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

Spent the weekend wiring the wife's new craft Room. Fished wires to 3 ceiling lights, a ceiling receptacle, and 2 new 20a circuits for her he heat presses.

Bumped into a hidden box that had AL to CU splices ( "Kevin" left us that artwork). Added a day the job finding and rewiring to code.

Next week is patching drywall.
 
Wife is coming around to doing the interior reno instead of exterior.

But I have to promise that this will not be a project that gets to 80-90% and gets put off.
 
mimico_polak said:
Wife is coming around to doing the interior reno instead of exterior.

But I have to promise that this will not be a project that gets to 80-90% and gets put off.
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I used to have that problem... Wife solved it.

When start a project now, she sets up a completion incentive.

I'm getting a Tig when her craft room is done.
 
Scuba Steve said:
My wife would be thrilled if I got to 80 or 90 percent and stalled. I just put trim on on the basement that I painted last summer.

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Let’s just say the two new stairs I installed in the basement are still un stained.

I could blame by gallstones for a month or two…the rest is just laziness. It’s been a year.
 
Scuba Steve said:
I lose motivation once the project is functional.

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Same. It’s not longer fun! I still need to confirm with her but I’m scouring Kijiji and FBMP for electrical cable and insulation.

Interior is easier.

Remove drywall, frame, wiring, insulate, vapour barrier, replace drywall, mud, sand, mud, sand, mud, sand, mud, sand, paint.
 
Scuba Steve said:
I lose motivation once the project is functional.

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I suffer from the same.

If there only was some magical cure for such a horrible disease.
 
I cannot live with an incomplete project , it gets started in needs finished . I have so many friends that are 15 ft from the finish line on home projects it drives me bonkers.
I have weiser power bolts , they are just fine for the investment and I love being able to give a code to the dog walker and house keeper and there are no keys floating around . So handy .
The new door/ sidelight assembly raised the temp in the front vestibule about 2 degrees , which is a huge gain


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I'm a bit of a luddite I'll take the keys over the key pad. If I wanted more tech I'd have a cell phone and different bike.
 
Dumb question / not so dumb question time.

Recently I did some work in my bathroom. Had to re chalk around the sink which I used some silicone. It reeked for about a week before it lost it's odour, or I got use to it. Then stored the tube in my usual place in the Furnace room. A few weeks ago I go into the Furnace room and it also sinks now from the silicon tube, it was capped etc. Move it out to the garage.

Go into the garage this morning and it now sinks. I gonna throw out this tube now.

My real question is should I be storing this stuff, and other items like paint in the house? I'm thinking now to move any of these items out to the garage. I have a non heated garage so I am wondering if the paint etc will be impacted. Either way I want to remove any possible toxic stuff out.
 
sburns said:
Dumb question / not so dumb question time.

Recently I did some work in my bathroom. Had to re chalk around the sink which I used some silicone. It reeked for about a week before it lost it's odour, or I got use to it. Then stored the tube in my usual place in the Furnace room. A few weeks ago I go into the Furnace room and it also sinks now from the silicon tube, it was capped etc. Move it out to the garage.

Go into the garage this morning and it now sinks. I gonna throw out this tube now.

My real question is should I be storing this stuff, and other items like paint in the house? I'm thinking now to move any of these items out to the garage. I have a non heated garage so I am wondering if the paint etc will be impacted. Either way I want to remove any possible toxic stuff out.
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Paint should be sealed enough to stop any air intrusion. Otherwise it will be garbage when you want it anyway. I keep paint in the house. If it freezes, it's garbage.

I normally don't keep open caulk tubes. Good chance they are chunky and annoying to use when I want them. If I have a tube open, I try to use it up. Cut out caulk in showers and sinks and redo. Good for a few more years.

