Anyone here have anything good to say about Nest thermostats?
Ease of installation/use?
Basically, Nest and Ecobee thermostats are more or less equivalent. There are a few differences (Nest has the learning feature, Ecobee has remote sensors) and your home automation system might make you lean one way or another - but overall, it's basically "pick the one that best fits your needs."
Not saying anything bad about Nest (because I've never owned one), but I'm on my 2nd Ecobee and I love it. My first stopped sending signals to my AC unit (but not to my furnace for some reason) and support sent me a new one as it was under warranty. I couldn't have asked for a better experience from their support.
I have an Ecobee 3 Lite and I bought two of the remote sensors. I'm not 100% sure how well they work as it seems it's still colder upstairs (where the sensors are) vs downstairs (where the thermostat is), but other than the aforementioned issue, I've never had a problem with it. I can control it from anywhere and it auto adjusts my temperature based on time.
Yeah this is both gratifying (cause I’m normally an incredibly lazy dude so it feels good to break my body against a futile wall of leaves) and distressing cause there’s still another giant pile in the back, several large piles along the fence, a side yard that needs blown still and has a thick layer covering it, and the the whole front where I have 2 50’ trees that still have only dropped half their leaves
Columbus is fucking dumb- all the suburbs have leaf pickup and I’d just be able to blow them in a pile along the curb
My wife was finally fed up with the doorway we tore apart to get our fridge in (.....7 months ago).
So I saunter to HD and pick up a door jamb kit. Only to realize this particular doorway uses 1x6 instead of 1x4. So I had to return what I bought and picked up some melamine-wrapped MDF that I had to cut to fit.
It actually went up fast, but it still wasn't wide enough to cover the drywall that was run right up to the surface of the frame. So I got creative and put in 1/2x1/2 quarter round.
Next will be new trim and it's done. This stuff can be a pain but this was a relatively straightforward project.
For reasons too stupid to get into, the house finally has hot water and I've arranged it such that you can shut everything off except one of the bathrooms thus ensuring future work doesn't have to compete with "but can I have a shower tomorrow?"
Hit those leaves with your lawnmower to mulch them up and fit more in a bag. Bonus points if you have a bagger attachment on your mower.
Raking is for chumps. :P
like if you're at the point where you're bagging up 30+ bags of leaves, it's probably cheaper time-money wise to buy a lawnmower that can do mulching.
At the very least, if you point your mower's chute inward, you'll be both mulching and reducing the area you have to rake, though this is easier to do with a riding mower as the leave piles will start to grow too big to mow over.
So, it seems that some of my drain tile, specifically that which should be carrying water away from my egress window well, is not functioning. I don't even know where to start with this - do I need a plumber, a foundation person, a new house?
there's also leaf blowers that reverse to a vacuum and into a mulching bag
I ordered one of those over the weekend. My townhouse doesn't have a lawn and instead has vinca planted as ground cover. I'm almost certain this will work better than trying to rake around the plants.
So, we will be doing a reno on the house we bought which involves a bunch of work being done on the garage, partly because of a rotten post and partly because it was originally a car port that got enclosed without permits.
It's got a functional garage door opener right now, but are smart-garage door openers a thing? Thinking about something where we could check remotely through an app if it was left open, close it remotely, etc.
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So, we will be doing a reno on the house we bought which involves a bunch of work being done on the garage, partly because of a rotten post and partly because it was originally a car port that got enclosed without permits.
It's got a functional garage door opener right now, but are smart-garage door openers a thing? Thinking about something where we could check remotely through an app if it was left open, close it remotely, etc.
They exist, though I personally didn't see the point so I haven't looked into them.
Chamberlain makes several "smart" garage doors that work through the MyQ app. Genie makes them that work with Alexa/Google Home. You can also get an external hub to use with non-smart doors, ours is a Craftsman from 1993 so about as "dumb" as possible, the hub wires into where the wall button is, it has a tilt sensor that attaches to the door, and I can control it through Wink.
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So, we will be doing a reno on the house we bought which involves a bunch of work being done on the garage, partly because of a rotten post and partly because it was originally a car port that got enclosed without permits.
It's got a functional garage door opener right now, but are smart-garage door openers a thing? Thinking about something where we could check remotely through an app if it was left open, close it remotely, etc.
They are. The Chamberlain MyQ is the only one I'm familiar with. It's finicky, but works well once it's finally set up.
my garage is one of the myq enabled ones. it's useful. i mostly use it to make sure the door is closed when i leave because i don't always remember hitting the button. saves me the trip back to avoid the mental anguish.
you gotta pay to hook it up to the various smart services though which is stupid.
