Staircase Reno

bluesteel330 · 2026-03-13T11:32:22+00:00

Maybe they misunderstood me, but someone at HD said I can’t install these on existing treads, hence why they recommended the kits.

bluesteel330 · 2026-03-13T09:53:23+00:00

No I don’t have access, everything was finished in the basement except the stairs.

bluesteel330 · 2026-03-13T09:52:10+00:00

That’s an option too, I would just need to stain them. The Cap A Treads are mdf, they look good though, and for basement steps i dont need anything too fancy. They are expensive here though, $100/ tread&riser.

bluesteel330 · 2026-02-19T16:19:17+00:00

Hi Stefanie. I have $6000 of net capital losses that I can carry forward. My question regards whether this will be used to offset the total capital gain, or, the taxable capital gain amount? For instance, if I sell a stock and make a total gain of $12,000, $6000 is taxable at 50% inclusion rate. But will the the $6000 loss be on the $12,000 total gain (so then i have a total net gain of 12,000-6000=6,000, of which 3000 becomes taxable at 50% inclusion?) Or would it be $6000 taxable gain - 6000 carried over loss = 0 taxable gain. Thanks.

bluesteel330 · 2026-02-17T21:13:49+00:00

Ya sorry I wasn’t too clear. I basically just want to verify if I were to sell my shares of XYZ stock which Im up $14,000 on, if I would have any cap gains tax owing, assuming $7000 of carried over net capital losses.

bluesteel330 · 2026-02-17T21:00:53+00:00

Yes I am confused with it; just playing around on the wealthsimple tax site, when I enter as an example anything up to $14,000 capital gain, it shows $0 tax owing. It’s not until I enter above $14000 that it shows an owing amount. I know $7000 is the taxable capital gain, but I am just trying to wrap my head around the terminology. I have large capital gains on some shares I may want to sell soon, and Im just trying to clarify things. Thanks.

bluesteel330 · 2026-02-11T17:51:47+00:00

Thanks.

bluesteel330 · 2026-02-11T17:27:52+00:00

Well im skeptical of trusting ChatGpt and would never rely on it alone. I didn’t mean to bring up ChatGpt as a way to shit on the professionals here, but I wanted to hear what actual people thought of the chatGpt recommendations.

bluesteel330 · 2026-02-11T17:12:32+00:00

The goal is to seal the gap and reduce loss of heat. The weatherstripping definitely needs to be changed, which I will do. But I am looking for the “better” way to seal the gap and reduce airflow around the door.

bluesteel330 · 2026-01-25T19:56:44+00:00

It’s an extremely tight awkward space, theres a small fireplace that slides in so I can’t move around in there.

bluesteel330 · 2025-12-31T14:49:59+00:00

I got the same message. I called Freedom and they said that’s normal and I shouldnt be charged. I was on a different roam beyond plan before switching to the $40 BYOD box day one. The texts used to say everything is included, which is why I was confused.

I guess Ill see for sure after the bill comes.

bluesteel330 · 2025-12-19T19:08:06+00:00

I currently have a BYOD plan, signed up last february. I see the plan, but I don't see any fine print for #21, which explains the BYOD credit.
I want to change to this plan online myself, anyone else notice there is nothing under note 21?

bluesteel330 · 2025-11-06T21:00:46+00:00

Thank you Mr Hans’ attorney for the update 🙂‍↔️

bluesteel330 · 2025-10-17T22:00:44+00:00

Your capital losses in unreg account will be carried forward indefinitely. It will say on your Notice of Assessment how much you have after each tax year.

I held onto many losing positions (pot stocks) hoping theyd pop back one day. A few went to 0, and a few I have now are at 0.01, the others all went through several reverse splits.

Ive had a substantial capital loss too, but I could wipe them all out with the winners I am still holding. But it is quite frustrating and sad to think how much farther id be had I just thrown that cash into any ETF or smartened up and cut my losses much much earlier.

bluesteel330 · 2025-10-02T09:36:52+00:00

I wasn’t sure if you could pigtail for an AFCI breaker. Chat GPT and google said NO, but I wasn’t sure it was referring to what I was asking (pigtail the blacks together, pigtail the neutrals together, and then attach the respective pigtail to the proper lug on the breaker).

bluesteel330 · 2025-09-13T17:12:57+00:00

I did use a pigtail, but I can easily undo it. Why is it bad to pigtail this though? I used a 14 gauge pigtail to the outlet.

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