if this is certainly a clog or possibly a characteristic of the setup. Oddly enough it doesn't happen every time.

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u/Rochev7 — 2 months ago

Photo #4 is the only small area that came out fine.

I got what was labeled as "oiled oakum"

It's incredibly dry, dusty and messy and I can't get most of it to stay in place. I also have to cut all the strings they're wrapped in. Are these gaps too big? Do I need actual oiled/tarred oakum instead? I spent all afternoon on this and have really nothing to show for it because the vacuum sucked up half of it, and then the swiffer afterwards. I also cannot get it to sit flush or just under the floor. If I have to add another layer, it gets sucked up with the vacuum.

I have about 400 square feet left and I can't do it this way.

u/Rochev7 — 2 months ago

After 4 exhausting days of clearing and filling nail damage with "stainable" wood filler, this is what remains. These two photos are high traffic, uncovered areas. I was told the light boards in photo #2 will darken, they were salvaged from the room but never in daylight.

I can't find anything specific on matching the wood filler. I'm hoping there's a way to paint match this stain and touch up these areas, so it's at least way less noticeable?

I don't have the option of sanding these out, there's probably 1000 of them and I no longer have the time or physical well-being to start over (plus there's a dozen projects needing finished too)

I really hope we're not SOL here 😔

u/Rochev7 — 2 months ago