Moving into a new apartment and the landlord seems reasonable. I want to plant some veggie gardens etc (raised beds) and keep some chickens. I already know I'll have to talk to him about the chickens first, but how much is normal to ask for permission for vs just doing it without permission? Like, can I put a fence up without permission? Would that cause a ruckus?
>>2798791Veggie gardens and chickens where, does the place have a yard? You should definitely ask the landlord, you're presumably doing this in shared space of all the people living there. Chicken in particular also noise pollute and smell.
>>2798803Good rule of thumb I think, I'll keep this in mind.>>2798816They've got individual yards out back and the apartments themselves are more or less sectioned off. Don't know a good way to describe it. They're more like trailers than apartments in form I guess.
>>2798791That one retard that keeps animals in the neighborhood...
>>2798791Why are you moving into an apartment (presumably where you pay rent) to do that? What's with the childish, unrelated anime image? Or are you telling us the level of your reasoning skills?Helpx. Find a host. Go out and work in the country. Get some basic life skills down and give up over-aged under-mature anime nonsense.
>>2800888Several others keep animals already>>2800922>Why are you moving into an apartment (presumably where you pay rent) to do that? Because it's better than my previous apartment by a lot.>What's with the childish, unrelated anime image?To guarantee replies.>Helpx. Find a host. Go out and work in the country. Get some basic life skills down and give up over-aged under-mature anime nonsense.Dumb nigger
I don't know why I fuck up ceiling like this. I manage to get a decent even finish on the walls, but this is what I get with ceilings. I thought this was good enough yesterday because I only noticed the few spots on the right, but this morning I noticed the edge of the roll marks on the left are kinda visible. Am I going to be forced to do a third coat or can I just fade out these mistakes somehow?
>>2800726I'm using a 10L bucket in what proportions should I use it? >>2800749I get the feeling the ones i'm using go to shit a bit too fast.
>>2800683You can only notice it because of the incidence of the light coming in at 90 degrees from the window.For that, you need a level-5 drywall finish,for openers.Second, for a ceiling you want the flattest paint you can buy. Eggshell? No way… fuck that. Dead fucking flat. Only thing flatter is popcorn ceilings which disgust me.You locally sand off any drips or ridges left by the roller. Use a flashlight held up at right angles on the ceiling to see any shadows.Then go down to the dollar store and get a mini foam roller with rounded corners and with minimal paint, paint over the parts you sanded and try and blend it in.This is why we use flat, non-glossy paint on the ceiling. Nobody is going to be touching it.The shot of black people are old copypasta retards.
>>2800869>You can only notice it because of the incidence of the light coming in at 90 degrees from the window.Yeah I realized, it's only noticeable in the morning. But I know it's there so I notice anyway. I should have skim coated the walls as well but I'm cheaping out because I'm on a budget. Doing the best I can with what I have. Sanding is doable, I might do that. Thanks. I guess it looks ok enough so I'll move on to the walls for the moment and if it bugs me I'll fix it. I'm gonna rent it out anyway.
>>2800683>jew candles
>>2800907I'm catholic.They come from a mountain house my grandafther bought in the '50s after it was.... ahem... abandoned.
What sort of wall hardware would I need to make this? I'm thinking keyholes are out of the question because I want it to be durable.
>>2800891What is "this?" your photo shows a piece of wood. Is it 6 inches long or 10 feet long? Is it a stair rail or is it a cabinet handle? What are you attaching it to? Go to /sqtddtot/ faggot.
>>2800893You're mom didn't pay for ballet lessons? No wonder you have such a tight ass.
>>2800893ThisYou could hack up some hidden shelf brackets possibly. Would it be possible to do a pocket hole and a plug to cover the screw?
I got this dewalt vacuum it's old and European, i can only find one source of filters, but i noticed alot these eurovacs have the same paper rectangle filter with orange foam, are euro vac filter standard?
