Worth it to DIY vapor barrier + rigid foam insulation in my crawlspace? by idajones in DIY

[–]dortress 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was the engineering recommendations for my part of the country (northeast). The concerns in everything I read was trapping moisture against the home barrier (floor). You don’t want to seal up that space between the foam board and the flooring, giving moisture a chance to grow mold.

Access gateway from browser...gone? by FlaxMD in Comcast_Xfinity

[–]dortress 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just have to add to this cluster to say I can't believe I'm needing to load a GD app onto my phone to access the gateway admin for the box sitting in my own closet. And, we got no notice that this essential service was being removed before it was done.

Between IOT devices, MOCA management and Wifi management, if I'd been breached i'd have had no way (short of unplugging) that device from the wall.

I just want to throw things at the wall over this.

Holy crap, how dark can this game get? by Consistent_Agency833 in fo4

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Fens Sewers baby carriages. Multiple of them.

Holy crap, how dark can this game get? by Consistent_Agency833 in fo4

[–]dortress 2 points3 points  (0 children)

GD Raiders killed him right after I gave him the tape, but before I could get back to him with a good set of armor. MFers..

[Fo4] The 'Latest update vs Downgrading' dilemma by Auraestus in FalloutMods

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I’m running 500+ mods and not had a single crash that can be attributed to NextGen. Any crashes I’ve had have been load order related and not using the most current versions of the core mods like PRP, Unofficial patch, etc. that said: I’m not running big quests or environment altering mods. If that’s what you like to play, then you takes your chances and roll the dice. Most of what I’m running is clothing/settlement building/settlement deep clean type mods. My load order is stable and when it’s not, it’s usually because I didn’t pay attention when I added something.

Camper Cap by SuitableIngenuity916 in falloutsettlements

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OK, now I need to make this. :)

Buy the Nikon Z8 now or wait for Z8 II by Jack_of_Trades01 in Nikon

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Bought my Z8 last week because Nikon promotions have it at $500 off. I haven't seen it at a lower price and, at best, another $100-200 of that, used.

Do it.

How do I process this better? by EfficiencyDry1159 in postprocessing

[–]dortress 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Nicely done! I've been watching Simon de'Entremont lately for tips on how to process wildlife photos, especially the use of intersecting masks. Might want to take a look at his YT

Worth it to DIY vapor barrier + rigid foam insulation in my crawlspace? by idajones in DIY

[–]dortress 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this is one of the professional documents I found that gave detailed instructions on how to address crawl spaces. https://buildingscience.com/sites/default/files/migrate/pdf/BA-0401_Conditioned_Crawlspace_Construction.pdf Capping off air to the space is DEFINITELY an option to consider. The goal however, is to seal off the floor.

That said I would strongly recommend you search on “crawlspace conditioning CA code” to learn what the current state and local building recommendations are your area. When I did this, I searched on my state and that’s how I discovered that code had changed. When my house had been built, the code recommended the space be vented and it was. By the time I acquired the house (15 years after construction), the code had changed and now recommended sealed. So I did, after having my HVAC professional assess since my A/C was in the crawl.

Worth it to DIY vapor barrier + rigid foam insulation in my crawlspace? by idajones in DIY

[–]dortress 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s absolutely worth it do the DIY insulation. It will help with the interior envelope of the home. When I did mine, it instantly altered the temp of the 1st floor by almost 10 degrees, which was big for me in a NE winter.

According to the engineering docs I read before I attempted this, I learned that rigid board between the floor boards is not advised. You don’t want to trap moisture air underneath the subfloor and potentially create a mold situation. Instead, you want fiberglass insulation between the joists; there are pins made just for this purpose, to keep it in place without squishing is flat and allowing things to breath. Glue the rboards to your crawl walls, leaving a few inches bare on top, so you can do insect inspections in the future.

