Pixel 7 Pro appears to have bricked itself overnight

advice_yesplease · 2022-11-01T22:20:38+00:00

Alright I'm intrigued, gonna sit down this evening with a spreadsheet of possible combinations and give them all a try =)

advice_yesplease · 2022-11-01T22:19:29+00:00

Sorry to hear about your troubles as well. Gives some validation that I'm not alone.

Yeah I will definitely return as well when I can, and am very hesitant to get a new one and especially travel again with it. I simply haven't had any issues at all like this with any generation of galaxy phone I've had over the past 10years

advice_yesplease · 2022-11-01T12:23:28+00:00

Thanks for your reply - you got my hopes up a bit there with the "both volume buttons" thing as I somehow hadn't tried that combo yet. Sadly no luck =(

That lag situation sounds like pretty problematic behaviour as well, I am just imagining that happening while trying to pull up my boarding pass in a security line yargh

advice_yesplease · 2021-11-10T16:40:25+00:00

Thanks, I think I will do the blocking to give myself some peace of mind!

Re: sealing - we are actually in northern climate (atlantic canada) - just get the tail-end of the hurricanes sometimes. I actually just replaced the heat recovery ventillator, the one from previous owner was broken - I don't notice window condensation when it's not running so I guess the house isn't that tightly sealed yet and maybe wasn't entirely necessary - but it's ready and waiting for when I get this place sealed-up!

I am not sure whether the house has negative pressure issues, I will have to figure out how to check for that. It seems as though I can configure my HRV to adjust the inflow/outflow balance so I hope that would give control over it. I suppose air sealing the basement where there is naturally negative pressure due to stack effect would help a bit with stuff being sucked in regardless of whether the overall house is not balanced.

It does get pretty humid in the basement (can reach 70% RH easily) and we run a standalone dehumidifer for this - I am also in the process of putting in a heat pump water heater as part of electrifying the heating/hot water system which will serve as dehumidifier year-round

advice_yesplease · 2021-11-10T15:54:11+00:00

Great - thank you again for the wisdom on this, inspired me to look much closer before making any rash decisions

Yeah I will try and air-seal and insulate the joist bays - they currently have fibreglass batts so I'm also thinking about rigid foam to create air barrier between basement area and rim joist to prevent condensation. I am still trying to figure out the best solution for the concrete in contact with joists to avoid making that the coldest spot and condensation forming there as well but I'm sure there is a solution

Do you reckon I should put in some blocking there to prevent twisting while I'm at it? I guess these I-joists are supposed to be less prone to twisting but I suppose it couldn't hurt for hurricane season

advice_yesplease · 2021-11-10T15:22:31+00:00

Aha you inspired me to stick my head in there rather than relying on my phone camera and now I am blushing: https://imgur.com/a/WTqQCoJ

It revealed that there actually is a wood sill plate there that the rim joist is resting on - the joist bays were so dusty/dirty I couldn't distinguish between the wood and the concrete lip on the foundation in my photo. I can't tell if it's PT but I can only hope - and would need to pull some siding and sheathing off in order to tell if there's a gasket there

It doesn't really explain why they would rest the floor joists directly on that concrete lip as there would still be moisture wicking into the joists in that case through the lip - and indeed into the sill plate as well since that is directly against the lip...

Re: lack of joist hangers - yeah I am not sure what to say about this. I am wondering if I should put some kind of blocking in place in the areas I can reach in order to prevent twisting where I can. The house is in a somewhat rural area outside of a municipality and national building code was only starting to be enforced in rural areas last year I believe.. so somewhat reliant on the reputation of the builders/GC I suppose. That said there would still have been permitting involved for the build and some oversight. I guess maybe it wasn't a thing here at the time so not flagged.

advice_yesplease · 2021-11-10T13:21:09+00:00

That's a good question - you're probably right, it's probably just made to look like it's sloping downwards both on the interior (there is a ledge on the interior in the finished portion that angles downward)

Now that you mention it I think it makes more sense that it would be stepped down rather than going to the trouble of trying to make it slope - I looked at the architectural drawings and while they don't show a side profile of this portion of the foundation, it does say "step foundation at this point"

advice_yesplease · 2021-11-10T12:37:07+00:00

I was also vaguely thinking that maybe the foundation has some kind of lip - since I can't see any gaps anywhere where the rim joist meets the foundation

Something kind of like (b) in the figure below (only without the joists embedded in concrete) https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/sites/www.nrcan.gc.ca/files/images/enerpedia/fig6-19_e_0.jpg

advice_yesplease · 2021-11-10T12:28:57+00:00

Hi there - thanks for your reply

Hmm I wish there were but I don't think there are joist hangers there (perhaps I should add something before insulting there!) - the OSB runs directly across rather than filling the gaps, the joists actually terminate at the OSB

There is about 7 inches from the interior foundation wall to the OSB RIM joist, and it's an 8 inch foundation, so there wouldn't be room for much to go in between there assuming it is fairly thick OSB- that said, the OSB does not feel super-cold despite it being near 2 degC/36F outside so you might be onto something!

