The sales guy swore it was fine for bathrooms but the seam lifted after 3 months and water got underneath. Anyone else get burned by that 'luxury vinyl' hype in a wet area?
I remember when a Kirby Morgan hat was built like a tank and parts were everywhere. Last month I tried one of those budget regulators from overseas to save some cash on a side job in Galveston. The thing started free flowing at 60 feet and the second stage felt like a toy. Has anyone else had issues with the cheaper gear or am I just set in my ways?
She's been an anti-hero for over a decade now, but I keep seeing posts in fan groups labeling her as just 'the Joker's girlfriend'. It's like they only watched the Batman animated series from 1992 and skipped everything since. Has anyone else noticed this trend with other characters getting stuck in their early portrayals?
Ngl I used to just pull cable as fast as I could through attics in Phoenix. This one guy in his 60s watched me for like 2 minutes on a job near Camelback and goes 'youre gonna snap the copper core doing that.' He showed me to always leave a 6 inch service loop and use a little tension gauge. Has anyone else had an older installer teach them one little trick that saved them a ton of callbacks?
I was working on a retaining wall downtown and these two bricklayers got into it about using too much lime in the mix. One guy swore by 3 parts sand to 1 part cement with a pinch of lime, the other said lime makes it weak over time and causes efflorescence. I just kept laying brick and listening, you know? It got me thinking how everyone has their own little tricks passed down from whoever taught them. I've always used a 4 to 1 mix with no lime for outdoor stuff and never had issues myself. Has anyone here actually seen a job fail because of too much lime or is that just an old wives tale?
I was at a workshop in Portland and used regular PVA glue on some nice calfskin leather for a journal cover. It soaked right through and left these nasty dark stains that wouldn't come out. The instructor told me I should've used hide glue or a PH-neutral adhesive made for leather. Has anyone else had luck fixing that kind of stain or do I just need to cut my losses and buy new leather?
A guy at the shop in Portland told me I was using too much tension on the spokes, said I was making the rim as stiff as a steel girder. He showed me how to let some tension off and let the wheel flex a bit, which actually made it stronger in the long run. Anybody here ever gotten advice that completely changed how they build wheels?
I joined this online group back in March thinking it was just a supportive community for self improvement. The leader kept pushing these expensive retreats and personal sessions, but everyone seemed so happy. It took me until last week to realize they were using love bombing and isolation tactics to keep people from leaving. 6 months of my life. Has anyone else taken way too long to see what was right in front of them?
Was working a job in Tulsa last spring and kept wondering why my swing felt sluggish. Foreman walked by, heard the motor whining, and asked when I last checked the brake release. I didn't even know there was a manual release valve on that model. Felt like an idiot when he showed me the lever was still engaged from the transport lock. Has anyone else missed something simple like that for way too long?
Last month I was helping a neighbor draft his detached garage addition and I didn't double check the roof pitch calculation he had. He built the frame based on my numbers and now the roofing material doesn't line up right. Has anyone else had a drafting error turn into a real world headache like that?