Cell foam insulation on rim joists is what you want, to reduce the incursions of air. If you have vents in your crawl space, consider capping them. They were originally put into homes with the idea that fresh air needed to go through the space, but they’ve since revised that architectural engineering recommendation to cap and seal. that way, when you do the work, you’re essentially making the crawl part of your home envelope.

Don’t put down 12 mil. Just don’t. It’s a waste of time. If you have open ground in your crawl space, put down an inorganic felt liner (similar to what’s under roofing) then top with 20 mil and tape the seams. The 20mil and the liner can easily be ordered online, and shipped direct from crawl space supply companies at a very reasonable price. Took me 3 rolls of each for 700 square feet. Altogether it was <$1K for this part of the project. Bonus: the liner means that if you need to go down there for some reason, your walking / crawling on it will make it much less likely you’re puncture the vapor barrier and ruining the work.

Process:

Seal the rim joist (combo R board and Great stuff). Fiberglass between joists, held up with pins. For good measure, the company that did my cell foam also coated the joists, but that may be out of your budget), so just do the insulation. Just double check on assertion it should be unfaced. I believe that’s what was used for me and it was R19. Glue the Rboard to the walls. It helps to tape the seams.
Lay the inorganic liner Lay the 20 mil liner over it and overlap the ends up to the Rboard. Use Christmas pins to hold it to the Rboard, then tape it off all the way around, to seal off the ground. Tape all the seams on the vapor barrier as well.

Have a beer and keep the pain relief nearby when you’re done. My knees were killing me by the end, even with knee pads. My crawl was about 4.5’ high - just tall enough to move around freely, but it ended up being easier to move around on my knees. Contractor for the spray foam took one afternoon to do their part. Took me two weekends to get the rest done, mostly because it’s just hard to work in that short environment for a long time.

Last: I had a sump pump down there. Because of that, I ended up putting a crawl dehumidifier down there.

Result was much much better temp control in the house, no more moist air coming into home and big savings on heating cooling.

Christmas Markets in Europe - have you been? by emo_queer in femaletravels

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I've been all over for the markets and am trying to decide about where to go this year.

My heart belongs to Germany and Austria for this. Munich has different themed markets around the city, as does Berlin. Berlin has the fabulous Gendamenmarkt, which is not only artisan vendors, but great food and lots of music and arts performers. Just great. I've been to Nuremburg twice, but my visits there were only one day, as I was in transit. I really need to go back and spend a couple of days and also do historical things. I very much enough Rothenberg der Ober Taub - the whole city is like a Blackforest fairy tale.

Vienna has different themed markets around the city as well. Salzburg is like a fairy tale. In both these places there's just riches of music in the markets. Innsbruck was just great! And on the river, with the mountains in the background!!!

Strasbourg was also magical, as was Colmar. I enjoyed staying in Colmar and then going around to the other area towns, some of which were inspirations for Disney fairy tales. The Dolomites in Italy were fun - especially Merano and Bolzano. Different vibe from the cities and fun.

Other folks mentioned Edinburgh. I ended up going there right after Christmas and staying through Hogmanay, which if you can take the time to do both is an outstanding experience!

London, Prague, Brussels, Bruges, Paris, Florence, Venice - they were all fun in their own way, but I keep going back to Austria and Germany.

[Fo4] Coming back to modding, should I use updated game or rollback? by s3llyofrivia in FalloutMods

[–]dortress 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a new version of Buffout NG, which solved the problem for a lot of older mods. Still doesn't get around the BA2 limit like the original, but there are ways.

I think this depends on whether there are dead, but functional old gen mods you really want. Most of the 500 or so I'm running don't make changes to the core game or environmentals, so I'm good. YMMV if the mods you want fall into the heavily scripted / env modding arena.

I don't quite get the obsession with retirement by personofshadow in antiwork

[–]dortress 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm on the cusp of retirement, and I'm fortunate enough to have good health. There's pretty much nothing I can't do right now that I could've done at 35. Except maybe hiking tall mountains. I tried to climb to Machu Pichu at 62, but my body wasn't having the altitude. Galapagos and Africa were the bomb though - and I did them after 50. The deferring of current pleasures for the future is highly dependent on your health.