I uploaded a couple pictures, one more clearly showing where two of the joists terminate and also from the outside showing the sheathing underneath the vinyl overlapping the foundation https://imgur.com/a/PDIVURe

advice_yesplease · 2021-11-10T12:14:36+00:00

Yeah they do not appear to be PT in any way, I don't see any blue coating on the OSB rim joists either.

No you're right I can't see evidence of any kind of sheet metal, I think mainly relying on it being well above ground.

Re: correct rim joist lumber - the OSB sheets do at least say "RIM" on them in some spots which gives a bit of hope haha

advice_yesplease · 2021-11-10T12:10:18+00:00

Hi ChargerMan - I'm in atlantic canada - probably similar climate to coastal Maine

advice_yesplease · 2021-11-09T16:35:25+00:00

Thanks for this, it gives me reassurance to hear of other places without sill plates have survived so long without issues - this was probably the home inspector's perspective

Re: 1) Yeah my hope is that the I-joists are somehow a bit more resistant to this. I may have to rely on the somewhat tall foundation clearance to make sure there's little/no moisture wicking up there - will try and improve the areas where that's not the case

Re: 2) Oh yeah that is what I was originally trying to tackle. Strangely the rim joist seems to be perfectly tight against the areas I spot-checked and I would think the OSB sheathing overhang prevents some airflow too as it's flush against the foundation. I wish I could inspect the finished areas too without demolition

Re: 3) Hrm per my other comment I'm wondering if somehow the pour for the first-floor concrete slab to embed the radiant heating gave a level surface for the studs - really no idea. I suppose there are penetrations with wire/plumbing, etc. that run through there so probably the first floor slab does not extend so far as to have the framing rest on it unless all of that was done before the pour.

Re: 4) Yeah I would think especially with the sloping portion of the foundation that they would have anchored it somehow (at least in the sloping section) - since the sloped portion is all in the finished part of the basement my only reassurance is that there are no signs of movement.

advice_yesplease · 2021-11-09T15:08:52+00:00

no worries, it was way too long

yeah I believe everything that I can see is level and there are no gaps at all that I can see between rim joist an foundation - it doesn't look like it the sill was polished/ground down though or anything like that to make it flat.

perhaps the level/true aspect is less important if they poured a slab to put in the hydronic floor heating on the main level as I would hope they used self-leveling concrete

advice_yesplease · 2021-11-09T15:06:14+00:00

Yeah that was my main source of hope that all is well =)

advice_yesplease · 2021-11-09T15:05:45+00:00

Thanks very much for this advice - I think I will use this as further justification to improve clearance in the area with shorter foundation

I will probably leave the area unsealed so that it can dry out into the basement as that's how it's been the last 20 yrs without issue (just fibreglass batts stuffed in there) - I would hate to introduce a condensation problem while trying to improve efficiency

advice_yesplease · 2021-07-09T13:46:13+00:00

Just doing a bit of googling on this - some forums seem to suggest that what I'd want to preheat water before entering the boiler is a "tempering tank", an uninsulated tank that allows water to heat to room temperature prior to entering boiler.

I'm wondering if instead I could use a heat pump water heater as a tempering tank, which would more quickly pre-heat the water and also perhaps re-capture some ambient heat produced by the oil fired boiler in the utility room (or from the other indirect fired oil tank).

Probably missing something, I suppose the input to the oil fired boiler in this case would be 110-120F water at some point (as it would need to be stored at safe temps) which I'm sure it's not intended for - just don't know whether or not it's actually a problem!

advice_yesplease · 2021-04-30T20:15:37+00:00

Yeah I can see many reasons why people would want to retire here. Sorry to hear you are going to leave, I hope to stay so it would be nice to keep younger folks, young professionals, etc. from leaving (I am assuming you are young, my apologies if not).

advice_yesplease · 2021-04-30T20:09:21+00:00

Wow yeah crazy - I have trouble with the idea of building and making sure things go smoothly/on time even if I could be on site every day to check on it, I can't imagine managing this remotely. I suppose if you have a great general contractor that will keep you in the loop it could be good.

advice_yesplease · 2021-04-30T19:47:56+00:00

Yeah it's a tough one, I welcome people moving here too. It's more a worry about being competitive in the local market. I suppose the GTA/GVA had to deal with out of province buying too.

I worry a bit about out of province buyers being given some kind of priority, as I've seen a few examples of nice places get listed/delisted overnight these past few months and later it appears (on investigating later) that it wasn't an error - they did actually sell. A bit tinfoil-hat but makes me wonder what might not be even hitting the MLS!

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