My wife wanted hardwood floors before we moved her grandmother's piano to our house. The quotes we got were 15k+ just for carpet removal, sanding and finishing. Any replacement would have been extra. We decided to give it a try ourselves. I think the total with rental, etc., was 6k. We learned a lot.
I don't know what plant this is, but every spring it flowers with purplish flowers. My kids love it and we've been taking pictures in front of the plant every year when it flowers. I want to take a part of it and grow it in pots for now, so I can plant them in our new yard. How do I do it to get the best results? Thank you so very much!
Helping a friend rip the carpet and replacing with hardwood floors. Leaning towards white oak strip flooring. Need advice on the layout, especially how to sequence the master bedroom octagonal room. Thanks!
Practicing soldering so I can do some straight forward projects around the house. How do they look? Constructive criticism much appreciated! Thanks!
So, I'm redoing the siding of the exterior of the house. It will go down to the studs since the house needs insulation as well. The utility room in the basement is far away from the room which has the electric panel. The basement is finished, so it would be really challenging to run the extension from the inside.
Based on what I have looked up, it sounds like most systems have proprietary connections? I am most likely going to purchase the Ecoflow from Costco, but haven't made up my mind yet and I am absolute NOOB in this area. Also, I want to be able to future-proof this installation, since I'm the buy once, cry once kinda guy. Based on my chatGPT "research" this is what I came up with. Can someone please have a look and advise if this sounds accurate, or if there is something you would do differently?
- Installation of two 1 1/4" conduit with pull strings in both.
- First conduit run 4 AWG copper conductors, I'm guessing white, bare, red, and black with pull string?
- The second conduit run a CAT6 cable and a pull string.
- Cap everything in easily accessible junction boxes for now.
- Leave it disconnected, until I choose a battery.
Does this sound right? Thanks!!!
Finally looking to rip the carpet out and replace by hardwood floors. I'm leaning towards white oak strip flooring. I need advice on the best visual strip direction.
- For the hall, I am thinking long ways would be the best to give it that long hallway feel. The one question I have is there is wall on one side, and railing on the other. I was thinking of starting on the railing side, since it will be flush with the floor there. Would you start with tongue or groove against the railing?
- In the primary bedroom, there is an octagonal sitting room. It has a great view. I was thinking of having a different pattern in that space. I need some ideas on what would look best in there and how I would transition between the main bedroom space and the octagonal room.
Thank you so much!
I'm looking to finally finish my unfinished basement. I would consider myself intermediate at diy stuff. I do fair bit of wood working and I would say I'm handy. The basement is decent size and I've never tried drywall. I would estimate with the basement and some other rooms upstairs, about 2500 ft of drywall to be done. This is mostly drywall, not patching light recesses, etc. That's separate.
I was looking at level 5, since that came in my feed. It looks cool, and like everything, has a learning curve. I think i would just buy the kit, because I'm assuming hanging all that will cost more than what a drywall guy would charge. What are your thoughts?
I'm looking to replace carpet with white oak hardwood on the main floor. There's maple in the kitchen and the entryway, the rest is carpet. I'm ultimately looking to do the kitchen in couple years. So, how do I plan, if the living room carpet is removed now and replaced with oak, then in couple years I take out the maple and replace that with white oak? I'll get all the flooring now and store the amount needed for the kitchen, but sanding and staining around the transition? How do I plan ahead? Thank you so much!
Edit: Yes, I know this one is over my budget. Can you suggest any conical grinders around a1000 available in the US . Thanks!
I'm looking to purchase my first conical burr grinder. I came across this one. Looking for suggestions or feedback on the above. I hear the flavor is different than the flat burr. Looking to try out for myself. We mostly drink medium to dark roast.
I'm looking to get a reliable backup for my cabin in the woods. It has electricity, but can have interruptions during the winter or storm. We're looking to make some modifications to be able to use it all year. It's a small cabin. And what i would need to have run uninterrupted would be the well water pump, softner, blower for the furnace for heat, fridge, a couple bedrooms to have heaters plugged in in case of power outages, some fans and lights.
What I'm thinking is the delta ultra x with the panel. Purchasing some solar panels and a back up gas generator for redundancy.
The issue: the main breaker panel is in a room, the place i want to keep the batteries, etc., in the utility Room is a bit away. It's a finished basement, and running the power cord from the batteries to the ecoflow panel would involve some major braking.
My thoughts: having the battery and the inverter (which sits on top of the battery i presume?) Along with the back up generator in the utility Room. Having an exterior line going from the battery to the room where the panel will be installed. That way, the ac power to plug into the ecoflow panel runs the outside walls for a cleaner install.
What are your thoughts? Am I thinking this correctly? Will this work? Any modifications to the plan? Also, what panels and generator would you suggest to match the system? We have propane at the moment, but plan on installing a gas line pretty soon. Thanks!