what is code?Joining walls typically require drywall by code for fire purposes, I would not remove and replace any joining walls with osb.
We had an outlet go up in smoke last summer and had lost power to half of our house due to loose wire nuts falling off. Both if those were wake up calls that I really need to go through the house top to bottom and fix the hacks. And I REALLY need to look over the next house a whole lot better. Like spend a whole day put there picking it apart. This house and my last were inspected by home inspectors and they found only stupid things that wouldn't hurt the house or anyone in it.You'd think after all these years we'd eventually stop seeing such shit electrical jobs...yet is still par for the course.
Good on you for fixing it all up.
I used to make fun of code, but now I try to follow it where I can even though I don't know or understand it. My neighbors house just burnt down and a large reason the couldn't get the fire put out was no access to the attic, the roof was shingles laid over an old metal roof, and the exterior walls had wood siding under metal siding so they couldn't tell the fire was creeping up the walls or in the attic until the whole top of the house was on fire. Following code would have prevented all of those issues.what is code?
is that a thing in your country you buy with your purple monies?
Fixed.I try to follow it where I can because I don't understand it.
I just sold a place with a few home inspections from the buyerWe had an outlet go up in smoke last summer and had lost power to half of our house due to loose wire nuts falling off. Both if those were wake up calls that I really need to go through the house top to bottom and fix the hacks. And I REALLY need to look over the next house a whole lot better. Like spend a whole day put there picking it apart. This house and my last were inspected by home inspectors and they found only stupid things that wouldn't hurt the house or anyone in it.
shingles over metal?I used to make fun of code, but now I try to follow it where I can even though I don't know or understand it. My neighbors house just burnt down and a large reason the couldn't get the fire put out was no access to the attic, the roof was shingles laid over an old metal roof, and the exterior walls had wood siding under metal siding so they couldn't tell the fire was creeping up the walls or in the attic until the whole top of the house was on fire. Following code would have prevented all of those issues.
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I just sold a place with a few home inspections from the buyer
I can tell you that he missed ALOT
(but that water heater is strapped to the wall now)
shingles over metal?
that is a new one for me
Many "home inspectors" are basically a mail-order (or online) course. They also don't want to kill a sale or the real estate agents stop calling them.This house and my last were inspected by home inspectors and they found only stupid things that wouldn't hurt the house or anyone in it.
Yeah. I thought the first house was a rare situation. The second house means this is the standard situation.Many "home inspectors" are basically a mail-order (or online) course. They also don't want to kill a sale or the real estate agents stop calling them.
what is code?
is that a thing in your country you buy with your purple monies?
If by "sense" you mean "saves some knuckle dragging idiot installing shit from having to make a judgement call or saves some worthless inspector from having to make a judgement call" then yeah, sure.Oh come on, the NEC is a thing, there's very little in it that doesn't make sense.
If by "sense" you mean "saves some knuckle dragging idiot installing shit from having to make a judgement call or saves some worthless inspector from having to make a judgement call" then yeah, sure.
Can't be worse than backstabs with AL wire, loose wire nuts, mazes of common neutrals and all the other shit professionals do because who cares if the guy who has to service it or add to it has a hard time figuring it out.So you're suggesting people just make up the way they do electrical in a home?
This is how you get the shit the op has.
Can't be worse than backstabs with AL wire, loose wire nuts, mazes of common neutrals and all the other shit professionals do because who cares if the guy who has to service it or add to it has a hard time figuring it out.
But don't worry, their romex is stapled every 18" and they put GFIs in a bunch of places you don't really need them so it's ok.
Can't be worse than backstabs with AL wire, loose wire nuts, mazes of common neutrals and all the other shit professionals do because who cares if the guy who has to service it or add to it has a hard time figuring it out.
But don't worry, their romex is stapled every 18" and they put GFIs in a bunch of places you don't really need them so it's ok.
Isn't Romex stapled every 4.5 ft?Can't be worse than backstabs with AL wire, loose wire nuts, mazes of common neutrals and all the other shit professionals do because who cares if the guy who has to service it or add to it has a hard time figuring it out.
But don't worry, their romex is stapled every 18" and they put GFIs in a bunch of places you don't really need them so it's ok.
I thought about making my own but this would be my first time and it would take me forever. He'll, it's taken me 2 weeks to insulate one wall and paint another.I build my own cabinets, one side good sanded plywood...can make them exactly the size you need to maximize space. Should be cheaper than buying.
Not sure I understand the problem with your vapor barrier?
...but next time you'll be slightly faster.I thought about making my own but this would be my first time and it would take me forever.
For the vapor barrier, I just have never seen it put under the insulation before. I didn't know if that would take away from the blown in stuffs effectiveness or if it whatever. I'm probably over thinking it.
Thanks for the drain idea. I have a drain in my work ditch, left holes in the screed for running lines and I already have a vertical compressor to stick in there.I've always wanted to bury a telecom manhole and shove an upright compressor in there and just run conduit for power and air. Gravel floor and auto-drain on the tank.
Should be nice and quiet and if the tank ever goes the only damage should whatever the manhole cover hits on the way back down.
build wooden 2x4/plywood open shelves and then cut plywood rectangles for doors and hang them over the front of the shelves. super easy to build the shelving and the doors will clean it up.I thought about making my own but this would be my first time and it would take me forever. He'll, it's taken me 2 weeks to insulate one wall and paint another.
Just put doors on those shelves and it'll clean it up nicely.I built shelves something like that in the shop. Except I used 6x6 and 2x6. Kinda overkill..