he say what drum traps are or why they're illegal?
"Why are drum traps prohibited? A drum trap is an obsolete style of plumbing trap that can be found in many old homes. These traps are prone to clogging, and they even constitute code violations in some areas."
Illegal may not be the correct term, they are typically grandfathered into law, so it's only illegal to install them new.
he say what drum traps are or why they're illegal?
"Why are drum traps prohibited? A drum trap is an obsolete style of plumbing trap that can be found in many old homes. These traps are prone to clogging, and they even constitute code violations in some areas."
Illegal may not be the correct term, they are typically grandfathered into law, so it's only illegal to install them new.
I have another home repair story. My oven was pretty dirty inside and I noticed a little smoke and odor recently when baking. I had the sudden urge to use the self-clean feature and take care of the problem. I actually followed the directions and did a quick wipe down of excess grease on the bottom to avoid potential issues. The default cleaning cycle is 4 hours and about 45 minutes into it, my house got pretty smoky and stinky so I had to take out the winterizing gasket on my kitchen fan and run the fan for about an hour. Anyways, the fan did it's job and the cycle ended around 10pm last night. I waited for the oven to cool down and when I tried to open it the door lock was stuck. Being slightly drunk and high by this time, I tried to force the latch open and bent the shit out of it. Now I start Googling and find out that the latch doesn't release until the oven is completely cooled down to room temp. Fuck, now I can't open the door even after it's totally cool because I broke the latching mechanism. D'OH. This morning I find a youtube video that shows how to manually release the locking bar but you have to take the entire back of the oven apart... after I do that I find that the model I have does not have access to the locking bar like in the video. Double fuck. Finally I find another video that talks about manually releasing the bar from the front, so I find the bar but it's behind a slot/vent that isn't very accessible. I found a thin, long, screwdriver and manually released the locking bar and was able to open the oven door. Now I have a working oven with scratches all over the top of the door and a broken latch so no more self-clean for me. I have fun.
Post by Awesome White Female Liberal on Jan 8, 2023 13:27:32 GMT -5
We had to have our oven latch fixed recently. The repair guy told us to not use the self clean function because it can screw up the oven. Not sure how, but since then I just use something called Easy Off to clean the oven.
This has to be the absolute lowest bar for the Manly Man forum, but I purchased new faux wood blinds this weekend and have installed half of them already (5 of 10).
They only had 9 of what I needed in stock so I need to make a return trip at some point.
Sadly, I wasn't able to get out of Home Depot with anything free like Wolf.
Isn't it a little racist to call it Black Friday? - Joy Behar
This has to be the absolute lowest bar for the Manly Man forum, but I purchased new faux wood blinds this weekend and have installed half of them already (5 of 10).
They only had 9 of what I needed in stock so I need to make a return trip at some point.
Sadly, I wasn't able to get out of Home Depot with anything free like Wolf.
just need to run some more off season drills and conditioning coach, you'll get there
As discussed in the shouting box, I decided that 10PM Friday was a good time to pull basically everything out of my garage and overhaul its storage capabilities. When we moved in the only thing out there was a single 12x36" kitchen wall cabinet, that for some reason was mounted in the garage as a floor cabinet with a counter on top of it. Over the years we mixed in 1 set of utility shelves, and a couple random pieces of dining room furniture that my wife got for free and just stuck against the wall and fileld with junk. None of it was remotely efficient, so way too much stuff ended up just piled on the floor. You guys have seen messy garages; you probably get the picture.
I had started purging shit from there a little at a time over the past week (believe it or not, my wife got mad about some of the literal junk I threw away; she's very pleasant to be around), but by Friday night I decided it was time to just strip it all down and start over. So I built a bunch of shelves across the back wall, reorganized everything, and am now close to a point where there will be nothing on the floor next to the cars as soon as we dispose of the aforementioned dining room furniture. I finished cleaning up and putting my tools away just as my kids were waking up at 5:30 Saturday morning. I have fun.
We had a bad storm sometime last week and a super old oak tree at my FIL's came down. Wife had made plans to go out to his place (in the country about 25 miles out of town) to go help clear the tree on Sunday. I was supposed to go to a minor league baseball game with my middle kid but he decided at the last minute he wanted to go out to his grandpa's to help, so I went along. It sounds dumb but monster trees are even fucking bigger when they're on the ground. We worked for 5 hours and got most of everything cleared except the main trunk, which will require a professional to go in and clean up. Probably going to have to go back next weekend to finish up, which should be super fun because early forecasts are in the mid 90s.
Shockingly, I can tell everything is a little off but I'm pretty much normal functioning today. My FiL came through with some Busch Light aluminum cylinders--hard work outdoor beer is a top of Mt Rushmore beer.
We had a bad storm sometime last week and a super old oak tree at my FIL's came down. Wife had made plans to go out to his place (in the country about 25 miles out of town) to go help clear the tree on Sunday. I was supposed to go to a minor league baseball game with my middle kid but he decided at the last minute he wanted to go out to his grandpa's to help, so I went along. It sounds dumb but monster trees are even fucking bigger when they're on the ground. We worked for 5 hours and got most of everything cleared except the main trunk, which will require a professional to go in and clean up. Probably going to have to go back next weekend to finish up, which should be super fun because early forecasts are in the mid 90s.
Shockingly, I can tell everything is a little off but I'm pretty much normal functioning today. My FiL came through with some Busch Light aluminum cylinders--hard work outdoor beer is a top of Mt Rushmore beer.
Isn't it a little racist to call it Black Friday? - Joy Behar
Agreed on the outdoor work beer. I’m getting two big oak trees in my backyard cut down later this week. I’m kind of sad about it, there’s like these whole little ecosystems up there. Birds and lizards and squirrels and all that. Am I becoming a tree hugging lib?
Agreed on the outdoor work beer. I’m getting two big oak trees in my backyard cut down later this week. I’m kind of sad about it, there’s like these whole little ecosystems up there. Birds and lizards and squirrels and all that. Am I becoming a tree hugging lib?
Agreed on the outdoor work beer. I’m getting two big oak trees in my backyard cut down later this week. I’m kind of sad about it, there’s like these whole little ecosystems up there. Birds and lizards and squirrels and all that. Am I becoming a tree hugging lib?
Thudded on the outdoor work beer.
We have one huge oak in the front yard that my wife is convinced is going to fall on the house and kill P2 while he’s sleeping. It seems to be perfectly healthy but every time she sees a tree get hit by lightning or something she starts freaking out and saying we should take this one down. Maybe some day.
Next weekend I think I’m gonna fire up the chainsaw and take down some dead stuff in the woods that looks like it would fall into the yard if you just leaned on it. I’ll be sure to keep you posted.
Agreed on the outdoor work beer. I’m getting two big oak trees in my backyard cut down later this week. I’m kind of sad about it, there’s like these whole little ecosystems up there. Birds and lizards and squirrels and all that. Am I becoming a tree hugging lib?
Thudded on the outdoor work beer.
We have one huge oak in the front yard that my wife is convinced is going to fall on the house and kill P2 while he’s sleeping. It seems to be perfectly healthy but every time she sees a tree get hit by lightning or something she starts freaking out and saying we should take this one down. Maybe some day.
Next weekend I think I’m gonna fire up the chainsaw and take down some dead stuff in the woods that looks like it would fall into the yard if you just leaned on it. I’ll be sure to keep you posted.
I've got one in my backyard that my wife has been bugging me about for a bit. Want to swing by and take care of that for me? K thanks.
