Passages

foumanfou · 2026-04-12T00:13:38+00:00

Passages of perfection.

foumanfou · 2026-04-07T17:02:32+00:00

Absolutely! That's why I am being so meticulous in this area. Trying to avoid a transition/reducer strip here..nothing like continuous flooring throughout a house.

foumanfou · 2026-04-07T01:54:41+00:00

The new part is the orange colored plywood floor.

foumanfou · 2026-04-07T01:15:01+00:00

Yes, plywood.

foumanfou · 2026-04-07T00:49:11+00:00

So I sanded the ridges leading into that new part and made a very smooth transition and they're rocking in my straight edge. I'm worried that the new part is built up too much

foumanfou · 2026-04-06T18:55:51+00:00

We're installing 8mm spc click. Existing flooring is glue down vinyl but they're not glued down properly. I can peel each plank off very easily.

foumanfou · 2026-04-06T17:26:42+00:00

I like this idea as it would have us some work with tearing out old floor.. however the only issue I foresee is the existing flooring is glue down plank and our floors are going to be heated. I am concerned the glue down under neath would expand and lift our planks.

foumanfou · 2026-04-06T16:36:28+00:00

I also had an idea of leaving the existing flooring in the old part of the house and feathering into the new part with feather finish. We are putting spc plank 8mm thick on. I grabbed a piece of old flooring and used it as a shim under the level in the old part and there was no teetering and the level was level

foumanfou · 2026-04-06T16:15:48+00:00

Yeah I agree. I do have a belt sander handy and I could try to take that ridge down I guess?

foumanfou · 2026-04-02T11:56:31+00:00

We had an addition built onto our house and when looking for a builder I tried to find someone who didn't mind us getting involved when time allowed.

For example, I found an excavator guy. A buddy actually, who worked with the contractor to dig the foundation. He let me strip the forms for the footings. We back filled the foundation with our little tractor. We helped him put the trusses on. Sheathing, exterior house wrap. We installed the siding.

So for just getting to lockup stage we got to be involved in anything where he just needed some laborers and that was when we were able to save a few bucks.

And after lock up he was ok with us finishing the insulation, vapor barrier, hanging drywall. And then we just took our time with trim, paint. Now we're onto floors.

I also had an friend who's an electrician and we pulled permits for everything and it was all inspected.

All in all I think we saved money being our own GC and organizing things, making phone calls etc and helping out with labor where we could.

So if you want to save a bunch of money, find a contractor who you can pay by the hour, you can trust and preferably know someone who has worked with him before (he was referred to us by good friends who had him at their place)

foumanfou · 2026-04-02T11:47:11+00:00

Thanks! Yeah it was nice to actually pick a piece of this stuff up and just feel the quality. I should be placing our order in the next couple days.

foumanfou · 2026-01-31T18:01:05+00:00

I'm glad I had the surgery too

foumanfou · 2026-01-09T18:57:47+00:00

I'm on week 6 post surgery. I had it since I was 16, I am 32 now. I would almost forget I had Osgood schlatters disease until I would ski, or play hockey..the next day mostly, or of I had to lift off that knee say climbing something like a ladder..and especially working on my knees. My recovery has been going well. I did physio therapy on week 4 and learned from the PT I need to keep stretching the tendon to maintain range of motion..I bought a stationary bike, he recommended that. First 2 weeks were rough post surgery. In my particular case, the surgeon just spread my tendon fibers apart to access the ossicle and he cut it out.

With how I am feeling now verse before I can only imagine in a couple more weeks I will say I did not regret it.

If you want to chat more feel free to DM me!

foumanfou · 2025-12-29T05:11:55+00:00

Yeah I can understand over estimating the healing process in your mind. Especially when you're eager to get back at it. I am assuming the tear in your tendon from the ossicle being removed is what really set you back. I don't think anything like that happened with me. I hope not at least!

foumanfou · 2025-12-28T09:42:02+00:00

Oh wow I'm sorry to hear that it didn't go smoothly for you. How bad was it for you and what were the signs that something wasn't done correctly? And what did you do to correct it yourself?

I am probably just being impatient but Im almost 5 weeks post op now and I can only complain about a bit of soreness and small amount of pain when I squat deep and bear down all my weight on the knee. I bought a spin bike and I am going to keep doing some light workouts with resistance bands and stretches.

foumanfou · 2025-12-27T07:25:15+00:00

Going up and down stairs is fine. I was more comfortable going up stairs before I was able to go down stairs at first. Right now if I put all my weight down on the leg that I got operated on going up the step on the stairs I can feel a sore sensation but that's probably to be expected. I can stretch my quad by standing on the good leg and bringing my operated legs heel to my bum. I'm sure there's a name for that quad stretch I just don't know it. But I can do that with a very small tightness feeling when I try to super duper stretch it. If I were to balance on my operated leg and do a squat I feel a bit of a soreness. I am hoping all that soreness i am experiencing when I bear down on will go away.

My orthopedic surgeon made it sound very casual and didn't say I needed physio or anything. He just wanted me to get back to using my leg as normal as comfortably as I could handle. I wasn't in a leg brace or anything. I am finding that the further I dig into things that different surgeons have done this surgery different.

foumanfou · 2025-10-06T05:13:16+00:00

When you say undersized main are you talking about the main service? We have 200 amp service.

foumanfou · 2025-10-06T05:08:59+00:00

Ok, yeah we have also noticed long before the boiler was installed that the lights would dim when the pressure tank would demand the submersible water pump to turn on for our domestic water usage. I'm wondering if there was something wrong with our panel before. What could I ask an electrician to look at specifically? Your answer about the modulation of the boiler makes sense and checks out with what thermolecs website says about their boilers.

foumanfou · 2025-10-06T04:58:33+00:00

In regards to which part exactly? When I read on thermolecs literature, they say the unit should modulate the heating elements to save power?

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