what did you do around the house today?

[nzwasp]

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Shoot me a pm with an overall picture - probably tracks/door out of level. No they should last decades, something's off kilter causing a twist which is killing them off.

I had to replace about 4 of my hinges last November, but all of them had stress cracks like the ones he showed in his picture.

[nzwasp]

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In my 2am insomnia moment I thought it was prudent to buy some bobcat urine...

We have had mice continually burrow beneath our stamped concrete patio and a few have even made it into the house...
This spring will be all about mice mitigation... As the snow melted I found one more new hole. Very frustrating.

I was in my greenhouse yesterday to get a tool and I looked up and a mouse/vole ran across the ground infront of me, hadnt seen a live one in our backyard before, then this morning my daughter (5) was at the table and said theres a mouse on the snow out there, sure enough little bugger was running down the swale. Got some mouse traps in the post now. My friend a few houses down is thinking of spending $550 on pest control for the ones he has. I feel like there must be a youtube solution thats cheaper.

[vengie]

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I was in my greenhouse yesterday to get a tool and I looked up and a mouse/vole ran across the ground infront of me, hadnt seen a live one in our backyard before, then this morning my daughter (5) was at the table and said theres a mouse on the snow out there, sure enough little bugger was running down the swale. Got some mouse traps in the post now. My friend a few houses down is thinking of spending $550 on pest control for the ones he has. I feel like there must be a youtube solution thats cheaper.

We brought in an exterminator to get rid of the ones that made it in the house, they took care of that quick.
But they said for some reason there has been a massive spike in mice this year in Calgary.

Kill all the little bastards you can.

[88CRX]

See the 'Vole' thread.

https://forums.beyond.ca/threads/403...12#post4860812

They're most likely voles and most likely your lawn if fucked. Or maybe you lucked out and their just mice.

[nzwasp]

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We brought in an exterminator to get rid of the ones that made it in the house, they took care of that quick.
But they said for some reason there has been a massive spike in mice this year in Calgary.

Kill all the little bastards you can.

How were they getting into the house?

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See the 'Vole' thread.

https://forums.beyond.ca/threads/403...12#post4860812

They're most likely voles and most likely your lawn if fucked. Or maybe you lucked out and their just mice.

My lawn doesnt look like the vole tracks

[The_Rural_Juror]

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Wife is allergic! otherwise we would.

A shop vac disgusted as a shop cat works just as well.

[vengie]

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How were they getting into the house?



My lawn doesnt look like the vole tracks

My best guess is between the foundation and the house. Our stamped patio covers that section and it’s a hollow patio.
I have searched the house high and low (exterminator too) and this is what we came up with.
I have plans to make it much tougher for them to get under the patio this spring.

[AndyL]

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I had to replace about 4 of my hinges last November, but all of them had stress cracks like the ones he showed in his picture.

It's a common issue - usually because the doors off level or damaged. Until that parts fixed - the hinges will continue to fail.

But what do I know

[MalibuStacy]

Replaced all of the window arm assemblies in my seventh floor apartment. Not a fun job looking out over the void and being hit by wind...

[ShermanEF9]

Cleaned up my garage last night and put away most of my tools. only lost a few sockets in the garage. Also nearly had a bad accident with my toolbox. bottom drawers opened while i was loading it and it nearly tipped over. luckily i was able to catch it without hurting myself.

[mr2mike]

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Everyone should clean thier clogged sinks.

All these plumbing jobs, start your own sub forum.

[bjstare]

I finished putting a cold air return upstairs (previous owners of the house turned huge bedroom into two, and in the process eliminated the only cold air return on our second floor). No pics, because that's just a hole in the wall.

Also helped my dad do some soundproofing in their theater. If you haven't worked with Acoustiblok before, consider yourself lucky. It's goddamn heavy and awkward. We hung (literally?) tons of it.

[ExtraSlow]

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All these plumbing jobs, start your own sub forum.

Ya know, I tried twice....

[TomcoPDR]

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I finished putting a cold air return upstairs (previous owners of the house turned huge bedroom into two, and in the process eliminated the only cold air return on our second floor). No pics, because that's just a hole in the wall.

Also helped my dad do some soundproofing in their theater. If you haven't worked with Acoustiblok before, consider yourself lucky. It's goddamn heavy and awkward. We hung (literally?) tons of it.

How well do these mass vinyl stuff work? Do you need to use green glue as well?

[mr2mike]

Green glue is cheap not worth it to not use it at this point.

[TomcoPDR]

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Green glue is cheap not worth it to not use it at this point.

Ah good point.

[bjstare]

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How well do these mass vinyl stuff work? Do you need to use green glue as well?

It works really well. Not sure if it would be worth the cost IMO, but it does work. How well it works is directly correlated to how particular you are about installing it. No air gaps, boxes around electrical boxes/openings, acoustic sealant/tape on all joints... it's a real pain in the dick.

I don't think he's going to use green glue. It's not a cost thing, but the fact that with acoustiblok, the drywall gets installed on standoffs with an air gap; green glue works by sandwiching layers... it's just different. I'm happy to be proven wrong here though, I'm not an expert.

[cet]

I built a theater in my last house and from what I remember there are 4 elements to sound proofing.
- Decoupling
- Absorption
- Mass
- Damping

MLV provides the mass and damping. Green Glue provides just damping, the mass is gained by adding drywall. You could add both products if you really wanted but for most applications it's overkill.
In mine, I had staggered studs with a layer of 5/8 osb, green glue and a layer of 5/8 drywall. You couldn't hear anything outside of the room with the door closed.

[mr2mike]

Definitely!

Don't discount the decoupling of ceiling and walls.
Did my ceiling and still happy I did despite the original cost.

[Ekliptix]

Got all the white panels up on the garage walls. Replaced 1/2 the 4' light tubes with 4' LED tubes. You can see the difference in the pics. Paneling the ceiling remains.