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House repairs can be summed up with two rules:

1) If it moves and it shouldn't - use duct tape.

2) If it doesn't move and it should - use WD-40.

 
I used to work in Master Control for a PBS station and playing the Red Green show on Tuesday nights was one of the perks for me.

Quando omni flunkus moritati.

 
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sasquatc4 said:
guess they just dont build em like they used to. When we moved into this house ~6-7 years ago, they were still using the furnace and AC that probably came with the house which was built in the mid-70's
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They don't. And its not AC and furnaces its pretty much everything. Cell phone, microwave, washer, dryer, etc. Its all built to last just past the warranty and then fail in such a way that its more practical to buy a replacement than to repair.

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God, I love the Red Green Show... Wish it was on TV in this part of the country. (I've only ever seen it on PBS while in Washington State. Its filmed, or was filmed, in Canada.)

 
They def. don't make them like they used to.  Any new construction probably from 1990 onwards (maybe even 1980) is usually just cheap crap that will last you 10 years if you're lucky.  I've seen AC units fail on apartments that are like 10 years old or less.  Here in GA it's usually the AC and not the furnace.  The furnaces seem to have a longer life and I assume the intense heat and constant running of the AC units contribute to their breakdown in the south versus more temperate parts of the country, but it's still BS.  Last apt. we were in we got those portable AC units they sell because it was cheaper to get those for every room than it was to replace the AC unit and tbh honest they worked a lot better since you could control each room and didn't have to rely on poorly placed temp gauges.  

I guess this just turned into the AC thread.  Will MysterD have something to say about AC?  Probably not since he's in Boston and a lot of places up there don't have AC.  I think most don't, at least not when I was there.  But I'll wait + see if MysterD will surprise me.  

 
IAmTheCheapestFox said:
They def. don't make them like they used to. Any new construction probably from 1990 onwards (maybe even 1980) is usually just cheap crap that will last you 10 years if you're lucky. I've seen AC units fail on apartments that are like 10 years old or less. Here in GA it's usually the AC and not the furnace. The furnaces seem to have a longer life and I assume the intense heat and constant running of the AC units contribute to their breakdown in the south versus more temperate parts of the country, but it's still BS. Last apt. we were in we got those portable AC units they sell because it was cheaper to get those for every room than it was to replace the AC unit and tbh honest they worked a lot better since you could control each room and didn't have to rely on poorly placed temp gauges.

I guess this just turned into the AC thread. Will MysterD have something to say about AC? Probably not since he's in Boston and a lot of places up there don't have AC. I think most don't, at least not when I was there. But I'll wait + see if MysterD will surprise me.
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He'll think AC is AssCreed and start waxing nostaligic on AC2 and it's low hard drive footprint and low VRAMS reqs....

 
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Liked for Red Green. Unliked for the quote not being Red Green.

INMATEofARKHAM said:
God, I love the Red Green Show... Wish it was on TV in this part of the country. (I've only ever seen it on PBS while in Washington State. Its filmed, or was filmed, in Canada.)
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WELL HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU!!

https://www.youtube.com/user/RedGreenTV

All the episodes, free ad supported "free".

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As for the HVAC discussion.

My house was built in the 50s, furnace is probably that old. It sounds like a bomb when it kicks on (it's gas) and probably has worse fuel economy than a tank but it still works great.

No central air though. :( But a window unit (with a floor fan when it gets extra hot) works good enough for the parts of the house I use.

 
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I have a sister/brother in law up there, they definitely do, but its all window units from my experience, just like NJ and NYC. fuck window units.
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I spent a few summers up there without window units at school and coming from Texas I was like WTF?!?! I mean it was fine for like 99% of the time, but those days it hit the 90s I got nothing done unless I went to the library.

 
IAmTheCheapestFox said:
I spent a few summers up there without window units at school and coming from Texas I was like WTF?!?! I mean it was fine for like 99% of the time, but those days it hit the 90s I got nothing done unless I went to the library.
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How long ago was that? I never visited Boston until like 2010. It was this time of year and every place I went to in that timeframe and since had some form of AC. It was very reminiscent of NYC Metro area.

