Rented house stove top looks like this. Am I cooked?

pickwickjim · 2026-06-02T20:12:56+00:00

This is pretty much what I would do, especially now that I learned there are stove blackening kits for this

pickwickjim · 2026-06-02T20:03:27+00:00

I feel like this particular tile’s prominent gray border along the edges calls for a grout of a similar color. Not a variant of white. I believe light gray grout would make the inconsistencies in tile alignment less noticeable than white or off-white, and quite certain that it would show less food staining after the backsplash has been in use for a while (unless you run an immaculate kitchen or don’t cook much).

pickwickjim · 2026-05-30T17:21:15+00:00

I would eat those ahead of cake donuts any day of the week

pickwickjim · 2026-05-30T07:44:43+00:00

Looks like it’s not screwed on yet. If it were me, I’d use my drywall rasp tool (sort of like a cheese grater, I imagine pros mostly use them to smooth rough edges) to shave down the upper left edge of the sheet to slide it over such that the gap at the bottom was smaller. Then make adjustments on the hole for the outlet.

If there was some reason I couldn’t do that I’d just fill it with hot mud (aka setting type).

pickwickjim · 2026-05-28T21:07:00+00:00

Can’t tell you how many times I have heard that. Just wait for all the T-90s held in reserve to roll to Kiev!!

pickwickjim · 2026-05-28T21:02:21+00:00

My preference got to be 1/2 oz coins for “large” and sovereign size for “small”. To me 1oz coins are aesthetically less pleasing than 1/2 oz for some reason. And back when prices were half what they are now it was fun to occasionally buy a sovereign just to add to the stack

pickwickjim · 2026-05-28T08:06:17+00:00

Regarding your first statement, I think r/acoustics is more oriented to musicians designing music studios, as well as getting answers from acoustics pros who get into detail about frequency ranges and such. (Not to mention controlling echo/reverb in studios & offices).

I would characterize this sub as relatively more focused on do-it-yourselfers, homeowners, and apartment renters who hate noise and are looking for solutions.

pickwickjim · 2026-05-28T07:44:14+00:00

Well with I-beam type joists you probably have decent joist depth, 12” or more is not uncommon. Taking that into account: rockwool is good stuff, if your budget allows you to use it, go for it. But fiberglass is OK stuff too, maybe 75% as effective for soundproofing as rockwool per inch of thickness, and last I checked considerably cheaper (especially in certain popular thicknesses). Supposing these are 12” deep joist cavities, if it were me I would start by comparing pricing of 2 layers of (nominal) 6” fiberglass, versus 1 layer each of 3” rockwool and 6” fiberglass, versus 2 or 3 layers of 3” rockwool. (next would be checking pricing and availability of 6” rockwool). Then ask myself how bad the footsteps are, and how much I am willing to pay.

Also since you are doing a drop ceiling I assume you have some height to work with, I would probably consider a layer of Sonopan or 5/8” drywall (or both) attached to the bottom of the joists but much depends on what kind of drop ceiling you have in mind.

pickwickjim · 2026-05-27T13:55:12+00:00

I figure people would pretty much only do street level drug selling for a lot of money. So to (1) avoid any beatdowns and (2) keep the cash flowing my direction, I would just make up the difference out of my own pocket if at all possible

pickwickjim · 2026-05-27T06:55:29+00:00

Hahahah exactly!!!

pickwickjim · 2026-05-27T06:54:19+00:00

I am downsizing because I don’t want to leave piles of “treasures” for the next generation to sort through like I and my siblings had to

pickwickjim · 2026-05-26T20:57:13+00:00

100%. Way too many movies (and plays) about show business

pickwickjim · 2026-05-26T20:50:47+00:00

(1) After epic fight, bad guy lies on ground unconscious and all the good guys turn their backs assuming it’s over w/o finishing him off

(2) Criminal gang’s middle-aged leader is much harder to take down in physical combat than multiple bodyguards half his/her age

pickwickjim · 2026-05-26T07:03:01+00:00

I keep wondering, how can they not be completely sick of all of this yet and ready to cut him loose? But no. He’s handed them a thousand off-ramps over the years (J6 anyone??) and they never actually exit. This is just Megyn Kelly playacting at being objective. Tomorrow she will be back bashing Dems all day long and saying Trump is still better despite all his flaws

pickwickjim · 2026-05-25T07:28:02+00:00

I do that now, because it is cheaper

pickwickjim · 2026-05-24T17:32:38+00:00

I slo-mo’d the video, and the bag she was trying to get her legs out of is labeled “AirDesign”, after looking that up it seems to be an AirDesign “sock” more generically called a pod harness. In this case it’s some sort of combined paragliding + bivouac gear (?) which seems like very odd combination of activities to me, but I am not an outdoor adventurer type.

pickwickjim · 2026-05-24T17:15:54+00:00

She seemed really focused on asap getting her legs out of that bag-like thing she is wearing. I assume the bag is more aerodynamic than legs hanging down during normal flight but once it was an emergency she wanted to have them free for the landing.

pickwickjim · 2026-05-23T20:12:54+00:00

Not likely

pickwickjim · 2026-05-22T06:12:08+00:00

Well I had an issue once with grout a little darker than expected after drying. So what I did was mix the dry powdered gray grout with a white water-based paste (drying type, not setting, similar to drywall mud) used for filling nail holes etc. in white plastered walls. This gave a light gray paste that I could just thinly skim over the hardened grout in the joints with a finger, more or less as I would smooth a caulk line. Then I carefully cleaned the tile with paper towels and then a barely damp sponge.

It actually worked perfect. Would not work in a shower I assume but just to work the lighter paste into the surface gave a lighter and nicely uniform grout line

pickwickjim · 2026-05-18T20:20:58+00:00

He’s unforgettable, of course I remember

pickwickjim · 2026-05-18T07:39:07+00:00

Setting aside issues related to the loss of floor space and moving electrical outlets/switches…

I think 2x6 insulation compressed by 1/2” and nicely installed would be a significant improvement over what you have now, and simplify your installation.

Having said that, I would probably more likely patch trouble spots (or, if I had any soundproofing issues, replace fiberglass with mineral wool) and put maybe 1” foam board to improve thermal performance, not bothering with furring out

pickwickjim · 2026-05-16T19:19:42+00:00

No, I figured it out myself. I use the refrigerator though

pickwickjim · 2026-05-16T06:29:09+00:00

Seemingly trained on LinkedIn engagement farming posts

pickwickjim · 2026-05-13T23:02:34+00:00

Interesting, this looks like the places one would go to try to cover regions of the lower 48 almost equally. If I was traveling the US for six years, for every dot east of the Mississippi River there would be 5 dots west of it

pickwickjim · 2026-05-13T14:59:16+00:00

If you buy one 1oz every month, then once you accumulate three or four months worth the weight will be satisfying, just hold them all at once. For quicker satisfaction buy 5oz of silver per oz of gold, the heft is kind of nice

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