It's like... on one hand just TERRIBLE taste. But on the other, I'm glad people with such awful taste occasionally have lots of money and go balls to the wall with it. So I can see it.
We found a sofa we like at Costco but it's not listed online so we are going through the logistics of picking it up and getting it home. We're also trying to figure out if it will get through any of the doors/doorways.
We found a sofa we like at Costco but it's not listed online so we are going through the logistics of picking it up and getting it home. We're also trying to figure out if it will get through any of the doors/doorways.
We found a sofa we like at Costco but it's not listed online so we are going through the logistics of picking it up and getting it home. We're also trying to figure out if it will get through any of the doors/doorways.
We found a sofa we like at Costco but it's not listed online so we are going through the logistics of picking it up and getting it home. We're also trying to figure out if it will get through any of the doors/doorways.
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Be sure to practice your pivoting skills.
And always check if you can remove the feet! I swear, sofas are all designed to fit in a standard doorway *without the feet*, which come installed all the time.
A three seat sofa with two powered recliners incorporated. It doesn't have feet, per se, and is 41" deep by 41" high. Our largest opening is about 31". Even with some creative positioning, that fucker is going to be too heavy to try to maneuver through the doorways. From all appearances, the back of the sofa doesn't come off, but we didn't dig that deep into the floor model. The sofa is boxed as a fully assembled item.
A three seat sofa with two powered recliners incorporated. It doesn't have feet, per se, and is 41" deep by 41" high. Our largest opening is about 31". Even with some creative positioning, that fucker is going to be too heavy to try to maneuver through the doorways. From all appearances, the back of the sofa doesn't come off, but we didn't dig that deep into the floor model. The sofa is boxed as a fully assembled item.
Those are super easy to take apart. The two side seats should come right out if you remove a few bolts on the bottom. There are a bunch of youtube videos out there.
For sofas, the easiest option is to take off the legs or take the door or door frame off.
I had a sofa generously donated to me by a friend of a friend, which they helped moved to my back porch. We later discovered that it wouldn't fit in the door, and the legs didn't come off, and even after stripping the fabric on the bottom/back to get at the screws it was built in a way that it could not be disassembled. The manufacturer actually sheared off the ends of the screws so you couldn't release the bolts holding the pieces together.
Later it rained unexpectedly and the sofa was colonized by local flora. Out to the curb it went...
Wow, did they have to bring out the jetter or something?
Nope, that was basic clearing to main sewer line!
Though in further talking, which I'll get into, I learned they don't have a jetter any more because they never used it. And the line should have more access ports than just the one it has. And that the auger or whatever kept getting caught every few feet, came back up with a lot of grease (thanks previous home owner) and might cost me a lot more depending on what the camera line shows tomorrow re: the getting caught up.
Anybody know the terminology for random pieces of door hardware?
I've got a pair of double doors that don't have a between-door latch of any kind. The knobs don't turn, even. The doors latch by way of a pair of spring-loaded...thingies on their top, inside corners. The 'thingies' are basically a tube with a ball captured at one end and a spring below said ball such that the ball may move up and down by a small distance against the spring resistance. There's a matching plate in the door frame with a depression such that pulling the door into a closed position pushes the ball down, then it pops back up into the depression and keeps the door shut.
Well, one of the balls went walkabout. I have no idea when or where. The spring extended up through the now-vacant hole and acted as a stop for the door right up until it didn't and now it's stuck out of the housing and bent about 70 degrees to one side, so it doesn't keep shit closed.
Ideally I'd like to find an identical replacement piece as the whole tube/spring/ball assembly screws into and out of a cylindrical insert in the door body, so if I can find one just like it I can simply screw in the new ball-tube and be good to go. Failing that I can probably figure out how to replace the assembly with a similar one. Only I have no idea what to google to find such a part. Various permutations on "double door latch", "double door hardware", "spring loaded door latch", etc. have gotten me close but not quite on-target. Anyone know what these bastards are called?
Anybody know the terminology for random pieces of door hardware?
