what did you do around the house today?

[Brent.ff]

Installed these for our rain barrels to allow it to bypass to the eavestrough when full

[B.Spilner]

Installed barrina Leds in the garage.

[cycosis]

Really growing into my suburban dad stereotype. Got myself a shed.

[ThePenIsMightier]

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Installed these for our rain barrels to allow it to bypass to the eavestrough when full

That will take awhile to fill...

[brucebanner]

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That will take awhile to fill...

Yes, there needs to be some good rain to fill a approximately 45 gal drum but that BYPASS is a good idea to go through the eavestrough instead of overflowing...

[ThePenIsMightier]

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Yes, there needs to be some good rain to fill a approximately 45 gal drum but that BYPASS is a good idea to go through the eavestrough instead of overflowing...

Mine was more a tongue-in-cheek response to the apparent lack of inlet.
As configured, that barrel will not fill (reach that bypass) in 100 years.

I'm sure the portion of the pic we are seeing isn't telling the whole story.

[brucebanner]

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Mine was more a tongue-in-cheek response to the apparent lack of inlet.
As configured, that barrel will not fill (reach that bypass) in 100 years.

I'm sure the portion of the pic we are seeing isn't telling the whole story.

Guess my sarcasm detector was broken. I checked, and it seems to be working fine again.

[03ozwhip]

Took down a hood fan and installed an OTR. Well it definitely wasn't setup for an OTR. Had to cut a bunch if drywall, a 2x6 out, build a new frame in there, move the 220 down and out of the way and then cut the hole for venting, then reinstall drywall.

Was a "nice" project lol

[Brent.ff]

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Mine was more a tongue-in-cheek response to the apparent lack of inlet.
As configured, that barrel will not fill (reach that bypass) in 100 years.

I'm sure the portion of the pic we are seeing isn't telling the whole story.

ha, ya, inlet is on other side of barrel. Has worked well so far in the storms

[pheoxs]

Would a barrel work with a soaker hose? I thought about putting one on the corner of my house then using it to water the flowers beds but I'm lazy as fuck and would be nice to just leave a soaker hose across the beds and then it opens and drains a few days after the rain.

Or would there not be enough pressure to work properly?

[ThePenIsMightier]

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Would a barrel work with a soaker hose? I thought about putting one on the corner of my house then using it to water the flowers beds but I'm lazy as fuck and would be nice to just leave a soaker hose across the beds and then it opens and drains a few days after the rain

My gut says no. Not enough water pressure from static head.

[jwslam]

gotta get some height on it

[Brent.ff]

If you're just wanting it to dribble out vs actually spraying, i dont see why a soaker hose wouldnt be kind of perfect.. you're not going to get it to spray, but if you snake the hose through the garden i think it would probably soak enough over a few days...

[R-Audi]

I messed up on saturday.

Went to change the pressure and temperature valves in two showers... water main shut off was corroded, and I had to really crank it to shut of the water. In fact, hard enough that the knob snapped off.. in the closed position.
Called a plumber on the weekend and he was nice enough to tell me it would be cheaper to check into a hotel and wait till monday, but my parents were out of town so we stayed there. Monday we talked to the original plumber.. booked for two weeks. Found another and they came out this morning and made an emergency call to Enmax to shut off our water main. Turns out our water main valve is broken too! So now that valve has to be replaced, but luckily for us the plumber was able to use vice grips to turn our water on temporarily... so basically now its hope to hell that something doesnt happen where we need to turn off our water in the next two weeks.. fun fun.

[88CRX]

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I messed up on saturday.

Went to change the pressure and temperature valves in two showers... water main shut off was corroded, and I had to really crank it to shut of the water. In fact, hard enough that the knob snapped off.. in the closed position.
Called a plumber on the weekend and he was nice enough to tell me it would be cheaper to check into a hotel and wait till monday, but my parents were out of town so we stayed there. Monday we talked to the original plumber.. booked for two weeks. Found another and they came out this morning and made an emergency call to Enmax to shut off our water main. Turns out our water main valve is broken too! So now that valve has to be replaced, but luckily for us the plumber was able to use vice grips to turn our water on temporarily... so basically now its hope to hell that something doesnt happen where we need to turn off our water in the next two weeks.. fun fun.

Not the first time I've heard of main water shutoff valves breaking. You'd think in 20-fucking-21 that a better valve could be utilized.

[ExtraSlow]

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Not the first time I've heard of main water shutoff valves breaking. You'd think in 20-fucking-21 that a better valve could be utilized.

You'd think that they'd use a valve that had a 50-year service life, not the cheap $2 one that seems standard.

[gmc72]

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Would a barrel work with a soaker hose? I thought about putting one on the corner of my house then using it to water the flowers beds but I'm lazy as fuck and would be nice to just leave a soaker hose across the beds and then it opens and drains a few days after the rain.

Or would there not be enough pressure to work properly?

This is what we do. But it takes a while. We just leave it on all day for it to drain the barrel. Not a great option though.

[R-Audi]

To add to my plumbing woes, my garage door broke when coming home from work. Cable and spring snapped. At least I found a guy who was able to come out this morning at 9am and fix everything. Damage wasnt too bad, $440 and I was up and running again.
Used https://garagedoorrepairman.ca/ and they were great!

[JfuckinC]

fuck you're having a tough run! at least its all happening in summer, i feel like winter would be worse haha.. hopefully that's all for now eh

[ShermanEF9]

Sounds like someone needs a vacation and a drink or six.