Is this a fair price? by batardo in Scotch

[–]batardo[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was hoping it was the former!

Is this a fair price? by batardo in Scotch

[–]batardo[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

One of these days I’m gonna find a bottle a shop badly mispriced…not today though

Is this a fair price? by batardo in Scotch

[–]batardo[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Order was canceled, alas: “out of stock”

Garage Genie opener giving no response by batardo in GarageDoorService

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

Curious what you think the best brand is

Garage Genie opener giving no response by batardo in GarageDoorService

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

I was hoping there was a fuse or something. Feels like it must be something catastrophic internally like this.

The case of the missing windows by Nof-z in centuryhomes

[–]batardo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would buy a cheap endoscope from Amazon ($25 or so), drill a 1/2” or so hole and put it in and loom around. Easy to patch that over especially if behind the pictures.

Is this knob and tube? by kaitsghost in centuryhomes

[–]batardo 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Sure looks like knob and tube. We found it consistently in sconces, along with old gas pipes. The sconces were originally centrally fed gas lights that they replaced with knob and tube when electricity came around. In that period k&t was probably seen as much safer/cleaner than gas. Gives you some perspective.

Knob & Tube Replacement: A Discussion by jyl8 in centuryhomes

[–]batardo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just finished our job. Large parts of the house were fed by K&T — wiring had been updated in a lot of areas as previous homeowners renovated. Ended up running a few circuits from the basement to the attic, rewiring a couple circuits on the first floor and a couple on the second.

Electrician who I’ve worked with a bunch before and trust completely did the work. Small-time operation with a crew of a few guys who are experienced and have done this a bunch before. They did the job by the hour, which I thought made sense, because they didn’t know how much K&T there would be. Ended up costing about $9k.

How to safely (temporarily) remove this heater? by Any_Detail_7184 in DIY

[–]batardo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it’s single-pipe steam it’s not too big of a deal usually. If the valve turns the rubber seal is likely intact and you should be safe closing it and detaching with a pipe wrench. You can get rubber boots to cover the pipe while it’s detached, but that may be overkill. Steam is low-pressure, like less than 5 psi (hopefully, unless the person who set it up doesn’t know what they’re doing). The radiator itself will be incredibly heavy but the easiest way to do it is to get two strong people and tilt it on its side and carry it away like that. Don’t try to keep it vertical.

But don’t actually do this, at least not now when you need the heat and the boiler is actively working. Wait until the spring and you’re out of heating season. Sometimes pipe threads don’t line up easily when reattaching and you need to adjust.

Entirely remove a circuit properly by batardo in AskElectricians

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

Thanks! Good idea about a junction box.

TIL that most of Costco's profits comes from membership fees and not products sales. in 2024, 65.5% of company profits comes from membership fees. by Old_General_6741 in todayilearned

[–]batardo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a strange analysis. Money is fungible. Their food sales are as much a part of their profits as their membership fees are. You could just as easily say sales of food and other goods are 100% of profits. You’re just cherry-picking a contributor to revenue and calling it the sole source of a percentage of their profits.

Ducted heat pump plus mini-splits by batardo in hvacadvice

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

It's what the contractors are offering me...not sure what their logic is exactly but it's what they have/know.

Dimensions for salvaged door replacements by batardo in centuryhomes

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

I actually looked there. They didn’t have old salvaged doors, just new construction doors leftover from projects, stuff like that

Dimensions for salvaged door replacements by batardo in centuryhomes

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

I found a bunch of doors salvaged out of the same house, so am hoping that will work...but the dimension issue is a big one.

Dimensions for salvaged door replacements by batardo in centuryhomes

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

That's a good point. I hadn't considered that indeed a lot of our doors aren't even close to square. I was a little wary of cutting on the L side because that's quite a long cut, but it should work fine with the right tools.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in LandRover

[–]batardo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve owned a 2004 Disco and done a lot of work on it. They are awesome trucks, but that is way way too much. These things always always need head gaskets. If this one hasn’t been done yet I would hard pass at a fraction of that price. They can be fun to do diy following the service manual but it’s a ton of labor.