The only place Ive been to in recent years city wise for a significant amount of time (a week at least) in the summer that was more devoid of AC than having it was Toronto and even there most of the condos/newer construction have central since they need heat in the winter so they just have both. The older buildings tended to be without anything.

 
IAmTheCheapestFox said:
I spent a few summers up there without window units at school and coming from Texas I was like WTF?!?! I mean it was fine for like 99% of the time, but those days it hit the 90s I got nothing done unless I went to the library.
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How long ago was that? I never visited Boston until like 2010. It was this time of year and every place I went to in that timeframe and since had some form of AC. It was very reminiscent of NYC Metro area.

The only place Ive been to in recent years city wise for a significant amount of time (a week at least) in the summer that was more devoid of AC than having it was Toronto and even there most of the condos/newer construction have central since they need heat in the winter so they just have both. The older buildings tended to be without anything.

 
DD83 said:
I figured. I don't remember seeing anything about it here though. I don't really look at other threads much.

I was checking on the site every few weeks, as I had a couple duplicate keys on there that I hadn't added to my "dupe keys" file, and noticed that thread recently.

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6000 and a 3000 coin games coming soon to dissapointment.gg
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just hit a 60 day streak yesterday and im beginning to wonder why. Today better rock socks or im ejecting.

 
Yeah it's crazy how some furnaces from the 70s are still working today.  They absolutely don't make stuff like they used to; new appliances are made to fail just past the warranty.  The new stuff lasts like 8-12 years.   Our new furnaces + AC from about 8 years ago go out every two years because this dumb little metal rod inside the sensor box called the "flame sensor" needs to be replaced every two years.   Or else the heat won't kick in.  So anyone who doesn't know exactly what they are doing requires a $170 visit every couple years just to get them in the door to replace a little metal pin.  It's a giant racket. 

I had my hot water heater replaced this year and that one was from 1987.  You'll never get 30 years out of a hot water heater ever again. 

 
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My biggest complain with a window unit is the constant white noise.
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I got used to it espc at night to the point where when we stopped using them as it got colder it was harder to sleep at first without the noise. I dont need them where I am now since we have central but window units were always a pain. The big one we kept in the living room was like 10000 BTUs and was super heavy and while it was over the backyard I was always worried about it falling out, and had to duct tape the area around the window because the plastic things to cover up the window never seemed to cover everything. The worst part is when something goes wrong, its almost always cheaper to replace than service. The way our old house was situated was in direct sunlight so the sun regularly took one of them out because it just beat down on it all day.

 
DD83 said:
My biggest complain with a window unit is the constant white noise.
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Racist.

archibishopofBAH said:
How long ago was that? I never visited Boston until like 2010. It was this time of year and every place I went to in that timeframe and since had some form of AC. It was very reminiscent of NYC Metro area.

The only place Ive been to in recent years city wise for a significant amount of time (a week at least) in the summer that was more devoid of AC than having it was Toronto and even there most of the condos/newer construction have central since they need heat in the winter so they just have both. The older buildings tended to be without anything.
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I mean, this was years ago, 14 to 17, and yes all I ever stayed in was way older places so they didn't have central. I assume all new construction anywhere will just go for central nowadays. But even in Seattle, we stayed in an older place and it had no AC, but had a furnace and it's been getting hot in Seattle during the summer.

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Yeah it's crazy how some furnaces from the 70s are still working today. They absolutely don't make stuff like they used to; new appliances are made to fail just past the warranty. The new stuff lasts like 8-12 years. Our new furnaces + AC from about 8 years ago go out every two years because this dumb little metal rod inside the sensor box called the "flame sensor" needs to be replaced every two years. Or else the heat won't kick in. So anyone who doesn't know exactly what they are doing requires a $170 visit every couple years just to get them in the door to replace a little metal pin. It's a giant racket.

