Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

[crankcall]

My second favorite friend ? occilating tool or multi tool , like the festool. There are 15 brands now and price points, but the first time you have to cut a recepticle into a finished cabinet, cut off toilet bolts flush with the floor, trim a door jamb for ceramic, the list goes on forever. Makes a great birthday or C'mas present. Could be the handiest thing a homeowner could have.

 

[GreyGhost]

My second favorite friend ? occilating tool or multi tool , like the festool. There are 15 brands now and price points, but the first time you have to cut a recepticle into a finished cabinet, cut off toilet bolts flush with the floor, trim a door jamb for ceramic, the list goes on forever. Makes a great birthday or C'mas present. Could be the handiest thing a homeowner could have.

Some festool stuff may be worth the premium. I just don't see it in the oscillating tool for the vast majority of people. Buy one that doesn't have a ridiculous proprietary blade mount and enjoy. If I ever got another one, I would probably get cordless as the vast majority of the work it does only lasts a few seconds. The <10 minute run time of a 12V osc tool is entirely sufficient for most jobs.

 

[crankcall]

I cant recommend Festool brand for anybody paying for it with thier own money and not involved in the trades. I hope to aquire a DeWalt cordless in the next round of tools, but I've been using a corded for 15? yrs and I wouldn't be without one.
Now that the patents are starting to expire the proprietary blades aren't a problem, it is a consideration with any new product being introduced.

 

[mimico_polak]

I'm in a happy position where my dad was a contractor/carpenter for many many years. As he's slowing down, he's buying new tools and I get the older tools for free. He's got planers, joiners, saws, ladders, step ladders, hell half my garage is full of the stuff he used around here. My BIL is also a happy recipient of the doubled up tools. I think in the last month alone I got a 12" sliding mitre saw, table saw, ShopVac, 2 ladders, 1 work table, 2 step ladders....I've lost count lol

EDIT: I don't know how to fully utilize most of the tools I have here...but learning with each project slowly. Wife already has a few more projects laid out for me, so I'm hoping I get back to site soon.

 

[oioioi]

I am known to be a bit of a tool junkie.
I have most of the tools mentioned above in one form or another. Or both.

But I have to say this is one of my favorite tools.
I hesitated on buying it as I thought a corded version would be better.

Truth is, where ever I take this, I don't need to use it for more than a few minutes of clean up, so a corded version would be provide any real benefit. And I am not restricted buy a cord or looking for a receptacle to plug it into.

BTW, it is not a lunch box.
A portable wet/dry shop vac.



I have even used it to clean out the dryer lint filter area.

 

[GreyGhost]

I have even used it to clean out the dryer lint filter area.

That is the primary purpose of the compressed air drop I put in the basement. It's hard to vacuum everything but a nice blast of compressed air loosens up a lot of the fluff.

 

[sburns]

still f'ing painting.....

I got a bad can of paint from HD (I think someone mentioned they might be trying to move some old or bad inventory). Anyhow this paint was bad all gummed up in the bottom of the can. Didn't work, and they better take it back once I can return it.

 

[crankcall]

I got one of those tiny wet/dry vacs, the Dewalt brand, its corded but at the encouragement of my wife I connect it to the mitre saw and to the random orbit sander while i'm working and the cleanup is half. I can sand in the living room, almost no dust.
Its pretty handy when sanding fiberglass and crap since that stuff while inert when cured is still better in a bag than floating around the garage.

My brother has been in the power tool and machinery manufacturing and distribution business his whole career so tools and machines piled up around here LOL , moving to a much smaller shop included getting rid of about 10,000lbs of cast iron tools that just would not fit.

 

[GreyGhost]

I got one of those tiny wet/dry vacs, the Dewalt brand, its corded but at the encouragement of my wife I connect it to the mitre saw and to the random orbit sander while i'm working and the cleanup is half. I can sand in the living room, almost no dust.
Its pretty handy when sanding fiberglass and crap since that stuff while inert when cured is still better in a bag than floating around the garage.

My brother has been in the power tool and machinery manufacturing and distribution business his whole career so tools and machines piled up around here LOL , moving to a much smaller shop included getting rid of about 10,000lbs of cast iron tools that just would not fit.

