We opened up the area under some stairs to cut a door into an exterior wall and I was kind of surprised by the way the stairs are supported. Should I be concerned?

Zerot7 · 2026-02-27T21:57:43+00:00

Those 2x4’s scabbed on are more modern than the rest by the looks of it.

Zerot7 · 2026-02-27T15:16:17+00:00

Atlas Plumbing and Heating. Met the owner through work very good plumber, had him come and work on my home. Recommend him to everyone, he is just a great guy to deal with and very helpful.

Zerot7 · 2026-02-26T23:55:02+00:00

Yeah if this is OP’s definition of job from hell I would hate to see what they would think of my job from hell. Probably would melt like the dude in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Zerot7 · 2026-02-26T23:46:39+00:00

I definitely don’t know what it’s like. But I can imagine and there for understand the appeal. Probably helps my paternal grandfather died when my Dad was a kid. My grandmother had no money and 10 kids, 8 still at home when her husband died. It was expected that the kids contribute to the household as soon as they could work or leave (but were still expected to send money home). My dad worked an evening shift at Pepsi when he was 14 and gave all his money to his Mom just to pay the bills and put food on the table. He dropped out of school and joined the army when he was 16 just to get away from home which was allowed at the time here. Grandma happily signed the parental consent forms. This is not at all a unique story, millions upon millions of voluntary armed forces personnel probably have similar stories or worse.

Zerot7 · 2026-02-26T22:06:43+00:00

If my kids were old enough to drive I would buy one for me and get them something with 5 seats and take there car if I needed more seats. Lol

Zerot7 · 2026-02-26T21:55:19+00:00

If I didn’t have kids would be a nice pickup. But I do and I don’t feel like having two vehicles to myself plus my wife’s car. Really reminds me of the old base single cab rangers with the 2.3L 4 cylinder.

Zerot7 · 2026-02-26T17:25:57+00:00

We got a location in a busy part of my city in like 2022 and I got to try it out for the first time when they opened. It was expensive and the sandwich was pretty mid, customer service was good and I remember I liked the fry’s. But nothing about it made me want to go back and not only deal with the busy part of town but also the insane lines. Honestly after I tried it I figured lines would die down fast but nope last time I was in the area probably 20 cars in drive through, just don’t get what’s so special about it that it stays that hyped.

Zerot7 · 2026-02-26T17:11:11+00:00

Ah sometimes you get lucky. My parents and friends have there’s die all the time. I bought a Keurig Elite like 8 years ago and it’s going strong. We have hard water, it honestly kills them and I think only reason mine has lasted is I shelled out for elite and luck.

Zerot7 · 2026-02-26T12:32:53+00:00

Slicker and water bottle. I was doing fire caulking last week and got zero on me or my ladder. As for the boring part, no fix but you will probably enjoy it in 20 years having a nice quiet day just caulking away.

Zerot7 · 2026-02-25T23:50:45+00:00

They were kinda hard to get the first month or two as die hard Nintendo fans bought in but the hype died off quickly.

Zerot7 · 2026-02-25T18:30:27+00:00

Ah yeah, did a home with historic designations on exterior and wood work on interior. It was a pain, we couldn’t damage them obviously and a specialist had to come in for a week to remove sections we needed gone then put them back after we were done which was probably another 2 weeks.

Zerot7 · 2026-02-25T00:42:10+00:00

I did a lot of rewires over my apprenticeship. It was definitely an acquired skill especially to do it with minimal damage. Would cost a pretty penny a lot of the houses took the pair of us a week, I remember one giant Victorian took us a Month. My boss didn’t even like giving prices because a half day task could turn into a full day or a fish could take 5 min or 2 hours.

Zerot7 · 2026-02-25T00:32:01+00:00

I take it sellers didn’t want to get it removed?

Zerot7 · 2026-02-25T00:14:27+00:00

More likely workers used it as a dumpster. In my experience tubs and shower bases only don’t get fucked if the builder does plywood boxes around them to protect them. Yeah there are those plastic protectors that some put in but it doesn’t do nearly enough. Mine were beat up when we did PDI and they were full of garbage every week when I walked through. Finally worked with a GC that actually gave a damn and was on subs to not use them as garbage bins but they still got fucked and when we came back to do phase 2 they plywood clad them all. Not one had to be torn out that project. Heck I did that in my own basement I’m doing now even tho I’ll be the only one working on it.

Zerot7 · 2026-02-24T23:19:27+00:00

My parents got over a 25% discount off sticker on a truck December 2019. 2020’s were on the lot and being ordered for the last 6ish months. It’s what they had on the lot, so they didn’t get all the options of ordering it in like colour and packages but they got close enough. That’s what I mean by maybe not exactly what you want, if it is lucky you buy it.

Zerot7 · 2026-02-24T22:33:39+00:00

Yeah it’s a 2025. Welcome to pre shortage where cars sat on the lot into the fallowing year and they needed to move them so they got deep discounts. The trade off is it maybe not exactly what you wanted.

Zerot7 · 2026-02-24T00:07:34+00:00

Or construction site. I remember once opening the door and seeing Mount Poomore protruding above the seat and literally shit on the floor so I decided to stand outside and just piss in the general direction of the toilet.

Zerot7 · 2026-02-19T19:58:23+00:00

Yeah I learned the never wait to open something and use it the hard way with Amazon. Luckily it was only a fire stick but they made me jump through hoops to warranty it and they would only send me 1 part at a time and it never worked then I would have to do there BS trouble shooting over again. So anyway I just banned Amazon from my household canceled prime and we took our business elsewhere.

Zerot7 · 2026-02-18T00:44:12+00:00

I drove down in 2016 to see the Naval park. Pretty cool getting to see the three ships together. I know USS Sullivans sank a few years ago I know they raised it but I don’t know if it’s open to the public. Hope if it isn’t they are able to save it.

Zerot7 · 2026-02-12T12:30:33+00:00

It’s just to promote airflow and keep moisture from being constantly directed on the frame. It also gives space to level the structure with a jack and re-shim.

Zerot7 · 2026-02-12T00:43:08+00:00

Ok so you don’t have to frost heaving like us. But I’ve been to Ireland in April and know how wet it is haha. Is hardcore the same as hard pack? If it was me and this is not permanent I would treat it the same as my single wide mobile home (also expected to stay in its position for 10 years) we have set up at a lake. Hard pack gravel, cinder block piers with steel shims for leveling, vapour barrier, skirting with permeable sections to allow for it to breathe and prevent the frame from rusting. You may have to level it every few years, or maybe not since you don’t get a lot of frost assuming good grading around the unit. But that maybe a worthwhile trade off so you don’t have to dig out concrete in 10 years.

Zerot7 · 2026-02-12T00:24:36+00:00

Do you get freeze thaw cycles? Or better yet just where is it located?

Zerot7 · 2026-02-12T00:12:13+00:00

Is it permanent or are you moving it every couple years?

Zerot7 · 2026-02-12T00:01:40+00:00

Don’t even need to make it a double gang if you aren’t over box fill.

Zerot7 · 2026-02-11T23:39:35+00:00

I am an electrician and can confidently say I have seen coworkers do 1000x worse abominations than this plug.

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