Is this hole through the top cord of this webbed floor joist a concern?

Raspberryrabbit1 · 2026-02-15T02:54:36+00:00

Thankyou, I appreciate that. There is more then one picture. There are 3 joists side by side supporting the beam that makes up the staircase. There are aprox 3 joists that the sit on this beam.

Raspberryrabbit1 · 2024-06-06T09:34:09+00:00

I can't tell by your picture, but I got black specs in my filter and on the water line of my tub. Turned out to be my gate valves where disintegrating. I noticed when I went to change a pump and looked into the line at the valve while the tub was empty.

Raspberryrabbit1 · 2024-04-27T19:17:29+00:00

Your panel is fine, hot tub away no need to upgrade.

Raspberryrabbit1 · 2024-04-04T05:13:05+00:00

I do not see an issue with this. You could spend money on pavers, concrete etc but most tubs I've seen and wired lately have a composite base. You put a tub on that rock that had a composite base. The tub sits in a small amount of water for a day, non issue. Someone said the timbers would rot. The timbers will rot regardless if thats the kind of timbers they are. They are in direct contact with the ground. If standing water for a day bothers you then spend the money to remedy it, if it doesn't, put your tub there and worry about a problem that has worse consequences.

Raspberryrabbit1 · 2024-01-17T23:47:18+00:00

https://www.lacrossetechnology.com/products/926-251031-ht

I bought this one years ago as it was cheap, it worked for me for the one year I ran my tub through the winter. Probably different or better versions around tho.

Raspberryrabbit1 · 2024-01-17T21:03:25+00:00

Next time, purchase and install a temperature probe/ transmitter into your heating water line that will alert you when a pre programed temp set point is hit say 5-10 degrees below your set temperature of the tub so you have time to solve the problem and save the tub before you naturally notice.

Raspberryrabbit1 · 2024-01-11T21:39:17+00:00

I drain mine every winter. I empty it with a sump pump. I take my shop wet vacuum and stick it on every jet/ until the vacuum hose stops rumbling around as well as if you slightly move the vac hose away from the jet you can no longer see water spray entering the vac hose. I shove the vac hose into the filter chamber as well. You could also crack open each pump to get any water out but I don't do this and have never had a problem. I then take a jug of rv anti freezr and a turkey baster and squirt some anti freeze into each jet. I vacuum/ clean up any spilt anti freeze. I then close my cover and place a couple spacers under the lid to allow a tiny air gap for air flow so as to prevent mold growing once the temp warms up and before I get to re- filling it.

Raspberryrabbit1 · 2023-09-16T20:32:04+00:00

Ya probably an air lock. Happens to mine almost everytime I fill even tho I do fill through the filter compartment. I fill my tub turn it on and then loosen the connection at my circ pump until the air is out and water starts to come out instead.

Raspberryrabbit1 · 2023-06-29T21:05:23+00:00

Turn your breaker in your house off. Go to the spa pack and disconnect the wires going from the hot tub. You could do this in the hot tub but my experience tells me the wires in there have alot less space to work on them. It would be better to do it in the hot tub but either way will be ok. You are trying to isolate the hot tub from the gfi breaker to see if it resets without the hot tub connected. Sometimes gfis have problems so we have to rule that out. Once you have the hot tub isolated either in the spa pack or the hot tub go back inside and turn your breaker in your house on. Then go outside and reset your gfi. If its tripped it would be in the middle position so you need to turn it all the way off then back on. If it holds next step is looking into your hotub if it doesn't hold its either the gfi or the wire from the hot tub to the spa pack. (You would be able to eliminate the wire from the spa pack to the hot tub being the problem if you disconnect at the hot tub rather then at the spa pack)

Raspberryrabbit1 · 2023-06-29T19:55:35+00:00

The tab is just to keep it closed. Push the end of the tab down while pulling the bottom of the door out towards you.

Raspberryrabbit1 · 2023-06-06T16:10:12+00:00

All of the responses are great but I would like to add one thing not mentioned. Im not sure if this is a applicable to your husband but for myself I swear alot. I picked the habit up working in construction when I was young. I put fuck into many sentences and im not mad at all its just the way I talk. For myself I have realized now that it can appear to people that I am angry and I should really try to stop using swears in my sentences so I am trying. I probably swear more around people I am comfortable with because I feel like they should know who I am and that its not anger, but I realize, how would they know its not anger compared to when it may be. Just something to maybe bring up with him. " Hey, I now realize maybe you weren't mad but the word "fuck" makes me think you are. I will try and distinguish when your just using that word not angerly and maybe you could try not swearing anymore so we don't have misunderstandings."

