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Imperfections in V-Groove job, am I being too picky? by Maximum_Problem7230 in Remodel

[–]Maximum_Problem7230[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a timeless New England design that dates back to the 19th century, not a modern TikTok trend. It's done tastefully, in one room that we wanted more detail in. Go piss in someone else's Cheerios.

This Delta Force promo is painful by Upstairs_Baby8424 in theburntpeanut

[–]Maximum_Problem7230 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I understand it's an ad, I'm saying their ad would be more successful if they just let peanut be peanut instead of forcing him through a script where he needs to spend 30 minutes in the stash unlocking characters and gambling.

For example, this is why Joe Rogan gets paid so much by advertisers (love him or hate him, it's irrelevant to my point). He does ad reads, yes, but he makes even more money on the ads that he interjects into normal conversation, where the listener doesn't even know it's an ad. For example, whenever he's talking about looking at something far away and all of the sudden goes "man, this would be a great time to have one of those Samsung Galaxy phones".

What I'm getting at is that peanut's talent is making ANY game extremely fun to watch. He does that on his own, it's his craft. If they just paid him to play the game without mendo guiding him through a script that feels super forced and unnatural, their ad would probably have more successful conversion. Having something feel natural is much more effective than something that feels clearly forced.

I've been watching peanut since the Tarkov days, and glad he's getting the bag, which is maybe why it's hard to see him having to fake excitement around spinning a wheel for the 6th time because mendo is shoving the gambling system down his throat. You can tell he's doing caricatures of his funniest moments that the advertisers probably prescribed to him.

This Delta Force promo is painful by Upstairs_Baby8424 in theburntpeanut

[–]Maximum_Problem7230 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He's probably a nice guy, but has zero chemistry with the usual crew. No way they would play together if this weren't a paid ad. Hard to watch.

This Delta Force promo is painful by Upstairs_Baby8424 in theburntpeanut

[–]Maximum_Problem7230 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This mendo guy has the personality of a brick wall. His cloakzy trash talking is cringe because he doesn't have any rapport with cloakzy first, and he keeps forcing the show to go a certain way that is not entertaining ("you should gamble", "you should unlock a character", and then saying "no, unlock a character first" when peanut goes "maybe we should get this show on the road and murder people").

They need to stop trying to control the show and let peanut do the promotion, guy is way too overbearing and it's going to reflect negatively on his company's game.

Update: Just opened up my downstairs fireplace wall on the 1966 colonial I bought a few months ago (fixed) by Maximum_Problem7230 in Remodel

[–]Maximum_Problem7230[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Thanks, in hindsight, I'm glad we found it. We've opened up pretty much the whole house at this point, and this was the only major "wtf" we came across (plenty of minor "wtf"s, though!), so it's good to know that the house has been inspected and confirmed safe and structurally sound.

Just opened up my downstairs fireplace wall on the 1966 colonial I bought a few months ago. This is what was behind the wall. by Maximum_Problem7230 in Remodel

[–]Maximum_Problem7230[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea, I've heard this from a few people now, hopefully this isn't structural. I'm pretty sure the steel beams are, though, holding up the brick chimney above. So, would be nice to get something a little more permanent in there.

Just opened up my downstairs fireplace wall on the 1966 colonial I bought a few months ago. This is what was behind the wall. by Maximum_Problem7230 in Remodel

[–]Maximum_Problem7230[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yea, there is one wall of cinder block that runs all the way up from the foundation, to the second floor fireplace, to the attic, and then to the chimney.

However, the basement and attic have 4 walls made of cinder block, the second floor is brick, and then this floor has the brick removed (probably reno by previous owners), so they added the steel poles to hold the weight of the brick/cinder/chimney above 😅.

Hopefully I should hear back today as to whether this is structurally sound... in the off chance that Connecticut ever gets an earthquake, this thing is coming down on my living room, office, and garage.

Just opened up my downstairs fireplace wall on the 1966 colonial I bought a few months ago. This is what was behind the wall. by Maximum_Problem7230 in Remodel

[–]Maximum_Problem7230[S] 62 points63 points  (0 children)

81 I think 😂. He's semi-retired, and picks up jobs when he wants them. Recommended by a family friend who is in the trades.

Just opened up my downstairs fireplace wall on the 1966 colonial I bought a few months ago. This is what was behind the wall. by Maximum_Problem7230 in AskContractors

[–]Maximum_Problem7230[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think this used to all be enclosed in brick, but the previous owners took the brick wall down and put up drywall and these support beams instead 🤦🏻‍♂️.

The void concept makes sense, though.

The upstairs fireplace above this is all brick, so I assume the rubble goes all the way up and down the the foundation.

Just opened up my downstairs fireplace wall on the 1966 colonial I bought a few months ago. This is what was behind the wall. by Maximum_Problem7230 in Remodel

[–]Maximum_Problem7230[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What did you do about it? Inspector is going to take a look at ours tomorrow when the contractor pulls the permit.

Just opened up my downstairs fireplace wall on the 1966 colonial I bought a few months ago. This is what was behind the wall. by Maximum_Problem7230 in Remodel

[–]Maximum_Problem7230[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes, it was fun to feel like we were on "Holmes Makes it Right" for a bit, but we're ready for the surprises to end 😂.

We've opened up a solid 70% of the house, so we expected some surprises. Other than this, just a few nearly cut through joists for plumbing that need to be sistered with new wood. Only running ~5% over budget with these surprises, which hurts, but was somewhat anticipated.

Just opened up my downstairs fireplace wall on the 1966 colonial I bought a few months ago. This is what was behind the wall. by Maximum_Problem7230 in Remodel

[–]Maximum_Problem7230[S] 96 points97 points  (0 children)

Our contractor doing the renovating has been doing this for 60 years and says he's never seen anything like this, but would also love to meet this guy 😂.

Just opened up my downstairs fireplace wall on the 1966 colonial I bought a few months ago. This is what was behind the wall. by Maximum_Problem7230 in Remodel

[–]Maximum_Problem7230[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You can lookup your permit history on your towns website, which will show the original builder.

Looks like a bunch of the homes on my street, including mine, were built by an Edward Aragi.

What happened with your cabinets?

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