I've got a pair of double doors that don't have a between-door latch of any kind. The knobs don't turn, even. The doors latch by way of a pair of spring-loaded...thingies on their top, inside corners. The 'thingies' are basically a tube with a ball captured at one end and a spring below said ball such that the ball may move up and down by a small distance against the spring resistance. There's a matching plate in the door frame with a depression such that pulling the door into a closed position pushes the ball down, then it pops back up into the depression and keeps the door shut.
Well, one of the balls went walkabout. I have no idea when or where. The spring extended up through the now-vacant hole and acted as a stop for the door right up until it didn't and now it's stuck out of the housing and bent about 70 degrees to one side, so it doesn't keep shit closed.
Ideally I'd like to find an identical replacement piece as the whole tube/spring/ball assembly screws into and out of a cylindrical insert in the door body, so if I can find one just like it I can simply screw in the new ball-tube and be good to go. Failing that I can probably figure out how to replace the assembly with a similar one. Only I have no idea what to google to find such a part. Various permutations on "double door latch", "double door hardware", "spring loaded door latch", etc. have gotten me close but not quite on-target. Anyone know what these bastards are called?
My place has tall ceilings in the living room and a staircase/ hall that use fixtures I hate. I like the way they disperse light though.
They're ceiling boobs and I need to replace about 4 of them. Though I'm thinking of a pair of pendant style lights for the high ceiling, that leaves the hallway and bedroom closet that have normal ceiling height. I can ignore the bedroom closet because it's a closet.
Tonight marks my first snow as a homeowner, is there anything special I need to do/know that's not readily apparent? Do I need to clear snow off my roof proactively, for example, and if so, at what depth?
Hm, think I have a better idea of how to wire my house with ethernet. There's a closet on my main floor that's pretty big and should do nicely to mount the patch panel/switch/router. The only three things that are slightly problematic about it are 1) the builders for some reason sealed up the attic access for that side of the house, so there's currently literally no way to get into the attic. So I'll have to cut a hole in the ceiling to access it. 2) the closet doesn't have a power outlet, so I'll probably need to hire an electrician to put one in there? Probably cost like $200 or so? And 3) running from the attic to the basement seems like it might be kind of a problem. It'll be on an outside wall, too, so it'd be running it inside insulated walls. Plus I'd probably have to drill down between floors within the wall and idk if that's something that can be done cleanly?
Tonight marks my first snow as a homeowner, is there anything special I need to do/know that's not readily apparent? Do I need to clear snow off my roof proactively, for example, and if so, at what depth?
This isn't a real common thing unless you have a flat roof for some reason. Even then you're talking a couple feet of accumulation typically. It is the sort of thing you consider after a real heavy snow season or get hit with an actual blizzard.
Not linked to snow but actual winter would be to check all your piping to outside water spigots for shut offs. It isn't uncommon for them to have a shut off inside the house if the pipes run in unheated areas for any length. Then you'd turn off the inside shut off and open the outside valve so the water doesn't get trapped and burst a pipe when it freezes.
Tonight marks my first snow as a homeowner, is there anything special I need to do/know that's not readily apparent? Do I need to clear snow off my roof proactively, for example, and if so, at what depth?
This isn't a real common thing unless you have a flat roof for some reason. Even then you're talking a couple feet of accumulation typically. It is the sort of thing you consider after a real heavy snow season or get hit with an actual blizzard.
Not linked to snow but actual winter would be to check all your piping to outside water spigots for shut offs. It isn't uncommon for them to have a shut off inside the house if the pipes run in unheated areas for any length. Then you'd turn off the inside shut off and open the outside valve so the water doesn't get trapped and burst a pipe when it freezes.
Yeah unless you experience a heavy snowfall where it accumulates on the roof at 2ft+ and then sticks around you probably don't have to worry about it. I live in North Dakota and even though we average about 50" of snow a year it's relatively rare that anyone with a sloped roof needs to go out and start cleaning it off the roof. As DevoutlyApathetic mentioned flat roofs are another matter entirely.
