OT: Sens Lounge LXXXII | Rise of Omni / Caeldan, the YES man

[MakeOttawaGreatAgain]

So. Think I've finalized bathroom, kitchen and floor layouts.

Still trying to find faucets (and debating if I want a new sink or not) that don't cost 200+ and still look nice.

Just use ropes and holes in the floor. My people have been doing that for 12 million years

 

[BonkTastic]

Just use ropes and holes in the floor. My people have been doing that for 12 million years

If you just have a hole in the floor, what do you need the ropes for?




Wait...


... eww...

 

[Caeldan]

When I was re-modeling my ensuite bathroom into a s****y ensuite papace for my wife back when I lived in Ottawa, I actually bought the new faucets for our bathroom at Canadian Tire, of all places.

I went in to buy a road hockey blade for my son, and they were clearance-selling some old bathroom stock items, and you know how Canadian Tire clearance sales are... I got three $180 Moen tap sets (2 sink, one shower) for like... $30 each? It was ridiculous. I mean, Moen isn't SUPER high end, but they're dependable, and they were really nice nickel-plated models. I have no idea why they were on clearance, they were the nicest looking faucets in the whole store.

...and then like 2 months after finishing that bathroom, I sold the house.

I haven't actually looked at Canadian Tire, mostly been just Rona/Lowes/Home Depot/Bed Bath and Beyond.

I'm trying to find a reasonably priced 'Oil rubbed bronze' faucet for my bathrooms though because of the handles colour I want to pick. Seems like they all start at 180+ though.

I also kinda want to do a vessel sink for the 'powder room' bathroom, just because I think they look a bit nicer. Which then means a taller faucet etc.

Basically this insurance claim is turning into the following:
- Upgrade from galley kitchen to a kitchen with a half wall/raised countertop into the living room. Cooking at the stove you look into the living room.
- Add dishwasher, slide-in stove (got a good deal on this one), and island range hood (curved glass)
- Nice new glass and stone backsplash
- New white thermofoil bathroom vanities, upstairs bathroom has two drawers added
- New carpet that's much better looking than the old dusty rose one I had before.
- Upgrade electrical panel to breakers since pretty much any electrician is refusing to do any work unless I do so
- Bring a few outlets up to code now that it's obvious that they're not
- Upgrade my smoke detectors to combo co/smoke (since new building code requires co detectors)
- Update my baseboard heaters to newer models and add a wall thermostat
- New lighting fixtures in the main floor
- New toilets installed
- New trim around the house (still needs to be chosen)
- Fresh coat of paint around the house
- Living room area of the floor upgraded from laminate to cork
- A few more receptacles added in spots that make sense since I have the electrician already there and the drywall torn off
- New faucets, and possibly new sinks.

I think that's most everything. Probably get a ceiling fan installed that I've been putting off doing, and a shower head too just because I'm concerned doing it myself would be a full weekend job because of possibly corroded joints in pipes.

 

[MakeOttawaGreatAgain]

I haven't actually looked at Canadian Tire, mostly been just Rona/Lowes/Home Depot/Bed Bath and Beyond.

I'm trying to find a reasonably priced 'Oil rubbed bronze' faucet for my bathrooms though because of the handles colour I want to pick. Seems like they all start at 180+ though.

I also kinda want to do a vessel sink for the 'powder room' bathroom, just because I think they look a bit nicer. Which then means a taller faucet etc.

Basically this insurance claim is turning into the following:
- Upgrade from galley kitchen to a kitchen with a half wall/raised countertop into the living room. Cooking at the stove you look into the living room.
- Add dishwasher, slide-in stove (got a good deal on this one), and island range hood (curved glass)
- Nice new glass and stone backsplash
- New white thermofoil bathroom vanities, upstairs bathroom has two drawers added
- New carpet that's much better looking than the old dusty rose one I had before.
- Upgrade electrical panel to breakers since pretty much any electrician is refusing to do any work unless I do so
- Bring a few outlets up to code now that it's obvious that they're not
- Upgrade my smoke detectors to combo co/smoke (since new building code requires co detectors)
- Update my baseboard heaters to newer models and add a wall thermostat
- New lighting fixtures in the main floor
- New toilets installed
- New trim around the house (still needs to be chosen)
- Fresh coat of paint around the house
- Living room area of the floor upgraded from laminate to cork
- A few more receptacles added in spots that make sense since I have the electrician already there and the drywall torn off
- New faucets, and possibly new sinks.

I think that's most everything. Probably get a ceiling fan installed that I've been putting off doing, and a shower head too just because I'm concerned doing it myself would be a full weekend job because of possibly corroded joints in pipes.

Take some pics when you're done. Fiance too

 

[Caeldan]

Take some pics when you're done. Fiance too

Haha, I don't think she'd want to show up on the boards

But yeah, I'll be taking pictures of the process along the way... just to see how it gets transformed back into a home.