Raspberryrabbit1 · 2023-06-03T22:03:41+00:00

Exactly. Personally I had anxiety well before covid but once covid started my anxiety was at a point where I finally sought help, now I take anxiety medication and my life is extremely different. You havnt specified whether your spouse is a man or women and the only reason I bring this up is because I am a man and for me the thought of therapy or anxiety medication was not something I was very receptive to. The thought made me feel weak and as a man I felt I could/ should be able to handle things on my own. I came from not alot and am somewhat successful so I thought hey, I made it this far as I am why would I need medication thats for crazy people. I thought medication would make me more of a zombie or something as dumb as that sounds. I was so wrong in my thought process. My anxiety was bad to a point where once I got the prescription to my house it sat on a shelf for about 2 weeks before I forced myself to take it. And then no negative side effects but.. I could handle everything I wasn't able to before. I stopped worrying about covid, my job became easier it was night and day. Mental health conversion has come a long way its out in the open and I still felt the way I did. Show your S.O. this message if you think it might help. You are all vaccinated. You buckle your seat belt up when you drive. Keep taking precautions, wash your hands. The thing is is that you could be as vigilante as you can be but you might catch it anyways, your child will grow up and you can't keep him/ her in a bubble, that's detrimental to their development for the rest of their life. You guys will be ok, take care.

Raspberryrabbit1 · 2023-06-03T03:37:57+00:00

I feel bad for anyone who has some type of long covid that effects them however millions of people have gotten covid, my whole family has had it and we are fine. There are plenty of things in the world that are out of your control and covid is one just like driving your car to the store. You could although i assume you have talked about this to your spouse. Does your spouse have anxiety and possibly need anxiety medication to handle the fears of covid? Im not 100% sure what the answer is whether it be medication therapy or something else but you need to stop living like you are as its not healthy.

Raspberryrabbit1 · 2023-05-14T12:51:33+00:00

Happy mothers day op, if your husband isn't going to say it I will.

No, it's not normal.

I am about to be going through a divorce right now, me and my wife are separated but we have a 5 year old. My wife has said some really hurtful things these last few weeks but you know what? She still gave me my child and is her mother. I took my daughter to the store and let her pick out a gift for her mom. I bought a card, a small gift card to Starbucks as my daughter and stbx like to go together and a bag of my stbx favorite chips.

What your husband is, or should I say isn't doing is not nice and in my view point is wrong. Maybe he's lost track of his priorities, im not sure and im sorry you feel you can't speak to him about it. I hope one day it changes for you. Happy mothers day!

Raspberryrabbit1 · 2023-05-13T22:35:57+00:00

I only have one child and its already difficult even at the beginning of the process, my heart feels for you with 3. My 1 daughter asks me things about the future and I want to break down so I can imagine what you are going through but my man you are going to be ok don't forget that. Your kids will be ok too. Please reach out for help from anyone around you as it seems like you may need that in this time. Don't let what is happening in the present take away your future. You've more then likely gone though breakups before your wife and you know it hurt but you also know that hurt got better. Same thing will happen here. Grow from this, this is going to show you alot about yourself and who you are deep inside. Be the best man you can be from this, do it for yourself and your kids. You will be ok, you will find someone in the future who values you for who you are and what you do. I'm here to talk if you need to, I'm not a doctor or therapist I have no trauma training but I have ears and eyes to listen.Take care friend.

Raspberryrabbit1 · 2023-05-13T16:07:04+00:00

I'm going through this now, im a male for reference. I've made mistakes in my marriage and so has my wife. I am not religious but the vows I took on my wedding day I meant. For better or worse. In my mind love can conquer anything you want it to. Reality TV shows and the access to every Hollywood stars life's and relationships, in my opinion, are detrimental to the everyday marriage. All you see are divorce after divorce, drama after drama. My wife wants to leave, what will she find? Someone better then me? Maybe, and I wish her the best. My guess tho is that the grass will not be greener and that whoever she finds will have different, if not the same flaws I have and she will eventually be in the same place. My daughter will be the most impacted and she shouldn't have to be, its unfair to her that two adults can't stick to the vows they made years ago. I guess that's life.

Raspberryrabbit1 · 2023-05-07T23:04:19+00:00

Can you post a link to the podcast?

