Home Improvement Today?

Never noticed that

 

While i understand being critical of your own work, if someone is going to nit pick you for that, he needs new friends...

 

It's MY deck and I got to see it everyday.

The joist? Mmm, the crown would be pointed down and the gap would still be there.

Honestly, I doubt that anyone else would even see it, or not know what they're looking at. I know it's there... OCD can be a demon to tame sometimes. Honestly, the 1/4" drop off of plane probably would even be noticed since it's a corner, it just bugs me.

 

I gots some OCD, just replace it and be done with it.

 

Temporarily support the deck joists and rip out and replace the beam , or nuke the entire site from orbit , its the only way to be sure

 

Start over then

 

replaced all my 50 year old threaded galvanized last year with Pex-A never noticed any off taste or smell

 

Do you know anyone with the launch codes? I could take care of the pesky neighbors and the nonstop barking dog at the same time. 2 fer 1!

 

OCD sucks doesn't it. My brother in law is a builder and home remodeler. I was stressing about a tiling job I'd done and all of the visible mistakes. After he inspected my work he offered the following advice. "You've just spent the past week with your nose 12 inches away from the project. Step back and you can't see any of your mistakes and I guarantee nobody but you will ever notice them." If you must have perfection rip it out and do it over. Personally, I've done just that on some projects because it made a difference to me. Other mistakes get made structurally sound and I move on. It sounds like this is your dilemma.

 

bingo

 

I suffer from CDO. It’s like OCD but in alphabetical order like it should be.

 

The older I get the more comfortable I am with "done is better than perfect".

 

I read PEX pipes leaches chemicals in the water. The water has to be ran to get rid of old water. Worst when new.

 

A skunk pee in the well.

 

Does a magnet stick to galvanized pipe?

I have one unidentified pipe before the water meter. In order to replace it I need the water department to shut off the water main from the road.

 

Yes

 

Does a magnet stick to lead?

 

No

 

I’ve never noticed an issues with taste in pex. My whole house is pex, just flush the lines for 1 hour if you’re really worried. My worry with pex is more about the plastic 90s lifespan not being 50 years and being more like 10-15 but time will tell.

please read this. https://www.ldh.la.gov/assets/oph/Center-EH/engineering/LCR/Lead_Pipe_Identification.pdf