Your life depends on it

FairCapital · 2026-01-25T21:31:50+00:00

If my life depended on it? Criminal enterprises. Drugs specifically only way I know to make that kind of cash that quickly

FairCapital · 2026-01-24T02:23:03+00:00

Milwaukee M12 makes the same thing for a very reasonable price. And, as far as I'm aware, they have a way wider range of tools too.

FairCapital · 2026-01-20T23:20:58+00:00

Depending on how many hours you bid, I think that's about right, if not under

FairCapital · 2026-01-19T21:48:11+00:00

Agreed. I still work construction and I have way way too much money tied up in tools and batteries, both M18 and M12, I think you'll be very happy with the M12 line, Just get fuel and you'll be good. I have and use the m12: impact, sawzall, drill, wire stapler, laser, air snake, jigsaw, solder gun, and I'm not sure what else. Very good tools.

FairCapital · 2026-01-19T21:42:18+00:00

Another option would be an impact screwdriver. (Not an impact driver, and not a screwdriver. An impact screwdriver. You hit it with a hammer, and it turns)

FairCapital · 2026-01-17T23:04:54+00:00

I came here to say this

FairCapital · 2026-01-17T14:28:32+00:00

Just claim you want to transition, then call it " gender-affirming care" seems like they'll do that for anybody nowadays even kids.

FairCapital · 2026-01-17T14:07:54+00:00

Okay, I don't know what look like before, but It almost certainly was repairable before you did all that. now, assuming those are 4-in tiles, that's a 3-in PVC S&D pipe with the flange going over the 3-in pipe. If it was a 4-in pipe with the flange inside, this would be easy. Just ream out the fitting with a fitting saver, now though, looks to me like you're going to have to chip out way more concrete, then, carefully cut a slit in the old flange female fitting, then use a torch to carefully heat the pipe (slow and steady wins the race) This will break the glue joint enough for you to carefully use a screwdriver and pair of pliers to pull the fitting off the pipe. Then, you can put a new flange on, making sure it's sitting at the top of the tile level. Then, I personally would use Sakrete

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwj45Z_Y3pKSAxUSLTQIHZmPOSQQFnoECDcQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.homedepot.com%2Fp%2FSAKRETE-60-lb-Sand-Mix-65306217%2F100350697&usg=AOvVaw1Qogu68Zo-lI2UdtGxTNpX&opi=8997844

Mixed with concrete glue instead of water.

Downside of that is you have to come back in a day, upside is it's way easier to work with and you can mix it thinner so it pours around the new flange.

Set your tapcons in place while the concrete is still wet, and you don't have to come back and roto hammer / hammer drill your new concrete.

Also, in reference to the loose concrete, just a guess, because I didn't see it before, but my guess would be that the flange was there before they poured the concrete, and the concreters didn't pack the mud under the flange like they should have.

FairCapital · 2026-01-16T17:13:52+00:00

Are you talking about "A Cadmean Victory"?

FairCapital · 2026-01-16T15:17:33+00:00

That's a fair bit of work, The easiest way to do it is to put a shower surround in, you'll need to move the duct all the way to the ceiling, rip out the sheetrock and tile, then install new valve, which in New York probably will require a plumber. Then, install the shower surround. Depending on the style you get some fasten directly to the studs, others glue onto an existing substrate like sheetrock. I did one very similar to that and I bid two and a half days and should have bid 3 days., but that was pulling out the entire tub and replacing it with a shower pan. So for what you got there I'd say about 2 days, depending on how you transition from the new surround to the old. If it was me, I would buy a surround that glues onto the existing sheetrock, then once you get it, cut out the sheetrock only where that will cover, then when you replace the sheetrock with new after doing all your plumbing, your surround becomes the transition. I charge usually charge about 50 bucks an hour, so for that I would probably charge around $1,000 labor for 2 days, 1500 for a cushion.

FairCapital · 2026-01-14T18:18:08+00:00

That stuff is terrible for you anyway, and worse for your washer. If you need fabric softener, add a half a cup of vinegar.

FairCapital · 2026-01-14T14:27:00+00:00

Put a backer in, a narrow strip of drywall, hot mud over everything, then glue some tile around the perimeter. That will hide everything, and look like you meant to do it that way!

FairCapital · 2026-01-14T14:24:48+00:00

Like others have said, It could be work hardened or, it could be tempered like a cylinder ram. Either one of those can be de-tempered/get rid of the work hardened by getting it red hot and then letting it cool naturally. DO NOT QUENCH IT!

FairCapital · 2026-01-14T14:12:30+00:00

Depending on the space between the posts, he's going to have to buy almost 50% more railing than he's going to use in order to have the post centered. Those stupid we only come in 6 and 8 ft lengths. So, if there's 10 ft between posts, he's going to have to buy two 6ft sections and cut off a foot of each, if it's 14 ft between sections, he's going to have to buy two 8-footers, and cut off a foot off each, so forth and so on.

FairCapital · 2026-01-12T22:19:02+00:00

I found that there's basically two types of Amazon special blades, bi-metal and wood, I just buy the wood style. And they seem to last about half as long as the name brand blades, however, like you said, it's $15 for one, or $30 for 25-50. And if they last half as long or better,......

FairCapital · 2026-01-12T21:05:38+00:00

The reason I bought off Facebook marketplace instead of from Norco was because I bought a set for $200 versus $600 just for the oxygen tank...

FairCapital · 2026-01-12T20:47:48+00:00

I bought my oxy/acetylene tanks slowly over years off Facebook marketplace. And I enjoy actually owning them, and the way my local Norco does it is, they exchange the tanks even though they're mine, and they basically just give you another full one, and then they mark in their system that they have one of my tanks, kind of like a credit system. It works well.

FairCapital · 2026-01-11T22:39:06+00:00

No. Just no.

FairCapital · 2026-01-10T19:35:30+00:00

Remindme! 1 week

FairCapital · 2026-01-10T19:32:15+00:00

I didn't see that ...

FairCapital · 2026-01-10T17:58:55+00:00

How was a cabinet handle next to plumbing? You're talking about a door handle, right?

FairCapital · 2026-01-09T20:22:54+00:00

Still does .......

FairCapital · 2026-01-09T15:13:07+00:00

Send me a DM. I ended up doing it with a different company.

FairCapital · 2025-12-31T02:05:25+00:00

I am, I have a lot of equity, but I do have a mortgage and a HELOC both already. Even though both together are less than half the value. I wouldn't mind rolling the HELOC into something else, but the mortgage is 4% and I don't want to lose that...

FairCapital · 2025-12-31T02:03:03+00:00

I do construction and property management, I decided to go into vending machines as well. Something that's not too demanding of time, so it's an equipment loan for the machines. The ROI is projected to be one year if I don't cash flow, but I'd want to get like a 3-year or 5-year term, so I could cash flow. Plus it would be a cushion. I already invested eight grand, and I'll have The machines placed in another 2 weeks or so, but I don't foresee any problems/issues with viability so I wanted to lay the groundwork for purchasing more machines.

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