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Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
Go here and give us your nominations!Who's been the biggest Asshat in the last year? Give us your worst ones!
Palum
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If it's new new as in less than a year old there is a construction warranty of a year on it anyway. Messing with it in that year is a perfect excuse by the contractors (justifiably) to not honor a construction warranty. Also , learned the hard way, don't take mixing valves apart under pressure. It's REALLY FUCKING HARD to put the toothpaste back in the tube under pressure. LOL
Intrinsic
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Went ahead and ordered an Echo 770T backpack blower.
www.echo-usa.com
Went all over the place and down too many YouTube rabbit holes. Was going to buy a Redmax 7500 but neither Redmax dealer near me stocked it so I either had to drop back to the 6500 or up to the 9500. Considered stepping up but it was just not worth the extra cost, weight, etc it seemed.
Did look at the Echo 8010 and was going to go that route except I also could not find it for sale only the 9010. Seemed like the 8010 used carbon fiber to keep the weight down but the 9010 dropped that and so was a pounds heavier.
Had initially figured I would get a Stihl 600 or 800 but nearly every video I watched showed them as comparatively underpowered vs a similar Echo or Redmax. We’ll see how this works out. If we move in a couple of years to larger property I’ll step up to the biggest versions.
PB-770T X Series Backpack Blower with Tube-Mounted Throttle | ECHO
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Went all over the place and down too many YouTube rabbit holes. Was going to buy a Redmax 7500 but neither Redmax dealer near me stocked it so I either had to drop back to the 6500 or up to the 9500. Considered stepping up but it was just not worth the extra cost, weight, etc it seemed.
Did look at the Echo 8010 and was going to go that route except I also could not find it for sale only the 9010. Seemed like the 8010 used carbon fiber to keep the weight down but the 9010 dropped that and so was a pounds heavier.
Had initially figured I would get a Stihl 600 or 800 but nearly every video I watched showed them as comparatively underpowered vs a similar Echo or Redmax. We’ll see how this works out. If we move in a couple of years to larger property I’ll step up to the biggest versions.
Lanx
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imo your mixing valve is fucked if the other showers are fine
especially if it's hot water
who knows, maybe you had a big calcified deposit just shoot up there and it is now lodged in the mixing value
on a non related note i thought my ac was just chugging along cuz of the months of heat waves, my 2nd floor ac just didn't get as cold as fast as my 1st floor ac, but i just attributed it to heat rises and we spend more time upstairs anyway. i just decided to buy 6oz of r22 and just see whats up. i already had a manifold from working on my cars ac. i popped in both cans and it cools better now, i could probably pop in another 6oz and be good, but this is fine (it was reading right at 60, most hvac sites said it should be 60-80)
if i had to do it again, i'd get some low loss fittings cuz even wearing gloves unscrewing the high side for 2seconds felt kind sus
Lanx
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Asshat Foler
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My uncle's house has AMAZING interior doorknobs that I really want to put in my place, but sadly they were some German import with no info stamped on them and we can't ID them.
Loser Araysar
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Daidraco
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Take a picture up close of multiple angles and then do a search for comparable and find one that works, then click Shopping. You may not find the exact door knob, but maybe something close.
Just because the box stores puts those brands out for display, doesnt mean theyre showing that brands best stock. When the average door knob purchased is some generic $40 bullshit, its hard for them to justify stocking the 200-300 dollar ones. I know this because finding good door knobs for AirBNB's is a pain in the ass.
Asshat Foler
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How would polishing a door knob change the quality of its build material?..
Well then tell me, are there Gucci Schlage door knobs?
Tried that for several hours and didn't find an exact match. We were holding out for the precise model because you can't tell anything about the internal mechanics and feel from photos. We liked these because they were solid to the touch but buttery smooth and nearly silent on open/close.
Loser Araysar
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Bro, you can get any knob and polish it until its exactly how you like it. It doesnt matter what country it came from or what color it is. Just start polishing a knob until its exactly what you want
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Goatface
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see if there is a local place from here
Emtek Dealer Locator
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www.emtek.com
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Asshat Foler
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Bro the material and build quality sucks. This isn’t Russia. Maybe that works over there but most stuff in the USA is made in china garbage.
Siliconemelons
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Sump-pump and French drains are the next project in my back yard… already scoped out renting a ditch digger, looking and pump buckets… goodbye a few days of life and a few k$
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Intrinsic
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I need to fix some of it next year. The main issues in retrospect were how deep I dug and the 4-way trap. Despite feeling as if I basically dug all the way to China through rock and root, it could probably have used another inch. The trap isn’t functioning as well as I’d hope so may just remove it altogether and let the driveway drain in to the bed. Too much debris is washing toward it and blocking the drain. The idea was good, just not sure in practice it works.
Also laid some stone out as a border but made no attempt to make it look good. Pretty much threw them around the edge and said screw it bc I’m pulling them up anyways.
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