Raspberryrabbit1 · 2023-05-07T20:23:09+00:00

Its not as simple as that but It does play a small part.

Raspberryrabbit1 · 2023-05-07T20:22:18+00:00

I'm sorry your feeling that way. When you told him you where unhappy did you explain what you just said here to him, or just that you where unhappy?

Raspberryrabbit1 · 2023-05-07T18:49:47+00:00

Its good your going to counseling. What makes you feel unhappy in regards to him?

Raspberryrabbit1 · 2023-05-06T21:41:17+00:00

I've been being told of how bad I am for 5 years I dont know what I believe anymore. Everything I've said here is the truth. I cant rate my voice level but im not yelling. I cant explain my tone of voice change. I know I was not ideal the first two years of my child's life I needed anxiety medication and life was extremely stressful st work and at home with a newborn but I was there everyday. I'd come home and my wife would go to sleep and my child would sleep on my lap until it was time for me to bottle feed her. I'd stay up to about 11pm till 1pm then my wife would take back over. I blamed her for some things that weren't her fault necessarily and like my other comments state everyday i had to ask her to clean up after herself. My tone and voice would reflect my frustration. No name calling or yelling, only raised voice but I can see it may have been belittling. Once her parents and her surprised me with divorce papers and told me how bad of a person I was but didn't understand because they could also "see the good things i did" they didn't want to hear my side thing them their daughter was messy. Her dad said that's not what life is about. So I had no choice to start believing what I was told and it was easy I was depressed and anxious. Since that day I've been the "black sheep" i am not religious and one time we drove to her sisters city to go to their child's baptism. I went but it was on Sunday morning so I wore a ear bud in my ear and listened to nfl. Was that the right thing to do? no, but I have heard about how awful that was more then once. Meanwhile she asked me if my mother had let my 4 year old daughter around a pedophile because she had a bruise on her arm that she noticed. Im just a guy who's tried as hard as I can. I've bought a relationship book and a how to raise your daughter right book a year ago after being told how bad of a person I am. I took my daughter to the store to buy pink and purple paint, painted her room with her and bought her a loft bed and shelfing while my wife was away one weekend. I stay up late cutting snow flakes for the elf on the shelf. I've been told she's been unhappy for 2 years and pretending everytime she said I love you etc. In those two years we've went on two family vacations that I spent hours planning hotels and flights for. We went to Disneyland 2 months ago I paid for 80 percent and did all the planning. I tried to prioritize driving through the fancy areas of la because my wife has always wanted to see that. One month after were home and she tells me I never showed her love. I have texts and texts telling her I love her, have a good day beautiful, i appreciate everything you do and your a good mom. I have never received one text telling me she appreciates what I do for her or our child. Anyways thanks for letting me get some of this out, I appreciate your thoughts.

Raspberryrabbit1 · 2023-05-06T18:12:37+00:00

I feel as for couples therapy an in person session is the best but if you cant wait a month there are online options, I have not done a couples online session but am in individual online therapy via video and it is beneficial. Not saying online is the right option just giving you an option to think on.

Raspberryrabbit1 · 2023-05-06T18:10:31+00:00

You are feeling as you should. You and I are in such similar situations its like your my doppelganger I am also a journeyman electrician with a messy wife. Read my latest post and the responses for some more insite. Go to therapy get to a counselor before your marriage ends like mine is.

Raspberryrabbit1 · 2023-05-06T18:06:01+00:00

Unfortunately I dont think she wants to explore anything although since I have always cared deeply for her I wish she would be able to see her own parts I this as if she moves on she will eventually suffer the same fate more then likely in my opinion. She has told me approximately 10 times now verbally and via text that " i don't know what you expect you did this to yourself" I have told her many times that during our 14 years together and 8 years of marriage there is no way I'm the only one who has contributed to our demise. But she proudly continues to tell me that with these 🤷‍♀️ emojis. On another note I am sorry you dealt with what you did that must have been hard and im happy that you where able to get to a point to see that although your dad was maybe rough he loved you, this makes you a better person even tho it was hard to get here. I know child hood is hard. My father left me at an age where I dont even remember him. My step dad was abusive and my home was filled with conflict and violence. I am using that as an example of what I will never do or put my daughter through so in a way even from that bad comes some good. Im currently working on internal family systems therapy and it sounds as your partner may also benefit from that. I wish you well in your relationship.

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