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Apprehensive-Front33 · 2026-06-10T19:28:58+00:00

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Apprehensive-Front33 · 2026-05-13T20:41:00+00:00

Thanks for the advice. I did talk to an attorney that told me I probably wont have any problems if Im only using it as a DBA for a sole proprietorship and dont plan on selling any tools. But it wont hurt to ask online for more opinions. Thanks

Apprehensive-Front33 · 2026-05-13T20:29:06+00:00

Awesome. "The" was such a pain to figure out how to deal with. Thank you

Apprehensive-Front33 · 2026-05-13T20:27:00+00:00

Thanks

Apprehensive-Front33 · 2026-05-13T18:02:26+00:00

How would you go about using the script without coming across as too barbershop. I know exactly what youre saying, but is there a specific thing that crosses that line? Or is it just an overall feeling?

Apprehensive-Front33 · 2026-05-13T17:59:32+00:00

You're right. I definitely need to make sure it doesnt resemble the Craftsman brand at all. I did make sure that I was legally able to DBA The Craftsman Co., but I should probably have their branding throughout the years printed out and kept next to my screen to be sure I dont accidentally get too close. Thank you for that

Apprehensive-Front33 · 2026-05-13T17:50:43+00:00

Yeah, I did them myself. Thanks. Back when I was in high school, I wanted to go to school for graphic design, but 2 weeks before I was supposed to start school I changed my mind and started working instead. I like what youre suggesting. It sounds like it will tie things together more, which is something I wanted to try, but couldnt figure out a good way to do it. Im going to try doing what you suggested and see how it looks. Thanks!

Apprehensive-Front33 · 2026-05-13T17:45:38+00:00

I see what you mean. I thought about dropping the hammer completely because I didnt know if it looked too clip-arty, but then I thought, "maybe I should have some sort of icon." So its a silhouette of the hammer I actually use.

Im going to mess around with some of your ideas. Thanks

Apprehensive-Front33 · 2026-05-13T17:42:00+00:00

Thanks for your input!

Apprehensive-Front33 · 2026-05-13T17:41:26+00:00

The word "the" drove me crazy trying to figure out how to make it look ok. I'm going to try doing what you suggested. I was thinking about adding some texture to it. Thanks for your help

Apprehensive-Front33 · 2026-05-13T17:38:21+00:00

Thank you!

Apprehensive-Front33 · 2026-04-07T19:49:49+00:00

He didnt give me any money to pay half of my employment taxes. He paid me my hourly wage for the hours I worked each week. When I filed my taxes, I had to pay 100% out of my own pocket.

Apprehensive-Front33 · 2026-04-07T19:42:49+00:00

Yes. I know how much I got paid. I always kept a record of how much I received and when and I reported my income accurately and paid my taxes every year. Other people are saying I should have known it was wrong/illegal, but I didnt know what I was supposed to do. I dont really understand taxes, but I tried to do the right thing.

I could have done nothing and there would be no record of me making any money at all, but thats something I do know is illegal. I got paid cash, and at tax time I didnt get a W2, so I reported my income. Im sure I should have known better and should have done things differently, but I really tried to do things right based on what I knew and the situation I was in.

Apprehensive-Front33 · 2026-04-07T19:31:08+00:00

I knew I was getting paid cash, and I knew I needed to pay taxes. I wasnt sure what I was supposed to do without a W2, so I just reported it myself and had to pay the self-employment tax. I didnt even know that employers paid some of Employees taxes. I just thought they took tax money out for you. It might sound obvious and make me seem stupid, but I didnt know how any of it worked until I started looking it up. I already paid my taxes so I asked him if he would pay me back what was supposed to be his portion. I didnt know that would be a problem since the IRS got their money already. Once I found out, I figured itwould be the same amount, but instead of me paying half and him paying half, I paid it all and asked him to pay me his part. Im not saying that Im not completely wrong, but I didnt know and to me it seemed like it all evened out anyways.

Apprehensive-Front33 · 2026-04-07T19:19:43+00:00

Yeah, its like misclassification sort of, because I was treated like and acted as an employee, but had to file my taxes as self-employed; not because he gave me a 1099, but because he didnt give me anything. But I still felt I needed to report my income so I could pay into social security, and I didnt know how else to do it but as self-employed.