That is a situation where the festool is awesome. A proper bagged dust collector and you can get away with cutting even MDF inside with a few additional precautions. I havent tried the competitors dust collectors, but there is a huge difference between a dc and a shop vac.

 

[mimico_polak]

That is a situation where the festool is awesome. A proper bagged dust collector and you can get away with cutting even MDF inside with a few additional precautions. I havent tried the competitors dust collectors, but there is a huge difference between a dc and a shop vac.

I've got Festool unit here for sanding drywall which is a great unit. Super clean sanding.

Also dad has one of those big dust collectors he connects to different saws...game changer when cutting. Easy and very clean area compared to not using it.

 

[GreyGhost]

So I just checked zoning/by-law to see about a potential future toy shed. It looks like maximum envelope is 10' wide x 59' long x 14.5' tall (not sure if this is peak or half way up slope). Ugh. It's a shooting range/bowling alley. I could make part of it wider by nesting it into the house, but it would block a window I don't want to block. Only two accessory buildings allowed and already have a 9x12' so if and when the next building goes up, it needs to encompass all desired uses. It's not tragically expensive to connect gas and electric as they are both ~10' away.

Very rough design has a sauna accessed from the back. Probably side door access to a 2nd compartment for lawn crap (~5' clearance on each side of building), Loft over those for general crap accessed from main compartment. Will need to figure out an architectural design that looks ok. That may require the main compartment to be shortened. Super deep and narrow is far from my preferred shape. This is something to churn over in my head while I work on paying off the mortgage, not a project for this summer.

 

[oioioi]

So I just checked zoning/by-law to see about a potential future toy shed. It looks like maximum envelope is 10' wide x 59' long x 14.5' tall (not sure if this is peak or half way up slope). Ugh. It's a shooting range/bowling alley. I could make part of it wider by nesting it into the house, but it would block a window I don't want to block. Only two accessory buildings allowed and already have a 9x12' so if and when the next building goes up, it needs to encompass all desired uses. It's not tragically expensive to connect gas and electric as they are both ~10' away.

Very rough design has a sauna accessed from the back. Probably side door access to a 2nd compartment for lawn crap (~5' clearance on each side of building), Loft over those for general crap accessed from main compartment. Will need to figure out an architectural design that looks ok. That may require the main compartment to be shortened. Super deep and narrow is far from my preferred shape. This is something to churn over in my head while I work on paying off the mortgage, not a project for this summer.

Not that I doubt your ability to look into details like this but I am surprised about the 10' width and super long length.

Aren't these things usually limited to overall square footage instead specific width and length?


I only vaguely looked into the by-law when building my condo in the the backyard.
Just as I vaguely followed the said bylaw. ?

 

[GreyGhost]

Not that I doubt your ability to look into details like this but I am surprised about the 10' width and super long length.

Aren't these things usually limited to overall square footage instead specific width and length?


I only vaguely looked into the by-law when building my condo in the the backyard.
Just as I vaguely followed the said bylaw. ?

You are allowed 699.xx sq ft of accessory buildings. Max of two accessory buildings. Buildings must be 1.2 m from interior property line and 1.5 m from existing buildings (0.75m encroachment allowed on each side for eaves etc). Buildings cannot be past the front wall of your house.

Plug all of those into my lot and you end up with a bowling alley. It's going to be very visible from the street and obviously over 104 sq ft (because that size is useless to me) so that means building permit is unavoidable and all conditions must be complied with. Ideally, it would involve a second driveway so I don't need to drive across the lawn but I have a feeling that the municipality will kibosh that idea.

 

[mimico_polak]

So I just checked zoning/by-law to see about a potential future toy shed. It looks like maximum envelope is 10' wide x 59' long x 14.5' tall (not sure if this is peak or half way up slope). Ugh. It's a shooting range/bowling alley. I could make part of it wider by nesting it into the house, but it would block a window I don't want to block. Only two accessory buildings allowed and already have a 9x12' so if and when the next building goes up, it needs to encompass all desired uses. It's not tragically expensive to connect gas and electric as they are both ~10' away.

