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Gravy_sl said:
Yeah, I figured it might be. It's actually for a walking cane, and the finished height will be 36" roughly. So the load would be one fat bastard (250lb.) intermittently, and the whole would remain open, no dowel or screw. Perhaps some decorative inset.
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What's the point of this hole? Do you mean putting it horizontally to run a leather strap through it to hang it or? I mean you can put a 1/8" D-ring into it and strap onto that without much structural issues or wear I'd guess. I don't think you're going to have a problem with any normal sized hole in a walking stick, which makes me think you plan to bore out 1" of a 1.25" bass wood dowel to reduce weight or something equally as questionable to basic intuition?
 
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Also, i think for wood framing the rule of thumb is the hole can be a third of the total width if it's dead center
 
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So hardwood guys came back and replaced the board and refinished. Looks great.

Next problem is this:

Hired guy with good yelp reviews to take down the wall prior to hardwood guys. Should have been finished beforehand. Well he was "done" but most of the electrical doesn't work. Which was supposed to be fixed as outlets were deleted. Now he was supposed to show up today and as of 4pm, not here yet. At what point does he get paid less etc? I have the drywaller coming in tomorrow to patch up the ceiling etc... and the electical hasn't been fixed yet.
 
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Can drywallers just push wires through and he access them from other side? I don't think he can bury a junction box without access
 
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All the wiring that needs to be done is in the ceiling. So he didn't show up today and is saying they'll do it Wednesday now from the attic. If he doesn't show on Wednesday. I'm telling him not to come back and not paying him. Getting out of hand.
 
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So this is our third summer in our house and a sudden intense downpour rain this evening caused water to shoot out of the seams of one of our downspouts. What are my options? Should I take it apart and see where it might be clogged? This is an older house and the downspout drains directly into our yard/ground so there isn't much visibility unless I literally dig it up. It's dark out now but maybe tomorrow or this weekend I can take pictures. There is also a plastic pipe that sticks out of the ground off to the side that we literally have no idea what it's for.
 
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Eyashusa_sl said:
So this is our third summer in our house and a sudden intense downpour rain this evening caused water to shoot out of the seams of one of our downspouts. What are my options? Should I take it apart and see where it might be clogged? This is an older house and the downspout drains directly into our yard/ground so there isn't much visibility unless I literally dig it up. It's dark out now but maybe tomorrow or this weekend I can take pictures. There is also a plastic pipe that sticks out of the ground off to the side that we literally have no idea what it's for.
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Do you have a pool? Could be an auto fill pipe that someone cut off.
 
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Does it smell like shit? Maybe it's the exhaust for a septic tank. Put your face in there and get a real good sniff. FOR SCIENCE.
 
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If it only happens when you have a large storm event then fuck it. It probably has issues but it may just be undersized. I would make sure it is draining though and pour some root kill down it
 
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Does the pipe empty into the ground and you can't see into what it empties? If that's the case, it might simply be that someone created a French Drain there which is fine for regular and light rain, but fills up during heavy downpours. If that's the case, the options are to live with it, or expand the drain, or have your downspouts empty onto the lawn and hope your grade is sufficient to make it stay away from the house.
 
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New windows are all finished. It was a full two days work for their 3 man crew but I was extremely satisfied. Can barely even tell they were here, everything was draped, cleaned, vacuumed, thrown away. They repaired and fixed a bunch of extra stuff around the windows and the outside boards. And the windows seem finished nicely. There were 17 I think in total, have a bunch of pictures but these were the larger ones. Took them almost all morning the 2nd day to remove the old three windows and install these two picture windows. Makes a huge difference in the living room and the visibility from the upstairs office room is great now. A/C also hasn't cut on all day, normally it is running non-stop during the day at it is 90+ outside. Anyways, A+ experience and considering going ahead and doing my basement and sliding doors on to the deck immediately.

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General question here. I own a 3 bedroom brick ranch that I bought about 7 years ago. The house is in great shape but is dated as hell (bathroom is pink to give you an idea). I am at the point now where I am making enough money to think about doing some updates. I have always wanted to do some home remodeling but aside from a few smaller projects haven't had a lot of experience. The decision I face now is whether to do alot of the work myself or pay someone to do it for me. Obviously the professional approach is going to get the best results but is it possible to achieve close to professional results without alot of experience if I took my time? I am in no real hurry as I plan on staying in this house for the forseeable future and I am single so I won't have a wife or kids nagging me to finish up the project. I guess I am a little intimidated since I am a remodeling newbie and want a quality result, but would also like to save some money and learn some new skills at the same time. I just don't want to fuck things up too badly. Are there certain tasks as a newbie I should avoid (tilework, plumbing, electrical, woodfloor refinishing etc).
 
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Bathroom is a tough place to start but you can make yourself valuable by going all demo, prep, and rough work and hire a skilled finisher (with tools).

I would not undertake a full tile shower or tiling a bunch oh corners with mosaic and shit my first job.
 
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