 

[BonkTastic]

- Upgrade electrical panel to breakers since pretty much any electrician is refusing to do any work unless I do so

Jesus, are you still on a fuse box? How old is your place?

 

[Caeldan]

Jesus, are you still on a fuse box? How old is your place?

Was built late 70s/early 80s. So yes, on fuses and I think it's still the original baseboard heaters in there too! Because I remember that style being in my parents' house when I was a kid.

 

[BonkTastic]

Was built late 70s/early 80s. So yes, on fuses and I think it's still the original baseboard heaters in there too! Because I remember that style being in my parents' house when I was a kid.

I thought they stopped building homes with fuse boxes in the 60's!

 

[Caeldan]

I thought they stopped building homes with fuse boxes in the 60's!

Well this was a building intended to be condo units back then. They did a few things weird... like my upstairs, half of it actually hangs over the common area hallway... which is proving to be a nuisance regarding where I want to locate a couple outlets. Apparently it's a big issue to run wiring out of your unit, into the common area, and back into your unit - so going to have to figure out how to fish it around and hide it.

 

[Harbinger]

No new bathroom floor?

 

[Caeldan]

No new bathroom floor?

Floors in the bathroom were tile. With cement underneath them.. pretty much impossible to get water damage. Though do get to re-grout the upstairs bathroom since the last owner did some sort of paint job and it's flaking off

 

[Benjamin]

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[DrakeAndJosh]

The guy who runs the along the boards blog contacted me through hfboards a few days ago and asked me to write for the senators. I wrote my first blog about Wiercioch (using his advanced stats, I expect bonk to hate it ). Let me know what you all think. http://alongtheboards.com/2015/03/in-defense-patrick-wiercioch-ottawa-senators/

 

[Harbinger]

Floors in the bathroom were tile. With cement underneath them.. pretty much impossible to get water damage. Though do get to re-grout the upstairs bathroom since the last owner did some sort of paint job and it's flaking off

Someone painted tiles? I've never heard of that before and it sounds dreadful.

Anyways I'm working with my old man and uncle to reno our bathroom. Despite my protests they chose not to replace part of the floor that's rotted out nor did they water proof the shower. Now I don't know much about home renovations and I don't get their logic.

 

[The Lewler]

Someone painted tiles? I've never heard of that before and it sounds dreadful.

Anyways I'm working with my old man and uncle to reno our bathroom. Despite my protests they chose not to replace part of the floor that's rotted out nor did they water proof the shower. Now I don't know much about home renovations and I don't get their logic.

It's one thing to have some water staining on the subfloor in the bathroom, but you have to waterproof the shower...

Is your shower/tub area on an exterior wall?

 

[saskriders]

 

[BonkTastic]

The guy who runs the along the boards blog contacted me through hfboards a few days ago and asked me to write for the senators. I wrote my first blog about Wiercioch (using his advanced stats, I expect bonk to hate it ). Let me know what you all think. http://alongtheboards.com/2015/03/in-defense-patrick-wiercioch-ottawa-senators/

I was supposed to write something for them too, but life has gotten in the way, and I really haven't been inspired to write anything. I dunno... we've decided that we're not renewing our contract here in Jakarta, so we're super busy with plans to move... somewhere. We don't even know where yet. Regardless, I wasn't feeling the urge to write as I was a month ago...

Also: I probably won't hate it! My gripe with Wier is a) that his advanced stats are somewhat skewed, and b) the parts of his game I hate the most aren't really measured with advanced stats (corsi/fenwick/etc...)

... well, I say that now, that I won't hate it, but let me read it first, I guess... haha.



*EDIT*
Hey, I'm reading it now... if you don't mind a bit of constructive criticism, NOT about the content of the article but just on a technical thing - you should identify on your graphs the time period you are pulling the statistics from. Later in the article it becomes clear that you're referring to this season, but nowhere in the article of on the graphs themselves do you point out that you're talking about the 2014/15 season, or the number of games, or whatever. As a reader, it's not clear if you're talking about Wier's career corsi numbers with Karlsson & others, or his numbers since the lockout, or his numbers since the start of this year, or his numbers since the coaching change... It takes like 5 paragraphs just to get a hint of what time period we're supposed to be observing, and even then it's not clear, it's just a reference to 100 minutes played with Weir.

Anyways yeah. I'm enjoying the article otherwise! But for the graphs, it's just for ease of reading, it helps to give your readers an idea of the sample size you are using. Hopefully you're not offended, just wanted to help a bit!

 

[saskriders]

Applied for a couple jobs in Ottawa today. Hope one takes.

 

[Caeldan]

Someone painted tiles? I've never heard of that before and it sounds dreadful.

