Home Improvement Thread

Postby **mac5155** » Fri Apr 24, 2020 9:24 pm

Didn't you say you worked for purple?

Mhmm. XPO delivers Sam's large stuff

Postby **mac5155** » Fri Apr 24, 2020 9:25 pm

I do, however, order from Sam's a lot. Sam's/walmart is our largest account.

Postby **count2infinity** » Sat Apr 25, 2020 7:57 am

None of the baseboards in the place were caulked you the wall. I’m assuming that should be done, yes?

Postby **MWB** » Sat Apr 25, 2020 9:48 am

Normally they would be, yes. Is there a noticeable gap between the baseboard and the wall?

Postby **Nuge** » Sat Apr 25, 2020 9:56 am

The guy at Sherwin Williams asked if I had the gallon of paint with me and I said yes and went to hand it to him and he says “do you just want to keep it? We can’t use it.” Looks like I’m going to be painting that bathroom we hadn’t planned on painting.

Useful

Postby **count2infinity** » Sat Apr 25, 2020 11:16 am

Normally they would be, yes. Is there a noticeable gap between the baseboard and the wall?

In places. Yeah. I took all the baseboards out of the living room. There’s no caulking at all.

Postby **MWB** » Sat Apr 25, 2020 11:32 am

I think it’s basically for appearance. In a new build, I think they generally caulk because it hides any imperfections and is then easily painted over. When I put flooring in my old place and did quarter round between floor and baseboard, I only caulked where there were noticeable gaps.

Postby **count2infinity** » Sat Apr 25, 2020 11:33 am

With dogs and a kid, I’m thinking it might be better to just do it everywhere.

Postby **mac5155** » Mon Apr 27, 2020 1:17 pm

Seems last night my water pump tripped a GFCI. I've been doing some reading and it appears there are mixed feelings about actually having a pump on a GFCI circuit. I ran an extension cord to another circuit, non gfci, all good. So now I'm debating on giving the pump a dedicated, non protected circuit.

Postby **NTP66** » Mon Apr 27, 2020 1:42 pm

Source of the post So now I'm debating on giving the pump a dedicated, non protected circuit.

Well pump? This is absolutely the best route, and I agree that it should not be run on a GFCI circuit.

Postby **Shyster** » Mon Apr 27, 2020 2:41 pm

Postby **shafnutz05** » Mon Apr 27, 2020 5:47 pm

Seems last night my water pump tripped a GFCI. I've been doing some reading and it appears there are mixed feelings about actually having a pump on a GFCI circuit. I ran an extension cord to another circuit, non gfci, all good. So now I'm debating on giving the pump a dedicated, non protected circuit.

We learned the hard way a few years ago that your freezer should never be plugged into an GFCI outlet.

Postby **blackjack68** » Mon Apr 27, 2020 7:46 pm

Seems last night my water pump tripped a GFCI. I've been doing some reading and it appears there are mixed feelings about actually having a pump on a GFCI circuit. I ran an extension cord to another circuit, non gfci, all good. So now I'm debating on giving the pump a dedicated, non protected circuit.
We learned the hard way a few years ago that your freezer should never be plugged into an GFCI outlet.

Um, yeahhhh...us too.

Postby **mac5155** » Mon Apr 27, 2020 10:26 pm

Source of the post So now I'm debating on giving the pump a dedicated, non protected circuit.
Well pump? This is absolutely the best route, and I agree that it should not be run on a GFCI circuit.

It is a city main booster (Grundfos Scala 2). My pressure at the entrance is like 38psi. Stupid low (I live on the only hill higher than the water tanks, and I am 700 linear feet of pipe off the main up a hill)

Postby **mac5155** » Mon Apr 27, 2020 10:27 pm

Seems last night my water pump tripped a GFCI. I've been doing some reading and it appears there are mixed feelings about actually having a pump on a GFCI circuit. I ran an extension cord to another circuit, non gfci, all good. So now I'm debating on giving the pump a dedicated, non protected circuit.
We learned the hard way a few years ago that your freezer should never be plugged into an GFCI outlet.

Yeah, our freezer is on the GFCI too. I guess only one, GFCI circuit in our basement. So it looks like two new dedicated circuits are in my future in the basement!

Postby **mac5155** » Mon Apr 27, 2020 10:28 pm

Luckily my 200 amp sub panel is in the basement and has about 3/4 vacancy in it. This is why I threw in a 400 amp service when we built.

Postby **count2infinity** » Tue Apr 28, 2020 7:16 am

I think it’s basically for appearance. In a new build, I think they generally caulk because it hides any imperfections and is then easily painted over. When I put flooring in my old place and did quarter round between floor and baseboard, I only caulked where there were noticeable gaps.

Duuuuuuuuude. Did the two smaller bedrooms last night. Holy hell. Just a small line of caulk make them look so much better. It’s incredible the difference.

On room has a small corner between the door and the closet where the baseboards aren’t even attached. They’re just slid in there. No nails, nothing.

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Tue Apr 28, 2020 11:05 am

Source of the post On room has a small corner between the door and the closet where the baseboards aren’t even attached. They’re just slid in there. No nails, nothing.

Welcome to home ownership. You're going to spend the rest of your days in the house cursing the imbeciles that lived in the house before you. And the people that move in after you will do the same.

Postby **count2infinity** » Tue Apr 28, 2020 11:12 am

Nope. I'm perfect.

Postby **MWB** » Tue Apr 28, 2020 11:25 am

Source of the post On room has a small corner between the door and the closet where the baseboards aren’t even attached. They’re just slid in there. No nails, nothing.
Welcome to home ownership. You're going to spend the rest of your days in the house cursing the imbeciles that lived in the house before you. And the people that move in after you will do the same.

I did the same thing in one of the closets with the quarter round because I ran out and was fed up with doing it. Finished it up a couple years later when i started renting it out though.

Postby **dodint** » Tue Apr 28, 2020 12:05 pm

I would like to know why the PO installed a ceiling light, a circular fluorescent bulb fixture, but did not run a switch to it.

Postby **NTP66** » Tue Apr 28, 2020 4:53 pm

I would like to know why the PO installed a ceiling light, a circular fluorescent bulb fixture, but did not run a switch to it.

Some minor annoyances for me are the new style of not putting a light fixture in the center of the family room (only a wall switch), and not putting bathroom fans in the upstairs bathrooms because they have windows.

Postby **mac5155** » Tue Apr 28, 2020 10:23 pm

Biggest regret of building, not putting enough lights in the main area.

Sometimes you literally just don't think of something obvious later down the road.

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 6:35 am

My neighbor's al electrician and has offered to help me run romex from the switch area to my family room, but the thought of dealing with drywall again is enough to just deal with what I've got.

Postby **meow** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 7:18 am

The cornerstone of my home improvement model is - Can I do this without having to do drywall?

If yes, continue

If no, re-evaluate plan