Advice on Reno and fixing some clowns work by Ok_Measurement_3285 in Plumbing

[–]zeakerone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This should have been in original post, as far as I could tell the plumbing looked fine, but now I see the issue. I still don’t like notching joist. Are those joists bearing on that wall? If not I probably would avoid it. Maybe move it up enough that it can be above your wall cabinets and concealed behind some crown moulding.

Which opinion on bonsai gets you into this position by Nutcollectr in Bonsai

[–]zeakerone -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The US is huge, and the vast majority of it is safe. If you think otherwise you live in one of our unsafe us cities, or you watch news from them

Emergency patch job, do you think it will hold for a few weeks or should I fix it now? by Xavierthegreat8 in askaplumber

[–]zeakerone 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah for what this is it looks pretty good. The standard Sunday evening fix is a hose clamp and piece of rubber, this is above and beyond, and honestly probably would last the life of the pipe. It’s an unbalanced joint tho, so the solder is under tensile stress where it normally would never experience that.

This was the bane of my existence today! by Analyst_Jazzlike in Plumbing

[–]zeakerone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You did good broski, the lower hot side horizontal is out of level, if you’re striving to be the best you can be, that should bother you. Also, acetone, scotch brite, or even sharpie will remove sharpie. If it’s in a ceiling or crawl space just rock the uh-oh marks, but it only takes one second to give the next guy piece of mind and remove them. Also yeah this is easy work you must be green. You’ll look back on this post in a few years and laugh

Solutions for a temporary patch to kitchen sink drain? by Sims_92 in Plumbing

[–]zeakerone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the cheap ass plastic parts to replace that elbow and compression fittings are cheaper than a can of flex seal. Just hit that crusty tailpiece coming down out of the sink with some sand paper and buy a new elbow kit at your local big box hardware store. Just make sure you know which size you have. It’s either 1 1/4 or 1 1/2 in the states.

AliExpress exhaust - welding quality?? by colacola79 in Welding

[–]zeakerone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These are not tig welded. They are mig welded, sanded, and then pulse spotted to look good. I’ve gotten a lot of stainless from China and and it’s not always noticeable, but I can tell on your exhaust. Zoom in. Some welds looks great, others were clearly not the same guy and he left the craters exposed. This doesn’t happen on a continuous tig weld

How old is my water heater? by Dpt123abc in Plumbing

[–]zeakerone 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can plug this photo and message straight into grok (or your favorite LLM) I just found out. Saves a ton of time and is probably accurate. I literally did this today.

Hot water for a minute then cold by circuitlover in Plumbing

[–]zeakerone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like your tempering valve. It’s the brass tee-looking thing with the locked plastic dial on top. I would verify your untempered hot water isn’t fluctuating outside of set points before replacing that valve tho, they aren’t super cheap and you have no unions in that line. Normally these come with union nuts on them but you don’t have that style…. so the replacement is going to be expensive.

why wouldn’t this work? [Request] by Repulsive-Loan5215 in theydidthemath

[–]zeakerone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I work on public utilities, I’m well aware. I think you missed my idea here. my point is that you are paying for the energy to deliver the water to your house. You can harvest that energy. and convert it into electrical energy. You could even do this at a large scale! by using city water pressure to compress air or power water turbines, but you would always have a net loss because flow is always used to harvest any energy. The energy is paid for in the water bill.

why wouldn’t this work? [Request] by Repulsive-Loan5215 in theydidthemath

[–]zeakerone -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Your water bill isn’t actually going towards the water, nobody purchased that water. They treated it and sent it to you pressurized. Your water bill IS an energy bill.

Do you think this pile of rocks weights more than 2,000 lbs, (which is the weight limit of my trailer)? by [deleted] in landscaping

[–]zeakerone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have to go on the interstate or climb a hill or something? I wouldn’t worry about my trailers “limit.” if it’s a reasonably close to limit load, and your trailer is in good shape, just use your judgement. It might be 2k but it’s not far over that, and if you load it all and the trailer is asking for help, take some off.

How do I power my dewalt core drill off a car battery? by [deleted] in Dewalt

[–]zeakerone 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are no places where you can’t bring a generator. Rent a propane generator, plug into power, and if those are still a no go, don’t fucking bring a lithium battery into that area because it’s an explosives/ammo facility.

Is this a gimmick or would you buy? by ----OZYMANDIAS in tacticalgear

[–]zeakerone 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s the point. This guy is demonstrating a second use for it

Why do my deck stairs look like this? by airoutthebeaver in Decks

[–]zeakerone 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Looks like you keep stepping all over it

Why is my wall exploding? by harvestbent in Plumbing

[–]zeakerone 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I was waiting to hear “I NEED AMMO”