Best Home Adds and Fixtures

OverlanderJK said:
@Ddays youre the only one I can think of that lives in the boonies like me and Eddie’s thread made me think of it. Do you have a doorbell camera? I can’t think of a reason to need one but don’t want to regret not wiring for it now.
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Nah, we don't. We have a shitload of windows all around so we see everything coming and going. lol, I asked our builder why we he didn't put a doorbell in and he looked at me like I was retarded.

You can always wire for it just in case you feel the need later. I know my daughter added one to their house.
 
I should add that in places like our Tin Camp, I have a eufy security camera about a 100 yards away from the front gate. That way it's a bit harder to see from the road but if someone were to walk down to the cabins, I would get alerted and I could light them up and confront them through the speaker on it.
 
Ddays said:
Nah, we don't. We have a shitload of windows all around so we see everything coming and going. lol, I asked our builder why we he didn't put a doorbell in and he looked at me like I was retarded.

You can always wire for it just in case you feel the need later. I know my daughter added one to their house.
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My thoughts lol. We plan to have a big ass gate at the front (hopefully this winter) so nobody is coming up to the door randomly.
 
OverlanderJK said:
As some of you may know I am currently building a house and was curious what some of you have added to your house that is a must have and some things you hate. I just finished framing the inside so now is the time to add as I do electrical and whatnot.

So anything that is a must have in a home that you added or would like to add?
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Not sure if I’m too late, but a gas line to the outside of your house to run a grill was a god send.
 
OverlanderJK said:
Also we have a doorbell even when we don’t want one. She is the perfect height and literally barks at every movement that goes down the road, albeit it’s very little. But the cows are on her radar as well.

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Lol, ours do the same and destroy all of the door glass - it's impossible to keep them clean from the nose marks. And God forbid the UPS guy comes....sounds like a dog pound in here




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Ddays said:
I prefer crimp but both are fine. PEX A & B doesn't really matter. They've been arguing which is best before the internet came along
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as someone with zero experience and redoing bathroom copper lines, I couldn't get the crimp right, pex was much easier for me and zero leaks
 
jeeeep said:
as someone with zero experience and redoing bathroom copper lines, I couldn't get the crimp right, pex was much easier for me and zero leaks
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Do you mean you couldn't get the solder right on copper?

I would have run my whole house in copper if I trusted my solder that much. My showers are done with copper (and will be for the ones I don't have done yet) and I had no issues solder being a total novice but I didn't trust myself at the outset.
 
OverlanderJK said:
Curious what the consensus on Pex expansion vs crimp is for people who have used both. I think I know where I sit now.
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Expansion is supposed to have better flow... crimp gets smaller at the Joints. Expansion lets you get in tighter spaces and its a stronger connection. Our Plumber uses Expansion Uponor Pex-A... most use it around here. That's what I'll be using on my addition.
 
TrailHunter said:
Expansion is supposed to have better flow... crimp gets smaller at the Joints. Expansion lets you get in tighter spaces and its a stronger connection. Our Plumber uses Expansion Uponor Pex-A... most use it around here. That's what I'll be using on my addition.
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No issues with bad joints?
 
OverlanderJK said:
No issues with bad joints?
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Not that I'm aware of. I've personally never seen a fitting fail on one of our jobs... But I'm not a plumber... thats just from the point of view as a general and seeing the project to the end... with zero call backs for bad fittings.

Only issue we have ever had was on one Job in 2017... that got some leaks years later (not at the fitting). Turned out with lab testing to be a bad batch of Pex. The plumber was able to get the Pex co. to pay for damages and to re-plumb the first floor.
 
OverlanderJK said:
Do you mean you couldn't get the solder right on copper?

I would have run my whole house in copper if I trusted my solder that much. My showers are done with copper (and will be for the ones I don't have done yet) and I had no issues solder being a total novice but I didn't trust myself at the outset.
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I can solder, the replaced pipe was buried in the foundation and rerouting it using pex made the job a lot faster.

It was this crimp style connectors I couldn't get right.
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