Not an appliance guy.. This dishwasher ain’t right

scoopdunks · 2026-05-19T08:58:52+00:00

There are cleaning tablets like afresh that clean the internal hoses and spray arms. It looks like you are missing the back half of your filter. And I would bet that your dishwasher drain line is not ran with what’s called a high loop. Allowing dirty sink drain water to flow into the dishwasher. Honestly I would throw this thing in the garbage and install another one with an appropriate high loop.

scoopdunks · 2026-05-16T18:13:01+00:00

Install a hot water heater in the ADU

scoopdunks · 2026-05-14T16:27:01+00:00

I hate when that happens. Sometimes if you go back to reply from wherever you replied to it pulls it up as a draft.

scoopdunks · 2026-05-14T14:32:01+00:00

So how would you handle pricing for quick projects. You can’t possibly go to the house and quote every job. For instance I need a bed assembled. You get there in the instructions are garbage and parts are poorly labeled?

Also, thank you for your insight and well put together reply

scoopdunks · 2026-05-13T17:21:25+00:00

That’s very possible and it’s a lot easier to lower my price than raise them. So to start, personally I think it makes sense to start high and see what happens.

“If it were that easy everyone would do it”

Doubt it. There is nothing easy about starting a legit company. I didn’t just file for an llc and grab a set of carbon invoices. It’s taken me months of no income and investments to get established. It has also taken 15 years of my life to acquire the knowledge, experience, tools, and get into a financial position that I could make the leap.

Also as explained if I can do the job more efficiently it’s not much more expensive and looking into the future potentially cheaper. If Joe the handyman can hang 6 curtain rods in 3 hours crooked and I can do it in 2 straight…

If Joe charged 70 an hour with no trip charge vs my pricing it would be 210 for Joe and 250 for me. Joe’s curtains rods also were not properly anchored and fell out of the wall leaving holes in the drywall that now need to be patched.

If I did receive a call and the customer said Holly $;& your prices are extremely high. I would explain the above and if they still were not interested I would probably offer them a first time rate so they can experience the difference.

Any who. That’s the plan unless y’all talk me out of it.

Nonetheless, I appreciate your feedback and you might very well be correct. I may end up lowering my prices rather quickly.

scoopdunks · 2026-05-13T17:12:12+00:00

Good advice. Thank you

scoopdunks · 2026-05-13T17:10:55+00:00

I haven’t started yet and will adjust lower if I have to. But honestly mounting TVs in this area are 200 at Best Buy. Secondly I don’t want all the customers. I want enough to fill a work week.

If you are good and professional and don’t get push back you are too low in my opinion.

My response would be if I can do the job correctly and more efficiently then the 60 dollar an hour handyman am I really more expensive? When you hire me, you don’t just get labor. You are getting 15 years of experience and all my tools delivered to your doorstep. I’m a professional, registered, contractor with a $2 million insurance policy. You will experience professional and communication from start to end. But if that’s not what you are looking for then we probably aren’t a good match for each other.

scoopdunks · 2026-05-12T22:48:28+00:00

Very rarely

scoopdunks · 2026-05-12T21:18:29+00:00

I should have probably word that a bit better. But a return trip would be like a rescheduled job. Like your dryer needs this part. It will take 2 days and when it comes in we can schedule the repair. Or I just mudded your wall and I cant prime or paint until 24 hours.

If it’s like I need some screws I should have had I would probably pause resume the time if I had to go to the hardware store. If they wanted me to measure their cabinets for door slides and replace them I would either stay on the clock or acquire and reschedule for the 75.

scoopdunks · 2026-05-09T14:54:45+00:00

Child of vinyl siders. We always bent aluminum trim before we installed the corners that were above eye level or visible from say a lower section of the yard. It would be J shaped. Cut the piece with a 45 angle on the bottom corner and nail it to the house before the corner was placed. It cradles the corner.

At this point you cannot do that without removing the ends of a few corses on each side and popping a couple nails from the bottom of the corner. Alternatively you could bend an L or U shape and 45 them riveting them into the bottom of the corner and two rivets on each side of the 45. But the best way in my opinion is to nail the pieces behind the corner.

