House Construction Burnout
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Cooking Burnout...anyone else??
Comments (37)I enjoy cooking but I have alot going on and there are times when I am pressured because I must have TIME to cook. I find meal planning helps as does the crock pot, making a meal that will feed us more than once (leftovers which is pretty easy since there are just two of us), etc. I do NOT enjoy grocery shopping at all. I try lots of new recipes - lately thanks to Pinterest and Facebook. Many are keepers although I've tried a few that were definitely not. Tonight is a chicken/dressing casserole with roasted sweet potatoes and I have not decided what other veggie - or perhaps I will do a salad instead. Keeping salad items ready and on hand is another big help for us. tina...See MoreAny other DIYers out there with burnout?
Comments (8)Make to do lists and keep it managable each day. If painting the exterior of the house for example...paint/stain west side today. Or interiors...first finish coat on walls in bedroom today...second finish coat tomorrow. Do things in a logical order so that work that comes later does not undo work that has been done prior. Take a day off now an then to just relax. Realize that it will get done if you keep working towards the endpoint. Don't bite off more than you can reasonably do based on your knowledge base and available tools. Sometimes it is easier to just hire out for certain things, so that you don't get bogged down. Understand it is not going to be perfect. It is a house meant to be actually lived in and used. It's not a museum piece. Do related work together, even if in separate rooms, so that you don't have to keep breaking down and setting up for the same type project over and over. For example, tiling in more than one room, painting, basic electrical, installing shelving. Get a small tool bag and keep all the most commonly used tools in it and take it with you from room to room. Large tool bags become too packed with stuff and HEAVY. You can set up a temporary worktable with a large tarp under it at some midpoint location for other tools and work. Take breaks to relax for 10 minutes. Don't put off lunch until 3pm. Think about what you will be doing the next day after the current day is done. Make lists of things you need to buy and post it on the door. Cross things off your to do lists as they get done. Soon you will see a lot of cross offs and realize that you have indeed been doing a lot and progessing....See MoreQuick Burnout of Lights
Comments (11)The only thing that I can think of, other than poor quality bulbs, is unbalanced legs of your supply. The pole transformer is center tapped this connection is tied to ground. The two ends of the windings supply the two legs of your breaker box. The voltage across the two legs is nominally about 240 v and each leg is 120v with respect to ground. A properly wired house balances the loads so that parts or each room run on different legs of the supply. Also, if a large load is on one leg, a second large load should be placed on the opposite leg. If one leg is heavily loaded, it will cause the voltage to rise in the other leg unless it is also similarily loaded. For example, if a 120v leg becomes so loaded that it falls to 110v, and the other leg is lightly loaded, the second leg may rise to 130V. This will definitely shorten the life of incandescent bulbs. Some things that can heavily load one leg: 1. an arc welder. 2. A group of baseboard heaters run off the same leg. 3. A group of water heaters on the same leg. An occurences of significant unbalanced legs is not common, yet I expereinced it in my house a couple of years ago. My pole transformer powers 4 residences. A renter next door upset my balance in the winter when he powered a large electric heater on one leg. Some of the lights in my house would brighten when his load hit the line....See MoreRenovation burn-out with pics!
Comments (10)Ugh, been there done that, actually still doing it. We started in August of 2013 and we still aren't finished. Our remodel started with building a new addition for the kitchen and a 12x15ft covered porch. We got the kitchen and porch to useable, but not completed stage, after 8 months, all DIY. Then summer came and we were so worn out that we literally didn't touch any work, it was easier to live in a half finished but fully useable space than it was to stress ourselves out and have no family life at all. When your 6 year old is crying and saying "all you ever do is work on the house" its a wake up call. So we did no work throughout the summer and instead spent every day with our 4 kids. Fall came, and due to some unexpected life events, we found ourselves NOT finishing the original remodel but instead starting another; building a 1300 sq ft MIL quarters. We started THAT addition in November and it should be move in ready in a few weeks, at which point we can turn our attention back to the original addition/remodel and get it finished. I guess my answer to how you handle it (bear in mind we are virtually complete DIY, we've also re-roofed the house ourselves during this time) is to step back and take a break. Sometimes that break is just a night or two off and sometimes, you are so burned out and your family is suffering so much that your break is for a few months. Good luck! I know how hard it has been for us with 4 kids and NOT homeschooling, I can't begin to imagine what its like with 5!!!...See MoreUser
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