What home improvement work did you do today?

The SVS Isolation Feet I bought do work, but not completely. The sound quality has increased tremendously, and most of the "walking' has been cured. But certain frequencies still make it walk a bit. I'd say 91% improvement.

 

Good to hear they helped a bit, I think this should solve what walking is still an issue

https://ruffwear.com/products/doubleback-harness

 

I would definitely get the platform…..almost certain it will cure your issue.

 

My new house has a big playroom above the garage and in the summer it was hotter than the rest of the house (by 5-6 degrees) and winter it’s colder. I realized when I put in an exhaust in the garage that the walls were 2x4s instead of 2x6s like the rest of the house and also not insulated.

Got some garage door insulation panels for 100$ or so per door. They’re already cut width wise to fit standard doors and you cut to length. Takes about 5mins to do a panel about. Has a nice tight fit so don’t need anything to hold it in. Gonna insulate the walls too but good start!





Also the garage seals were just cedar planks and not really airtight (could see daylight through the sides of the door). Didn’t know these vinyl seals were a thing until recently and pulled the cedar and replaced (about 35$ a door). Goes really quick and you can hand fit to make the door tight to the seal. Probably wear out over time.

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Yep, going to have to look into the platform. No one was home last night so I cranked the music and this thing still walks...

Sound quality in the video is absolutely awful. It sounds wonderful in real life.

 

It's possessed!!!!!

 

Looks like a first gen roomba! Wow. I have been picturing the sub wobble an inch or two over the evening, not 6 inches in 2 seconds! You might really need that leash I linked

 

It will literally walk across the room until the cable is pulled tight and then unplug itself.

 

I'm just here because someone said "Lorna Shore."

 

Concrete arrived, more felled damaged trees from the property and a permit hung up for the new pole barn... things are about to be fun around here!





The before photo:

 

Looks great!

But.. where's your snow!?

 

We've had a pretty slow but cold winter. Haven't seen my grass since Nov, currently have around 16-18" on the ground

 

Yep!

 

we also saw low 50's and high 40's for over a week. It's still holding up high for now, but that heat cycle was no joke. My driveway is halfway melted out as well.

 

That has to be a record. We saw 54 on Tuesday which set a record high for the date. Woke up to about 4" of snow this am though.

 

Must be nice lol. We are in the 80s with the AC on.

 

Going to start replacing the DHW and Cold mains and run a recirculation line back to the H20 tank.
I would like to get this done so come spring time I can replace the boiler and H20 tank with a 199K Takagi with a indirect 80 Gallon Super stor storage tank.

 

We've got bats. I was outside petting our feral tuxedo cat last week and heard some bats chirping. Looked up at the house and counted about 12 flying out from the roof.

The original part of the house was built in 1895. The roof is the original wood shake, 3 layers of shingles, and a layer of metal on top for good measure. The screws are ripping through the shingles and the metal is lifting. My thought was that the bats were in an area where there's a decent lift and my idea was to climb up on the middle part of the roof with a ladder, and then take a piece of window screen and a few rare earth magnets to put over where they are coming out. This way the little shits fly out, drop down under the screen and when they come back, they won't be able to get back in because they swoop up to land and will be blocked by the screen. I'm a genius.

The spot is above the window. Ignore the blue chair on the porch. Neighbors gave it to me and I need to fix it.



So I got all the stuff I needed and climbed up on the porch with my ladder. I got about 10 feet from the roof and the little fuckers started sounding off. I'm afraid they either had some sentries or there's a few rabid "day walkers" among them.

Notice the bat shit. Ignore the leaves. I will be getting rid of those after I get rid of the bats.



So I got on my other ladder, grabbed my flash light and shined it between the roof layers.



The picture doesn't show them but there's a row of bats about a foot back. They were flipping me off and shitting - it was a whole thing. I looked farther down the roof and where the roof has that little notch in it would be another bat all tucked in there. I have way more than a dozen of them.

So I'm shopping for a new roof and not too happy about it. Trying to look at it as an investment. I've had 3 roofers out to give me quotes, one more is coming out Friday.

 

Don’t lie, you’re just hoping one morphs into a hot vampire chick that’s into dudes that drink Miller Lite…

 

Damn. I'd look into pest control options first. Unless a new roof is necessary that is.

 

It’s been sub 32f here for about a week with lows around 10f. I stupidly thought my detached well house would be fine/didn’t think about it. I went out there the first very cold night with my temperature gun and realized changes were needed haha (ceiling was 21f, main 500g tank was 36, floor was upper 20s).
So installed a shop heater and insulated the ceiling with (2x6) rock wool. There was a preexisting double breaker labeled heater which I traced and discovered it was a cut line they just pushed back into the wall insulation, ooofta. I was able to reuse that line to make a new 240v outlet (6-20r) for the heater. Heater is nice since it has a thermostat. On low the shed is now 50f on the ceiling, upper 30s floor, tank and most pipes are mid 40s.