Holes : covered #
Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 2:48 PM
We had some holes at the bottom of the door. Me and my dad glued some sheet metal to cover the holes.
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Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 2:48 PM
We had some holes at the bottom of the door. Me and my dad glued some sheet metal to cover the holes.
Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Me and my dad cut and bent some sheet metal to replace flashing around the basement access door.
Saturday, October 19, 2024 at 3:53 PM
I find it annoying that I can't find a large, high-resolution, non-smart TV. There are none at Costco and the ones on Amazon are too small. Even if I buy a Smart TV and not connect it to Wi-Fi or Ethernet, it is not inconceivable that it would upload everything through LTE or 5G.
Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 3:44 PM
I wonder if they are still useful now that the water in bathrooms is no longer grounded. The supply lines are made of PEX and the drains of ABS. This means that, if you were touching the live wire and water at the same time, the outlet would not trip because the water is not connected to the ground (and not completing the circuit). Oh wait, now that I think about it, some electricity can flow through the water in the PEX pipe. But is that enough to trip a GFCI outlet ?
Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 3:20 PM
A few months ago, I noticed that the forces and movements currently described as a set of straight lines can also be described as a set of orbits. If someone throws a ball, it can be described as (at least) two lines : one forward and one towards the ground. But it could also be described as an orbit around the earth with slight orbital influence from nearby and less nearby objects (other balls and the moon for example).
Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 3:06 PM
How did matter in the universe start moving in orbits ? How do things start spinning ? The big bang theory says that matter went straight away from a central point. Is that sufficient to create orbits ? Maybe it's not a big bang and more like a big slingshot. This orbit thing also looks fractal to me. Galaxies, solar systems, planets, moons, atoms. And are there orbits smaller or bigger than that ?
Friday, September 27, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Over 6 years ago, I made a system to turn on a light when the basement access door is opened. I also previously recorded every time it opened/closed into a text file on my server. I no longer do that. Last weekend, we replaced the door and today, I installed a new magnetic switch. I also added a second light on the ceiling so that I can see it from my chair. (The first light is on my desk)
Monday, September 23, 2024 at 3:06 PM
We have a large shed in our backyard. The door would not open properly because the shed sank but the little porch did not. We had to options : - jack the whole shed with a car jack - lower the little porch We tried the first option, but the shed was too heavy with everything in it. So we spent the time to remove some boards, cut some bolts, jack the porch and dig underneath until it was level. On one side, the porch is bolted to the shed. We replaced those bolts. On the other, the porch rests on two hidden floating concrete blocks. We removed the two 2x6 boards close to the shed to replace the lag bolts and the farthest one to align the hidden blocks after digging underneath. We worked Friday and today on this. This weekend, we had to prioritize replacing the basement access door because my mom does not work on the weekends and we did not want to disturb her.
Sunday, September 22, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Me and my dad spent four hours finishing the install of the new door. We had to remove the door from the frame and replace the left 2x6 because it was warped. We then : - attached the hinged side of the frame to the left 2x6 - hung the door - attached the handle side of the frame to the right 2x6 - tested and adjusted the door in the frame - flipped the window - flipped and installed the handle - installed a chain so the door does not open too far - put trim around the door It looks great. The new handle also locks. The old one did not.
Saturday, September 21, 2024 at 6:22 PM
Me and my dad spent five hours this afternoon changing the door for the basement apartments. We removed the old 2x3 frame that held the old door and made a new 2x6 one for the new door. We had to do a lot of cutting with the sawzall. We already levelled the hinged side. Tomorrow, we will level the handle side and install the handle. We had to do it this weekend when my mom was not working.