folsom_lives
pretty_lil_dirt_boi
First half day of staycation with no kids means the studs can go up in the basement and I can take my first pass at recreating the wood paneling with 5mm underlayment.
Home Improvement Thread 2: Electric Redo the Loo
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folsom_lives
pretty_lil_dirt_boi
Mather
Unknown Member
It is, and it has a friend on the way... EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Mather
Unknown Member
folsom_lives
pretty_lil_dirt_boi
Yours is much much fancier. I’m just patching 40 year old veneer so I can paint it all.
You're not gonna paint yours cuz you fancy.
Mather
Unknown Member
Well, it's all cedar and it's been here since 1960. So we figured, we'll leave it and try to work with it. Jury is still out as to whether the "look" is gunna fly or not...
I feel like if my entire basement esthetic were a car, it would currently be rounding a mountain bend at 150 miles an hour... on two wheels.
It might also be a little on fire.
folsom_lives
pretty_lil_dirt_boi
I dig the wood. I would love to do stained cedar in my office. With a pattern like this on one wall.
Mather
Unknown Member
That's really cool looking. That would be pretty damn unique.
I don't have an office. I'm kinda glad I don't. I'm not sure I could deal with another space I need to decorate.
folsom_lives
pretty_lil_dirt_boi
But where do you keep your files? Documents? Microfiche?
Joe Mac
Well-Known Member
You mean you don’t burn that stuff immediately after you’ve read it?
folsom_lives
pretty_lil_dirt_boi
Having been audited once before I don’t burn shit. I flood the IRS with stuff and say come at me bro!
Joe Mac
Well-Known Member
ah yeah that’s one of two equally acceptable approachs. (a) burn everything incriminating, plausible deniability; or (b) bury it in so much dull shit that they’ll never be arsed enough, or have the resources, to find it...
Also, thank god I'm on PAYE tax...
Melt Face Molly Drop
Well-Known Member
I recently got a filing cabinet for $2 at Goodwill and repainted it. Then threw all our files in there and put it in the office closet, never to be seen again until of course the IRS audits me.
folsom_lives
pretty_lil_dirt_boi
Wall is up. Now we wait until it’s time for new carpet and a coat of paint all around.
dbarila
Well-Known Member
Not directly related to Home Improvement but does anyone else have horrible luck with hardwired smoke detectors? I seriously have on average of 5 false alarms in the middle of the night a year. Like whole house beeping waking me up and putting me on edge for a week. It's terrible. I usually end up just disconnecting the problem child and get too nervous to install a new one. Last time I hooked a new one up that one literally went off that night. Is this a common struggle???
Mather
Unknown Member
Mine are hardwired but I don't have any issues, but I get all my stuff wired by electricians because electricity scares me... because it's magic, painful magic.
folsom_lives
pretty_lil_dirt_boi
You've never lived until you've wired an outlet when it's still hot.
dbarila
Well-Known Member
Most of the wiring is already there and there's just quick clips that go into the alarm. I just buy the same brand so I don't to swap the quick connect.
Mather
Unknown Member
I mean I wouldn't live for long if I tried that. The first day I took ownership of my house I removed a timer from a step down transformer and a one foot tall flame exploded out of the transformer. The previous owner hadn't insulated the wire.
PAINFUL MAGIC