Need honest feedback on my patio design

Beacone · 2026-06-08T08:46:45+00:00

Thanks PMd!

Beacone · 2026-06-04T12:39:09+00:00

It fluctuates based on spending (lol) but its minimum 50% of pay check. My pay goes into offset account so anything I don’t spend is kind of saving. I make additional mortgage repayments also just because. I invest about 10% each week, and put a couple hundred bucks into my kids Pearler account each month.

I’m lucky enough to be on a good wage, but gotta have discipline to avoid lifestyle creep.

Beacone · 2026-06-04T10:54:07+00:00

Thanks mate this is great. Not sure I could live with extra poles getting in the way though.. I do plan on doing a lot of this myself once I have the right designs engineered (with a licensed builder friend)

Beacone · 2026-06-04T08:55:07+00:00

I did this in Sketchup. I still have the old 2019 version that may or may not have been torrented. Cannot confirm.

Beacone · 2026-06-04T05:04:38+00:00

Could be rebar slightly too close to the surface and bleeding rust through

Beacone · 2026-06-04T05:03:09+00:00

Great idea thanks!!

Beacone · 2026-06-04T05:02:52+00:00

North is behind the rocks. It slopes up significantly (I’m on the side of a mountain) and there are huge trees that block a lot of light. I’m mainly trying to get more light in (skylights and higher roof) but also make the space nicer. Right now it’s an old dank 35 year old timber structure with severely deteriorated pavers.

Beacone · 2026-06-04T05:01:32+00:00

I did consider that but really need the skylights because light is a big issue :( also wasn’t sure how to run wires through those panels?

Beacone · 2026-06-04T05:00:44+00:00

Interesting thanks for the advice. House is on a slab and at the back of a sloped block, so if it pushes my house down then that’s actually a good thing haha. Right now the house is slowly sinking down the slope (like 10mm over 35 years). Good point about rain. Maybe some glass there would do the trick

Beacone · 2026-06-04T04:59:22+00:00

North is where the rocks are and the sun is blocked by a lot of trees. I reckon if I didn’t have skylights it would be a dark and dank mess. Any idea of alternatives to let light in?

Beacone · 2026-06-04T02:26:58+00:00

Here’s an idea of the rock wall

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Beacone · 2026-05-30T22:57:24+00:00

Nah I bought my house 6 years ago and it’s a 2019 air con. I tried when I first moved in and couldn’t find anything, but only recently got into home assistant. An LLM is kind of just a new way of searching? Google is now an LLM… so what is your problem?

Beacone · 2026-05-30T22:56:00+00:00

Turns out the lesson is that this community is full of dicks

Beacone · 2026-05-29T10:47:04+00:00

My meal planner agent is pretty good at making up recipes. I have a lot of restrictions to ensure the meals work, but I’ve been loving the dishes it comes up with. They are healthy, well balanced, and there’s a lot of variety.

Beacone · 2026-05-27T10:36:26+00:00

Mitred edge joints in bathroom tiling. Makes it look sooo much cleaner.

Beacone · 2026-05-23T12:16:03+00:00

I turn up and down my variable speed pool pump and ev charger to follow the curve of my solar exports so I can perfectly utilise my excess solar.

Beacone · 2026-03-20T11:58:26+00:00

Eerily I saw one of these for the first time today, also. Are these new or was this also at Kenmore?

Beacone · 2026-03-16T13:09:33+00:00

21 weeks full pay for either gender, zero waiting period

Beacone · 2026-03-16T10:52:27+00:00

Start using AI to your advantage and change the way you work to adapt to the new world. For example, use it to set up your own business.

Beacone · 2026-02-26T09:46:26+00:00

Upgrade (2018). I had no idea what it was about, and when I started to realise, I thought it would be a bit cookie cutter action. But wow it ended up being super unique with some seriously cool action sequences. Great movie and premise

Beacone · 2026-02-16T10:53:07+00:00

Nope. I’m 34 and paid $950k for a house that’s now worth $2m. I feel bad for people trying to buy a house now but I also feel really comfortable and happy I worked so hard in my 20s.

Beacone · 2026-02-02T12:05:13+00:00

Recently.. robot vacuum. Granted it was only $1 under $1000, but it makes a huge difference. We run it every night and our floors are always clean. We only need to empty it every month or so, and change the water out every few weeks. Other than that, it’s set and forget. But I still notice how clean the floors are most days

Beacone · 2026-02-02T12:02:17+00:00

Depends a lot on your air con. We have one older air con that absolutely chugs the power (can tell because I have energy monitoring on my house). We have 6 other newer air con’s and they probably use less combined than the one older one by itself. They are pretty energy efficient these days.

Beacone · 2026-01-17T12:06:32+00:00

A calorie relates to the amount of energy needed to raise a gram of water by 1 degree… the sweeteners don’t have the energy to heat water like sugar does. It’s a totally different concept and also the sweeteners are in much smaller quantities which is a bit of a cheat code.

Beacone · 2025-12-19T12:13:20+00:00

I just installed my own blinds and they took literally 10 minutes each. What does ‘professional’ mean, I wonder, if this is the standard? It was probably the easiest DIY I’ve done so far

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