>>2800534Not really, Kärcher and Dewalt and some other shop vacs use the same model known as D27901. They come in different ‘grades’ tho with the original Dewalt one being up to €100 and clones low as €10. The expensive one can be pressure washed iircPhilips and AEG use almost the same model for some normal vacs but those have notches and won’t fit a shop vac
>>2800666Actually GAL stands for Guste Agregiĝi Litro, which is "Correct Aggregate Litres" in Esperanto, another system devised and used by annoying eurotards to solve a problem that didn't exist.
>>2800534>are euro vac filter standardthere are like 3 or 5 oem who sell their vacuum under two dozen brand names
>>2800572what does this meanwhat's up with their battery voltage
>>2800873dewalt advertises their 18v batteries as 20v in the US
HVAC is for faggot.all you need is a 2 holes on the wall, dust filter, and 2 fans (optional)
>>2793677>>2793727>>2793969The feeling when old people arguing.>>2794807Thermaltake brushless 200mm fan $14Small solar panel $20Converter from solar voltage to 13.8v (or 12) $10. (may not be needed - see below)that's it, and wire.The fan takes extremely little power. Even a 25w panel they sell all over TEMU will do. The flex ones that have 6 cells and a 12v dongle coming out of a black box on the back, have an internal regulator that knows how to charge a 12v lead acid. I've been doing that straight, mounted on a tractor hood w magnets, for years. You do not need the bullshit charge controller they offer to bundle with it. They just have no idea what they are selling.It also comes with the barrel connectors and cables/wire, so you can skip the buying wire part too. Just that panel and the thermaltake fan. The fan comes in black, or clear with blue LEDs. Get the clear and delete the LED's. They just pop out of the socket.
that's what my father always says. but our country summer is 1 month and he works 1 week of that in AC room.
>>2794807HVAC school on YouTube is godtier, they show that guy in schools he's so good.>t. hvac apprentice
>>2798825Hahaha fucking boomers
>>2798730That's an excellent proposal. I'll research about it. Thank you.>>2800501Thank you.When I get around this project I'll post my project details, pictures, the BOM, etc.
Why cant it be at ground level?
>>2798005whats the problem here
>>2789865The real answer is Horse shit Literally horse shit and of this picture is from New York feral pig shit. It used to be everywhere and sometimes thick on the ground. Image when it rains. You want to isolate your first floor from that.
>>2789869imagine the size of the rats
>>2789869>>2789865Either the street changed at some point or someone raised it to route plumbing.
>>2800303wic, food stamps, and other food assistance programs are cleverly disguised farm subsidies
LIFE GOALS: to the arial county police, this is a mere shed, oh but oh boy, what lies beneath is 800 sq feet of beautiful living space with NO property taxes no permits just pure by God FREEDOM.
>>2798726post the archived thread pleasei wanna see this
>>2798415>>2798513this but in colorado. you start in a county that won't fuck with you.
>>2800396"Thread"? He used to check in regularly, like Kevin van Dickhead, but cool and without the trip. There were probably over 20 threads. Last I saw of him was maybe ago? Claim was that he got hit with an NDA, but he probably got a little tired of the new assholes here trying to be edgy as well. Was a cool dude.
>>2800411Shit, *maybe 6 years ago
I remember the start of that. It was mostly just pictures of giant cavernous rooms full of standing water illuminated by work lights iirc
Thoughts on using straw and plaster as the exterior for a timber frame?
>>2799439best post
>>2799527no the fuck it is not
>>2799527> it is>>2800320> it's notIt's not, because in wattle and daub, you will use sticks inbetween the studs, laterally, to form a lattice. Then take something like cob, and press it into the lattice to fill it in by hand.Straw bales stack much faster, are still common, and can be made by machine. Ranchers use 800lb round bailers, though, these days.
>>2800352> Straw bales stack much faster, are still common, and can be made by machine. Compacted bales for building like >>2799451 wrote aren’t the same as those made by most farming equipment. The normal ones used for feed or floor actually do burn very easily
>>2800362We used regular straw bales and covered them in plastic (cob), just like he said. Cob isn't going to burn through.No special equipment.
are solar eclipse glasses safe to use for welding?