Anyways I'm working with my old man and uncle to reno our bathroom. Despite my protests they chose not to replace part of the floor that's rotted out nor did they water proof the shower. Now I don't know much about home renovations and I don't get their logic.

They just painted the grout lines, not the tile itself (or used some weird coloured covering over the grout that didn't stick)

 

[Harbinger]

It's one thing to have some water staining on the subfloor in the bathroom, but you have to waterproof the shower...

Is your shower/tub area on an exterior wall?

Nope, interior and right next to my bed. I had to replace the drywall wall since it was compromised by moisture.

 

[The Lewler]

Nope, interior and right next to my bed. I had to replace the drywall wall since it was compromised by moisture.

For a tiled shower/bath surround walls, I've always used a vapour barrier, then a cement backerboard, then a waterproof membrane applied over it before you move on to the thinset +tiling.

Tile+mortar+cementboard alone will not be waterproof, moisture will still penetrate.

I've used RedGuard which you can roll on the backerboard with a paint roller for example, but there are many options out there.

 

[DrakeAndJosh]

I was supposed to write something for them too, but life has gotten in the way, and I really haven't been inspired to write anything. I dunno... we've decided that we're not renewing our contract here in Jakarta, so we're super busy with plans to move... somewhere. We don't even know where yet. Regardless, I wasn't feeling the urge to write as I was a month ago...

Also: I probably won't hate it! My gripe with Wier is a) that his advanced stats are somewhat skewed, and b) the parts of his game I hate the most aren't really measured with advanced stats (corsi/fenwick/etc...)

... well, I say that now, that I won't hate it, but let me read it first, I guess... haha.



*EDIT*
Hey, I'm reading it now... if you don't mind a bit of constructive criticism, NOT about the content of the article but just on a technical thing - you should identify on your graphs the time period you are pulling the statistics from. Later in the article it becomes clear that you're referring to this season, but nowhere in the article of on the graphs themselves do you point out that you're talking about the 2014/15 season, or the number of games, or whatever. As a reader, it's not clear if you're talking about Wier's career corsi numbers with Karlsson & others, or his numbers since the lockout, or his numbers since the start of this year, or his numbers since the coaching change... It takes like 5 paragraphs just to get a hint of what time period we're supposed to be observing, and even then it's not clear, it's just a reference to 100 minutes played with Weir.

Anyways yeah. I'm enjoying the article otherwise! But for the graphs, it's just for ease of reading, it helps to give your readers an idea of the sample size you are using. Hopefully you're not offended, just wanted to help a bit!

I am completely offended.


But really that's a good point that I didn't even think of, thanks. I always appreciate as much feedback as I can get.

 

[MakeOttawaGreatAgain]

Applied for a couple jobs in Ottawa today. Hope one takes.

What kind of jobs?

 

[saskriders]

What kind of jobs?

Both at Ross Video, the company I most want to work at.

First choice as it is more aligned with my program:

Technical Support Specialist

Duties, Responsibilities and Accountability:

Manages customer service/technical support calls and follow documentation policies.
Expediting of returned material from the field for service reasons.
Carries pager for emergency services (24 hours a day) on a rotating basis.
Provides effective installation/commissioning service. This will include frequent planned travel.
Provides effective customer/technical service.
Provides effective field service, as required. This may include international travel on short notice.
Performs other related duties as required.

Second choice not as aligned with my program, but my final project is on the Xpression:

Software Product Verification Specialist - XPression 3D Graphics

Testing will focus on the Ross XPression Real-Time Motion Graphics System which provides motion graphics for virtual sets, scoreboards, logos, credits, animation, lighting, texture mapping, reflection mapping and more to live television shows and events. You’ll also work with multiple 3rd party products that provides an end to end solution to today’s broadcasters.

You also need 5+ years of experience in a product verification role. We’re looking for someone who has expertise with PV tools, test planning and reporting. We need someone who is meticulous, skilled at documenting results and observations and is a great communicator. If you have leadership experience or the desire to become a leader, that is an asset.

It would be great if you already have expertise in live production or computer based graphics.

You need to love learning and progressing your skill set. That means you'll be comfortable talking about your weaknesses just as much as your strengths, and working hard on improving will be a daily habit.

We work in a very collaborative environment, and so you'll need to feel comfortable in caring more about the end result than exactly whose ideas achieved it.

 

[Harbinger]

For a tiled shower/bath surround walls, I've always used a vapour barrier, then a cement backerboard, then a waterproof membrane applied over it before you move on to the thinset +tiling.

Tile+mortar+cementboard alone will not be waterproof, moisture will still penetrate.

I've used RedGuard which you can roll on the backerboard with a paint roller for example, but there are many options out there.

Yep, I know. I insisted to my old man to do exactly that, but apparently it wasn't needed.