Everything posted by joe dirt
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Yes: Pools are worth it....
mission accomplished.
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Recommend me a mesh router
first i took inventory of all the wires we actually used. the little shitty builder enclosure was stuffed with tons of unterminated coax. i did decide to keep them accessible just in case, but i coiled them thru the extra punch downs on the top right. i picked the keystone panel, 1/2 shelves and power supply based on the brand enclosure i went with (legrand/on-q) since i knew they would fit right. i’m sure there’s cheaper ways though. then i used excel (fuck off) to map everything out so i knew what size enclosure i needed. bought a cheap punch down tool, watched a 2 min youtube video on terminating cat 5e and off i went.
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Yes: Pools are worth it....
do they bring the bees to the yard? i’m already planning out some trellis building over the weekend. just maybe not this one haha.
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Yes: Pools are worth it....
what this is? vine? i need names! ⬇️ i have the active 30 and it’s legit. we run her once per week, she keeps our floors sparkling. got her from marina. shipping was fast af and price was right. https://marinapoolspaandpatio.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Robotic-Cleaner-Comparisons-2021.pdf
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Yes: Pools are worth it....
it’s a jandy actuator, but looks pretty similar internally. i tried switching it with the return side and nothing. the toggle not working either. seems like it’s not getting power at all, yet it does turn over to the spa mode. it’s baffling. our build was completed in november so surely it’ll be covered under warranty, if i can get my builder to reply haha.
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Yes: Pools are worth it....
new issue, not sure how it could be weather related. my return side actuator is only going in to spa mode in the aqua link app. when i switch to pool mode, only the suction side actuates. i have to loosen the lever and manually turn it back to pool mode. not sure why it’ll turn one direction but not the other. question now is do i bother trying to fix, or do i just get a new actuator before they’re sold out everywhere?
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Cowboy Boots
never owned a pair boots in my life. after trudging through snow for a week, i’ve realized i need some damn waterproof/resistant work boots. don’t know shit about boots, so give me all your recommendations...go!
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Yes: Pools are worth it....
we’re very lucky. a lot of our hood is without. water on the other hand lost all pressure last night. it’s trickling out now but i might be resorting to pool water to flush toilets soon haha.
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Yes: Pools are worth it....
dirt falls still hanging in there in derkaville. i ended up breaking the ice buildup off the cascades along with whatever was on the pipes. here’s how we look this morning
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Recommend me a mesh router
i’ve tried orbi ac, orbi ax, nighthawk, google and google nest with varying success. orbi ax was the fastest for me, but wasn’t as stable as i needed. if it went offline, i had a hell of a time getting all my iot devices (light switches and shit) back online. sometimes would take days and a couple factory resets to get it all back. after about 6 months of this shit, i finally had enough and returned the orbi ax to costco. i ended up with a unifi dream machine, poe switch and a wifi 6 long range access point. it’s only been 3 weeks but so far it’s been the fastest and the most stable of everything i’ve tried. i had planned on another access point, but so far, i don’t have the need since everything seems strong to quite strong inside and out. as a bonus, it prompted me to rip out the bullshit “structured wiring box” the builder put in and install a better one. i wired everything up to a keystone panel and made it all look respectable to this novice’s eyes. the only issue so far is a double nat causing connectivity to the playstation network. instead of trying to fix it, i just dropped a line direct to my stepsons ps4. problem solved, and gta5 online has been running infinitely better for him.
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Cord Cutters Thread
ended up going with at&t tv with the contract. the 2nd year contract price puts me in line with what we had with uverse tv. when i called to cancel, they asked why so i told them we signed up for at&t tv in my wife’s name. the rep made sure to schedule my cancel date/time to coincide with the new installation of fiber to avoid downtime. she also gave us $10/mo discount for as long as we keep the acct. we paid $80/mo for internet under our uverse package, now we’re at $60/mo. they come to install tmrw, so i’m hoping we get set up with their new equipment.