>>2799986until they melt, get broken or a spark hits them. that shit is really fragile
>>2800204The tint blocks IR, it is also vital or you literally cook your retinas. Less likely to get cancer from it but you go blind all the same.
>>2799986Absolutely not. That said, the guy who showed me how to weld just squinted his eyes
I doubt it. i have seen moon crickets tape cardboard around a cell phone put the whole thing on a popsicle stick and use that, led in the screens have a limited range, but the leds in the camera also have a limited range. gooks that make shipping containers put the face mask on a stick like some eyes wide shut.
>>2800005You're running on all cylinders to come up with that one. No pic. No meme? Just 'bla bla bla, i'm not creative'. yawn
The majority of people come here at some point for a fantasy DIY thing they have but never go through with it. But it's nice to talk about it and find out how plausible it would be if you actually follow through with it.In my case, i have a friend who's interested in the same dumb idea as i amIdea is to get a castle built basically, plain and simple. To avoid sounding or looking autistic we just say manor and dont have the idea to add in fake battlements and towers, just a set of buildings that naturally wall itself off from the outside world with a courtyard in the center, to house a few families worth of people (my family, his, and possibly some other friends)it'd have a reasonable square footage per person, and if my career and inheritence goals become fulfilled i should be able to afford as much as 700k for building the home, he might be able to afford 250k-500k depending on if he ever manages to create a successful business, and additional rent could be collected from any other roommates living with uslets say a construction crew builds the walls and foundation out of limestone or granite bricks, and professionals do the electrical, plumbing, and heating work, as well as the roof frame, could I feasibly construct the floors (going up to 4 stories tall at the highest), install the roof tiles, and rennovate the rooms using mostly lumber and plaster? I'd have help of course, but I'd be concerned that a full time job would take away the time i need to properly construct it.
I'd love to convert an underground military base to a living area with off grid power and water. I just love being underground and can only really get a good sleep if the door is barricaded. I think I could finally fully relax in a building designed to withstand the end of the world.
>>2800667>>2800672you're right about most of the things you say, and i agree with the idea of just starting with a few buildings that generations in the future would expand off of, but overall the biggest setback to castle building is the defensive walls and towers that have 1-2 meter thick layers of bricks, while something i'd build would be a foot at most, maybe thicker at the base or just thinner toward the topi do like the look of clay bricks, but where i live limestone is pretty plentiful, i dont know that i'd be able to quarry it myself but it means i can get it relatively cheaply without dealing with shipping costsalso for things like archways, windows, etc. I'd use cast stone or clay brick instead of carved stone, which would drastically reduce the costanother possibility to reduce costs is making the upper floors out of timber rather than stone like in german buildings, and it would reduce the complexity of the scaffolding
people tend to underestimate time and effort needed to build a castle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ajqort8ldXA
>>2800734>Without electricity nor modern tools like mechanical cranes, the team relies on cart horses for all on-site transport of materials andAs long as you're comparing apples to apples...
>>2800734most of the labor there comes from quarrying the stone, not buildingin modern circumstances, a machine does all that, and stone bricks are far, far cheaper than they ever have been historicallythey're also effectively building an entire village, not just a castleeven if the surrounding buildings are quickly put together its no easy task to construct all of them
A place for anything to do with Welding.Post your welds, ask questions and discuss sticking metals together.IDK I just want a place to talk about welding.Old thread: >>2763067
>>2800803consider whether you need a cart in the first place.if the welder only moves once a month and you only have a 1-car garage, wouldn't a storage box to keep the dust and mice out be better?
>>2800809hmmm you might be right. Maybe even just one of the harbor freight service carts would be nice, i'd be using it for plenty of other things as well, so it's not just serving a single use.
