Home Improvement Today?

Have you had any trouble with cold spots when doing things like hand washing dishes? I was wondering if it would be annoying when turning the water off and on. Which one do you have? I'm in need of replacing my power vented tank heater and would love to reclaim some space in my house

 

Finished our pass-through window project today! I never thought those gas struts were going to lift that 80lb window 90 degrees, but the old man was right again!




https://youtu.be/JfxpJTp60jE

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very curious to see how it handles weather. looks great though!

 

well, it's a good thing we generally don't have any weather; but El Nino may change that this winter!

 

Thats a cool concept for sure but wouldn't translate too well to where I live

Window seems to operate nicely

 

Getting a laundry room remodel down to the bones. Baby on the way and time to have a better setup.

 

are you near Vancouver?

 

Notched joists it looks like ?

 

Same general area , not on the mainland though

 

Notched concrete.... no other way to get water/drain for the sink on the other side. One Notched joist.

 

I will be in Richmond the day after Christmas playing in a hockey tournament. You should come see a game and watch us get our butt kicked!

 

I'm not on the mainland

 

can you canoe over??

 

and portage to Richmond , not happening

 

http://www.festoolusa.com/power-tools/sanders/drywall-sanders/planex-lhs-225-drywall-sander-571579. Picking this up and the ct36ac this week reviews to follow. A bit sad as Ive had my eyes on the domino and tracksaw for a while but at the rate I'm doing drywall lately we will see how it goes.

Pass-through window looks awesome.

 

Hopefully, the paying for itself might actually be difficult as the current project is time and material, so that's going to interesting.

 

...my current home improvement project...

this project will include:
- new tile around fireplace insert
- wood paneling (frame and panel) to dress the columns above mantel
- cornice moldings atop columns
- new wood mantel
- possibly some LED accent lighting

...before a couple scratch coats of thinset...


...setting the top course... the keystone element is marble that matches the marble hearth (currently covered by drop cloth)


...setting the bottom courses...

 

You probably cost yourself more money by having to re-heat 40 gallons of water each time your timer kicks on.

Conventional tank direct vent gas hot water heaters should cost $250-$300 a year to run. Possibly less. So, pay back would be 10-20 years.

They may estimate that the tankless last 20 years but, they carry the same or very similar warranties and with more complex electronics there's no way I would trust it. But, if you have the money to pay for the more expensive one up front and want to save the space and a little on monthly bills. Go for it and let us know how it works!

 

I have never had a cold spot issue, once the hot water is coming out of the faucet, it continues to be hot for as long as i leave it on. I have a viessmann heater. Here is a picture of the entire set-up. The viessmann unit is the white box on the left, the blue tank on the right is my well pressure tank and the gray tank in the middle is the drinking/house water.