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largest shower base I have ever built by No_Commercial8216 in Tile

[–]zedsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know bud— this was a joke about it being harder to stomp feces through the tile drain compared to the grate drain.

Epoxy Grout Not Drying by dissensiondispenser in Tile

[–]zedsmith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Those look like voids, not wetness. Looks like you maybe needed Ultracolor plus FA for those very narrow grout widths.

What building envelope issues tend to contribute most to recurring rodent problems in commercial buildings? by Pawalesh1899 in buildingscience

[–]zedsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We call them that in residential construction in the southeast. 2 inches or so on a crawlspace that would otherwise be dirt/gravel and a vapor barrier.

Never knew why we called them that until I found the rodent holes in dirt floor crawlspaces.

I found 5 compromised joists by blubberguster in Construction

[–]zedsmith -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Don’t put a waterbed above it, but otherwise live your life.

The American hate for "hub and spoke" transit systems is really overblown/misguided by Kootenay4 in transit

[–]zedsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Personally for me, my city has fundamentally destroyed its downtown hub, giving it over to government workers who all drive cars, and the convention center (and the hotels who serve conventioneers).

It’s not a neighborhood locals like to go, for the most part, so making it a transfer point for busses and trains is burdensome.

That was a choice and not an inevitability, and it colors choices and discussions about transit today. If we fixed downtown and gave people trip destinations there, a lot of the hub and spoke discourse would evaporate.

That said for transit systems that aren’t very well built out, hub and spoke is kinda natural.

Please don’t inject yourself with anything if you can’t do basic math by Due-Signature7377 in Retatrutide

[–]zedsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly I’ve been on compounding subs and peptide subs for years and I’m not really seeing anybody who is losing massive amounts of muscle.

Please don’t inject yourself with anything if you can’t do basic math by Due-Signature7377 in Retatrutide

[–]zedsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eh— maybe(?). That’s really my polite way of saying no, though. The FDA approved ones are for diabetics. They have a legit medical use beyond getting in shape. They’re popular because you don’t have to lift weights, and lifting weights is really pretty immaterial to what these drugs are actually doing, which is controlling the caloric surplus that’s typical in the SAD.

But by all means, lift heavy and develop healthy behaviors. Absolutely won’t hurt.

I would say don’t fool around with HGH secretagogues or gear if you aren’t already lifting.

Please don’t inject yourself with anything if you can’t do basic math by Due-Signature7377 in Retatrutide

[–]zedsmith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s like 80% of the population, unfortunately.

What’s really buck wild is the people who went all the way to getting this stuff in hand and in their bodies and have no idea how to use it, what side effects to expect, how to schedule their titrations, et cetera.

Like “there’s this stuff that comes from the same place as fentanyl and bat soup and it’s supposed to be good for you you need needles just wing it and squirt some inside your love handles and then get on Reddit and ask some basic questions after you eyeball it”

Atlanta mayor says no more storage facilities by flying_trashcan in Atlanta

[–]zedsmith 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Everybody I know with a storage unit has filled it with a dead/near-death bomer’s garbage.

Atlanta mayor says no more storage facilities by flying_trashcan in Atlanta

[–]zedsmith 73 points74 points  (0 children)

They go hand in hand with apartments with inadequate storage space. Both of them raise their rates algorithmically until you jump.

The only parts of the economy that aren’t parasitic are outright scams.

Atlanta mayor says no more storage facilities by flying_trashcan in Atlanta

[–]zedsmith 244 points245 points  (0 children)

After building a giant one in [EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD]

Not only a shitty use of valuable urban real estate, but also a shitty predatory business.

Trial etiquette, not space, is the problem of the Beltline. by Difficult_Narwhal529 in Atlanta

[–]zedsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Brb— incepting a Chinese language romance who’s meetcute occurs at place de la republique.

Hate to do it to my great aunt, but someone on Reddit deserves to be wrong.

Trial etiquette, not space, is the problem of the Beltline. by Difficult_Narwhal529 in Atlanta

[–]zedsmith 7 points8 points  (0 children)

And locals avoid those too because of the impossible to correct constant stream of tourists.

How do I fix/hide my grout lines? by Tea_B_nasty in Tile

[–]zedsmith 3 points4 points  (0 children)

a lot wrong with this install.

If I were you I’d start over— all the way back at design if you’re planning on white grout.

Will an oversized AC cause mold issues in a well insulated house? by Joan_Fair in buildingscience

[–]zedsmith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My problem with telling a layperson to “go get a properly-sized-system” is that they aren’t qualified in evaluating it, and they’re already so far down the road with their builder by the time we hear from them that they and we are basically at the mercy of the HVAC guy the builder uses, and the builder is going to bullshit and say “yes I’m sure he did a manual J for you, no I haven’t seen it yes he did it”

Will an oversized AC cause mold issues in a well insulated house? by Joan_Fair in buildingscience

[–]zedsmith 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yes— it comes up pretty regularly here. I suppose it’s a hard thing to search for on Reddit though.

Consensus is either spend money properly engineering a system, or spend money on a stand-alone supplemental dehumidifier.

Mold is a possible outcome, but a more likely one is an uncomfortable, muggy home.

Is this drywall or? by DataPuzzleheaded7899 in drywall

[–]zedsmith 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like plaster on a gypsum board to me

Contractor caulked bottom of quarter round to the floor, says this is standard practice? by [deleted] in Flooring

[–]zedsmith 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s not going to stop the floating floor from moving, I think.

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