>>2800739I don't know which software you're using but in solidworks you can draw lines on the flattened sheet metal pattern and they'll get cut with laser cutter if ported in dxf. You can use this method to create perforations or precut lines in the part. Otherwise create right angle brackets out of any metal, drill holes, place them inside the case and rivet them together if you can't weld. It's not permanent since you can remove rivets with a drill
>>2800817Kek I forgot to say the stitch lines (- - - -) will help you bend sheet metal precisely without a brake, they're useful for short bends that don't have leverage
>>2800739find yourself a different company? Unless youre getting a very good deal, tons of outfits online so laser cut + bending now. sendcutsend is a good one>>2799090burs are pretty much always carbide.
>We're going to test that!
>>2799320>Summary of most of the threads on this board:
they are a useful metric to see if you should spend more on a product to get features that may or may not be useless to you.most of the time the bottom tier price point works for 99% of cases but maybe you can go up a tier or two if there are features that are important to you.
>>2790763his testing is patterned more after real life situations.Most other lab testing is about replicating certain conditions observed in real life, and testing to those conditions.but you are right that his tests don't repeat very much. But they do weed out bad performers that won't last with their performance past a few uses pretty well.
>>2790801harder =/= better and the ideal hardness is task/tool and material grade dependent.
>>2790474This guy is alright for novices to the devices. While many of his tests seem more practical towards real world situations, there are many that just aren't even close.It was when he did the fleshlight series that I decided I had seen enough and stopped watching his channel.
Anyone here installs windows for a living, if so what are some tips you have to a greenhorn?I just got hired to do it but I have no experience whatsoever, how fucked am I?
>>2800472>>2800489Fucking A, brothers. Thanks a bunch for all the advice, I spent like 2h watching people explaining in detail how to do it and honestly it doesn't seem that hard but I'm sure when I'm on the field there will always be something to make things more complicated.
>>2800078>put the frame with glass in all at oncedo americans really?
>>2800520everything here is prepackaged presized precut prenup premade for maximum throughput, quality be damned
>>2800520>>2800614Its a fixed picture window that's glazed at the factory under optimal conditions...there zero advantage in either ease of handling or installation to glaze it in the field (it would be much riskier and more difficult) and field glazing will never achieve the quality level achievable under controlled factory conditions.>do Americans really?Know how to design, manufacture and install modern energy efficient unified picture windows that don't need a grumpy old fart with a leather apron and wire rimmed glasses to show up and seal in the glass in using a mixture of beeswax, stone dust and cow dung?Yes, they do.
>>2800614>precutCircumcision bros...
Plumbing advice neededHandle of a water line under sink broke offWater main was turned off for nowI just have a couple of adjustable wrenches and alligator clampsIs this thing removable or do I need to cut the pipe?Even if I were to cut the pipe I don't think thered be any room to put in a new valve
Try removing it first.Cut pipe remove escutcheon should be room for compression fitting. If you have to break out the drywall who cares you wont see it. Its a shithole anyway.Thank me later
>>2799387Is that a copper pipe coming out of the wall? That thing is covered in paint and crap but it could be soldered.
>>2799387looks soldered. heat it up to melt solder and pull the valve off. pull any water out of the pipe with a vaccum cleaner. dont cut it or youll have to bust out the wall. Dont listen to the first reply, you dont have enough pipe to work with to go cutting it.
What should I do with it bros?
>>2800466>Filter it yourselfUrine isn't as good for you as they make it out to be
>>2800125If you pressure wash it from the outside and then pump out all the water most of the loose sediment should be gone after a few times. Let it dry out completely for a while. Then fill it to the brim with water and some sanitising agent, leave for a few weeks and remove it. Remaining solids aren’t that dangerous because if they were water soluble they’d be gone already. Good enough to collect rainwater for plants, or as input to a drinking water filtration system
>>2800058If you pump the water out, you could make it into a cellar of sorts, but document and take photos of anything you find personally if >>2800095 or >>2800123 are right. It could be an interesting historical find.
>>2800058I had a friend whose parents found a thing like this. It was full of old WW2 mortar shells or landmines or something and the EOD took weeks excavating the entire property to clean them all out
>>2800058why does everyone else find all this cool shit in their back yards? all I've found is a sewer pipe.