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Hit it with a hammer
Like, if it gets stuck in the door
For sofas, the easiest option is to take off the legs or take the door or door frame off.
Be sure to practice your pivoting skills.
And always check if you can remove the feet! I swear, sofas are all designed to fit in a standard doorway *without the feet*, which come installed all the time.
Those are super easy to take apart. The two side seats should come right out if you remove a few bolts on the bottom. There are a bunch of youtube videos out there.
For sofas, the easiest option is to take off the legs or take the door or door frame off.
Quartz? Like actual rock? Anything that doesn't wipe off, scrape off with a razor blade like you would a price sticker off of a CD jewel case.
It's a synthetic stone countertop in the US.
@chokem you shouldn't need more than soap and water or a gentle surface cleaner, it's much more durable than granite
Edit: assuming this is engineered quartz and not quartzite
I had a sofa generously donated to me by a friend of a friend, which they helped moved to my back porch. We later discovered that it wouldn't fit in the door, and the legs didn't come off, and even after stripping the fabric on the bottom/back to get at the screws it was built in a way that it could not be disassembled. The manufacturer actually sheared off the ends of the screws so you couldn't release the bolts holding the pieces together.
Later it rained unexpectedly and the sofa was colonized by local flora. Out to the curb it went...
Or, say, Despicable Me.
Wow, did they have to bring out the jetter or something?
Nope, that was basic clearing to main sewer line!
Though in further talking, which I'll get into, I learned they don't have a jetter any more because they never used it. And the line should have more access ports than just the one it has. And that the auger or whatever kept getting caught every few feet, came back up with a lot of grease (thanks previous home owner) and might cost me a lot more depending on what the camera line shows tomorrow re: the getting caught up.
I've got a pair of double doors that don't have a between-door latch of any kind. The knobs don't turn, even. The doors latch by way of a pair of spring-loaded...thingies on their top, inside corners. The 'thingies' are basically a tube with a ball captured at one end and a spring below said ball such that the ball may move up and down by a small distance against the spring resistance. There's a matching plate in the door frame with a depression such that pulling the door into a closed position pushes the ball down, then it pops back up into the depression and keeps the door shut.
Well, one of the balls went walkabout. I have no idea when or where. The spring extended up through the now-vacant hole and acted as a stop for the door right up until it didn't and now it's stuck out of the housing and bent about 70 degrees to one side, so it doesn't keep shit closed.
Ideally I'd like to find an identical replacement piece as the whole tube/spring/ball assembly screws into and out of a cylindrical insert in the door body, so if I can find one just like it I can simply screw in the new ball-tube and be good to go. Failing that I can probably figure out how to replace the assembly with a similar one. Only I have no idea what to google to find such a part. Various permutations on "double door latch", "double door hardware", "spring loaded door latch", etc. have gotten me close but not quite on-target. Anyone know what these bastards are called?
Edit: Actually, looking at the photo, it looks like the internal ball-catch in that thing is identical to mine. Score!
edit: like this?
Try "ball door catch"
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They're ceiling boobs and I need to replace about 4 of them. Though I'm thinking of a pair of pendant style lights for the high ceiling, that leaves the hallway and bedroom closet that have normal ceiling height. I can ignore the bedroom closet because it's a closet.
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This isn't a real common thing unless you have a flat roof for some reason. Even then you're talking a couple feet of accumulation typically. It is the sort of thing you consider after a real heavy snow season or get hit with an actual blizzard.
Not linked to snow but actual winter would be to check all your piping to outside water spigots for shut offs. It isn't uncommon for them to have a shut off inside the house if the pipes run in unheated areas for any length. Then you'd turn off the inside shut off and open the outside valve so the water doesn't get trapped and burst a pipe when it freezes.
Yeah unless you experience a heavy snowfall where it accumulates on the roof at 2ft+ and then sticks around you probably don't have to worry about it. I live in North Dakota and even though we average about 50" of snow a year it's relatively rare that anyone with a sloped roof needs to go out and start cleaning it off the roof. As DevoutlyApathetic mentioned flat roofs are another matter entirely.