The Home Improvement Thread

[Silverback]

Oh no. They are ugly

 

[TacoXpo]

 

[Silverback]

Built another loft area in the garage for storage above. It's 15'x6'. Ran out of wood to build the front "wall". But she's stout and will help clear up some clutter around here. Not a ladder up front but the start of the "wall". Plan to have a few more pieces like that across the right side along with skinning it with some plywood and then paint to match walls. Should allow me to hang shit on that wall easier. To include cabinets.
Will install some led lighting underneath as well to led me see WTF I'm looking for once it's done.

 

[Taco Loco]

Built another loft area in the garage for storage above. It's 15'x6'. Ran out of wood to build the front "wall". But she's stout and will help clear up some clutter around here. Not a ladder up front but the start of the "wall". Plan to have a few more pieces like that across the right side along with skinning it with some plywood and then paint to match walls. Should allow me to hang shit on that wall easier. To include cabinets.
Will install some led lighting underneath as well to led me see WTF I'm looking for once it's done.

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Bunk for the sex slave!

 

[TacoXpo]

Bunk for the sex slave!

Time to build a basement. May be able to hear her crys for help from there.

 

[Silverback]

Good idea!!

 

[Anathollo]

Time to build a basement. May be able to hear her crys for help from there.

Not if you do it right, they won't

 

[Silverback]

LMAO. Duct tape and ball gag!!

 

[thekidcatcher]

Duck tape and an Alaskan pipeline

 

[Silverback]

Lmao.

 

[Silverback]

Genie garage door opener on the main side of the garage is taking a shit. 2.5 years old, builder grade I guess. Fucking thing won't shut the door all the way. Leaves it open about an inch or 2. Its getting worse. I can manually push the down button on the opener to make it go down further, but the 'memory' function is not working. So, off to Home Depot and I picked up a 1.25 horse Chamberlain with battery backup, wifi and an app so I can tell if its open from anywhere on my phone. Even close it or open it remotely. Now the conspiracy theory side of me says thats not good, someone can hack it. Well if they really want in, I'm sure there are easier ways than trying to hack my garage door opener. I may be wrong. I love the idea of being able to check it from work. There have been many mornings on my way to work where I think.. did I shut the door? It has an autocloser on it, but it has an override ability (if you want it left open longer than 5 minutes or 10 minutes, the next iteration is leaving it open all the time). Anyhow, once the horn is fixed thats next. Busy day.

 

[tex]

Genie garage door opener on the main side of the garage is taking a shit. 2.5 years old, builder grade I guess. Fucking thing won't shut the door all the way. Leaves it open about an inch or 2. Its getting worse. I can manually push the down button on the opener to make it go down further, but the 'memory' function is not working. So, off to Home Depot and I picked up a 1.25 horse Chamberlain with battery backup, wifi and an app so I can tell if its open from anywhere on my phone. Even close it or open it remotely. Now the conspiracy theory side of me says thats not good, someone can hack it. Well if they really want in, I'm sure there are easier ways than trying to hack my garage door opener. I may be wrong. I love the idea of being able to check it from work. There have been many mornings on my way to work where I think.. did I shut the door? It has an autocloser on it, but it has an override ability (if you want it left open longer than 5 minutes or 10 minutes, the next iteration is leaving it open all the time). Anyhow, once the horn is fixed thats next. Busy day.

I have sometimes wished my opener would crap out so I can get the Wifi one.
I just picked up some siding and trim to install on the outside of the house. Thankful I have access to a trailer so I am not trying to strap 4x8 sheets of siding or 16' trim pieces to the 4 runner.
On another note, the 4r did great towing a 16 trailer around town, even with some stiff northern winds.

 

[tx_shooter]

I have circled the block more than a few times to check that my garage door closed all the way. The wifi app may be an interesting add on.

 

[Silverback]

I picked up a auto door closer off Amazon about 2 years ago.. Autocloser is the brand. Mine is this one http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/172035611228?ul_noapp=true&chn=ps&lpid=82 Appears they have new ones now. It works great! I basically mounts on the front of the opener. Has an electronic eye that watches this reflective piece that you attach to the top of the door. When it opens it then "sees" the reflective piece and goes into a countdown mode. After 5 minutes it beeps and then closes the door. You can manually override it for another 5 minutes by pushing the small button you can mount anywhere (mine is on the bottom of the door opener). Push it twice and it overrides the whole thing.. leaving it open until you go push the normal button to open or close the door.

 

[tex]

I picked up a auto door closer off Amazon about 2 years ago.. Autocloser is the brand. Mine is this one http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/172035611228?ul_noapp=true&chn=ps&lpid=82 Appears they have new ones now. It works great! I basically mounts on the front of the opener. Has an electronic eye that watches this reflective piece that you attach to the top of the door. When it opens it then "sees" the reflective piece and goes into a countdown mode. After 5 minutes it beeps and then closes the door. You can manually override it for another 5 minutes by pushing the small button you can mount anywhere (mine is on the bottom of the door opener). Push it twice and it overrides the whole thing.. leaving it open until you go push the normal button to open or close the door.

Good to know.

 

[Silverback]

This new garage door opener is swanky! Damn its quiet.. the wifi and app feature work flawlessly. Very impressed!

 

[tex]

Built this table for the man cave today. Used a bed frame that someone left in the hallway of my friends apartment. Cut some cedar 1x4 for the slats.

 

[Silverback]

That's awesome man. I see the space heater. Do you have AC for summer months?

 

[tex]

That's awesome man. I see the space heater. Do you have AC for summer months?

There is AC but no heat. The space is more for the dog since its right next to her bed. I normally use a dish heater to heat it up.

 

[Silverback]

Very nice. Is there a dog door?