dillpickleLSU

re: LUNCH THREAD- Coffee, cigars, and man buns edition

Posted by dillpickleLSU on 2/3/26 at 12:56 pm to Skillet

Hey skilly! How are you today?

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re: LUNCH THREAD- Coffee, cigars, and man buns edition

Posted by dillpickleLSU on 2/3/26 at 11:57 am to madamsquirrel

Coffee…leftover taco pasta

re: LUNCH THREAD- Has your hobby of posting on TD ever landed you a date? Edition

Posted by dillpickleLSU on 2/2/26 at 4:28 pm to Skillet

Lemme guess, you know who a bunch of us are irl

re: LUNCH THREAD- Has your hobby of posting on TD ever landed you a date? Edition

Posted by dillpickleLSU on 2/2/26 at 4:00 pm to Skillet

People know you irl??

re: LUNCH THREAD- Has your hobby of posting on TD ever landed you a date? Edition

Posted by dillpickleLSU on 2/2/26 at 3:37 pm to Skillet

Lol yes I remember that too

re: LUNCH THREAD- Has your hobby of posting on TD ever landed you a date? Edition

Posted by dillpickleLSU on 2/2/26 at 3:16 pm to madamsquirrel

I don’t think so, didn’t know he has been in jail

re: LUNCH THREAD- Has your hobby of posting on TD ever landed you a date? Edition

Posted by dillpickleLSU on 2/2/26 at 3:15 pm to madamsquirrel

I met Bergie and Alexa out too

re: LUNCH THREAD- Has your hobby of posting on TD ever landed you a date? Edition

Posted by dillpickleLSU on 2/2/26 at 3:02 pm to dyslexiateechur

You still a chemist or whatever you were 15 years ago?

re: LUNCH THREAD- Has your hobby of posting on TD ever landed you a date? Edition

Posted by dillpickleLSU on 2/2/26 at 2:52 pm to dyslexiateechur

Teech!

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re: LUNCH THREAD- Has your hobby of posting on TD ever landed you a date? Edition

Posted by dillpickleLSU on 2/2/26 at 2:40 pm to SuperSaint

Remember when berg was in jail and Alexa was posting on his account….good times

re: LUNCH THREAD- Has your hobby of posting on TD ever landed you a date? Edition

Posted by dillpickleLSU on 2/2/26 at 2:18 pm to Skillet

Hey skillz!

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re: Talk me off the ledge….been looking for a used truck… UPDATE: it’s gone

Posted by dillpickleLSU on 2/2/26 at 10:42 am to SquatchDawg

Get a 2023 or up….the 10 speed transmission is fixed in those years…the 3.5 ecoboost is fine…use the premium gas and change the oil frequently and you won’t have problems

re: Custom Self Contract Home Build Questions

Posted by dillpickleLSU on 1/29/26 at 9:52 am to 985_Tiger

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Anything you didn’t do in your home that you absolutely wouldn’t leave out if you were to build again?

Electrical…at least include the ATS in the build…make sure the electrician is pigtailing the outlets, not backstabbing…make sure…make sure they put j boxes for anything going in the soffit

Plumbing - Manibloc manifold with homeruns to each valve

At least a rough in for outdoor kitchen

CAT 6 to every TV and 2 or 3 cat 6 if you will have a Sonos soundbar or video game system

re: Looking for draftsman or architect recs in BR area for custom home

Posted by dillpickleLSU on 1/28/26 at 5:08 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt

If you want to discuss any of my recommendations for what to do or how to do it feel free to email me at pelicanconstructionpa@gmail.com When I was in PA I was Pelican Construction, in LA I’m Home Improvements by DL but never changed the address

re: Looking for draftsman or architect recs in BR area for custom home

Posted by dillpickleLSU on 1/28/26 at 3:57 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt

The only issue you’ll see is the builder is going to see dollar signs. I have a buddy of mine trying to build pricing out plans done by an architect and their first comment is ohhhh this was done by an architect it’s going to cost a lot more

re: Looking for draftsman or architect recs in BR area for custom home

Posted by dillpickleLSU on 1/28/26 at 3:33 pm to cgrand

What does the engineer matter…the shithead parish inspector seems to do his drive by and approve everything

re: Looking for draftsman or architect recs in BR area for custom home

Posted by dillpickleLSU on 1/28/26 at 3:31 pm to cgrand

Go back and read my edit

re: Looking for draftsman or architect recs in BR area for custom home

Posted by dillpickleLSU on 1/28/26 at 3:27 pm to cgrand

What’s to stop the builder from trying to say oh that’s going to cost a lot more you don’t need all of that…..that’s kind of what I’m hearing happens around here….i live in a neighborhood that Pro One Developed, so they built a lot in here, traditions built 3, Inline built a few, PJC built some and a couple of other names, but from what I’m seeing all of the MEPs done in here are crap

I recently got my electrical contractors license and home improvement contractors license to get a few side jobs in here, and so far I’m fixing stuff that was done wrong….lots of electrical crap…fixtures in soffits with no junction boxes, replaced a shower valve that the plumber sweated fittings to a threaded valve because with the threaded adapters the valve wouldn’t fit….I used to self perform kitchen remodels and I’m a construction management grad

re: Looking for draftsman or architect recs in BR area for custom home

Posted by dillpickleLSU on 1/28/26 at 3:03 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt

MEP plans typically aren’t that detailed….you need the builder to incorporate what you want into the work scope unless you can get the architect to add the details when he draws it up…..the problem is the builder will likely ignore the details and again have his shitty MEP contractors do it their shitty way…you might need an owner’s rep or you GC it yourself

re: Looking for draftsman or architect recs in BR area for custom home

Posted by dillpickleLSU on 1/28/26 at 2:27 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt

From what I’m seeing around here a builder is going to hire his shitty MEP contractors and let them do what they do. You will have to specify what you want or have an owners rep beating him up for you.

re: Looking for draftsman or architect recs in BR area for custom home

Posted by dillpickleLSU on 1/28/26 at 10:45 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt

I don’t have any hvac recommendations, but my 2 main recommendations are this:

1. Whether you are getting a generator with the build or not just have the ATS installed with the build. It will save a whole lot of headache later

2. Make your plumber install a Manibloc manifold. Make them install continuous home runs to each valve with no fittings

If I were building a house those are two things I would do.

re: LUNCH THREAD- the cold edition

Posted by dillpickleLSU on 1/26/26 at 4:52 pm to TexasTiger33

I just ignore LCA…let this bullshite just roll off like I’m the Teflon man

re: LUNCH THREAD- the cold edition

Posted by dillpickleLSU on 1/26/26 at 4:45 pm to tigafan4life

Looks like an old people fight….someone might break a hip

re: LUNCH THREAD- the cold edition

Posted by dillpickleLSU on 1/26/26 at 3:47 pm to Kcrad

So you asked about tinnitus the other day. I got my hearing aids last weeks and noticed that it reduces the tinnitus a lot…. I still hear it in the ear that had the sensoneural profound loss, but it’s not as bad, and in my ear that had mild loss it’s really not noticeable at all