🏡 Better Homes Brag / Complain About a DIY Project Thread

[Jimy Bilmo]

Neighbor was throwing 3 lights out and offered them to me. Fuck yeah! New work bench light and mounted one on the wall shines perfect into engine bay when working on vehicles. I still have one left. More cables for Yaj Yak and @The Beast to OCD about. ES.
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Put one up in your foyer yet?

 

[Kizzlebizz]

Finally got a shelf up at the barn. These mf are super easy and quick. About an hour and half start to finish.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

Finally got a shelf up at the barn. These mf are super easy and quick. About an hour and half start to finish.

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I have 2 in the garage and one in the house. Like you said, super simple, super sturdy and go up quick.

 

[Stink Star]

For 2 years with the Tesla I’ve been rocking my Chevy Volt charger and it’s pathetic 3.6Kw capacity. About 15 miles per hour range increase. Actually it’s been working out fine, but I decided to actually get something more appropriate for the car and not have to use the J1772 to Tesla adaptor anymore. Picked up a Wall connector for the new lower price. It’s my first time messing with 3/4” EMT as previously I only messed with 1/2”. Also 6ga wire is the biggest I’ve ever ran. Well it was really no big deal at all and I got her all done in just a few hours this morning. Now the car charges at almost 40 miles per hour so that’s about 9.6Kw. Wayyyyy faster than necessary but I’d rather it be fast so I can switch to time of use plan from comEd which will reduce my bill like crazy.

TL/DR: installed a Tesla Wall Connector finally

 

[Pewter-Camaro]

Put up a basic chair rail and some vinyl wallpaper in the hall for the wife. Still have to 2nd coat the trim I put up but it looks good.

 

[Jimy Bilmo]

Put up a basic chair rail and some vinyl wallpaper in the hall for the wife. Still have to 2nd coat the trim I put up but it looks good.

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Wallpaper?! Is that coming back?

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

Wallpaper?! Is that coming back?

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

Put up a basic chair rail and some vinyl wallpaper in the hall for the wife. Still have to 2nd coat the trim I put up but it looks good.

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your workmanship looks great.

wallpaper looks like ass, because.... its wallpaper.

sorry buddy

 

[Intel]

If my wife wants wallpaper she will be the one removing it. So far we have no wallpaper.

 

[Pewter-Camaro]

your workmanship looks great.

wallpaper looks like ass, because.... its wallpaper.

sorry buddy

Yeah I despise wallpaper. she wanted to wallpaper the entire hallway. I talked her out of it and settled for just this.

The 2nd bedroom she wanted to put some terrible sky and clouds wallpaper stuff on the ceiling. I said no.. no and nope. I’ll paint it sky blue myself and go Bob Ross on it before I put that shit up.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

Yeah I despise wallpaper. she wanted to wallpaper the entire hallway. I talked her out of it and settled for just this.

The 2nd bedroom she wanted to put some terrible sky and clouds wallpaper stuff on the ceiling. I said no.. no and nope. I’ll paint it sky blue myself and go Bob Ross on it before I put that shit up.

I guess at least its not stucco ceilings

probably the only thing worse then wallpaper and wood paneling

 

[Pewter-Camaro]

Next project… remove the worlds worst set of loft stairs. They are steep as fuck, and have multiple areas that have less than 4’ of headroom. Taking them down and replacing with a loft ladder instead.

 

[Pewter-Camaro]

Stairs are out. The room looks much larger now. Will have to refinish part of the floor. Patch and paint the walls and ceiling. Put flooring in the loft, a railing, and a ladder.

 

[Yaj Yak]

The north side of my house doesn't see sun, so it gets a bit mildew-y...

the bottom of the window is a bit over 6' off the ground... and it's on a pretty good hill. sooo ladder/powerwasher seemed kinda out of the question... i thought about buying that ryobi extenda-dong-wand thing but instead tried this first to save dolllhairs.
this shit is fucking awesome... spray it and let it chill a few minutes and hose it off. fuckin' good to go.

Mold Armor 64 oz. House Wash Hose End Sprayer Mold and Mildew Remover FG511M - The Home Depot

Clean up the outside of your home fast with Mold Armor E-Z House Wash. This exterior house cleaner blasts away dirt, mold and algae stains, leaving your siding looking bright and new in minutes - no ladder

www.homedepot.com

 

[Jimy Bilmo]

That worked super well!

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

The north side of my house doesn't see sun, so it gets a bit mildew-y...

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the bottom of the window is a bit over 6' off the ground... and it's on a pretty good hill. sooo ladder/powerwasher seemed kinda out of the question... i thought about buying that ryobi extenda-dong-wand thing but instead tried this first to save dolllhairs.
this shit is fucking awesome... spray it and let it chill a few minutes and hose it off. fuckin' good to go.

Mold Armor 64 oz. House Wash Hose End Sprayer Mold and Mildew Remover FG511M - The Home Depot

Clean up the outside of your home fast with Mold Armor E-Z House Wash. This exterior house cleaner blasts away dirt, mold and algae stains, leaving your siding looking bright and new in minutes - no ladder

www.homedepot.com

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there is something my wife's mom used that knocked that shit out super easy the same way. Spray, wait, wash away. I wonder if its the same.

 

[DEEZUZ]

I just pressure wash....

 

[DEEZUZ]

North side of ranch gets that bad. I thought cause tree... But N facing makes sense.

 

[Yaj Yak]

I just pressure wash....

this is easier... and a pressure washer wouldn't have helped much because again it's tall as fuck.

 

[Jimy Bilmo]

this is easier... and a pressure washer wouldn't have helped much because again it's tall as fuck.

Maybe rent some scaffolding...

























GLADIATOR

 

[Yaj Yak]

Maybe rent some scaffolding...

























GLADIATOR

was a thought.

or the $12 bottle of mold armor crushed it.

 

[Jimy Bilmo]

was a thought.

or the $12 bottle of mold armor crushed it.

Wonder if GLADIATOR could use that bottle to spray his chandelier up there. For $12, might be worth a shot.

 

[BS ISF]

Will try this as well. My north side gets mold every year. I will power wash the lower section and use this up top.

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

I have the same problem with the north side of the house, especially where the g/f's plants are planted, and where there are bushes. I did hit it with the pressure washer once, but not much luck.

Fortunately this stuff says it will work on aluminum siding. Guess I'll add this to my list of "shit to wash" this or next weekend.

 

[Stink Star]

Will that mold remover spray kill any plants? Because I need to do the north side of my house too, but I don’t want to kill the hostas on the bottom