i stopped using softener and dryer sheets because i thought they were unnecessary expenses and have noticed no difference in my clothes. but now im saving the environment and the machines themselves
My offer on a house just got accepted :D Hopefully nothing goes wrong. It's a bit of a fixer upper but nothing dire. Can move in and just fix it up over time.
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By Call Sign: Apollo Go To PostYou realize that's what the fluff setting on the dryer is for right? It's better for you clothes too. Learn to wash your clothes. Buy better clothes.
Not even going to get into how bad fabric softener is for the environment. It doesn't breakdown 100% in water. The wax builds up on the clothing and cause them to wear out faster. They can also discolor and stain clothes. Whites, tans, and lighters clothes will develop a yellowish hue over time because of fabric softener. Oh and because it doesn't breakdown 100% in water you're ruining your washer due to wax build up. If you're using it on towels the wax builds up over time and make the towels less absorbent.
Don't even get me started on dryer sheets. Everyone should be using wool dryer balls if you're using your dryer
I'm going to be real with you: i don't know what a fabric softener is.
By Old King Rob Go To PostMy offer on a house just got accepted :D Hopefully nothing goes wrong. It's a bit of a fixer upper but nothing dire. Can move in and just fix it up over time.Excited for you!
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By Batong Go To PostCongrats Robšš
By Perfect Blue Go To PostNice! Congrats!
By Kibner Go To PostExcited for you!thanks! :D
By Perfect Blue Go To PostWelcome to SLAENT eliteI'm probably on the waitlist behind DY
By Old King Rob Go To PostMy offer on a house just got accepted :D Hopefully nothing goes wrong. It's a bit of a fixer upper but nothing dire. Can move in and just fix it up over time.Congrats homie, at least some of us in NY are succeeding when it comes to house buying!
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By Old King Rob Go To PostMy offer on a house just got accepted :D Hopefully nothing goes wrong. It's a bit of a fixer upper but nothing dire. Can move in and just fix it up over time.oh shit congrats
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dunno how it works in your state but get a thorough inspector. You can even drive the final price down depending on what they find.
By Old King Rob Go To PostMy offer on a house just got accepted :D Hopefully nothing goes wrong. It's a bit of a fixer upper but nothing dire. Can move in and just fix it up over time.
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Congrats! Will respond here shortly. If Iām gonna do a write up on electrical May as well do it for everyone
Thanks everyone
Decided to just look for houses that have been in the market for a year or more. That meant they needed more work than someone was willing to put in. But I have experience in that as does my whole family and my wifeās.
So idk, weāll see. If the house has serious problems and theyāre not willing to go down then Iāll just pull out.
By reilo Go To PostCongrats homie, at least some of us in NY are succeeding when it comes to house buying!What areas are you looking at? A lot of stuff is being sold quickly
Decided to just look for houses that have been in the market for a year or more. That meant they needed more work than someone was willing to put in. But I have experience in that as does my whole family and my wifeās.
By i can get you a toe Go To Postoh shit congratsApparently the sellers arenāt going to drop, as my agent said they had multiple offers close to price.
dunno how it works in your state but get a thorough inspector. You can even drive the final price down depending on what they find.
So idk, weāll see. If the house has serious problems and theyāre not willing to go down then Iāll just pull out.
By Fenderputty Go To PostCongrats! Will respond here shortly. If Iām gonna do a write up on electrical May as well do it for everyonemakes sense, thanks
By Old King Rob Go To PostDecided to just look for houses that have been in the market for a year or more. That meant they needed more work than someone was willing to put in. But I have experience in that as does my whole family and my wifeās.It was the same with ours but we got in first, thorough inspection, got them to drop a bit (well into the process btw so it was more just they could say yes or no wouldn't make them pull out or anything) because of multiple things that needed upgrading but mostly the electrical. Got like 5k off. Worth discussing with your realtor, ours knew the other guy too and it was mostly a formality when there's just that much work to be done. Market might be so crazy now your realtor says not worth it but just saying if everything else goes through without a hitch it can be worth trying.
Apparently the sellers arenāt going to drop, as my agent said they had multiple offers close to price.
I would like to go all electric, but most of the videos I have seen say that most houses are wired for 100 amps and to be all electric, you should have 240. They say it's expensive, but I was wondering if you had any estimates.
Ok lots to unpack here. First ... you're mixing up amps and volts. Sorry if this is more than you want to know but it's the only way I an explain this ...