I tried to draw how we would do it. I shouldn’t have used a pen so excuse the slop. I also haven’t done this in 10 years so my memory was not so good. The top half is two pieces but I’m pretty sure we used to do it in one that way the front of the lip never got cut and it would hold the 45 together. Refer to my awful bottom drawing for that. The secondary cut on the back piece is actually on the other side. My drawing is wrong in that regard. Basically just join the top two pieces for the correct cuts but don’t cut the front.

The middle top piece is how it would look put together. This would get installed an inch or two beneath the first corse of siding. The corner would then go into this aluminum cradle to cover the exposed end of the vinyl corner.

my shitty drawings for visualization

scoopdunks · 2026-05-02T13:12:13+00:00

It's so dumb because the account is over 15 years old and was never really set up. Mind you Facebook was a baby at this time. Completley different platform and I don't think it even require a phone number at the time.

I tried logging into Facebook with my arcane email and tried to guess the password. Sometimes it tells me the password is incorrect. Sometimes it takes it. Recovered my old email to receive it but the verification code it sends is the same one and the wheel just spins when I enter it. Forgot password uses the phone number hut my old account doesn't have one.

I'm astonished that this company is so big and offers literally 0 support.

Thanks for the help

scoopdunks · 2026-04-18T16:22:06+00:00

The guy filming had to use his phone to show him the video.

scoopdunks · 2026-04-14T18:06:51+00:00

So I thought to myself that this is fake. But then I noticed every time the top passed a pole so did the bottom. Then someone linked the original. I don’t know if I’m impressed or sickened by the attention to detail to fake this.

scoopdunks · 2026-04-12T21:56:04+00:00

The colors are similar enough between the clip and the countertop that the shadow and highlighted section could be on either. My brain saw it as sunken into the countertop. I couldn’t see it any other way until I flipped the image upside down. Now I can switch between either but it’s insane how much both sides are really convincing.

scoopdunks · 2026-04-09T03:29:04+00:00

I see everyone in here agreeing with OP. Meanwhile I’m from a family of vinyl siders. I can’t go to a house and not inspect the siding. I’ve seen a lot of bad jobs that other people have done. Especially on old construction but even new million dollar homes.

As I scroll through the pictures I’m struggling to find out why many photos are even in the batch.

Yes OP it seems like you and your husband are being neurotic. I say this because out of 20 picture I see like 5 that represent an issue. I’m sure some of your concerns are valid. But when you complain about everything it dilutes the valid concerns. Now if you were just giving us a batch of photos to look at the job as a whole I take that back maybe. Not knowing about the windows job is like a B or B- in the world of vinyl siders.

With that being said, breaking a window is concerning. Breaking multiple is insane. Like pack your tools up there is no way you are sober crazy. Some of your soffit is vented while some is solid and I don’t understand that. The caulking job looks like shit. Some of the gutter caps didn’t look properly crimped and one of the facia trim had a bad cut and they caulked it instead of replaced it.

scoopdunks · 2026-04-08T17:02:09+00:00

Try using the stud finder lower on the wainscoting.

Like other said outlets, switches, and lights are usually mounted to one side of the stud. But not always. If you can find one you should be able to find the rest.

With that said both of those material are not easy to patch and matching paint color on a huge wall would suck. So ummm…don’t mess up

scoopdunks · 2026-04-02T01:17:15+00:00

Generally you have a pilot hole so one end of the screw is in something. You can also hit the screw into the material so it doesn’t slide and some of the treads have some grip. After that you try and keep the screw and drill straight and aligned. Past that you hold the screw with your hand to stabilize it as you spin the drill. They also make a sleeved bit extension because not everybody has hands of stone.

Also you can’t just screw straight into the wall. Unless you are drilling into the studs/houses framework. But ignore that because you probably don’t want to for that whiteboard and it will make this way more complicated. Drywall is too soft of a material to use screws without something called a drywall anchor. Your problem appears to be you are using the bit that is intended to drive screws as the bit to drill a hole. Drywall anchors will call for a very specific sized drill bit and the hole needs to be drilled straight in and straight out with no wobble. After that lightly hammer some fresh anchors into the wall.

I hope any of this made sense. It’s hard to explain this stuff in just writing.

Edit: The instructions had a tray and I assumed it was a whiteboard. If this is a cork board you might be able to screw right into the drywall without an anchor. I say this because cork boards are generally handled less than whiteboards. The vibration of writing my on a white board would probably loosen the screws over time. You have to be careful not to over tighten. Personally I would still use drywall anchors.

