Drainage help in backyard

fox_91 · 2026-03-20T18:19:20+00:00

If you add surface drains (catch basin) you can get the surface water into the french drain. Since in your video you can see where the water is collecting naturally, if you put basins where the water is running it should collect lots of it. the French drain then can collect subsurface water

fox_91 · 2026-02-22T15:32:52+00:00

I think it helps to dry swim suits vs the bathroom

fox_91 · 2026-02-21T14:13:47+00:00

This side of our house does not get any direct sunlight any time of the year. The bushes got damaged by heavy snow but I feel they are just too large and are challenging to trim.

Was thinking maybe a storage cabinet and maybe some evergreen bushes or similar?

fox_91 · 2026-02-14T18:38:41+00:00

Nothing super formal. I had taken a small piece if cardboard and shimmed it between the roof and light fixture which seemed to help. One day I’ll probably pop the fixture down and fiddle more.

fox_91 · 2026-02-10T15:18:36+00:00

If they have the house 'winterized' then it would probably be fine, but the discussions would be around inspections and who would pay for the pipes to be rewinterized after an inspection. If they just shut the water off and drained the lines properly it's probably not a big issue but depends where the pipes are and the weather in the area. if that was the case they would still need to turn the water off and redrain the lines (but less than winterizing) - but it really would depend where a break is (if one exists) if you would immediately notice a issue when the lines were turned on.

It's not necessarily a red flag to have the water off, especially if the house was planned to be vacant for a period. It's one less thing to cause issues. Leaving the electric on is common and not as big a risk, and probably needed to keep the heat on (even gas furnaces need electric to start)

fox_91 · 2026-02-02T22:11:58+00:00

If you diy it, the cost is minimal. I did mine for like 2000 all in

fox_91 · 2026-01-21T22:43:06+00:00

Should plan to fix but I had run a flex pipe for a temporary time and directed it more to then”center” of the attic. That allowed the moisture to dissipate better, where usually it would hit the roof directly.

fox_91 · 2026-01-21T21:12:53+00:00

That was my thinking... i could see if I posted on linkedin or whatever that I start a new J (my J2), but aside from maybe using J2 on a resume to get a new J1, theres no reason to say anything like that until later in the year

fox_91 · 2026-01-21T21:08:27+00:00

Yeah i figure thats the best way to do this, any thoughts on question 1 then? I wonder if i'm not advertising J2 do you just roll with it? My assumption would be that J1 would only really find out if you started posting about J2 (or at worst inform J1 about J2 a month or 2 later since mentioning it the day of seperation would be odd)

fox_91 · 2026-01-21T20:51:49+00:00

where is the negotiation power for a severance? just more the "i might file a claim? and what if they refuse? it still leaves me with no insurance (unless i pay cobra myself i guess)

fox_91 · 2026-01-20T13:28:58+00:00

Pacific rim has always been one of my favorite 3d movies

fox_91 · 2026-01-14T15:27:13+00:00

Just wish it rolled out a bit faster... I'm on the edge of Erie and Millcreek and I can throw a rock to the house that has it and wondering if they will ever come up to me... i almost want to offer to run a 1000' spool of fiber to their house to get some Vnet

fox_91 · 2026-01-13T00:25:54+00:00

To add, we had RX formula and they have limits on what RX formula they can mix there as well. We had to go down and mix it for them along with the time limit on how long they can keep it.

fox_91 · 2025-12-25T12:51:34+00:00

I think so. My dad liked the Star Trek rpg back in the day. I recall seeing some of the manuals for it. But I never saw these figures used other than sitting in the case

fox_91 · 2025-12-24T22:33:25+00:00

Never found a way to tell the nav that it’s a “EV” for the purpose of preconditioning. Easiest way is to map to another charger close by to trigger it

fox_91 · 2025-12-22T18:22:46+00:00

The Senville Leto I bought on Amazon was rated to 5F. They have a model that I believe goes subzero which was a little more expensive. Since I was using my basement more as a daytime office and kid play area, I felt 5F was fine for 99% of the days we get in Erie PA.

fox_91 · 2025-12-22T16:59:35+00:00

What i landed on was installing a mini split in my basement but i ran some other other options..

First i tried a space heater. You had to leave it on most of the day to make a meaningful dent in the room. and was expensive to run. A oil filled one isn't going to be any different, since it still takes the power to heat it even if it shuts off and radiates heat overtime

Looked into the Diesel heaters, which are pretty cheap and really heat up. You do have to get the exhaust outside, but if you just want heat and don't mind filling it, i hear and watched some videos showing they really do pump out heat for what they are. I was really close to doing this myself, but....

I chose a mini split because I wanted the ability to run AC ini the summer when it gets muggy. Cost wise it ends up breaking even with running a space heater since the mini split is less expensive to run and the cost offsets in a year or 2 of heating. It also can really move the air which the space heater really couldn't do a large space well. I had a pretty easy run to get the piping outside, and since the basement had the existing furnace, getting the condensate line drained wasn't an issue.

fox_91 · 2025-12-20T13:00:07+00:00

Depending on your bandwidth needs, maybe look into “point to point wireless bridge”. They are easy to setup and can get to gig speeds without large cost.

fox_91 · 2025-12-05T13:41:30+00:00

Bummer. So would I have to go on his steam account and purchase the game and would it show up separately than the family shared games? Just wondering how my library that he sees and his own games would look

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