All electrical devices in a house run off of a 120V 20Amp circuit (1 hot 1 neutral) and are plugged into standard wall outlets. Computers, coffee makers, hair dryers and vacuums. Larger devices (what people usually mean when they say go all electric) usually include a clothes dryer, an air conditioner, an oven and car charger etc etc. These run off of a combined (2) 120V circuits for a total of 240 volts at some specified amps. Essentially it's (2) hot wires that share (1) common neutral. I use the 30A 240V outlet in my garage that existed for the dryer as my car charger outlet now. I didn't install a new circuit, I just swap cords. This is an example.
The reason this is expensive is that to turn a 120V outlet into a 240Volt outlet you need someone to run that added wire to the outlet. Usually through an attic and down a wall. You may even need do some exterior work to access the panel so you can drag circuits up to the attic. If an outlet is added entirely, the electrician has to pull a thicker cable. Same labor though. Up wall into attic and back down wall to outlet.
Now onto amps. If you think of Volts as the amount of water that runs through a pipe, you can think of amps as the power that pushing that water almost like PSI. Almost ALL older home have a 100AMP service (panel). Newer ones have a 200A service. Increasing the panel size is expensive because you have to Permit the panel and pay someone to install. You may need to increase the wire size of the wires feeding your new panel from the utility too. Anyways I"m straying some. Breakers are "protection" for the wires in your house. Wire size is based on amps. A breaker trips when more amps hit the circuit than the circuit is designed to hold. Without the breaker, your wires will turn molten red and start a fire! So ... a 100A panel will trip is more than 100 amps hits the panel at once. This protects the panel and the wires feeding the panel from the utility. If you main trips you loose all power in your house and have to reset the main.
The thing is though, you can load up more than 100A on a 100A panel. Nobody runs all electrical stuff at once and most things are rated for the inrush. Inrush is like this. When an AC compressor starts it draws the full load (maybe slightly more even) but almost immediately after the start of the motor, the amps fall to below the rating of the device. So yeah my AC is rated for 40AMP but it's not really pulling 40 when in use. Unless you run a ton of shit at once you don't need to upsize a 100a panel.
So now that basic info is there I have several questions:
1. When you say "all electric" what do you mean? What devices?
2. What is currently installed? Is there already an electric dryer for instance?
3. What size panel is currently installed? though it's probably 100A.
If your response is:
"I have a 100 amp panel. Currently there are no larger electrical devices installed. I need to add a 240V outlets for (1) 50A 240V car charger, a 30A 240 outlet for a dryer, another one for a stove, another one for a water heater and another one for a spa in the backyard"
Then you're gonna shelling out some $$$$$.
Is there a reason you want "all electric"? Planning solar? Environment? Think you're gonna die with a gas stove? I ask because you may be able to add stuff without increasing the panel as long as you don't go "full electric". Now there's a cost benefit analysis.
1. When you say "all electric" what do you mean? What devices?
2. What is currently installed? Is there already an electric dryer for instance?
3. What size panel is currently installed? though it's probably 100A.
Is there a reason you want "all electric"? Planning solar? Environment? Think you're gonna die with a gas stove?
Thanks for the explanation and clarifying things.
1. Electric water heater/dryer/range, car charger down the line when I upgrade to an EV.
2. Nothing. That house has all gas based appliances
3. Iām not sure. My agent told me we have to see the house so Iāll check tomorrow
I do plan on installing solar panels. I donāt think Iām gonna die from a gas stove, but I just think going going electric with solar panels is more sustainable
Plus fuck ConEd and national grid.
By Old King Rob Go To PostMy offer on a house just got accepted :D Hopefully nothing goes wrong. It's a bit of a fixer upper but nothing dire. Can move in and just fix it up over time.Big Dawg move.
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Congrats!
So then yeah itās gonna cost ya some. Thatās three newly added 240 volt circuits at 20-40 amps a pop. I would suggest doing a cost benefit kinda thing. Without the EV (use dryer like me) you can avoid a panel upsize though. You just wouldnāt want to run the air, while cooking and running the dryer while someone uses a hairdryer or youāll trip the main
Thereās too many missing details for me to do an estimate and to be honest I have zero clue what residential electricians charge. Iāve heard some crazy shit though.
Depending on how old the house you may have aluminum wiring. Whole other issue.
As always get multiple quotes from varied sources. See if you qualify for debates etc. also if you plan on doing a kitchen remodel do the stove circuit then.
