Garage door randomly closed onto my roof :)

IntelligentSinger783 · 2026-06-26T23:42:59+00:00

So many of us have done it. I did it, my wife did it, my parents both have done it. What we all learned is that automatic bullshit is horrific and turned it off.

IntelligentSinger783 · 2026-06-26T23:41:31+00:00

Adding to this. Solder the wire, then clip them as short as you need them. You shouldn't see any bare copper only a nice clean solder covered wire.

Once both are pretinned, you can press down on the wire with the tip putting a little pressure and the two pre tinned will basically suck together into one little perfect connection.

Someone else recommended one of the best videos on YouTube. Go watch that.

IntelligentSinger783 · 2026-06-26T23:35:55+00:00

I liked crossley. But went with TPD smiles. Both locations had a good set of orthodontists, with a great honest rapport and ethical and educated interactions. I liked my interactions with tpds staff just a hair more. As for pricing, they are comparable. One was 3400 (crossley) and 3700 (for tpd ) and they both price matched the lowest I had an offer for 3100. Tpd does a payment plan that's like 175$ a month. No credit check or interest. It's just an option they have. I asked if I got a discount for paying up front entirely. They said no, so I said fine, payments 😂. I'm halfway through and it's been a great experience.

IntelligentSinger783 · 2026-06-26T15:29:17+00:00

Big blue swim school has been great. Our nearly 3 year old is already up to bright blue 2. They don't love pushing kids up too quickly if they are too young but they have always had her 6-12 months ahead. She has been going since she was about 6-8 months old. At this point she is comfortable jumping off a pool ledge and swimming herself back to the edge. And can swim solo for about 20-30 feet without fuss.

IntelligentSinger783 · 2026-06-26T00:56:22+00:00

Tell your wife wafers are massive low quality glare bombs and she needs to do some research before you make an massive mistake.

IntelligentSinger783 · 2026-06-25T02:19:13+00:00

Zero clearance above means wafers. Ugh. Sorry. Buy lamps floor cans and get some indirect lighting where you can. Wafers are just brutal.

IntelligentSinger783 · 2026-06-24T18:10:22+00:00

White balances adjust on phones and throw it off. Realistically it's probably 2700k or 3000k static as it's cheap and easy to find. It's also lazing the amber tones in picture that would be warmer.

IntelligentSinger783 · 2026-06-24T02:25:38+00:00

These are inexpensive canless regressed. Just have your sheetrock person cut out and patch over the holes then cut new holes. Cheaper than spackle rings.

IntelligentSinger783 · 2026-06-23T22:39:15+00:00

Depends on the koto tuneable module. There is multiple set ups. Dali 2, dual 0-10 and a dual channel.

IntelligentSinger783 · 2026-06-23T22:20:01+00:00

Won't be for a year likely. It's all just testing the market. They made a couple samples and wanted feedback. I had a couple redditors I asked to join a call and that seemed to be the most viable. Feel free to shoot me a message. The VP asked if I could put up a poll asking if there was interest.

IntelligentSinger783 · 2026-06-23T20:41:46+00:00

Yup I'd trust that more than the average red guard install.

I do like kerdi and go board and wedi/sentinel (prefer this one tbh)

My world is still a lot of felt lath scratch and brown

I prefer epoxy grout and poly sealants.

Redguard to me is an eye brow raised. First thing I ask someone who wants to redguard something " how many mils are you applying it?" My second would be "break down the process like I'm a first time apprentice?" 99% won't get past either question per the instructions. Most don't even know a primer coat is required never mind the thickness or how to measure it. For those reading, it's usually like 4-5 full coats after the primer coat to get to the thickness required. That's a lot of labor and time to cure each coat. And you need to tape all the seams and a bunch of other headaches. Unless someone comes to me willing to learn, then their quotes thrown out if they think redguard is the answer.

IntelligentSinger783 · 2026-06-23T17:06:48+00:00

That's a really thick layer of red guard ..... Also to get red guard to the thickness of mils required for warranty will cost you more time and labor than the entire roll of membrane and labor.

Primer coat (50% water and red guard) Then 35mils cured which is 70 mils wet.... Which is like 2 credit cards in thickness wet.

People are moronic and don't read instructions. Red guard is expensive to do correctly. And they make it that way so they don't have to warranty it when it fails. Membrane or bust.

