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

    That's what I am going for. Sorry crankcall.
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    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    Ridiculously overbuilt but here is one cabinet base. Thanks for the input. Island is next.
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    Anyone here a cyclist?

    Gub Bicycle Phone Mount -... https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B072DSRF3J?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share I have it on my MTB and road bike. It looks a bit weird in pictures, but it's sleek and low profile when the phone is not in it and never failed me on jumps or drops. The arms are not that tall, so if you...
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    german parts - auto

    I use FCP for critical stuff like timing components, but mostly RockAuto with part numbers from dealer catalogues or websites and known good manufacturers. Beware, though: a brand name with letters covered in diacritics is not necessarily German.
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    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    I’m using 60" x 9" laminate. My subfloor is 5/16" plywood, not OSB. The drop is very gradual and runs along the length of the room, roughly through the middle. I suspect it’s because the joists start framing into the stairwell there instead of continuing to the exterior wall. There’s no crest or...
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    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    I finally got around to laying the floor. I had a few dips to deal with, but overall it has been pretty good. However, I have one area where the floor changes slope. It drops about 10 mm over 1 metre. The flooring allows a maximum dip of 3 mm over 1 metre, but that seems to refer to a low spot...
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    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    I'm not huge on cloud-based systems, but it's good to know they have that capability. I'm more interested in doing it locally and wirelessly, with no cloud, based on something like the Aube RC840T-240. I did a really cool no wire fishing control system with a friend on his hydronic setup, where...
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    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    You can get a multi-head unit fairly cheap, pre-charged. Last year, my proposal for the strata to allow them failed by one vote. People think they are noisy clunkers, when in reality they are very quiet. I really wish someone made a unit that goes in the attic and pulls and dumps air through the...
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    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    I tried a bunch of options. What I wanted was the ability to keep adding to a line as I measured around the space. I ended up using FreeCAD. Steep learning curve, but totally worth it. When I went to IKEA to order the kitchen, I could answer every measurement question. If I need to cut an...
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    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    Yes, that is basically what I have. The issue is that the joist with the main drain is much closer to the garburator. Even if I rotate the garburator away, and the P-trap back toward the main drain, once I include the required 3" after the p-trap before the AAV, the drop ends up past the main...
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    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    LG had a long run of washers with a poorly designed impeller. The motor has some play on the shaft to help it start, but depending where it stops, it can slap the impeller on startup and fatigue it over time. The original seems to last about 10 years. My FIL went through three Amazon...
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    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    Thanks for the detailed explanation. I should have clarified that I am switching to a single new sink. The pipe I placed between the two existing sinks shows the approximate location of the new garburator. Below the island is a tenant suite, so I would much rather avoid putting the P-trap...
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    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    DWV mock-up question for an island sink with a garburator. I need to offset the drain alignment before tying into the floor drain. Is it acceptable to cut the garburator discharge elbow to remove the 90° outlet, install a slip-joint connection, and extend the discharge pipe horizontally...
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    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    Alright so sounds like I will go with subfloor (plywood) -> sonopan -> big blue -> laminate. Thanks.
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    Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

    It does not look like I can source AcoustiGuard locally, so I have more or less settled on Sonopan. I emailed Sonopan and mentioned my flooring. In their reply, they said I should install the flooring according to the manufacturer’s instructions, including the recommended underlay. I confirmed...
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