Jump to content

ROFL BOX

Burnt Ends
  • Posts

    5825
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Posts posted by ROFL BOX

  1. 18 hours ago, EMAWesome said:

    spacer.png

     

    91942995_1585295681627757_29687684539822

    AMERICA: Oh my god! Coronavirus! What should we do?

    CALIFORNIA: Shut down your state.

    AMERICA: Wait... what? Why?

    CALIFORNIA: Because 40 million people live here and we did it early, and it’s working.

    OHIO: Whoa... whoa... let’s not be hasty now. The president said that this whole coronavirus thing is a democratic hoax.

    CALIFORNIA: He also said that windmills cause cancer. Shut down your state.

    TEXAS: But the president said that we only have 15 cases and soon it'll be zero.

    CALIFORNIA: The president can’t count to fifteen. Nor even spell it. Shut down your state.

    NEW JERSEY: Us too?

    CALIFORNIA: Yes, you guys too. Just like when Christie shut down the bridge, but it’s your whole state.

    FLORIDA: But what about all these kids here on spring break?? They spend a lot of money here!

    CALIFORNIA: Those kids invented the tide pod challenge. Shut down your state.

    LOUISIANA: But wait let’s have Mardi Gras first. It entertains people.

    CALIFORNIA: It also kills them. Shut it down.

    GEORGIA: OK well how about we keep the state open for all of our mega-churches? Maybe we can all pray really hard until the coronavirus just goes away!

    CALIFORNIA: Which is working like a charm for mass shootings. Jesus told us to tell you to shut down your state.

    OKLAHOMA: What about the tigers?

    CALIFORNIA: What about a dentist? Shut it down.

    WYOMING: Hold up, maybe we should go county by county like the president said.

    CALIFORNIA: Stop acting like there are counties in Wyoming. There are no counties in Wyoming. Wyoming is a county. Shut it down.

    PENNSYLVANIA: But big coal.

    CALIFORNIA: But big death. Shut it.

    WEST VIRGINIA: But we were the last state to get coronavirus!

    CALIFORNIA: And don’t make us explain to you why that was. Shut it down.

    NORTH CAROLINA: But the republican national convention is coming here!

    CALIFORNIA: SHUT... OK, fine do what you want.

    • Like 2
  2. 13 hours ago, Hate said:

    It would also be common more during this time of year with the drastic changes in temperature if it is your house settling. I’ll bet it stops during the summer.

    This is correct.

    It is not at all uncommon for movement in any structure, whether steel framed or lumber.  & FYI, decking is (supposed to be) installed with "H Clips" to allow for expansion movement AND provide some structural rigidity on the 8' sides.

    Nothing in the slightest to worry about.

    • Like 1
  3. A Philmont cancellation would be crushing, esp. for Crews that were denied last Summer due to the fires & took a rollover to 2020.

    As to getting parents on board with belt loops & advancement, honestly if the Scout or Adult Partner wasn't motivated before, it will probably be equally difficult to get them on board now even though they have the available time to get every available loop or pin for that particular rank.

    All I can suggest is that you position this as a way for the Adult Partner to get in some quality time that provides a structured method, i.e. the various loops have a plan & list of what to do, so "no thinking / having to come up with ideas on your own" for something new & interesting.

  4. With the advent of the "Tea Party", I was prescient enough to know they wouldn't stick to anything exclusively economic & would simply devolve into the same tired Evangelical Republican / Contract with America moral outrage bullshit.

    Where's my cookie?

  5. 20 hours ago, Okie State said:
    20 hours ago, ROFL BOX said:
    Your shingle instructions are on the bundle wrapper.  5" Offset, do NOT go with a "racking" (brick layout) method.

    Use felt with plastic caps, drip edge nailed on the proper sequence, starter strip trimmed so the edges don't line up with the first course edges & it wouldn't hurt to buy a high profile ridge cap from a specialty supplier (i.e. "real" roofing house vs. Depot or Lowe's) that is designed to work on a steep slope ridge.

    Thanks for the tips. Surprisingly I think all of that was my plan. Shit takes me forever but I'm a perfectionist.

    Forgot to remind this as well:  Drip edge goes OVER the felt on the rakes (angled L & R edges) & drip edge goes UNDER the vapor barrier for the eaves.  Get a 2" x 2" minimum & if you want the best, get a custom bend that is 4" on the deck x 2" on the face.  If you want to paint the drip edge, go with a custom fab shop that will make you some drip edge out of "Paint Grip".

    What region do you live in?

    • Like 1
  6. My wife is a got dammed legend for taking the lid off of something / unwrapping / unboxing it, dropping that on the counter & walking off without putting it in the recycling / trash / whatever.  Like, unscrew the cap from orange juice & peel off the seal, then eventually putting the OJ back in the fridge but the seal just sits there on the counter.

    • Like 2
  7. 12 minutes ago, Okie State said:

    Quarantine has given me some time to finally work on this again. Finished the cedar shake. All that's left is the asphalt shingles and it should be good to go.402d3d8733642dd97684abcc7d294a84.jpg

    Your shingle instructions are on the bundle wrapper.  5" Offset, do NOT go with a "racking" (brick layout) method.

    Use felt with plastic caps, drip edge nailed on the proper sequence, starter strip trimmed so the edges don't line up with the first course edges & it wouldn't hurt to buy a high profile ridge cap from a specialty supplier (i.e. "real" roofing house vs. Depot or Lowe's) that is designed to work on a steep slope ridge.

    • Like 1
  8. FYI & slightly related, homes with an attic based air handler will commonly have 2 drain ports for the condenser collection pan ("drain pan") that TwiceHorn was mantioning.

    One is inconspicuous, usually near the AC compressor (that's the outside component). The 2nd drain line is placed over a window. The idea is if the primary gets backed up, the secondary will start to work & they want it dripping over a window so it might get noticed.

    To clear the line, 1st try some compressed air. For the 2nd step, make a bleach solution, maybe 5% bleach with 90% H20 & pour that through the drain line as the follow up.

    If you don't have any equipment available to blast air, straighten out a coat hanger & maybe poke down the line a bit however be careful to not get anything stuck.

    Either way, do the water / bleach solution.




    *5% Aggy tears

    Sent from my SM-G950U1 using Tapatalk

    • Like 2
  9. If you're not a stay at home worker, you might just be experiencing it for the first time, its starting to get warm outside, things feel different,  or it could be your attic, the turbines on your roof finally rusted enough not to turn, sofit vents arent doing their job, etc
    Assuming he has adequate insulation for the attic void, intake / exhaust ventilation is not going to be the issue as those components do zero for his living space.

    Sent from my SM-G950U1 using Tapatalk

×
×
  • Create New...