Have you seen the price of sunrooms? We were thinking about doing something similar but I may well add a larger “greenhouse” that just happens to connect to the house instead.
Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?
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Have you seen the price of sunrooms? We were thinking about doing something similar but I may well add a larger “greenhouse” that just happens to connect to the house instead.
Gaoler
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These are the crimp rings I went with... Stainless steel.
Easy to use.
Idiot proof too.
Most of the work would be DIY.
Just need to figure out what I need and then build it accordingly with the major parts contracted out.
daught
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Realistically, this is the practical solution.
Time for my annual suggestion to check the dates on your smoke/ fire/ CO detectors. I incorrectly assumed mine would be current when I bought this house . Nope , twenty one years old , same as the house . Why not seven yrs newer , because the cheap pricks building houses can get a deal on almost expired alarms . If you have a fire and your alarms are outdated , hope it burns to the ground because you will fight your insurance carrier . Check your alarms folks !!
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Other tip I got , go find an electrical supply house and buy detectors there . They will sell to the public and my three way detectors cost half the price of Home Depot . Four hundred dollar savings on the project.
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Great tip and thanks! Will be putting some up at the cottage soon and will do a hard wire setup instead of the battery ones.
Shockingly dad turned off the detector as it was making too much noise WHEN HE WAS FRYING in the kitchen....literally what it's supposed to be doing.
Minor typo MM, Pex A is the expansion one and Pex B uses metal crimp rings (copper or stainless)
How many did you need? Yikes. Costco has 2-packs for $140.
For the last round of replacements, I used Nest protect. Cost me a bloody fortune but they were the only ones I could find that would identify which one was triggering the alarm. They also allow hard-wired and battery to be linked. Garage didn't have a detector when I bought the house, this allowed me to install one and hear it when it goes off. Honestly, I'd be fine with one going off with a 30-60 second delay before the rest went but I couldn't find that either. The majority of detectors all go at exactly the same time so you have no idea where the issue is. In the event of an actual fire, I want to go straight to it and not be wandering around the house checking all the possible locations. For better or worse, the nest detectors stop working seven years after manufacture (not install) to force a replacement. Many stores have ones years old in stock which drives up the cost of ownership substantially. Google has now killed them off. I've got some years before I need to replace again.
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Mad Mike
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Yup - my bad!
daught
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Neighbour went on vacation and his smoke alarm did the low battery beep for a week over the summer. I should replace mine once the reno is done.
Mine near the kitchen was always cranky even from light cooking. Hopefully the new range hood fixes that. The builder installed microwave and range hood was below what the range specs called for. I get why they are sensitive, but when they nuisance alarm that often, they just end up getting disconnected.
Mine near the kitchen was always cranky even from light cooking. Hopefully the new range hood fixes that. The builder installed microwave and range hood was below what the range specs called for. I get why they are sensitive, but when they nuisance alarm that often, they just end up getting disconnected.
I was hoping that by going with Nest, I could yell at google to silence them. Sadly, that rarely works and I need to press the button on one of them to stop the noise. That raises the threshold on the alarming device for enough minutes that I haven't had one go off again.
daught
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I was thinking through how to switch the garburator. The island layout changed, so the end switches are farther away, and my wife is not into having a switch by the soap dispenser.
Then I had the bright idea of a voice activated relay.
Immediately this played out in my head: I have my hands in the garburator trying to unclog it. I say, “Call wife,” to ask how many carrots she threw in there.
System hears: “Start garburator.”
Yeah, maybe not.
Mad Mike
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Or maybe when you’re in the garburator, wife says “Start Garburator”.
I use air switches on garburators, $25 on Amazon. You can mount them on top, or on the front fake drawer panel in front of the sink. Stupid easy to install.