All said if you go solar itās prolly worth it ling run. Iām thinking doing solar and battery in a year and may consider upsizing panel to add a spa circuit and electric water heater. Stove is gas though. Itās staying that way. I just did kitchen and bought stove lol
Thereās too many missing details for me to do an estimate and to be honest I have zero clue what residential electricians charge. Iāve heard some crazy shit though.
Depending on how old the house you may have aluminum wiring. Whole other issue.
As always get multiple quotes from varied sources. See if you qualify for debates etc. also if you plan on doing a kitchen remodel do the stove circuit then.
All said if you go solar itās prolly worth it ling run. Iām thinking doing solar and battery in a year and may consider upsizing panel to add a spa circuit and electric water heater. Stove is gas though. Itās staying that way. I just did kitchen and bought stove lol
I saw some video from Technology Connections that talked about smart panels that help prevent tripping the circuits. But it was $4500.
https://www.span.io/panel
But I donāt think Iād want to go that route, where I have to make sure people arenāt usually multiple heavy appliances at once. Maybe itās worth it though, or maybe I need to completely reconsider and scale back my ambitions
https://www.span.io/panel
But I donāt think Iād want to go that route, where I have to make sure people arenāt usually multiple heavy appliances at once. Maybe itās worth it though, or maybe I need to completely reconsider and scale back my ambitions
Depending on the age of the home or whomever let shit go or dumbass splice jobs previous occupants might have done you might need a whole new panel and professionals anyways. Get a bunch of electricians in there, ask tons of questions, get bids. Electrical of that sort is not something you should DIY anyway imo.
I wasnāt planning on it.
Electrical and plumbing is not something I want to DIY. Iāve seen too many people try and fuck shit up. then youāre gonna end up paying even more to have a professional come and fix your shit anyway
My current landlord is figuring that out the hard way.
Electrical and plumbing is not something I want to DIY. Iāve seen too many people try and fuck shit up. then youāre gonna end up paying even more to have a professional come and fix your shit anyway
My current landlord is figuring that out the hard way.
Cool. The electricians here got some new stories out of my place in terms of bad DIY. We thought the house needed a whole knob and tube replacement. Lucky for us it didn't, less money, BUT the clowns did some real special splice jobs in the basement apparently so we did have some left between the floors AND it might have been an even great fire hazard than just normal knob and tube lmao.
Buy this, stick it in outlets during inspection and if all checks out youāre probably chill from a rogue diy standpoint
Southwire 40022S Receptacle Tester, Black https://a.co/d/fMzXuix
Cost 10$
This seem waaaaaaay overboard to me lol. Electric motors almost never go out lol.
Southwire 40022S Receptacle Tester, Black https://a.co/d/fMzXuix
Cost 10$
By Old King Rob Go To PostI saw some video from Technology Connections that talked about smart panels that help prevent tripping the circuits. But it was $4500.
https://www.span.io/panel
But I donāt think Iād want to go that route, where I have to make sure people arenāt usually multiple heavy appliances at once. Maybe itās worth it though, or maybe I need to completely reconsider and scale back my ambitions
This seem waaaaaaay overboard to me lol. Electric motors almost never go out lol.
FWIW electrical even with some sketchy idiocy here been the least of my problems. Plumbing been the real you don't know till something is leaking behind a wall or under a floor bullshit money drain/hit. Get them to really check gaskets, drains, make sure stuff is pvc/abs updated and do a check of the outside drainage and how that's handled. Hope they also do a proper sewer check as well.
This last remodel I went through had both. Had to chase open neutrals and had to replace a shower lol
By Fenderputty Go To PostThis last remodel I went through had both. Had to chase open neutrals and had to replace a shower lolYeah I had to redo a bathroom because previous occupants did some weird shit with the shower drain that resulted in a leak and they didn't do a proper mud pan so it leaked in multiple places even. Also with a slow leak your insurance tells you to fuck yourself. So definitely get some stuff checked out if you can.
By Old King Rob Go To PostThanks everyoneHaven't really looked but we really like Bayside
What areas are you looking at? A lot of stuff is being sold quickly
Decided to just look for houses that have been in the market for a year or more. That meant they needed more work than someone was willing to put in. But I have experience in that as does my whole family and my wifeās.
