mr.yuck Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 1 hour ago, metronome said: @mr.yuck my dad had one retro-fitted in my parents place a few years ago, I can ask him about cost and how complicated it was. And keep in mind we're Canadian so parts would probably be cheaper for you. I just took a cursory look at my gas set up. I have a 3/4 in main that comes into the garage at the hot water heater. But it reduces to a 1/2 in tee. So not the worst case scenario but I would have to bust all of this apart and replace the tee with 3/4 x 3/4 x 1/2. So that I could get that larger diameter pipe to the tankless unit. Luckily everything is already vented so literally it’s just the one gas fitting and then hooking up the existing hot and cold. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metronome Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 my hot water tank is only ~7 years old but shit, now I'm thinking of doing it... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted February 6, 2022 Share Posted February 6, 2022 Almost had to call in Mr.Yuck but youtube answered my question. Going to have to fuck around and fix a crooked shower door. The simplest easiest solution is of course not available. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted February 6, 2022 Author Share Posted February 6, 2022 You might be calling some one else @One Man Banned There are a few things that give me a lot of trouble 1) Storm doors 2) Shower doors 3) Pocket doors I have decided against fiddling around with the gas line for right now. If fuck something up, not only do I not have hot water, but I don’t have heat period. I’m gonna toss in a cheap regular ass water heater tomorrow and maybe this is something I will revisit in the spring or summer. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightmareOnElmStreet Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 On 2/6/2022 at 6:13 PM, mr.yuck said: You might be calling some one else @One Man Banned There are a few things that give me a lot of trouble 1) Storm doors 2) Shower doors 3) Pocket doors I have decided against fiddling around with the gas line for right now. If fuck something up, not only do I not have hot water, but I don’t have heat period. I’m gonna toss in a cheap regular ass water heater tomorrow and maybe this is something I will revisit in the spring or summer. Our shits been fucked up all winter. As a duplex we have heat on the upstairs floor where we’ve been converting to our bedrooms so that’s good. But the downstairs and finished basement have no heat. Just space heaters for now and these bills are fuckin insane. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted February 8, 2022 Author Share Posted February 8, 2022 1 hour ago, NightmareOnElmStreet said: Our shits been fucked up all winter. As a duplex we have heat on the upstairs floor where we’ve been converting to our bedrooms so that’s good. But the downstairs and finished basement have no heat. Just space heaters for now and these bills are fuckin insane. I know that pain man. I lived in this rental house that had old wood windows with single pane glass. My hvac homie said the gas pack in the house looked sketchy as fuck and said he wouldn’t cut it on. We ended up burning kerosene heaters in the house all winter at like $8 a gallon. Lol. We were burning like $40-$50 a day in fuel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightmareOnElmStreet Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 Shit is trash. I have those exact windows in my spot now. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercer Posted February 8, 2022 Share Posted February 8, 2022 I'm going to have to dig cracking drywall tape out of some ceiling joints and pretty much re skim coat most of a giant room's ceiling that was installed in 1970 and never corrected. I'm kinda upset about that, but not enough to hire someone else. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted February 8, 2022 Author Share Posted February 8, 2022 Good news, dawgs! When I unhooked my water heater this morning the hot supply line started spraying pressurized cold water at me. That was a super ‘wtf’ moment and I started panicking a little bit. I quickly remembered I’m not that kind of MF and just cut all the water off to give myself a chance to think. Why is cold water spraying out of the hot side? Why is cold water back flowing into the hot pipe? Where would cold water flow into the hot pipe? Then it hit me like a 7 gram blunt; I hadn’t installed the mixing valve in the master bathroom yet. The cold water was just pressing through the diverter and making a U turn right back down that hot pipe. I installed the mixing valve, separating the 2 water lines, and bingo bango, no more back feeding. what a dip shit. At least I get to go return this water heater tomorrow and get my $800 bucks back. 2 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deine Mudder Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 21 hours ago, mr.yuck said: bingo bango I liked that part. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 I done fixerated my crooked door with a block of wood and a hammer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 Sounds sketchy! Lol like you used a block of wood and then hit that with the hammer to knock the door straight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 3 hours ago, mr.yuck said: Sounds sketchy! Lol like you used a block of wood and then hit that with the hammer to knock the door straight? IDK, remember when cars were made of real metal and you could fix a dent with a mallet and a piece of wood? But yeah, sounds more sketchy for a glass shower door with thin metal framing. But, not far off from suggested technique and it helped. Door basically bent down toward the corner of the door jamb/sill so it sticks- door was left in open position too many times and/or had shit hung from it. Put the wood block between sill and door and you can use it like a wedge to flex the door up, and you can put the block under the door and tap it up to flex the door back that way too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share Posted February 10, 2022 @One Man BannedSmacking shit with a block of wood is a forgotten art form. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been on my way out the door for a job and some one mentions a sticking door and asks me how to take care of it. I reply just smack the shit out of it with a hammer. And people are like “you’re kidding, right?” And then I tell them “I’ll be right back!” At this point people are pretty nervous and I usually hear my wife tell them reassuringly “Don’t worry, he does this all the time.” Then it’s tap tap BOOM. Recaulk everything that came apart and then the stay at home wives are like “OMG! It works amazing! My husband was supposed to take care of this years ago but I don’t let him use tools anymore after what he did to the ______! Can I suck your husbands dick? I bet it’s sooo strong!” 