The Home Ownership Thread

[Texasmade]

If only you could do the same with @beargonefishing ‘s mom

She's not nicknamed finger trap for nothing.

 

[SixOhNine]

She's not nicknamed finger trap for nothing.

Luckily for you, you're not working with anything nearly as large as a finger.

 

[Texasmade]

Luckily for you, you're not working with anything nearly as large as a finger.

No need to tell everyone about our meatup

 

[UnFacconable]

@otc Pretty sure code in whitefish is to not replace EOL smoke alarms but to install a new one nearby each time one starts doing the triple chirp.

Older homes are wall to wall alarms.

 

[gettoasty]

Garages are nice
I was able to work on my car and have the lift gate button replaced as it melted away. Plus, new gas struts for the hatchback. Feels good man

 

[jbarwick]

all of ours are functioning . we have a great hood vent , roasting a chicken is just about the only thing that would set them off and we switched to the sittin' method . no more smoke .

we have a couple close to the oven , one around the corner that is really very close but never went off and another about ~20 feet away but in direct line of vision and would alert after about an hour of dry roasting a bird

If you roast your chicken on some form of rack and throw some chopped up veggies under it, the veggies will soak up the fat and not smoke.

 

[Hombre Secreto]

Since you guys are talking about it, I just looked- our house has detectors in every bedroom and two in the main hallway, but none in the kitchen/dining/living room. So the closest one to the stove is probably 20 feet away in the hall. That seems unusual.

How long ago was it built, and how the **** did it pass code?

 

[Piobaire]

That pic of @Texasmade's ceiling is a good argument against DEI. I mean, blind people need to work too, but they probably should not do plastering and drywalling.

 

[johndrobison]

If you roast your chicken on some form of rack and throw some chopped up veggies under it, the veggies will soak up the fat and not smoke.

Ahh... Finally a useful purpose for veggies!

 

[double00]

If you roast your chicken on some form of rack and throw some chopped up veggies under it, the veggies will soak up the fat and not smoke.

awesome ! we've used pile of veggies as a rack in the past . still , i'm infatuated with the sitting method , gives a really nice succulent breast

 

[SixOhNine]

How long ago was it built, and how the **** did it pass code?

2018.

As for passing code, you do know I live in Texas, right?

 

[brokencycle]

2018.

As for passing code, you do know I live in Texas, right?

When we renovated, we removed a couple of columns which required a new cross laminated beam (annoyingly we had a 5 ply and needed a 7 ply to span the width without needing beams, so if they had just spent probably $100 more they could have avoided the columns originally).

Anyway, the moral of the story is that the existing cross-laminated beam was, uh, not exactly sitting center on one of the columns. I have no idea how that didn't get caught.

I understand on houses 100 years old why things are janky or odd, but I don't understand how a house built in the late 90s (like our house) or early 00s are so badly built. A great example of that is electrical: wire running through this house is not color coded and it is only two wires (no ground).

Cost differences are negligible to add a ground and color code the wire insulation.

 

[HRoi]

I don't understand how a house built in the late 90s (like our house) or early 00s are so badly built.

may I acquaint you with the Lennar Corporation..?

 

[Texasmade]

may I acquaint you with the Lennar Corporation..?

Or just about any other home builder for that matter.

 

[Numbernine]

A great example of that is electrical: wire running through this house is not color coded and it is only two wires (no ground).

What?? That can't be right.