Very rough design has a sauna accessed from the back. Probably side door access to a 2nd compartment for lawn crap (~5' clearance on each side of building), Loft over those for general crap accessed from main compartment. Will need to figure out an architectural design that looks ok. That may require the main compartment to be shortened. Super deep and narrow is far from my preferred shape. This is something to churn over in my head while I work on paying off the mortgage, not a project for this summer.

That's a hell of a building! When I checked my area it looks like about ~105sqft is allowed. My issue right now is...I've got the gazebo (which is over the limited size if you count the max dimension but within it if you count usable floor space) and I have a side shed that came with the house.

Considering a second shed because why not...but if I'm allowed 1 of each...does the one attached to the house count as one...or is it separate....

As for what I did to the house today...spent 4 hours power washing concrete behind the house...and only 1/4 done of it so far. My wife decided she wants ROCKS in the back yard....f'ing ROCKS....ugh. FML.

 

[GreyGhost]

That's a hell of a building! When I checked my area it looks like about ~105sqft is allowed. My issue right now is...I've got the gazebo (which is over the limited size if you count the max dimension but within it if you count usable floor space) and I have a side shed that came with the house.

Considering a second shed because why not...but if I'm allowed 1 of each...does the one attached to the house count as one...or is it separate....

As for what I did to the house today...spent 4 hours power washing concrete behind the house...and only 1/4 done of it so far. My wife decided she wants ROCKS in the back yard....f'ing ROCKS....ugh. FML.

Read the by-law carefully. Most let you build 104 sq ft without a permit, but if you pull a permit max size increases substantially.

As for the pressure washer, electric sucks. A gas one would be done in much much less time.

 

[oioioi]

As for the pressure washer, electric sucks. A gas one would be done in much much less time.

I took out parts of asphalt with a 4000psi last summer.
I needed to take out a small patch of garage floor epoxy that dripped on the driveway when I was applying it.

Have you ever been cut by a pressure washer spray?

 

[mimico_polak]

Read the by-law carefully. Most let you build 104 sq ft without a permit, but if you pull a permit max size increases substantially.

As for the pressure washer, electric sucks. A gas one would be done in much much less time.

Yes, it's the 104sqft that's not the issue...issue is whether the 3-walled connection to the house (possibly classified as a shed) counts as a building or not. If yes, then I can't have a second shed. If it doesn't, then it's fine.

I'll have to look into it more, but for now the garage is starting to call my name for it to finish.

And yes I'm sure you're right, electric is ****...but it works and it's what I have. Although my old one sprung a leak so trying to find a parts book for it is a pain in the ass. Simoniz XE29 is leaking out of a metal tube that's exposed. I borrowed this one from my dad, but would prefer to fix mine if possible. Won't need it for another yet so I have the time.

 

[Joe Bass]

Good point. Our living room has been a crappy lighting situation since we bought the house 20 years ago - NOTHING on the ceiling so it's all freestanding lighting. It sure would be easy to fix that issue once and for all if we didn't have to worry about smacking holes in the existing ceiling to run the wires.

Always wanted a ceiling fan in here...hottest room in the house in the summer as well - full on western exposure.

You don't have to.
Add crown molding to the rooms..
Put pot lights in.
Run wires through the open parts of the joists.
Pop holes on the wall near the ceiling.
Run all the wires along the top corner of wall/ ceiling.
Pop hole and drop wire to light switch.
Install crown moldings to cover holes & wires.
Enjoy a beer.

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[Joe Bass]

flooring dudes, any flooring dudes?

looking for advice on flooring material for a 3 season sunroom
no heat on in the winter, could get pretty warm in the summer
wide range of humidity levels too, but no exposure to water otherwise

plywood subfloor just installed over existing wooden deck
fairly level and smooth, but it's not going to be dimensionally stable

ceramics would be my first choice but are out as there will be some movement

carpet, hard no, dirty

laminate, don't think it would take the temp/humidity swings too well

leaning towards vinyl plank

any suggestions?

I like cork flooring for that.

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[Joe Bass]

cue the trailer trash jokes, I'm comfortable with who I am lol

when this is all settled
some of you are welcome to sit around the fire after a scoot to enjoy adult beverages
you know who you are

OSB over 5/8 plywood? nahh, prolly gonna go with vinyl plank

It actually looks good when varnished.

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