The Home Ownership Thread

[Numbernine]

In three years I think this is the first time I see the flowers bloom. I think I gave it a little more water than before? (The cats also like to dig up the pebbles and poop in the backyard but it’s been a while since that occurred. Scaring them seems to do the trick and deter…)

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I live in Santa Cruz and have quite a few cactuses. I had a number of them bloom this year for the first time. Maybe the drought followed by two wet winters??

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This looks like a pretty good deal. Same top of the line drill and impact driver I got but different batteries. I got 2x 5AH batteries, this comes with the newer high output batteries, one in a 6AH, other in 3AH. Might actually be nice to have a smaller battery option as the tools get bulky with big batteries.

Comes in a soft bag instead of a hard case, but that might actually be better? Hard case is pretty nice, but it only fits exactly the stuff the kit comes with and you have to make sure everything is in its place to latch it.

Home depot kit is $266 if you do the battery hack where you add free battery to cart, then return the battery (or supposedly you can set the battery for in-store pickup at a different location, pick up the tool, and then cancel/never pick up the battery).

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I've always found those hammer/drills worthless for full on concrete. They're ok for plaster and chucking large bits but a full on rotohammer was needed for any serious stuff. How do you find this one?

 

[brokencycle]

I live in Santa Cruz and have quite a few cactuses. I had a number of them bloom this year for the first time. Maybe the drought followed by two wet winters??

I've always found those hammer/drills worthless for full on concrete. They're ok for plaster and chucking large bits but a full on rotohammer was needed for any serious stuff. How do you find this one?

otc isn't doing serious work, let's be real.

 

[Numbernine]

otc isn't doing serious work, let's be real.

You mean he's not drilling 3/4" holes overhead all day every day for a month for pipe hanger anchors.

 

[otc]

I live in Santa Cruz and have quite a few cactuses. I had a number of them bloom this year for the first time. Maybe the drought followed by two wet winters??

I've always found those hammer/drills worthless for full on concrete. They're ok for plaster and chucking large bits but a full on rotohammer was needed for any serious stuff. How do you find this one?

I haven't used the hammer (only owned it for less than a month).

I used to have a corded hammer drill of a similar style and it did fine for drilling some 3/16 holes in concrete ceilings for hanging curtain tracks as well as a bunch of holes in concrete exterior walls (of a ~1960s high rise) to drive 1/4" tapcons.

If you're drilling a lot of holes or going much bigger than 3/8", then definitely get an SDS rotary hammer.

For a homeowner tool and not needing to buy extra tools, being able to just flip it into hammer mode is fine.

 

[otc]

Although I will say my corded hammer drill had a depth stop rod kind of like this:

The Milwaukee lacks such a feature.

Was nice to be just be able to set a depth and then lean into the tool. Not have to faff with watching a piece of tape or using stop collars that can slip.

 

[Fueco]

Although I will say my corded hammer drill had a depth stop rod kind of like this:
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The Milwaukee lacks such a feature.

Was nice to be just be able to set a depth and then lean into the tool. Not have to faff with watching a piece of tape or using stop collars that can slip.

I thought it had a three inch depth maximum anyway?

 

[Texasmade]

I thought it had a three inch depth maximum anyway?

Not like you have the tool necessary to go deeper than 3 inches

 

[Numbernine]

When I first got into the trade I was introduced to making holes in concrete with a 90# jack hammer.

 

[HRoi]

Coincidentally, 90# jack hammer is what they called me in college

 

[Texasmade]

Coincidentally, 90# jack hammer is what they called me in college

You were a small twink at 90#

 

[patrickBOOTH]

I was about to do exactly that when the plumber quoted me $600 for a weekend service call plus whatever the cost of the work is. If I wait a few weeks, the service call is only $110 and they will do the work for an extra $125.

I’m going to try some WD40 to see if that will help but I think I’m heading toward a PB moment where I pay $250 for the guy to tell me I should have used this one trick that plumbers hate.

The first thing I did upon entry of the new place I’m buying is flush the toilet. Priorities

 

[otc]

My house came with 3 toilets, each of which had its own unique issue.

2 are now sorted...the third's most obvious problem was solved (just needed a new seat so I tried out an integrated bidet seat), but it seems to be rocking a bit. I think it is just uneven floor (its a sort of rustic/rough tile floor) so it probably just needs a shim. It is a new toilet (model sold at Costco) that doesn't match the others so I assume it was a recent replacement DIY job.

First just needed a new seal ring on the piston Kohler uses instead of a flapper. Second got a new fill valve and a new ring, but that didn't solve everything so the tank came off and it got a whole new flush valve system as well.

Also, 2/3 bathrooms didn't have TP holders. WTF? One had a terrible patch job where one used to be (big drywall anchor hole filled with soft caulk...) and the other I guess just never had one. No good photos in the prior listings so I can't tell if they used a floor holder or just had a roll of TP floating around...

I do typically flush the toilets when I look at a place, but none of these issues were apparent from a flush test. Also, it is more important for rentals IMHO...parts are readily available and whole toilets aren't that expensive to replace...if you hate the toilet and you own the place, just get rid of it.

Bigger one for me is turning on showers/fixtures...easy to fix a toilet, harder to fix a shower with no pressure (especially in a multi-unit building)

 

[SixOhNine]

This weekend I redid the deck, and not to brag, but I killed it. It's the attention to detail that makes all the difference.

 

[beargonefishing]

This weekend I redid the deck, and not to brag, but I killed it. It's the attention to detail that makes all the difference.
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It's like looking at the trim details on a Tesla.

 

[gettoasty]

Dieworkwear would say otherwise