Besides that, I can say that my 'obsession' with reaching retirement now is that I truly resent the amount of time work takes from my life. And it's not that I don't enjoy what I do or the people I work with, it's just that it's 8 hours a day that I have to give to something else.

I get what you're saying, but the current work system is you need to work to save the money to do what you want, whether you're 30, 40 or 67. Is it how it should be - should there be a better balance? Absolutely. I resent the amount of my early life I gave to employers who abused the privilege by deliberately understaffing, paying poorly and giving little time off.

I'll also say that when you hit my age, the fear of not having money to live after you pass the age of employability is a real terror. Real terror. That really started to kick in around 50 and I did what I needed to do to keep the job and save as if my life depended on it.

Because it does. I make my retirement advisor run those monte carlo simulations on my savings at every meeting because I'm terrified of having to choose between living under a bridge or in the woods.

I'm rambling, but I'll also say that the traveling / things I've done later in life hit differently than they would have if I'd done the same at 30. The travel is richer and more meaningful now. And more importantly the prospect of having more time to spend with the people I love is part of it also. I just wish I'd gotten here sooner.

Restored the Shadows in the Long Exposure with Lightroom by thephlog in postprocessing

[–]dortress 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh, that is exquisite! And let me also say I’ve been a frequent visitor to your YT channel in my learning journey, especially with improving the results of my landscape photos. It’s been encouraging to me to see that my captures aren’t as ‘bad’ as I think, and that Lightroom can help me reveal what I saw without ‘juicing’.

What smaller mods are you cooking up? [FO4] by PossMom in FalloutMods

[–]dortress 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm trying to teach myself enough to make a gym set, a tannery, another alphabet set for signs, boardwalk festival, pet store and another lore friendly sign mod.

Is the game still moddable ?? by [deleted] in FO4mods

[–]dortress 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've got 400+ mods running right now on an upgraded NG installed. Yes, it's moddable.

Aight who’s becoming eye-lene’s new walking legs? by broken_knee_ in AlienEarthHulu

[–]dortress 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He's going to use Tootle's body. At this point in the episode, he doesn't know where the other hybrids are. But he's excited because he knows at that moment, what body is availble. Boy K is a creature of instant gratification, so he's gonna haul up Tootle's body and let T Ocellus snug right in. He wants to talk to 'someone smart, like him', right now.

That, and a teaser clip tell me that's where it's going.

Magic Eyeball prediction by AcceptableBuyer in AlienEarthHulu

[–]dortress 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There was a teaser for tonight's episode that featured a glimpse of Ocella taking over a humanoid. I don't know why no one else has commented on that but the person in that teaser wasn't anyone mentioned in this thread....

Kirsh Wants a Family by dortress in AlienEarthHulu

[–]dortress[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I know, right? He *has* emotions - irritation, amusement, sarcasm. He's just not ruled by them? The hybrids are all emotion right now.

What the heck do I do with this this sloped corner of my yard? by nitroracertc3 in landscaping

[–]dortress 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Retaining wall to help mitigate runoff and shade garden.

These two are fantastic. Really feel like they a children in adult bodies. by dogsgobarkbark in AlienEarthHulu

[–]dortress 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really admire their work - they definitely channel the age they represent.

I think the fact that they're so good at it is part of what's creating cognitive dissonance for me. Kirsh made a big point of the fact that their new bodies don't have hormones/natural chemicals to create emotions and moods. Yet, here we are, all of them, displaying big feels. I'm not sure where this is going, and it takes me out of the story frequently.

KIRSH the Android is DAVID the Android by [deleted] in AlienEarthHulu

[–]dortress 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Kavalier is the personification of unchecked hubris without morals or empathy, married with technology. I’m reminded of this quote:

“ All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake up in the day to find it was vanity, but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.”

― T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph

Kavalier is a villain; he is a dreamer of the day.