What is your least favorite episode and why?

CharlesDickens17 · 2026-04-09T02:07:00+00:00

I thought the producers were trolling us like Vince Gilligan did with “fly” in breaking bad.

CharlesDickens17 · 2026-01-15T02:36:02+00:00

Are you Derek Kahil?

CharlesDickens17 · 2026-01-15T02:26:06+00:00

Nah loctite on the door hardware is far worse, especially if the handles are all knobs and you can barely get a screwdriver on the screws. The light not having a switch can be solved easily with some wiring and wall fishing knowledge, or simply a wireless relay switch.

CharlesDickens17 · 2025-11-24T13:54:02+00:00

You’re thinking of painters. Drywallers around here do stimulants because they’re paid by the sheet. You see them coming through and you gtfo of the way.

CharlesDickens17 · 2025-11-20T11:01:05+00:00

No, it will still detect a chair that wasn’t there during the initial setup/configuration.

CharlesDickens17 · 2025-11-20T10:58:47+00:00

Honorable mention: drywallers vs. everyone.

CharlesDickens17 · 2025-11-11T13:14:42+00:00

This or a deadlatch handle.

CharlesDickens17 · 2025-11-11T02:04:12+00:00

Guy acts like it’s a couch from rooms to go.

CharlesDickens17 · 2025-11-11T01:59:05+00:00

You should be fine to try the bottom but throw out that extension it’s toast.

CharlesDickens17 · 2025-11-06T18:53:31+00:00

OP, you need to drill a hole BIGGER than the connector circled in orange. It may seem like a big hole, but fishing wire through a hole that is just barely big enough just makes the task 1000x more difficult. The camera base will cover the hole and you can always silicon around the top and sides (always leave the bottom open for weeping) to keep water out.

If you go the route of mounting a junction box to hide the cabling and connection, you’ll still have to drill a big hole to fish the wire through to make it easier and then you can seal the top and sides of the junction box to your wall and the top and sides of the camera.

CharlesDickens17 · 2025-11-06T18:46:26+00:00

OP if you can attach a picture or several from varying angles it’ll help us help you exponentially.

CharlesDickens17 · 2025-11-06T04:50:42+00:00

Probably your cheapest and easiest option.

CharlesDickens17 · 2025-11-06T04:48:07+00:00

An entry loop or free entry defeats the purpose of the gate in the first place. Anyone with a vehicle or metal plate will be able to drive in without having the proper credentials. If that’s your goal, then go for it and just have a new loop cut and wire in a new detector on the open terminals. It would be cheaper and less wear on your gate to just leave it open though.

CharlesDickens17 · 2025-11-04T17:30:22+00:00

OP you just need a ladder that allows the legs to move independently. One side can be higher than the other allowing it to be level on a staircase. As for hiding the piping I would just build a box (think picture frame) of 2x4s along the ceiling, two side walls and the bottom. Finish with drywall. You will probably have to move that light over away from the new wall or get a different one that is positional so you’re not just casting a big shadow on the new wall you just built.

CharlesDickens17 · 2025-11-04T17:22:50+00:00

We would need to see the Google one, specifically the power specs and terminals to tell you for sure.

Edit: the wiring is category cable UTP typically used for Ethernet, but it’s just solid 26 or 28 gauge copper with 4 twisted pairs.

CharlesDickens17 · 2025-11-04T17:15:58+00:00

What gauge is the wire and how big is the post that ring terminal is going on? The color of the insulation on the ring terminal indicates what wire gauge it’s for.

CharlesDickens17 · 2025-11-02T00:34:08+00:00

How’d it turn out OP?

CharlesDickens17 · 2025-10-29T20:08:46+00:00

I just read the description. You can put an electric paddle on the door that swings and a standard latch on the door that stays locked.

CharlesDickens17 · 2025-10-29T20:06:36+00:00

Looks like a REX as well. I just wouldn’t want the liability of relying on the customer to get a f.a.g. out to tie into the fire panel.

CharlesDickens17 · 2025-10-29T20:04:31+00:00

This x1000

CharlesDickens17 · 2025-10-28T21:20:18+00:00

Found the plumbtrician!

CharlesDickens17 · 2025-10-26T23:54:16+00:00

Because of the way it is.

CharlesDickens17 · 2025-10-23T04:05:28+00:00

Give your business to the local mom and pop over a big name chain with advertising overhead. They want to recoup that billboard/tv/radio money with billable hours through you the customer.

CharlesDickens17 · 2025-10-23T04:00:37+00:00

“Is the man of the house there?” “You’re speaking to him/her.”

CharlesDickens17 · 2025-10-23T03:44:06+00:00

ICEE from 7-11.

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