I had my hot water heater replaced this year and that one was from 1987. You'll never get 30 years out of a hot water heater ever again.
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Yep, we just had to replace water heater that was less than 10 years old. It had apparently rusted out at the bottom for years now and finally just burst and spilled all into the garage. When they showed us the rusty sludge inside it was disgusting to think we'd been using water from that tank.

 
replaced the combo heater/ac unit in my condo about 5 years ago.  In Socal so dont use the heater much, but the ac was not keeping  so the whole things gotta go.   It was from 1978.  They needed to bring a crane in to get it off the second story.

You could see it raining rust dust as they were bringing it down.  The beast was still a trooper and would still run but there was just no bringing it back to an adequate cooling level.

 
IAmTheCheapestFox said:
But even in Seattle, we stayed in an older place and it had no AC, but had a furnace and it's been getting hot in Seattle during the summer.
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Yea this is a good point. We lived on 4th and Bell right downtown in a old building for more than 5 years and did not have AC at all there, but this was late 90s to early aughts and if it hit 90 while we were living there it was rare and even in the 80s it was easy to make due with fans. Never had AC in Seattle until we moved to Queen Anne and the condo there had central.

 
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My biggest complain with a window unit is the constant white noise.
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Nothing371 said:
...go out every two years because this dumb little metal rod inside the sensor box called the "flame sensor" needs to be replaced every two years. Or else the heat won't kick in.
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Try pulling it out and rubbing it down with very fine sandpaper or even a crisp dollar bill. I have to do that with my sensor pin maybe once a year to clean off the accumulated residue or else the furnace enters a cycle of firing up and immediately turning off because the sensor is dirty.

 
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Yep, we just had to replace water heater that was less than 10 years old. It had apparently rusted out at the bottom for years now and finally just burst and spilled all into the garage. When they showed us the rusty sludge inside it was disgusting to think we'd been using water from that tank.
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DD83 said:
Chances are your city's water mains looks about the same.
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This is why a case Aquafina bottles for $3.99, or a jug of water from the grocery store is the best investment ever. Our tap water is top-notch actually, but how can a person drink that stuff!

 
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I mean, this was years ago, 14 to 17, and yes all I ever stayed in was way older places so they didn't have central. I assume all new construction anywhere will just go for central nowadays. But even in Seattle, we stayed in an older place and it had no AC, but had a furnace and it's been getting hot in Seattle during the summer.
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Neither of our apartments (Bremerton) we had up there when I was in the Navy had AC, central, window, nothing... The first apartment was so miserably hot that I actually hated going home when my workday ended. I would have bought a window unit but even those where in stores around there. At least not Walmart's and Targets and I know the Walmart I got to around here has a whole isle full of window units. The best we could do was fans that where designed to sit in windows like an AC unit. (Luckily, our second apartment was so much better)

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I had my hot water heater replaced this year and that one was from 1987. You'll never get 30 years out of a hot water heater ever again.
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We replaced ours I want to say a year or so ago... It was at least 20 years old if I remember correctly as it was an Montgomery Ward model and "Electronic Ave" retailer closed up in town in 2001 so it could have even been older

DD83 said:
Chances are your city's water mains looks about the same.
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Yeah, and hopefully the lead isn't leeching into the water...

 
INMATEofARKHAM said:
Hit me up if you want too. I got a furnace/AC check going on right now.. So far my 5 year old AC is going to cost me 705 bucks and the shit wasn't even broken... This is just a tune up!

So, yeah, going to be in the mood to kill something after this is done. :lol:
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That would've been cool, but I ended up going to lunch with co-workers, so no PUBG for me. I'll see if I can pop in for a couple of rounds tonight after packing.

 
Syntax Error said:
Try pulling it out and rubbing it down with very fine sandpaper or even a crisp dollar bill. I have to do that with my sensor pin maybe once a year to clean off the accumulated residue or else the furnace enters a cycle of firing up and immediately turning off because the sensor is dirty.
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It's funny you mention that. I tried that last year and it still didn't work. Then again I was using various towels. Going to head back into the fray again this winter equipped with sandpaper and steel wool +1.

(It's actually very finnicky to remove the sensor bar in my unit. It's in the back of a tiny box so you need a tiny ratchet, and have to unhinge a couple wires as well. They purposely designed these things to be nondescript and hidden from DIY.)