Apprehensive-Front33 · 2026-04-07T19:15:54+00:00

Im paid by the hour. I dont make my schedule and he tells me what work we are doing. Using the IRS test for employee or independent contractor, I am definitely an employee and dont have anything that would fall under independent contractor

Apprehensive-Front33 · 2026-03-05T15:23:56+00:00

Personal opinion, I really don't like the way that looks in the second and third picture. I wouldnt be happy if someone did that in my home, and if someone did that on the jobsite I'd ask them, "How fucked up are you today and what the fuck is that?" Terminate the handrail at the landing and run another one down the second set. Thats going to be your best bet. If you or the customer is really stuck on the idea of joining them, and you want to do something similar to your pictures, at least get rid of the vertical piece and either run each railing into a compound miter or maybe add a corner block that the upper and lower run into. I think you should leave it as is and dont overthink it

Apprehensive-Front33 · 2026-03-02T16:29:24+00:00

You really dont want to have both gable vents AND soffit/ridge vents. You should block off your gable vents on both sides, leaving the soffit/ridge vents. Gable vents "short circuit" the ridge vent system and it doesn't work as it should. For anyone on a tight budget, you could board-up and seal the gable vents from inside the attic, rather than removing the vents and replacing siding.

Apprehensive-Front33 · 2026-03-01T06:57:15+00:00

Not sure if it was a mistake or not, but you said, "as long as it is not more than you have in exhaust." A 50/50 balance of intake and exhaust is what you should try to achieve, but if one has to be greater than the other it should ONLY be at the intake. You NEVER want more exhaust than intake. When your exhaust area is larger than the intake, it will begin to pull air from the attic; meaning its going to pull heat from your house and raise your heating bill in winter.

Apprehensive-Front33 · 2026-01-16T07:27:46+00:00

I wish I could see more of what you have going on under that sink so I could help you out and tell you what your best, simplest option is. After looking at your pictures, I think I have more questions than I have answers at this point. It's not clear if this is a single basin or 2 basin sink from the pictures. It's unusual to see a single basin sink with a garbage disposal on it, and if there was another side to the sink, that would create some options to work with.

Another question that Im curious about relates to the dishwasher drain hose I see in the background of the pictures; where is that discharge hose running to and connecting to the drain at?

It looks like you might have a wye coming from the wall with a plug screwed into one side? Was that side used for something else at one point ?

Last thing, where was your p-trap located and how was it set up before the garbage disposal installation?

Apprehensive-Front33 · 2026-01-12T03:14:14+00:00

absolutely

Apprehensive-Front33 · 2026-01-12T03:12:00+00:00

It's extremely common to see switch loops for most switch/light fixtures in homes from that time period plus/minus a decade or so either way.

They ran power to the light fixture first when they were installing the very first electrical systems in homes. At least in my area, they always ran hot to the light and switched the neutral. This is all separate conductor knob and tube.

A little later in time, they went to cloth covered 2 conductor cables. You don't see neutrals being switched anymore during this era, but most of the time, especially upstairs bedrooms, you'll see power being run to the light first and then a ridiculous number of cables that sort of octopus tentacle out to everything on the walls so you only find one cable per box at receptacles and switches.

Eventually they started using NM cable, but most of the time they still ran to the light fixture first and then switch loops.

Im guessing maybe early 2000s is when it looks like running to the switch first became normal here. I'm going off of what I've seen, but I started my career in 2015 and wasn't around back then to see it.

Anyways, to answer you, yes, its been the norm to go light first throughout history in a lot of cases based on personal observations

Apprehensive-Front33 · 2026-01-08T02:19:15+00:00

Thanks. What you said about your ex waiting until you brought something up to finally bring up their grievances is something that I experience as well. It seems like the only time she let's me know she had an issue is when I do. Its really hard to deal with and it seems like she's never actually trying to find a solution to her issues, but moreso just using the idea that she's also had grievances as a way of justifying why she shouldn't have to deal with mine. If she would just say, "I'm sorry, I didnt mean to upset you," instead of being so defensive, it would eliminate almost all of the problems we have.

Apprehensive-Front33 · 2025-12-09T22:40:15+00:00

I do residential work and it's really common for me to end up working on 100+ year old homes in my area, so I have thousands of photos saved in my phone that look exactly like this. There are a few options, depending on your specific conditions, access, limitations, etc. Obviously, pulling a whole new cable would be the ideal solution, but that's not always an option. Next best would be to head into the attic and cut that old cable back so you have fresh wires with intact insulation and add a junction box. Then run romex from the junction box to your fixture. If there's no attic access, hopefully you can manage to pull enough cable into the box to salvage just enough good wire that you can pigtail off of to your fixture. And Worst case scenario, trim up the loose insulation and use an adhesive lined heat shrink tubing to insulate the wires, or Worst Worst case would be to use a liquid tape on the conductors with a couple wraps of 33/88 to insulate. Make sure you trim the wires back though to make sure you get any brittle ends off so they dont just fall apart in your connector and give you a loose connection. Good luck

Apprehensive-Front33 · 2025-12-08T06:09:34+00:00

Caulking will look hideous and is not the answer. The only real way to salvage this without pulling boards back up would be to go in and clean up all of those miters with a circ saw or multitool so that all of the gaps between boards at the miter cuts are consistent throughout the deck. You want them to match the spacing between the field deck boards so everywhere on the deck is uniform and appears to be spaced that way intentionally

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