After a week with a leaky pipe, and having to keep the water off unless we needed it like to shower or wash clothes/dishes, etc., I have finally, maybe, got in touch with a plumber who isn't on holiday or extremely busy. Now to hope he actually shows up tomorrow, unlike the other plumber who only told me why when I called him a couple days later.
This is what it's replacing. Someone, likely in the late 80s or early 90s, took the original slantback faucet off and replaced it with this piece of crap that isn't made for the sink at all.
They used the appropriate amount of plumber's putty too.
Vintage slantback faucets go for $300-600+ these days. After doing a lot of work on this house over the past 10 years it's become apparent that someone "remodeled" it at some point and stripped off everything that was worth anything in the house and replaced it all with cheap garbage. Fortunately Central Brass is now making modern replacements that only cost $100.
Ugh ugh ugh. According to my contractor bro in law, the gasket in my outdoor faucet shutoff valve has failed. His plumber says it’s easy to fix but requires shutting off the house water. The complicating factors are that I have a week old baby, a wife recovering from surgery and sleep deprivation. Somebody convince me I shouldn’t just call a plumber in the morning.
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Call a plumber and spend some time with your family.
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Basically, Nest and Ecobee thermostats are more or less equivalent. There are a few differences (Nest has the learning feature, Ecobee has remote sensors) and your home automation system might make you lean one way or another - but overall, it's basically "pick the one that best fits your needs."
I have an Ecobee 3 Lite and I bought two of the remote sensors. I'm not 100% sure how well they work as it seems it's still colder upstairs (where the sensors are) vs downstairs (where the thermostat is), but other than the aforementioned issue, I've never had a problem with it. I can control it from anywhere and it auto adjusts my temperature based on time.
I dunno, fuck, a thousand left to go?
But it sounds like I might be buying a house.
That might be going a little overboard.
Now a flamethrower on the other hand there's no way that could go wrong, right?
Making progress another 20 bags down
But what? That only got how much of that big pile around the Abe Lincoln tree?
How much bigger can that pile be?
Fuck everything.
The grass, trees, fence, and other flammable fixtures? Eh, that's future you's problem.
Throwing future you under the bus works better when it's a tomorrow you probably not a "15 seconds from now" you probably.
So get a fuse and some thermite. n.n
Columbus is fucking dumb- all the suburbs have leaf pickup and I’d just be able to blow them in a pile along the curb
So I saunter to HD and pick up a door jamb kit. Only to realize this particular doorway uses 1x6 instead of 1x4. So I had to return what I bought and picked up some melamine-wrapped MDF that I had to cut to fit.
It actually went up fast, but it still wasn't wide enough to cover the drywall that was run right up to the surface of the frame. So I got creative and put in 1/2x1/2 quarter round.
Next will be new trim and it's done. This stuff can be a pain but this was a relatively straightforward project.
Raking is for chumps. :P
like if you're at the point where you're bagging up 30+ bags of leaves, it's probably cheaper time-money wise to buy a lawnmower that can do mulching.
At the very least, if you point your mower's chute inward, you'll be both mulching and reducing the area you have to rake, though this is easier to do with a riding mower as the leave piles will start to grow too big to mow over.
The assumption being you'd get a mower where it goes into bags.
It could also just be leaves in the well causing a blockage.
Mulching via mower has been tried many times and does not work, and was maybe even more physically taxing (walk behind mower) than blowing/shoveling
there's also leaf blowers that reverse to a vacuum and into a mulching bag
I've got one of those. It works, but you have to hold it pretty damn close to the leaves to suck them up.
Every October your tanks and artillery will be perfectly concealed from overflight spying, too!
I ordered one of those over the weekend. My townhouse doesn't have a lawn and instead has vinca planted as ground cover. I'm almost certain this will work better than trying to rake around the plants.
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It's got a functional garage door opener right now, but are smart-garage door openers a thing? Thinking about something where we could check remotely through an app if it was left open, close it remotely, etc.
They exist, though I personally didn't see the point so I haven't looked into them.
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They are. The Chamberlain MyQ is the only one I'm familiar with. It's finicky, but works well once it's finally set up.
you gotta pay to hook it up to the various smart services though which is stupid.
Well, yes, but only because you raked it into said pile.
Either un-rake it or don't rake it in the first place and hit it with your mower instead.
4.75" isn't 4"...
Oh the instructions are helpful...
"Fits 4" centers if you cut pieces off it."
They used the appropriate amount of plumber's putty too.
Vintage slantback faucets go for $300-600+ these days. After doing a lot of work on this house over the past 10 years it's become apparent that someone "remodeled" it at some point and stripped off everything that was worth anything in the house and replaced it all with cheap garbage. Fortunately Central Brass is now making modern replacements that only cost $100.