 
Speaking of HVAC, I used to be an HVAC engineer though mostly designed commercial buildings.  I think residential is typically done by the sq.ft. / ton.  Sadly, my place now does not have central air and the windows don't fit regular window units so we have to use those expensive portable ones.  

 
Blade said:
Wow, you guys are all old.
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When something breaks these days, I try to get my older son to watch me fix it or assist. I figure he should probably know how to reseat a toilet or replace a sink drain but he usually has a look on him like I'm talking to a frog. I suppose eventually houses will be made of 3D printed plastic and you kids will just throw away everything once a year and buy new ones :oldman: :oldman: :oldman:

 
Nothing371 said:
Yeah it's crazy how some furnaces from the 70s are still working today. They absolutely don't make stuff like they used to; new appliances are made to fail just past the warranty. The new stuff lasts like 8-12 years. Our new furnaces + AC from about 8 years ago go out every two years because this dumb little metal rod inside the sensor box called the "flame sensor" needs to be replaced every two years. Or else the heat won't kick in. So anyone who doesn't know exactly what they are doing requires a $170 visit every couple years just to get them in the door to replace a little metal pin. It's a giant racket.

I had my hot water heater replaced this year and that one was from 1987. You'll never get 30 years out of a hot water heater ever again.
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Tankless or traditional?

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Syntax Error said:
When something breaks these days, I try to get my older son to watch me fix it or assist. I figure he should probably know how to reseat a toilet or replace a sink drain but he usually has a look on him like I'm talking to a frog. I suppose eventually houses will be made of 3D printed plastic and you kids will just throw away everything once a year and buy new ones :oldman: :oldman: :oldman:
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Usually when my father tried teaching me something he didn't think I knew, I'd have the same look. I grew up in the 90's, but my near middle-agedness makes me inclined to agree with you all the same. The entire scope of society is leaning more towards expendability these days.

 
Blade said:
Usually when my father tried teaching me something he didn't think I knew, I'd have the same look.
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Believe me, he doesn't know. Which is how I get involved in the first place.

"Dad, the sink is clogged."

"Did you check the J-trap?"

"I don't know what any of that means."

 
Maybe if we didn't get rid of home ec or shop class but I'm pretty sure The American Way now is to pay people to do stuff for us.

 
Syntax Error said:
When something breaks these days, I try to get my older son to watch me fix it or assist. I figure he should probably know how to reseat a toilet or replace a sink drain but he usually has a look on him like I'm talking to a frog. I suppose eventually houses will be made of 3D printed plastic and you kids will just throw away everything once a year and buy new ones :oldman: :oldman: :oldman:
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I do the same with my kids, but they have absolutely zero interest in any of it, which kind of amazes me. I grew up tearing things apart & fixing things around the house. I even wired the basement & installed baseboard heating when I was about 16. Our current house is about 10 years old & I can't think of a single appliance or fixture I haven't had to repair or replace at least once. None of it is that hard, you just have to be willing to dive in & try. I figure I can't break things any worse than they're already broken. But yes, DIY is a DYIng art. :rofl:

PS - I build my own computers & they last longer than most HVAC systems.

 
I grew up as a tinkerer too, but it's not really possible for most things nowadays. Everything is computers and IC and proprietary.

Even when something around the house breaks, I'm calling maintenance. I'm paying for it already, so why would I go out and buy a toilet gasket when it's free otherwise?

I'm not allowed to change my own oil legally without renting a space with car lift either, which is not very common.

Things are designed to be serviceable nowadays, for the most part.

 
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I can't wait until I'm old enough to teach the next generation how to do shit and then complain how the new generation doesn't know how to do shit.

 
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There's no IP check, so if you have two email addresses, you can try both. :whistle2:
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Gen Con 2017 Steam Keys Redemption is on hold

Due to the very high demand, we have to pause the free game redemption program until August 17th, when Gen Con opens. Thank you for your patience and your understanding.

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Waggles said:
I can't wait until I'm old enough to teach the next generation how to do shit and then complain how the new generation doesn't know how to do shit.
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What is your generation going to do? Teach your kids how to sit around and do nothing on your cell phone and complain on social media about everything?

 
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