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12th place now. 612 votes. Coming on strong. ...
You really sound like an idiot here. There’s no such thing as a $500 Marucci bat. A 5’1” 12 year old has nothing to do with how good a player they will be. You say they like to say “Gucci” while you use “cringe”. Quit talking out of your arse. ...
I second republic. One of the owners is a friend of mine. They make quality stuff. They restored a pair of lizard skins for me, and they looked brand new. Their prices range depending on what you want obviously. ...

re: Too late to spread Bermuda?

Posted by ManOnDaRun on 9/23/19 at 4:37 pm
Thanks for the response. Any recommendation on brand for annual rye?...

Too late to spread Bermuda?

Posted by ManOnDaRun on 9/23/19 at 3:18 pm
I am currently building a house and we are near completion. We have a few large areas that have been releveled, and it’s just dirt. I was thinking of trying to spread Bermuda instead of buying a ton of pallets of st. Aug, and seeing how it takes. I live in south Houston. It is shaded, but still gets...

Onkyo rz830 vs pioneer vsxlx503

Posted by ManOnDaRun on 2/16/19 at 7:17 pm
Anyone have experience with either of these receivers? Newegg has these for $650 (pioneer) and $700 (onkyo). Of course they are actually more up front, but both come with gift cards, which I would use for other networking components. I’m looking for a 9.2 receiver with three zones and these seem to ...

re: New construction - run coax?

Posted by ManOnDaRun on 2/14/19 at 8:29 am
Why do you say use gray instead of white? I realize one is for electrical and one for plumbing, but does it have to do with interference?...

re: New construction - run coax?

Posted by ManOnDaRun on 2/13/19 at 1:19 pm
TigerstuckinMS - do you know of a good place to get the conduit? I am seeing about $60-$70 for 100 feet or so, which seems expensive. I was thinking that I may just buy PVC as it's pretty cheap, but am open to any ideas. ...

re: New construction - run coax?

Posted by ManOnDaRun on 2/13/19 at 12:51 pm
Fantastic tips, VABuckeye. Appreciate all the help. This appears to be a little more difficult than I was initially intending, but hopefully will save me quite a few bucks....

re: New construction - run coax?

Posted by ManOnDaRun on 2/12/19 at 8:47 am
Ah. Thank you for the help. That definitely clears a few things up. I think I would only need to have about 7 of those. 2 TVs in the den, 2 outside, 2 in the game room, and one in the master. Any baluns you recommend? So much to think about it. I literally was just trying to save a few bucks ove...

re: New construction - run coax?

Posted by ManOnDaRun on 2/12/19 at 8:23 am
TigerWise, now you've gone and thrown me for a loop. I thought when he mentioned he was running three drops that he meant three cat 6 drops. Are you saying that one of those three would be HDMI, or are you saying that I can run HDMI through Cat 6? In other words, I wouldn't need to run a HDMI, as I ...

re: New construction - run coax?

Posted by ManOnDaRun on 2/11/19 at 4:44 pm
[quote] three CAT6 and one RG6 to each 4K TV[/quote] Why three? For the main TV watching areas I was doing 4 each. 1 for TV, 1 for XBox, 1 for DVD player (not completely necessary), and then 1 extra for another system. ...

re: New construction - run coax?

Posted by ManOnDaRun on 2/11/19 at 4:37 pm
Also, any good places to look for smurf tub? Seems pretty expensive when compared to the actual cables when I look it up. Home Depot has it for $70 for 100 feet. I'm ordering 2000 feet of cable (and yes I realize that I can put multiple in one line), but, damn that gets expensive. ...

re: New construction - run coax?

Posted by ManOnDaRun on 2/11/19 at 4:33 pm
Thanks for all the replies. Am planning to run 2 Cat 6 to every bedroom, and 4 to the living & game rooms. Will also run coax as well. Didn't think I needed it, but I think all of the affirmatives have let me know that I should go ahead and do it. Also, looking at smurf tube or pvc. Likely 3/4 - 1 i...

re: New construction - run coax?

Posted by ManOnDaRun on 2/9/19 at 1:08 pm
Thanks. Guess it doesn’t hurt to just run it now. Any recommendations on wireless access points or which cat 6 to get? Not familiar with the access points since I’ve gone Orbi already and I found 1000 feet of shielded cat 6 on new egg for like $100. I assume that would be sufficient?...

re: New construction - run coax?

Posted by ManOnDaRun on 2/9/19 at 12:52 pm
Thanks. I know its cheap and probably better to do it now than regret later, but is there something I’m missing that I may need it for down the road? I just can’t think of any reason I’d actually need it. Like phone connections. I know I’ll never need those, but coax I’m a little unsure of. ...

re: New construction - run coax?

Posted by ManOnDaRun on 2/9/19 at 12:44 pm
Right now I have Comcast with wireless boxes. I think nowadays the wireless boxes are a decent choice, however haven’t done wired boxes for ease of transferring boxes around without running cables. Do the wired boxes require coax? I figured they would just need cat 6, but I could be wrong. Also,...

New construction - run coax?

Posted by ManOnDaRun on 2/9/19 at 12:18 pm
Planning to do the pre-wire myself on new construction. Currently planning all the routing. Am doing two cat 6 to every bedroom and kitchen. Four cat 6 to living room and game room. But my question is, is there any reason at all to run coax to any of the rooms? I understand I need coax coming into t...

re: Zero turn mower buying advice

Posted by ManOnDaRun on 5/16/17 at 11:10 am
Agreed. The Ferris looks like a great machine. My brother in law has one, and wishes he had gone one size up, which is the 2100. I don't know that I need these crazy expensive machines when i'm only going to be cutting 100 hours of so a year....