1 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share Posted February 10, 2022 @nicklesndimes Yeah bro. You got one more coat to fill in the lumps n bumps then sand her down smooth. 👍🏾👍🏾 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metronome Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 I thought I was the only one who said bingo bango bongo. I have no idea where I picked it up. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightmareOnElmStreet Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 On 2/8/2022 at 10:58 AM, Mercer said: I'm going to have to dig cracking drywall tape out of some ceiling joints and pretty much re skim coat most of a giant room's ceiling that was installed in 1970 and never corrected. I'm kinda upset about that, but not enough to hire someone else. Whack ceilings must be dealt wit. Good luck to your neck breh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightmareOnElmStreet Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 11 hours ago, nicklesndimes said: awhile ago i did this post...and a few weeks or so ago i finally got around to fixing it. just wanted to drop the before after. thanks peeps! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercer Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 (edited) Literally put a couple cans of flex seal on my bathroom ceiling before painting it flat ultra white just incase after noticing it was regular drywall. So far so good. Edited February 10, 2022 by Mercer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share Posted February 10, 2022 4 hours ago, metronome said: I thought I was the only one who said bingo bango bongo. I have no idea where I picked it up. I don’t use it often but I can only assume it’s something I heard one of my grand dads say when I was a little kid and it stuck with me cuz it sounded funny. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightmareOnElmStreet Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 (edited) One of the first things I tackled in my house was some ceiling skimming. First time I had ever done a whole one but I’ve known the basics a long while. Since my shit is old as fuck I wasn’t super concerned with going full smooth anal (nh) but I did a lot of work. Semi gloss painted very rough popcorn is hideous. One heavy grit pass with the drywall sander. Rental from Home Depot before I bought a sick mirka. 2 coats with the mud. Took quite a while. Originally tried the mud on the paint roller hack but I must have been doing it wrong because it did not go well. Who even puts gloss paint on ceilings anyways? Unless you have some crazy trimmed out shit in a fancy library room. These are separate rooms but you get the idea. Also the bunch bed I sprayed for my daughter months ago pictured. Edited February 10, 2022 by NightmareOnElmStreet 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share Posted February 10, 2022 @NightmareOnElmStreetThats dope bro. You got some paintin skillce too. Also, I love that chunky boy trim in your house. If you ever get the itch to replace it, don’t. The reproduction of those thiiiiick boys starts at around $2.50 a linear foot plus a $500 knife set up fee at your favorite lumber mill. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightmareOnElmStreet Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 It’s not everywhere. Definitely not replacing any of that shit though. I still have a lot to figure out about this kitchen to master bed conversion though. Haven’t touched it in months. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightmareOnElmStreet Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 Stopped around these angles because Idfk what I’m doing and haven’t had the brain capacity to figure it out without the help of my homie. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted February 10, 2022 Author Share Posted February 10, 2022 I can tell you how to do that real quick with no fancy tools if’n ya want! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercer Posted February 10, 2022 Share Posted February 10, 2022 WTF is up with that dope ass kids bedroom drip out of a magazine. How much crypto did you cash out my dude? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightmareOnElmStreet Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 12 hours ago, mr.yuck said: I can tell you how to do that real quick with no fancy tools if’n ya want! I’m comin atcha with the assist requests lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightmareOnElmStreet Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 10 hours ago, Mercer said: WTF is up with that dope ass kids bedroom drip out of a magazine. How much crypto did you cash out my dude? She’s got the only finished room in the house so far. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted February 11, 2022 Author Share Posted February 11, 2022 2 hours ago, NightmareOnElmStreet said: I’m comin atcha with the assist requests lol all you need is a tape measure and a speed square. Step 1 throw a nail in that little piece to hold it in place pressed all the way as far as it will go into the corner so you can use both hands. Step 2 Take a measurement from the red point (where the trim should hit at the ceiling) to the blue point (the edge of your trim) For the sake of this example we will just say that your measurement is 5 inches Step 3 Hook your tape to the edge of your board (Your new red point) and pull it over 5 inches to your new blue point. Use your speed square to draw a vertical line from your blue point to the very top of the board. Step 4 Use a straight edge and draw a line going diagonally from the top of your blue line to your red point (money line) now all you need to do is lay your piece of trim down on your chop saw and line the blade up with the green line what ever that angle comes out to be. Once your angle is cut you can cut your piece down to its over all length and that bad boy should slide right into place. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercer Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Me: eyeballs everything sometimes requiring multiple cuts. @mr.yuck: 1 1 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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