Thereās automated toilet paper dispensers out there and thereās no way for them to work if the power goes out
Thatās the only life update youāre getting out of me for awhile
Thatās the only life update youāre getting out of me for awhile
By i can get you a toe Go To PostYeah I had to redo a bathroom because previous occupants did some weird shit with the shower drain that resulted in a leak and they didn't do a proper mud pan so it leaked in multiple places even. Also with a slow leak your insurance tells you to fuck yourself. So definitely get some stuff checked out if you can.The inspector missed it because the shower pan leak was slow. It wasnāt fast enough to leak through the baseboard on the other side of the wall. I didnāt notice it until I pulled the base off and a bunch of moldy rotted drywall pulled off with it
By Call Sign: Apollo Go To PostThereās automated toilet paper dispensers out there and thereās no way for them to work if the power goes outThat's Fail Deadly
Thatās the only life update youāre getting out of me for awhile
By Fenderputty Go To PostThe inspector missed it because the shower pan leak was slow. It wasnāt fast enough to leak through the baseboard on the other side of the wall. I didnāt notice it until I pulled the base off and a bunch of moldy rotted drywall pulled off with itOh god that sucks didn't notice ours either till the crappy vinyl flooring started warping and got weirdly bouncy, was just grateful it didn't penetrate farther down (upstairs bathroom.) Tell people now if your bathroom floor is lumpy or bloated anywhere especially but up against a tub or shower, you need to get that checked asap.
Fixer-uppers are something you really have to be committed to. I saw my father add wings to our home. Took him like 2 years of working 2 to 4 hours everyday after work. That's why I bought new lol. Projects like adding shelves or whatever is good to go, but didn't want any big DIY stuff for 10 years
Mine wasn't so much a fixer upper but older homes, hell any really, can become them in no time when you find out a person half-assed projects or did awful DIY all over the place and it's all behind walls. Mine wasn't even a flipper, those can also be a den of bullshit years down the line.
By reilo Go To PostDon't worry you'll always have me bb
Recently I've started not drinking anything all day to the point I'm all dehydrated and dizzy.
I know I can just walk to the kitchen and pour a glass of water but I don't. My brain must be some kind of fucked.
I know I can just walk to the kitchen and pour a glass of water but I don't. My brain must be some kind of fucked.
pulled the offer on the house. there's too much work that needs to be done that didn't look that bad on surface value, but after inspection, it wasn't worth it, especially for the price.
plus the seller was trying to pressure into a deal. Saying they wouldn't entertain an offer at a lower price because they had other offers already, so that was an instant red flag. Looks like everyone backed out too as i just saw the house updated at a slightly lower price
highlight of the day was when the inspector told the owner to put the heat on and he said "we don't have heat"
plus the seller was trying to pressure into a deal. Saying they wouldn't entertain an offer at a lower price because they had other offers already, so that was an instant red flag. Looks like everyone backed out too as i just saw the house updated at a slightly lower price
highlight of the day was when the inspector told the owner to put the heat on and he said "we don't have heat"
Really sucks that you didn't get your house, but super happy your due diligence caught out some A-100 deal breakers.
By Old King Rob Go To Postpulled the offer on the house. there's too much work that needs to be done that didn't look that bad on surface value, but after inspection, it wasn't worth it, especially for the price.That sucks man but you made the right decision. Don't allow somebody else's headaches to become your own.
plus the seller was trying to pressure into a deal. Saying they wouldn't entertain an offer at a lower price because they had other offers already, so that was an instant red flag. Looks like everyone backed out too as i just saw the house updated at a slightly lower price
highlight of the day was when the inspector told the owner to put the heat on and he said "we don't have heat"
I reckon part of the reason they're trying to sell is to offload those troubles to someone like you.
Yeah basically. Something better will come along, Iām not too worried.
Iām not desperate enough to consider Jersey, Long Island, or Connecticut yet
Iām not desperate enough to consider Jersey, Long Island, or Connecticut yet
You can move to CT and be Smokey's neighbor. You two can become old men with goatees that drive Corvettes together.
By NiceGuy Go To PostI've started forcing myself to drink just because I'm shit-scared of getting kidney stonesThey are hell
By DY_nasty Go To PostThey are hellSounds like it, pain relief does fuck all to help as well afaik. Did they do the ultrasound thing to try and break them up a bit?
It's worth nanobots being invented just for that imo
You don't need to treat it. A subconjunctival hemorrhage may look alarming, but it's usually a harmless condition that disappears within two weeks or so.
Let's see what week 3 brings before panicking
By reilo Go To Post
My sister is my best friend, I don't really have friends like that though. I used to, but then found it a waste of time and figured I could just spend that time with my family or whatever woman I'm with. I don't want to hang out with other dudes, the net is perfect, I can drop in and out and talk about the things that interest me without not caring about whether one of you get upset I didn't go to your birthday party.
At this point in life any friendship outside my family are very superficial or benefit me in some way.