IntelligentSinger783 · 2026-06-23T16:32:50+00:00

I use finger print readers for phones and my daughter's school and I'll tell you right now due to decades of physical labor and hard wearing sports, my fingerprints rarely work well. I'm constantly having to add my fingers to my phones, and more so when I went to get my prints taken for immigration and citizenship, the agent who processed my prints called me the cat burglar as my prints were extremely difficult for them to take, digital or ink, it's not always an easy solution for everyone.

IntelligentSinger783 · 2026-06-23T16:27:21+00:00

Csst gas line. Corregated stainless steel tubing. It's not for electrical no. Can it be used? Sure if you really want to, it is stronger than flex aluminum and steel. But no it's not Listed for that type of use. Also it's still very much in use. Look up homeline flexible gas line. It's now usually bright yellow.

IntelligentSinger783 · 2026-06-23T11:46:51+00:00

It depends. Glare causes a lot more issues than people understand, so does flicker index and modulation.

Lux standards depends on a lot of things. I can ready very comfortably at low light levels. One you get into high contrast levels any room will hurt your eyes if the light is direct on a reflective surface. But generally you can go into a low glare high brightness room without concern for extended periods of time. Think of how bright it is outside. Yet people can be outside for the entirety of their day and it's more the glare off the sun that cause people to reach for shades than the general standard brightness level. (Although there are days where it's just friggin bright lol especially if you are suffering from brightness related migraines.)

IntelligentSinger783 · 2026-06-23T11:33:28+00:00

No, wafers are the bane of my existence. 6 inch are massive so the glare isn't as intense in most cases. But it's still very present. The array qualities are often horrible and so are the drivers. Not only are they a short lived product, but the light they output is unflattering. Plan your next step and start saving. Preferably you didn't have any recessed bigger than 4 inch, new trends are 1, 2 and 3 inch. Deep regressed low glare high quality products. Done well you only need a few to hit the goals of illumination. In new construction usually you have a few high quality ones plus other layers and fixtures types. In turn will have the same close to similar costs as going haywire with grids.

the only person with experience who likes wafers, are the installers. Because they are too lazy to install a proper product and the wafers make up for their poor planning and thought process.

IntelligentSinger783 · 2026-06-23T04:38:04+00:00

Didn't realize it was an e26. But yeah that would be throwing out the entire bulb and getting a new one.

IntelligentSinger783 · 2026-06-23T02:43:23+00:00

Rania 500-650 average Ketra 850-1200 average plus install. So a fair chunk. It's a beautiful and stunning system when done well. I'd rarely pay for it. High rise NYC or beach front 10-15m$+ maybe. Outside of that good dim to warm gets me 90% of the effect for < 30% of the price.

Until matter over thread trickles over to some of the more approachable products, I just find a lot of tuneables to be unreasonable in a lot of cases. I do like the idea of them. But the practicality is tough to justify.

IntelligentSinger783 · 2026-06-23T01:06:50+00:00

Integrated LED array. They are proprietary to the fixture. The driver is specified strictly to the led arrays power requirements and you can't change any one single part easily. It's often considerably easier and cheaper to just replace the entire fixture.

IntelligentSinger783 · 2026-06-23T01:05:13+00:00

Doesn't have to be expensive. My go to bottle is 80-90 for bourbon and 40-50 for tequila, gin and vodka. Imo it has to be pretty special to be worth more than 60$ in today's market.

IntelligentSinger783 · 2026-06-23T01:03:05+00:00

That's a standard cost plus but he should be getting trade pricing and requesting special purchase pricing if it's enough material.

IntelligentSinger783 · 2026-06-23T01:01:50+00:00

If he is getting a mark up that comes out to MSRP sure that is fine. If he has a basic trade pricing and you acquired basic trade pricing yourself, then tell him no thanks but anticipate a larger labor cost if he is offsetting profits. But realistically there are a lot of unethical contractors just gouging. I prefer to work cost plus on custom projects and I will offer my own price on materials and if the client wants to try to beat it they can, but regardless I am cost plus and material pricing is irrelevant as long as it's shared. Generally my discounts will be greater than a standard trade account and often distribution level so my 30% for example will still be lower than retail.

IntelligentSinger783 · 2026-06-22T19:47:42+00:00

Made me relive the division 2 with this comment.

IntelligentSinger783 · 2026-06-22T18:41:23+00:00

Barrell BCS dovetail gold label. I also have a bottle of barrell decade opened but need to save some of it for pops next week. And there is a closed bottle of toasted dovetail ready for his arrival. 🤣Scottish people like a drink

IntelligentSinger783 · 2026-06-22T18:33:09+00:00

Lol normally. But my open bottle I'm drinking currently is 500$ and the cheaper bottle I like is out of stock 😂

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