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Yes: Pools are worth it....
it’s been two months since we filled ours with water. we’re still waiting for some kind of inserts that kick up the pressure in the spa jets. builder says they’ve been on back order with waterway since we started the build. in the meantime, our spa has minimal pressure. the kids don’t care, but it feels like we’re just sitting in a big ass bathtub.
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Yes: Pools are worth it....
we’re in that ballpark as well price wise. 16k gallons rectangle with spa, sheer descents, travertine etc.
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Cord Cutters Thread
our annual uverse promo is up in a few weeks and we’re looking to switch to something else. called today to see if there was any retention type offers if i switched to att tv. here’s what i’ve learned so far once we cancel uverse, we can never get it back their “retention” offer to migrate to att tv costs more than the new customer price by 25% seems that att tv is the contract version of contract free att tv now att tv price increases to att tv now prices in 2nd yr ($80/mo yr 1, $135/mo yr 2) signing up with the wife’s info nets us $400 gc to offset the yr2 price increase we just finished trials of yttv, att and hulu live. what i’m quickly learning is that all these streaming services are the same, and there’s not really much difference price wise to cable/uverse. i’m leaning toward canceling uverse just so i can get att back out to reinstall the fiber lines with their new equipment. my shit is 7 years old already.
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Donald Trump 2020
probably been asked and answered already, but ... supposing this dipshit does pardon his dipshit spawn(s?), would that render them ineligible to run for public office?
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the trump election lawsuit thread of dominance
- Yes: Pools are worth it....
for those who have a service, what are y’all paying per month? the company our builder set us up with to open the pool and do the pool school wants to charge $200/mo. that seems high af to me considering i only see this guy out there for maybe 15min at a time. was gonna roll with them for a while until i figured out the chemistry but fuck all that noise time for some on the job training haha.- 2020 Coaching Search SHITFIRE EDITION -MS PAINT
fuck yes!- NextGen Consoles: PS-5 and XBox X
got a ship notification wednesday for my costco bundle and it still hasn’t been picked up by ups as of today. looks like it’s lost in the black friday abyss since they sent this email out: was hoping to play next week while i’m off, but that’s looking more and more unlikely.- Yes: Pools are worth it....
the peeps at tfp seem a bit judgy toward those of us who don’t go with salt water generators. i’d rather not risk salt water eroding my decking since replacing water is a hell of a lot better than replacing travertine.- NextGen Consoles: PS-5 and XBox X
i’ve been hoping for a ship notification from my 11/12 costco ps5 order. yesterday i got an email and thought it was a cancel notification, but they were just letting me know it’s still going to be shipping week of 11/23. the wait continues, but hopefully it doesn’t get lost in the black friday piles of shipments- Yes: Pools are worth it....
two days, but there’s no limestone in derkaville.- Yes: Pools are worth it....
took 36 hours, but finally got the pool filled with water over the weekend. buuuuut there was a good sized gouge on the spa bench that they needed to fix. apparently you can’t patch pebble bc they came and chipped it all out this morning 🤷🏽♂️ they also forgot the spotter tile things. the builder offered to chip out the entire pool and start over but fuck all that noise. i want them to just finish and gtfo. the sod is coming tmrw so the fucking plaster guys better get their shit done early. keep telling myself it’s almost over but not sure i really believe it.- 2018 Lawn and Landscape Thread
my trees are unruly. should i cut the lower branches off? i know they’re too close together, can’t do shit about that now.- Yes: Pools are worth it....
are they just saying it’s lack of labor? i think bc my guy is a one man show, he only has one set of each subcontractor group to do shit. in retrospect, i wish we’d have just gone with a cody or a&s type builder that probably has access to a larger labor pool. either way, this has been an even bigger pain in the ass than i thought. i will be holding this against my wife for the rest of my life since i never wanted it to begin with. - Yes: Pools are worth it....
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