Lots of chemicals come out of foam and carpet. If you are concerned about IAQ, let new furniture/pillows etc offgas outside the building envelope for a while before bringing them in. HRV can help too (or leave exhaust fans running and let air leak in). Lots of studies showing IAQ is worse than outdoors.
 
mimico_polak said:
Same. It’s not longer fun! I still need to confirm with her but I’m scouring Kijiji and FBMP for electrical cable and insulation.

Interior is easier.

Remove drywall, frame, wiring, insulate, vapour barrier, replace drywall, mud, sand, mud, sand, mud, sand, mud, sand, paint.
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On removing the existing. Keep in mind there is a high probability based on the age of the house of lead in the old paint and/or asbestos in the plaster. Getting it tested may be a good idea. If you go over top you lose roughly 1.5 inches of floor space BUT be careful here as the foil backing on the existing is a vapour barrier, and it will be on the wrong side....
 
GreyGhost said:
Paint should be sealed enough to stop any air intrusion. Otherwise it will be garbage when you want it anyway. I keep paint in the house. If it freezes, it's garbage.

I normally don't keep open caulk tubes. Good chance they are chunky and annoying to use when I want them. If I have a tube open, I try to use it up. Cut out caulk in showers and sinks and redo. Good for a few more years.

Lots of chemicals come out of foam and carpet. If you are concerned about IAQ, let new furniture/pillows etc offgas outside the building envelope for a while before bringing them in. HRV can help too (or leave exhaust fans running and let air leak in). Lots of studies showing IAQ is worse than outdoors.
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Don't quote me on this as I do not know the fine print but I was once told that storying paint (maybe only larger amounts) inside your house is against your insurance policy and could void it.

Paint or any other flammable chemicals should be stored in approved metal cabinet.
The idea is that it could be "fuel for the fire" in case of a house fire. Especially in a furnace room where there is already a flame and gas.
Maybe water based paint is safer.

But this is just another case "do as I say and not as I do...."
 
oioioi said:
Don't quote me on this as I do not know the fine print but I was once told that storying paint (maybe only larger amounts) inside your house is against your insurance policy and could void it.

Paint or any other flammable chemicals should be stored in approved metal cabinet.
The idea is that it could be "fuel for the fire" in case of a house fire. Especially in a furnace room where there is already a flame and gas.
Maybe water based paint is safer.

But this is just another case "do as I say and not as I do...."
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Interesting. I'm not concerned about actual risk as there are a few part gallons in well-sealed metal cans. A couch will be infinitely more fuel than the paint. I may dig into the policy and see if it has anything.

Garage has a metal cabinet mounted on a drywall partition for the super flammable stuff (propane, butane, zirconium, mineral spirits, etc).
 
timtune said:
I'm a bit of a luddite I'll take the keys over the key pad. If I wanted more tech I'd have a cell phone and different bike.
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The Lockpicking Lawyer on YouTube makes me not want a keypad lock of any kind. A lot of them are complete garbage and can be bypassed in seconds with a shim or a strong magnet, or simply by slapping the knob hard enough to jostle the batteries.

The Weiser SmartKey system is pretty nifty. You can rekey the lock yourself in seconds if you want to use a common key for all your locks, or swap one lock to a different key if you want to give someone temporary access.
 
Ash said:
The Lockpicking Lawyer on YouTube makes me not want a keypad lock of any kind. A lot of them are complete garbage and can be bypassed in seconds with a shim or a strong magnet, or simply by slapping the knob hard enough to jostle the batteries.

The Weiser SmartKey system is pretty nifty. You can rekey the lock yourself in seconds if you want to use a common key for all your locks, or swap one lock to a different key if you want to give someone temporary access.
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You are afraid of keypads and want a smartkey? While convenient, that is also one of the easiest to defeat locks.

With the number of windows without bars in NA houses, security is an illusion at best. You just want to appear to be a slightly harder target than your neighbour.
 
The SmartKey is a regular physical key, no electronics. The lock itself is also 100% mechanical.

edit: oh, I see what you mean. Brute force attack with a specialized tool
 
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