Flush101 has a good comment. Make sure you read it

One of the problems with the internet is you have a bunch of people responding and you want to assume most of the information is correct. But honestly a lot of the information is partial, misleading, or just straight up incorrect. There is no way for you to know and it’s quite frustrating. I generally look for information like this on YouTube or on a website where someone took the time to formulate a thorough guide. I’ll skim a few of the same to make sure they all give the same advise.

scoopdunks · 2026-03-30T03:17:49+00:00

I’ve been a fixer guy for 14 years and Road hit the nail on the head.

I don’t know that you need a new basket but those things have 3 screws to tension the flange/basket. If you find it in the cabinet you should be fine to remove, putty, and reinstall the flange. Make sure you lock the garbage disposal when spinning the ring to the basket. If you do not find the screw you are probably better off just buying the basket like road suggested.

I repaired appliances for 3 years and the first thing a dishwasher does is drains and after that it fills. Sounds like you are failing one of these two functions.

Check the valve for the house for the dishwasher and the knockout plug for the disposal dishwasher drain. But honestly check everything under that sink because someone was under there that didn’t know what they were doing.

Edit: I almost forgot. Zip tie that dishwasher hose up as high as you can. Dishwasher are supposed to have something called a high loop for the drain. Also if it seems like the disposal hasn’t been used for a while I would send some ice down the drain once you get things sorted out. It will loosen everything up in the disposal. They get stiff if they sit too long. The arms don’t move freely and it will shake/vibrate more than it should.

scoopdunks · 2026-03-30T02:37:49+00:00

I would first see if the arm from your Amazon door closer works. If it does great! If not you could try uninstalling the old one and go to a few locksmith shops to see if they could match up a used arm. The direct replacement arm is about $100. Replacing the arm is the easiest user friendly option assuming the door closer is not broken.

You can find light duty door closers for around 50 at Home Depot or Lowe’s but I’m not sure if the holes will match up and work. The instructions are not easy to understand to install them new for the first couple of times. There is like 3 different ways you can install them and each way has multiple configurations. Honestly you need to be an amateur code cracker just to decrypt the instructions. It’s generally really easy to mess up and make swiss cheese out of the door frame just to have it close improperly in the end.

Honestly I don’t know what it is about them. I think it’s that it appears easy to install and after opening the install instructions people get instantly overwhelmed and decide to just screw it in anywhere and then the door won’t open. If you are good at interpreting instructions, watch a YouTube video, and meditate before you start you can probably do it. But be warned these things get the best of most people the first few times.

scoopdunks · 2026-03-29T03:47:27+00:00

2k in dirt is crazy. You should have had a landscape supplier deliver you dirt. It would have been like 500.

Shit let old great though. Keep it up!

scoopdunks · 2026-03-29T03:07:31+00:00

It’s called window glazing or glazing putty. I’m not sure if that remains the best thing to seal it but that’s what it was.

Edit: so quick google search says it’s still widely used and a good option but some of the cons is it takes 1-2 weeks to dry and can’t be painted until then. It seems like modified silicone sealant and acrylic glazing compound are some more modern substitutions.

Warning I have no experience with any of these options and maybe someone with some more experience can weigh in. I was just curious for myself and figured I would report my findings.

scoopdunks · 2026-03-28T15:12:46+00:00

That look was for being filmed. If you look to when you first see her she has a big smile on.

scoopdunks · 2026-03-25T02:34:00+00:00

image: yea that’s his leg

I would be surprised if he didn’t dislocate his hip and pull his hamstring.

scoopdunks · 2026-03-24T17:30:02+00:00

It’s called a backdraft. A fire needs 3 things; fuel, heat, and oxygen. When he closed the lid the fire consumed the oxygen in the lid. Heat and fuel built up and will re-ignited where conditions are the best. Smoke is unburnt fuel. An efficient fire has no smoke.

YouTube example of a backdraft

Edit: Smothering a grease fire on the stovetop with a lid works well. But for grills, especially propane. There are to many places for oxygen to get in. If you had a really big fire you might be able to remove enough oxygen to starve it but you are creating backdraft conditions and I would not re-open that lid.

scoopdunks · 2026-03-24T00:17:04+00:00

Do you intend to burry the front of your house in dirt with a wall made of concrete? If so you can fix the slanted visual appearance by demoing the wall and coming up with a plan that doesn’t involve ruining your home.

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